Oh shit... I did not know that sorry about that. See, I am more familiar with the Honda series. I am just getting bad info. SHit I have gotten two different answers so I gotta go into some further research. I wish stupid people would shut the hell up so I can learn ya know what I mean? Alright I will try to find out what's up tonight

 

If stupid people would shut the hell up, there would be no posts on TR!!!

 

Yeah I guess you are right cause I am kinda dumb right now so I would have to make my decisions through consumer reports if I couldn't ask dumb shit on this site. All this research left to do. I have two months. Damn gotta start thinking. Peace out yo

 

FALSE! Ha, haha, you're sitting there talking about misinformation and how its spread all the time on TR, and you are spreading it! There most certainly are 2nd gen GST spyders(convertibles), check again.

Matt

 

OK so they come in the 2nd gen spyders...I can admit I was wrong there..But then look at the name of the thread... 2000+ equals crap... All I was trying to say is YES they are crap!!!

 

o I thought you meant a gst well anything no boost = no fun sorry all motor blows as I'll quote someone from gvr4.org ...A car with no turbo is no car

 

Jigga please, I had a semi-built GSR w/ a baby bottle before the GST, and that car was a blast to drive. It also had coilovers that made it handle like it was on rails, which was more my style. /hijack

Matt

 

Why are you looking at Consumer Reports for in helping you make a decision for your next "project". If anything, Consumer Reports are more "economical and reliable" car friendly. Very few cars out there will give you high performance and reliability for little money. The more high performance (and moving parts) a car has, the more likely they will break, even when well maintained. Of course, there is some exception to this with a few cars, but even they can break and be prepared to shell out some serious cash if you want a car like that.

Good general rule to remember here...you can only choose two out of the three below. Face it...sure there are cars that have great performance and reliability, but they also cost an arm and a leg, unless you luck out and find one for a steal.

1. Speed
2. Reliability
3. Price

From your stand point, you sound like you want a fast car more than anything. If you are that hard pressed on wanting an Eclipse, then I would suggest a 1st Generation AWD model. They are cheap to buy, cheap to make rather fast (already come with a decent sized compressor and a motor that can hold up to 500HP, much better than the 2nd Gen models with a smaller turbo and a motor that can only handle up to 400HP), and still pretty reliable (assuming you take VERY good care of the car).

Both the 1st and 2nd Gens. are great bang for the buck cars, but the 1st Gen is more desrving of the title.

 

I look at consumer reports to get a general idea of the reliability and comfort. I want a fast car more than anything, but I don't want something that has been known to break every 20,000 miles... like my 92 Saturn I sold. Also, the comfort. By this I mean headspace, legroom... just the small stuff to make it feel better to drive. And when I said I wanted a 2000+ Mitsu, I wasn't saying there waS A 2000 model Spyder. I just thought that the 97 models came with a turbo. Everybody tells me differently, so I went through and found all that shit out on my own. Oh yeah and consumer reports also have ratings from the customers... same reason I am here asking questions. I have narrowed my selection down to 5 cars because of the reports, this site, and testdrives.