How about you don't get an Eclipse... you get something else. They really don't hold any real value... honestly. The market and insurance is ridiculous too. We pay less for insurance on the Dodge SRT-4 Full Coverage then we do with the wife's 99 Eclipse RS Full Coverage. These Mitsubishi's are over-rated... took me a while to realize it. Insurance is high yet the value on the car's really depreciate.

For instance, I traded my 97 RS w/127k miles 3 months ago and all I got was $1,500 for it. My wife's car trade-in value 3 months later... her's is a 99 RS w/87k miles they want to give her $1,500. So let's see her car had less miles and was newer yet 3 months later she gets what I got for mine that was 2 yrs older and had more mileage. Yeah the plan is to get rid of her Eclipse for another SRT-4... waiting on the dealership to get back to us.

No offense to anyone because I do like the cars but for the money I spent on all 6 DSM's I've owned in the last few years I could have bought a new car that was faster and reliable. Took me a while to realize it... this is my take on this. I don't see the hype anymore in blowing so much money on cars that are known not to be reliable.