Possible New Owner Needs Advice.

[GavC]

Hi guys and girls, I'm hoping you can help me.

I'm thinking of buying an Evo later this year. Gonna be an Evo 6 as it's what I've always wanted.

Should have around 5-6k to spend which should get me a decent enough example.

Insurance isn't a problem either but I have no idea how much parts cost for them.

Can anyone give me an idea of rough prices for the basic things that can go.
e.g, brake discs/pads, turbo's, sensors etc.

Also any advice on what things are common failures and the cost to replace etc. I love the cars but don't know enough about them to make a sensible decision.

I know they aren't the cheapest things in the world to run but I don't want to spend a small fortune on the car then find every little thing that goes wrong will cost hundreds to repair.

Thanks in advance,

Gav

 

[SnowMold]

It really depends on where you shop around.

for example my local performance centre (Revolution Gateshead) im going to get a new set of drilled and grooved disks with new brake pad compounds all round for my 8, these are mid-top performance range.

the whole lot including fitting is costing me £746.

i also know that mitsubishi wants £325 for a service nxt month. im getting a dual turbo timer and boost gauge fitted today thats costing me £198 including fitting and a new re-circulating dump valve that al cost between £170-£230.

these little things soon add up, i would advise trying to save a little extra to buy these sort of things if you need em when you buy the car

 

[GavC]

Thanks for the quick reply.

I plan to put some money aside in case anything needs doing. I just didn't want to have to be paying out 1k every MOT.

 

[quakes]

hi m8 to be honest with u the 6 is 1 of the best in the range the engines are solid as long as u keep on top of the services and fluids u souldn't have any problems

just make sure u fine the right 1 for u and enjoy the power