Stevenem

I love the EVO -- it is an amazing drive compared to any other four seat on the market. But the only thing that worries me is the dealer network/mitsubishi corporate and how they may or may not treat their customers. So what is the general dealership experience for normal maintenance and service? How about a breakdown?

JoeyM3

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you can't go wrong with sam@south coast, my expeience was pretty painless. except i wanted $1k more than what they offered me on my trade in.

Stevenem

It is mostly the post purchase experience I am worried about.

JoeyM3

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where are you located? if anything buy from south coast and drive it home. they will even pick you up from the airport

brads09lancerGT

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I've only been to my dealer a few times since I got my car and they have been very helpful. Few warranty issues(BT, exhaust) and had no hassle even when they saw mods on my car. Only thing I don't like is that my dealership doesn't have courtesy cars at all and no shuttle on the weekend(only time I can drive up their) I don't know if they are all like that. Had a Honda before the lancer and the service after I bought the car was horrible and that's why I traded it in. Paint peeled off my dash after 2 months and they said too bad. Wanted to charge me $350 to replace part of my dash. You won't be dissapointed with

Stevenem

I am located in the Northeast. I had a 3000GT VR4 before...and didn't have that great of a dealership experience...but that was almost 10 years ago.

All the dealerships are super friendly and really want to make a deal to sell a car...but I am just worried about how they act on the backside of the deal.

EVIL_EVO_VIII

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Here in Orlando FL, Sportmitsubishi dealer is really good with customers and customer service. Bought my last 2 Evos there and never had any issues with the dealer neither any warranty problems

max2evoix

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horrible for me..if i could do it again..id never walk into a dealership again

goforwand

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It's hit or miss....

I'm lucky as my dealership made purchasing the X simple-matched Southcoast and 0% financing...a total of 45 minutes.

They have a great Service Department as their Head mechanic is a Evo guy..gives sage advice and truly knows his way around the car...exceptionally helpful!

Other peoples' experiences have been the exact opposite depending on their dealer.

midwestX

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+1. As much as love the car and respect for Mitsubishi i hate the dealer little world of crooks who want your money and thats it.

I strongly suggest Mitsu to sell EVO to a more reputable company like Acura or infinity etc so that it can live as a legend in the servicing dept. too

Stevenem

Great data so far -- seems like establishing a relationship with the right dealer is the key to success...hopefully they will be nice to me even if I didn't buy the car at that dealer since I move fairly often.

UntouchableEvo

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Pretty bad, and the service department is one of the wost in any dealerships in town. Never ever am I going back.

ZK

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Love the Evo, not a fan of Mitsubishi dealers.

South Coast just work to make the sale, no after sale service at all.

evolutionXmute

^^for some reason the dealer i purchased my x from has the only service department that can't mount my advan rz's correctly. i took the car in for service on the rotors and when i left my steering wheel would shake. turned around and went right back, they tried again and when they couldn't fix the problem the service writer proceeded to tell me i needed adapters. went to firestone the next day to have my wheels rotated and the problem went away.

jmorris1027

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