huachuca
Adventurer
About five years back, I bought a 98 Puerto Rico import from a member here. I figured to use it as a family spare and didn't really expect too much out of it. Well, it didn't take long before those were the keys that always seemed to be missing from our board and 80,000 miles later (200K total) she's still going strong.
So, a friend of a friend has a really clean 01 Limited with 125k at what seems to be a fairly low price. Current owner has had the vehicle for only a few months but has maintenance records that look good - 4K or less oil changes since new, plugs, brakes, wheel bearings, O2 sensors, valve cover gaskets, new tires and battery. Most of these are backed up by car fax and/or records I found on the Mitsubishi site. Everything points to a consciencious owner except no evidence of timing belt and water pump service - ever. This would be first on my list if we get together. The only problem I've found so far is the gas gauge is slow (couple of minutes) to register. There's a service record of removal and solder of a resistor to fix this about eighteen months ago.
Anything else I should look for on this particular model? Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
Oh, plans are nothing hard core - Outer Banks beach driving, forest service roads to back country camping, maybe towing a Canadian M101 with RTT and gear.
So, a friend of a friend has a really clean 01 Limited with 125k at what seems to be a fairly low price. Current owner has had the vehicle for only a few months but has maintenance records that look good - 4K or less oil changes since new, plugs, brakes, wheel bearings, O2 sensors, valve cover gaskets, new tires and battery. Most of these are backed up by car fax and/or records I found on the Mitsubishi site. Everything points to a consciencious owner except no evidence of timing belt and water pump service - ever. This would be first on my list if we get together. The only problem I've found so far is the gas gauge is slow (couple of minutes) to register. There's a service record of removal and solder of a resistor to fix this about eighteen months ago.
Anything else I should look for on this particular model? Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
Oh, plans are nothing hard core - Outer Banks beach driving, forest service roads to back country camping, maybe towing a Canadian M101 with RTT and gear.