[net.auto] CALLING ALL MITSUBISHI OWNERS!

jjm@hou5e.UUCP (06/10/83)

	I have a one-month old Mitsubishi Starion.  I will be bringing
	it back to the dealer for the scheduled 1000 mile servicing
	within a few days, but I would hate to have to bring it back
	there any time I wanted a tune-up or repair.  Have any of you
	found a mechanic that knows how to handle a Mitsubishi?

	I know that almost any fool could change the plugs or do an oil
	change (so I'll do that myself).  But I'm talking about a 
	mechanic that knows about tuning, electronic fuel injection,
	and turbochargers.

	I have sent away for the service manuals from MMSA, maybe I'll be
	able to do a lot of work myself.  Have any of you serviced your
	own cars?

	Jim McParland
	ABI - HO
	hou5e!jjm

hakanson@orstcs.UUCP (06/24/83)

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orstcs!hakanson    Jun 22 10:35:00 1983

I own an '80 Colt Hatchback, and also have had very little good luck
with dealer service (at the Dodge dealer).  They are forever getting
my car mixed up with the ones that Dodge builds, those stupid Omni's,
Horizons, etc.  My suggestion is that you study those manuals you're
getting, and do everything yourself, unless it requires special tools
that you can't afford.  You can bet that those servicemen won't be as
careful as you will with your own car.

The only thing I've not had the confidence to do is to repack the front
wheel bearings on my car, as the manual shows all kinds of special ways
of taking apart and reassembling those drive shafts, etc.  Too much for
me, though it cost me $100+ to have Chrysler do it!!  After I convinced
them my car didn't have the permanently packed bearings of "their" cars!
(It scares me to have such people work on my car, but if they screw it
up, at least they'll have to pay.)

As for turbo's, EFI, etc., you've probably got the smarts to at least find
out if things are working properly, and to point people to the right
section of the manual to find out/fix what's wrong.  Mitsubishi's are
good machines -- quite well engineered, I think.  I've had so little trouble
with my car (43,000 mi.), that I'm amazed.  The exhaust pipe broke due
to my excessive accelerations, and an electric mirror quit, but other than
that, I've had absolutely nothing go wrong (knock on wood).

Good luck with your Starion.
					Marion Hakanson
				{hp-pcd,teklabs}!orstcs!hakanson

dab@iedl02.UUCP (06/30/83)

References: hp-pcd.1219

The 386 is a !!! 32 BIT !!! machine. That's all I know for now.

Duff Browne
GE-IEDL
C'ville, Va.