bazza_g Posted September 22, 2004 Report Share Posted September 22, 2004 Holy mother of God - just read the new CAR and the review of the FQ400 3.6 to 60 which beats a flippin Zonda and all from 4 cylinders and 2 litres sounds like its all about to go bang at any moment ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loddrik Posted September 22, 2004 Report Share Posted September 22, 2004 Comes with a 3 year warranty so it wouldn't really be a worry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazza_g Posted September 22, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2004 pretty bloomin impressive if you ask me - £45k to transport the family and spank £300k supercars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattR32 Posted September 23, 2004 Report Share Posted September 23, 2004 DEFINITELY getting a test drive in one of those if I can! £45k sounds quite a bargain too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turrican Posted September 28, 2004 Report Share Posted September 28, 2004 Service every 1000 miles as well.... probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snail Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 Was reading about this in autoexpress......sounds like an awesome motor......now wheres that lottery ticket? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby_simon Posted November 8, 2004 Report Share Posted November 8, 2004 [ QUOTE ] Was reading about this in autoexpress......sounds like an awesome motor......now wheres that lottery ticket? [/ QUOTE ] In my pocket I hope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablodaboy Posted February 18, 2005 Report Share Posted February 18, 2005 be aware be very aware although excellent car to live with mitsubishi warranty aint worth poo my clutch gave in less than 1 year old with 7k on clock and not only would my local dealer do nothing on warranty they where very ignorant and unhelpfull they wouldn't even give a discount on labour £800 so with standard item fitted u can add £1600 per annum to servicing costs if u did 14k which i would suggest not unreasonable this alongside £300 every 4.5k starts to get pricey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROYLANCE Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 I have had Mists Evo FQ300 and clutch gave up after 3000 miles, also not covered by the warranty so i replaced the clutch 800 quid and sold it. Won't buy another till i hear some good reliability stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbside Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 As with most car makers, Mitsubishi won't cover 'consumable' items under their warranty (Stuff like brake pads, clutches, tyres etc.) unless it is their fault. It is difficult to differentiate between a clutch wearing out due to a fault and one wearing out due to misuse. I suspect if your dealer had claimed for the clutch to be replaced due to a judder or as a result of an oil leak Mitsubishi warranty would have paid but to replace the clutch just because it had worn out, regardless of the mileage would just not be considered. Also, from work I have done on similar Evos I know that Mitsubishi recommend replacing the flywheel at the same time as the clutch. So if your dealer only charged £800 they either cut corners or made a contibution to the cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROYLANCE Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 The car was less than 6 month sold, maybe they did contribute. I never drove the car hard but i have heard of other people having similar probs on FQ300's, maybe it was some sort of fault? Anyway sold the car couldn't justify poss clutch every 3000 miles and servicing to boot. RS6 i bought to replace it was in a different league, just awsome. Best car i have ever owned !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evobaz Posted January 11, 2006 Report Share Posted January 11, 2006 Clutches are notorious on Evo's. A lot tend to be down to mis-use however some (as above) tend to "just go" and Mitsubishi will very rarely cover it under warranty. My Evo 6 has done approx 26000 and is still on its original clutch. Brakes are also another touchy subject on Evo's. Discs can warp by simply looking at them! Mitsubishi sometime skim the discs but again they very rarely replace them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csm7djs Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 Would be interested to hear any reviews from anybody who has actually owned one ( FQ400 ). I was offered one in exchange for my M3 today but turned it down as i need a DIEsel..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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