I have had my 92 Talon TSI for just over 2 years now. It has 157,000 miles
on it and still runs quite well. I am sure my compression is about near
its
end, but it still does not smoke. I did the timing belt when I got the
car
since I did not know when it had been done. I also had to replace the
passenger side half-shaft not too long ago. I bought a wrecked 91 Eclipse
GS-T for parts and used parts from it to replace the entire exhaust from
the
down pipe back with the aftermarket one that was on that car. I spent a
year in Iraq so the car has not really been driven too much, but I do like
driving it. I love feeling that boost, quite the quick little car.
Happy New Years!
"Brian Knoblauch" <briank@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:8LqdneoRMe9gji7eRVn-jg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> news wrote:
>
>> I bought mine new also.. 91 Talon, 112K on it. Daily driver. Only
repair
>> has been new rear hub bearings, timing belt replaced at 69k under
>> warranty
>> with
>> new head/ valves etc for free. Best running car Ive ever owned...so
the
>> people who say DSM's are **** can go eat some.
>
> I think you're pretty lucky. I've only had mine 3 years and have
> had
> brakes catch on fire, and electrical fire, a failed oil pump (with only
> 30k
> miles on it!), door handle snap off, fuel pressure regulator fail, A/C
> suddenly lost all the refrigerant, Idle screw blew out of the throttle
> body, coolant bottle cracked and lost all the coolant!... and so on :-)
> I
> love the car, but repairs are killer. Only gets a few thousand miles a
> year because there's always something breaking so it's on jackstands or
in
> the shop most of the time! (right now it's waiting on a trans rebuild
due
> to a broken c-clip internally :(
>
> My friend had a '90 that she loved too, but after multiple
engines
> in just
> a couple years it was too much :-( I miss that car, we had some fun
road
> trips in it!
>
> Wonderfully fun cars. Reliable, well, some people have good
> luck... Some
> don't...
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