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Hey folks 👋

784 views 8 replies 5 participants last post by  abdrury  
#1 ·
Hey everybody, name’s Brandon, glad I found you guys in this form. I will be keeping an eye on the forms and maybe asking some questions over the coming months. I am looking to buy my wife a 3G Eclipse for her birthday next spring. I’ll attach a picture of the one that she had.

This is the Eclipse she had when we met, and shortly after we got married, I convinced her to trade it on a Gallant. She has never let me live it down, and now 16 years later I would like to try to replace it for her birthday in March.

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I seem to recall that it was a manual, and she always goes on about how fun a manual transmission is. However, I feel like it would be safer to find something in auto. Wish me luck, I’m hoping to find something later in this year, that is very clean, OEM, and low miles.
 
#2 ·
The manual is MUCH more reliable than the automatic transmissions Mitsubishi put out. 200% more reliable.
 
#3 ·
Good to know! This of course would be a “fun” car for her so it may be fine to get a manual anyways.

Any tips or leads on the best way to find something for sale? There’s a few on Autotrader it seems like pretty consistently.
 
#9 ·
Hey guys I’m much closer to needing to find something. A near perfect example is FS in NC. 54k mi. Auto tho. Is the auto something to absolutely avoid? This will be a weekend/ fun car, not daily at all. Any advice on how to have it inspected before I have it shipped ? I’m in KY so I’d have to transport it.