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Yes, everybody... my bone stock Evo IX SE finally crossed into the 100,000-mile realm yesterday on my way back home from Downtown LA.
It's been a great experience since I took it off the lot brand new, and I can't really find myself getting rid of it. Obviously with the car itself being around 10 years old (and the platform technically being more like 15 years old), it's a little dated, but even if I get another car at some point, I'd still like to keep this. Throughout the years, I had tested out other cars when they came out to see if I'd make the jump -- off the top of my head, more or less in chronological order, a 370Z, an Evo X GSR, a 3-Series, an IS200t -- and nothing really jumped at me or made me want to switch. My brother picked up a brand new 2015 320i in late 2014, and it's nice and has all the pickup you really need, but I was always very content with my car.
Maintenance isn't cheap but it's nothing that I was ever concerned with. Other than the routine stuff -- synthetic oil changes every 3,750 miles, the usual 15k/30k/60k services -- all I ever did was replace the spark plugs and water pump during the 60k service (might as well) and then the radiator at 95k since there was a leak at the top. I changed out the pads at maybe 40k (and there was actually still a good amount left), so I'll probably change my pads and resurface the rotors soon, perhaps when I do the 15k service at 105k miles.
This is my daily driver and I generally exercise pretty good self restraint, so the tires lasted pretty long. I swapped out the stock Advans at 25k (and they still had enough meat for someone to buy them off of me) for Z1 Star Specs, which I swapped out at 50k for V12 Evos (since I knew I was going to do a lot of weekend driving visiting my mom, who at the time was battling cancer, in Ventura County), which I swapped out at 92k for Pilot Super Sports.
Similarly, gas mileage is decent. You can see my stats here:
http://www.fuelly.com/car/mitsubishi...uuuts83/213105
The lifetime average is 21.6 mpg, with my very best having been 32.2 mpg. I think I broke the 30 mpg maybe three times total, but obviously that's not necessarily the best representation of my highway mileage. They're sort of flukes, but I was able to do it a few times, so I guess I know what to do and what conditions I need if I want to see those numbers, though admittedly it's more for novelty.
On that topic, I haven't updated my fuelly account since September, but my recent mileage has actually taken a fairly considerable drop recently. Any guesses on what it might be or what I should look at? I've checked the tire pressures, and the air filter looks fine. I've had the car long enough to notice when something changes, and it's definitely not my driving style or commute that changed. I first noticed a slight decrease around December of last year, but that was around when I did the 90k service and then changed the tires, but there's been a larger decrease recently. For someone who has broken 30 mpg, for me to barely hit 20 mpg last weekend on a tank that had maybe 75% highway driving (and not in conditions that would yield something lower, like traffic or fast acceleration) is a head scratcher, especially when I would normally expect that tank to have been somewhere around 22-23 mpg.
Great car overall, and definitely one of my good decisions.
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