I had an 01 ES in maroon. Bought it in 03 for $7000 as a 19 year old. Put 200k miles on it before the head gasket blew in 2011 with minimal maintenance. I installed a Pioneer dolphin deck and a Polk subwoofer that I got on special from my job in the Circuit City warehouse. Every corner of the car had been hit and run and I never wanted to pay the deductible. The A/C didn’t work for the last 2 years I drove it. The hubcaps would just pop off and roll away after hitting potholes on a busy highway. I eventually stopped replacing them and drove it on the steelies. I lived in it for a while instead of moving back to my hometown. It got me everywhere I needed to be during a very tumultuous time in my life. I loved that car.
@@Dragon228833I’m finding 2015-2017 Toyota Camrys with 30k-60k miles for $14,000-18,000. There is ONE Camry Hybrid that costs $7,000 that has 243,000 miles on it (I’m curious to see if it’s worth that price for that much milage on a car…but it’s a *hybrid!*)
@@Dragon228833 Excellent point! In todays world in the year 2024 where/what/how would a 19 year old find a 2 year old car for $12 thousand? You can not! Its a fcking impossibility! The market is upside down and the younger generations are screwed.
Lmao I remember the 0-0-0 ad campaign, my dad was a Toyota executive at the time at the TMMK plant and saw the commercial, and said “That’s the most stupid thing in the world, no wonder Mitsubishi is failing, no money for three months?” Edit: this was 2004 Toyota was on top of the world at that point.
I'm reading that Mitsubishi lost almost $500 MILLION dollars and had to repo over 90,000 cars due to that promotion. Combine that with Mitsubishi's failure to come up with anything attractive or desirable to sell in the US and it's flat out amazing they are still here trying to sell rebadged or platform-mate Nissans.
@steveshattah339 If it was in the microscopic fine print, Mitsubishi couldn't be sued. They could come back saying that the buyer didn't read the contract. It's really shady business practices if the finance department at the dealer didn't mention that and there could be BBB complaints, but in the end, it's a case of read before signing. That's a huge reason why Mitsubishi's reputation is in the toilet in the US.
I used to own 2 1991 Galant VR-4's and an '89 GS. They were some of the ugliest sleeper demon cars I've ever owned. Because I loved them so much, when it was time for a new car I looked it up and sure enough they had a new VR-4. V-6...Twin Turbo...AWD...AWS...Active suspension! YES! A 4-door 3000GT! Hell yeah! So I went to Mitsubishi and...the VR-4 is not available in the US Market. FUUUUUCK!! Test drove a spankin' new Galant and was very impressed how they managed to fit so much shitty into a midsize sedan. Ugly interior, plastic everything, loud everything but the radio, flimsy controls, wishy washy handling, anemic...there is nothing redeeming about this car. It's the Official Car of hitting the snooze button for a 3rd time before calling out of work with eye problems, because you just can't see yourself getting out of bed today. Ran into a VR-4 in the wild out in Qatar. Everything I said about the US Market version...forget that. Mr. Muhammad let me give it a spin. Interior...immaculate. Seats...snug but just so. Audio...nothing but engine revvs and hadji radio. Handling...superb. Power...I dumped the clutch and the wheels chirped and my ears touched behind my head. Why could we not get this thing in the USofA??? Fuck me! We got a stripped down version of the EVO without all the fun gadgest because "It's toOoOo ExPeNsIvE", but if you'd given it full kit and slapped any other high end car manufacturer's name on it, Audi, Acura, BMW, Infinity, hell at the time DODGE!! it would have sold at a premium. But no. Mitsubishi decided to languish at the parking lot of the Dollar General waiting for handouts. What happened to you Mitsu? What happened to you?
I believe what happened was excessive substance abuse and being too intelligent for my own good...........I mean that's exactly what happend to Mit Sub Yoshi!
@stormix5755 the closest JDM I've found that comes close is the Mazda6 Signature. So I got a Mazda6 Signature! Lol. I knew when one was finally coming to Colorado, so I literally followed the delivery truck into the dealership. Did the deal while they were giving it a PDI. It's faster and quicker than my old VR4, but no AWD, no manual, and it handles like shit in the snow lol. But in the dry it's in Lexus territory for performance and quality, and it cost $20,000 less than the IS200 I had my eyes on. They may have dropped the Zoom Zoom for the Koda, but it's still in the DNA. If they make a Mazdaspeed version with AWD and a few more ponies (perhaps a V6TT?) It will be my next car. Mazda is the way to go for affordable performance right now. If you own certain Toyotas you already know this lol. Post Fukushima, Mazda has been farming out their parts and some whole rebadged vehicles to other JDM manufacturers.
Early 90s. The high water mark of Mitsubishi. Used to be cool once. It’s a shadow of what it used to be. I owned a few - wouldnt own one now unless it was basically free. To offset the inevitable maintence gremlins
I don't remember where I read this, but someone once said disability benefits are essentially what would happen if you made "if you're too sick for school, you're too sick for video games" an actual law. that captures it better than I ever could.
@@NotTehJonthats my dad right there where he was so embrassing when he was on the dealership buying a Montero Sport Doesnt end there. Anytime someone notices he has Mitsubishi the same ol story comes up like he is doing a fricking history lesson 🤦♂️
I felt this one. I bought cheap car after cheap car, wasting tons of money i didn't have, mostly on repairs. I bought my 06 tacoma 9 years ago. I suffered thru $400 payments for 4 years on a 10 year old truck with 180k miles on it. But it paid off cuz it's never been in the shop. It has 261k miles on it now. Smartest decision i made..
@@josmith213 Only in '91 (2000) and '92 (1000). I had '91 1082 and 1813. They were awesome!!! But any of the newer VR-4's were JDM or overseas models. The USM's were total crap though. Stripped way down to try and be competitive.
This is the first RCR I've watched in a while. I don't know jack about Mitsubishis but the reference to Pennsylvanian coal towns is spot on. I'm not a native Pennsylvanian but I've lived in PA for two decades now. The state is full of little, hollowed-out coal and steel towns with nothing left but a convenience store, a nail spa, a bodega and a pizza place. Their streetlight poles are festooned with banners honoring their war veterans, some of whom you may still find at the bar at the Legion or VFW. Their yards are filled with banners proclaiming their loyalty to a New York con man who will make their lives great again not by bringing back coal and steel but by keeping the Mexicans away from what few jobs that remain. Sometimes there's a craft brewery.
That looks like a smoke blowing Mitsi Magna! Australia's Magnas are what people buy when they missed out on a Camry, but aren't dumb enough to buy a Nissan.
@EAFSQ9 yes I know I had one. Only ever made 235hp in Australia though. Only the galant raliart with the special cams made more and that was not available here
@EAFSQ9 there's also the 20 supercharged TMR versions. They were reasonably affordable a few years back. There was also a very well done twin turbo one that was for sale a few years back. Done by one of the OG members on the forums back in the day
@@EAFSQ9lots of people pushing 200+kw out of NA 3.8s in magnas/380s too. You can use the pajeros twin cam spicy heads. Paired to a manual they are fantastic.
Oh man, the thing about the coal mine is so true. Old Mitsubishi Galants and Eclipses where the missing windows are replaced with plastic sheeting or trashbags held in with wood screws, a Volvo rusted so badly the dried mud baked on from the swiss cheese exhaust being the only thing holding the rear axle on, and first generation S-10s with beds that look like surrealist sculptures and so much missing clearcoat that it resembles a topography map. People need cars in places like that, but they can't afford them so they buy crashed junkers with salvage titles and put them together with whatever they have lying in their yard.
Back then I heard a radio ad for Mitsubishis zero down zero percent. The ad said " here at Mitsubishi we hold zeros in high regard." Thats an ad I only heard once.
"The Rise and Fall of Mitsubishi in WRC" documentary points to the 0-0-0 promo was the death nail in Mitsubishi. Because they ended up eating hundreds of millions of dollars due to the repossessions. They also lost $1.4 billion due to EPA milage cheating at the same time.
I never realized there was a balloon payment due. I figured they either just ate the cost of the first three payments because they are almost all interest anyway. Or spread it out over the rest of the term. You are dealing with people who can't come up with a $500 down payment. How were they going to make a three or four month lump sum payment? If nothing else it probably ended with a lot of "lightly used" almost new cars available for a decent discount.
I worked at a Honda dealership in 2004-05...a 1-2 year old Galant was the great switcheroo car when someone couldn't get approved on an late-model used Accord. I actually liked them just fine at the time, but time has not been friendly to these Galants
I was almost forced to buy one when my financed Dodge broke down. This was the only car I could get that kept the payments low enough for me 21 years ago. I still have it today. It's never broken down. I'm a Toyota guy now, and I think these are just as reliable. I love it for that. My son will drive it soon.
I owned a 2000 galant throughout high school and college. I got it used from a salesman that drove cross country. I drove from Chicago to Virginia and back over and over for four years during college. It struggled up hills and was rusting bad in spots, but never had a single issue. AC never stopped working, leaked a small enough amount of oil it was negligible and the transmission never slipped even in the least. The only thing was the headlight would go out sometimes, but I could give it a wiggle when I popped the hood and it would light back up, which I would demonstrated for officers that pulled me over when it turned off. I ended up selling it with 364 thousand miles when it was all said and done. That car deserved a Medal of Honor.
That's super reliable. Mitsubishi really had a shot to be seen as reliable as Toyota. Not sure why they didn't catch on so well. I would've bought one anyway!
I was born in '98, grew up on the West Coast, have memories of family events from before 9/11, but I don't actually remember it, because that's not the type of news that my parents in 2001 would share with a 3 and 1/2 year-old. That being said, I remember the 0-0-0 commercials, and I never understood why they didn't just say the price of the car. I remember when the local mattress retailers started using that deal, and I thought "pay no interest until 2004" was SO FAR into the future. I gotta give props to my Dad for explaining to 5-year-old me the concept of purchasing on credit and interest rates in a way I could understand and comprehend!
I was going on a road trip and got one of these as a upgrade. It was brand new. I payed extra for insurance and beat the heck out of it. I was pretty impressed by it. I forgot what the top speed was but it was pretty good for the time.
I had a 01 Galant V6. It wasn’t fancy but it was a tank. No matter what happened to it,it just kept going. I sold it with 173k on it for 400$. The girl that bought it drove it for two or three years. She never changed the oil or took care of it. So it finally popped the engine and went into the scrap yard.
Twenty years ago, I had an ‘89 Civic Si, bought it for a few hundred from the service writer at the Honda dealership where I worked. He was form PA (this was in Ohio) so there was plenty of scrap metal frankensteined on the fenders where you’d normally see the cancer on an ‘80s car that lived its life in the hard, salty Pennsylvania winters. But apart from that, the car was in damn fine shape, only had just over 100k on the odometer and it loved to be tossed around. I miss that car so much sometimes. I’ll get back to it in a bit. In 2002, I was desperate, and in my desperation, I was a sucker for one of those MLM schemes, selling shit for a couple of scumbags to pay the scumbags who trained them, and so on. This Galant reminds me of the myriad shitboxes I got to ride around in for those ten days before I came to my senses and noped the hell outta there after a new recruit introduced herself by saying the most interesting thing she could think of about herself was that she “shidded” herself when she gave birth to her daughter. Except back in those days, the shitboxes were Ford Tempos with dead heater cores in subzero temps, Chevy Berettas with doors that wouldn’t stay closed, or K-cars that, well, were K-cars, but they for sure had pricey stereo head units and subwoofers that could liquefy a corpse shoved in the trunk. Tinted windows, velour Crown Royal bags on the shifter, steering wheel covers with cherries or naked lady silhouettes or tweety bird, the drivers did what they could to make it look on the inside like the Mustang they wanted to get one day from a shady buy-here-pay-here lot and put dubs on. It was an experience, I’m just glad I got out of it before too long, even if I didn’t quite land on my feet afterward. Anyway, the Si. I got two years with that car, before it became all too apparent that it was not safe to drive and there was no fixing it. The frame was swiss cheesed to the point that it was starting to come apart, so my wife traded it in for an ‘02 Si. At this point, I’d gotten my life together and had moved on from all that dirtbag-adjacent shit (I wasn’t really one myself, I didn’t even drink, I was just deeply depressed and so riddled with anxiety that I didn’t know _how_ to make good life choices) and went back to school. I still have nightmares that I’m back at one of the many awful jobs I had back then, and I may have another one tonight as that goddamn Mitsubishi Basketcase will serve as a reminder of what once was and what should never again be. _Thanks._ I owe you one.
My wife had one for awhile. She loved it, but then again, the only car she can accurately name if seen on the road is a Mustang. It eventually had an electrical fire. After insurance fixed it, she got rid of it and i think it is still being driven by the same older lady who bought it. They were surprisingly durable.
in the mid-90s Mitsubushi pushed the Galants out with dirt cheap leases around NYC - something like $150 a month with very little down. my neighborhood was full of them, and my family got one. I ended up learning how to drive in it. It was....fine, especially for the price.
in 2002 I had 2001 ES, came from Florida with 21000miles silver....loved it! had it for 10yrs and it held up better than I thought gave to my brother because he was a new dad and needed a ride, he had it for a year and it got totaled by a jeep😢😢...the thing is it was so simple to mod and to work on that I want it back...we broke here in Rochester ny so all the old cars are looking great right now😅😅😅
I've always wanted a VR4 version of this generation. Of course we never got the VR4 version, cause we never get the cool stuff, cuz we got Galant at home. A laughable V6 and an anemic 4 cyl, single cam, 2.4. I had one in my youth, with the 4 cyl, handed down to me, after my dad passed away. Used to dream about turning it into a 4wd and swapping in a 4G63T. At 200k miles the transmission took a crap, even with all the meticulous maintenance. Then again, I would beat the livin shit out of that car. She would see nothing less than 80 mph on the highway, and I used to throw it sideways on gravel roads. I would commuted an hour to two to get to work 6 days a week. I wanted to keep it, but a landlord who had beef with my brother, and by extension me, threatened to have it towed and impounded, only a week after the transmission failed. So instead of having someone haul my baby Ruby away, I decided to send her away myself to the big dismantler in the sky. I got 100 bucks for the car. Kept my $300 optima battery and sold it for $200. That still hurts, and I still miss that car.
“Or the person riding shotgun was on the heavier side of the Presidential scale. More Howard Taft than Honest Abe.” This word craft just to describe shot suspension is why I remain here 😂
The SOHC’s 6G’s in these galants (and so many other Mitsubishi’s) are ridiculously unkillable. I have a friend with one that’s literally cracked down the center of the block, JB welded back together, and the oil pickup is so badly bent that I’m surprised it even has oil pressure at all. Despite all this, he runs it off limiter ON COLD START on the daily- and yet somehow, it still runs and drives. Thing is powered by hopes and dreams alone.
It actually just got a timing belt job done about 2 weeks after we did the filming! I love this piece of shit. I also recently did a blend door actuator cause mine took a dump
Sad to see this one absolutely abused, no shock to see you hated it, especially in low trim. My Dad had a 2003 Galant 2.5 Equippe Estate JDM import and it was a great car, he daily'd it for 12 years and only got rid of it because my city introduced emissions restrictions in 2018 of which it did not pass. I miss that car, you just don't get desirable affordable reliable cruisers anymore.
Look into VW. Put aside all of your preconceived notions about their reliability; they're all wrong (assuming you're one of those people that think VWs are unreliable). Do the maintenance at the regular intervals like you would for any other car, and treat it well, and it'll be an amazing car. My 2016 Jetta (SEL Premium w/ 1.8T engine) is an insanely good touring car. It drives way better than any other car sedan (or just car in general) at that class/price point. Great cruising car, great gas mileage, amazing features for the price/year, etc etc. Unfortunately, we lost the Arteon and Passat, and they're just letting the Arteon stock run dry. In my opinion, the Germans are really the only ones left making reliable, nice touring sedans now. My next car will probably be a BMW or Mercedes. I don't mind paying more for one at this point.
I had a european 2002 Galant with a 2.5 V6 Elegance 4 speed auto, the top model which previously belonged to the director of Mitsubishi of The Netherlands. I loved that car. It was not very fast (162 BHP) etc but it was reliable and I loved the looks of it (not quite the same as the one shown here). Very expensive to drive (our petrol has always been a lot more expensive than USA, there I would always drive V8 with those prices even now) A bit of an alternative to a 5 series BMW, although they would certainly be more expensive and better.
At a previous job, my lab had a Grand Marquis with (Arizona) Farm Vehicle plates (we were on a pecan orchard - even the executives' company cars had farm plates) and this reminds me of that car. The Grand Marquis had I think one working seat belt, and when I started there, it didn't have AC. IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA. I made the farm equipment shop fix the AC, at least. It got like 12mpg on whatever 75 octane farm grade gas from the cardlock fuel pump that frequently broke down, and I'm pretty sure the entire suspension was made of zip ties and scrap metal. That shitbox was a hilarious, and as such, I can absolutely understand this Galant.
I owned one of these from 2013-2023, traded it in for a 2020 Toyota Corolla Hatch Back XSE, it did the job for A to B travel, until it couldn't 89,000 miles to about 155,000 miles. Good lil car ill miss it sorta.
I bought one of these as a newer used car in the early 2000s but I had the four cylinder instead of the V6. As someone who does his own work I can't stand V6 engines crammed into a front-wheel drive layout. I never thought of it as sporty, it seemed more luxury...at least on the inside. The exterior styling, especially looking at it from the rear, seemed like it borrowed heavily from the BMW. It looked good, it was reliable, and it was very comfortable to drive. Mine was 2 years old and only had 20,000 miles. I got it' so cheap I saved up on the side and paid it off early. I drove that car for 7 years in eastern Pennsylvania and left it parked outside everyday. I sold it with no body rot and still looking fairly new.
Not the Galant, but Mitsubishi Magnas were the quite staple in Aus, away from the Commodores and Falcons having their weekly bar brawls, and Camry just at the bar having drinks with workmates instead of his wife and kids. Magna, in fact most Mitsubishi's here just like to do an honest job and hope they're doing the best for their families
2002 Mitsubishi Galant: the car where a $50 Ebay timing kit will add 10% to the street value and you'd get more for it at the junkyard than you could sell it for, at least as long as the guy calculating your tonnage doesn't own a magnet.
The 8th gen VR4's before this were extremely underrated tho. Evo 4 GSR drivetrain incl. AYC, 2.5 twin turbo v6, AND SLA multilink suspension front & reat (so comfortable and handles great). Basically a bigger more luxurious (relatively) super comfy evo with more torque and a giant af sunroof! What's not to love? Also, LEGNUM 👋🎤
Indeed, that's far better than my cheap PT Cruiser. So far replaced a battery that's under the air intake ductwork, and a return coolant pipe that snakes under intake manifold.. What chores to do. I used a mechanic to do the leaking water pump, (third one on car from inherited paper work..), that involves removing A/C refrigerant because a line has to be moved out of the way.. It's way too tight under the hood for any easy access. Try and find the remote battery connections for the first time..
In my country 🇹🇹 we called this generation the "shark mouth". (Tell me you don't live in a landlocked country without telling me you don't live in a landlocked country) ALL owners here do one of the following: A. Make them VR4 conversions, either the sedan or station wagon. B. Slap all kinds of engine/trans setups and frankenstein VR4 imitations. SR20/RB20 RWD DET. C. Drive this until the wheels fall off....which is the reason why I am seeing more and more or the other 2 options being done.
There's another comment in here that describes the Galant as a Shark too (Indonesia). Over at the Philippines as well, later Galants were also nicknamed sharks. The ones we got here looked pretty neat, though they kinda went away as years went by (seen less of them by the time we got Evo 7s). Also, I kinda wanted either the 98 one or the older smaller (just slightly bigger than the Lancer) one from afar.
the depressing regularity is so refreshing. I inhaled deeply at the sight of this car. I still don't know how to explain why I like that feeling. but thank you for that, RCR.
We rented one of these once. Don't know the exact year, but it was this generation. Our DD at the time was a B5 Passat, so.... Let's say between the weird tinny resonance which shook the entire body of the car when you closed a door/hit a bump/looked at it funny, and the driving experience, which combined the ride harshness of a hard core sports car with the handling precision of a wounded Buick, it didn't compare all that well.
The Galant was a great first new car after college. I beat the shit out of this car for 11 years and it never let me down. I took it on the Autobahn, Autostrada, and then back to the states when I was stationed in America again. Never broke down, easy to work on, I never was stranded anywhere… I did the required maintenance on it. It doesn't have excess electronic bullshit that today's cars are plagued with. I miss this era of the simple, affordable, reliable, non bullshit car.
Definitely one of the best cars in terms of work/A-to-B beaters. I own one for a year, bought as a first car when I was 17, 4 cylinder 4G64. It survived a 45 mph flying over speed bumps, it survived 4 other people who trained on this car prior to the driving test, and it even survived driving without oil at all since it burnt all the oil. Survived all the abuse that 17-year-olds’ usually provides for this things. Obviously, it’s not the best car at all, but it’s definitely the best car for its value and also incredibly reliable (4 cylinder). It’s also the best first car, just to start driving
As an Australian this is one of the most "an car" of all time. At least the regional equivalent (Magna). Right up there with the XV20 Camry. Ours must have been much more survivable. They're still pretty common on the road today.
I appreciate this explanation of Mitsubishis in general. I so often see them with some kind of unrepaired damage and half wondered if parts were simply unavailable in the U.S.
If you haven't done the Australia tour yet, you simply *must* drive the Galant's Australian cousin, the Magna. It is the ultimate "low income single dad car" in Aus, the shitbox among shitboxes, the Camry we have at home.
@@andrewcipriano2890 they still have the same shitty wave spring that fails and takes out the whole trans in the process. Its a damn shame about that spring, because they were bloody robust in every other way.
What's curious about this car is that different versions had different suspension architecture for some odd reason. The US version had MacPherson struts, while the European and JDM cars had a multi-link I think up front.
The US built Galant was platform sharing with the Eclipse (as it always did) and the 3rd gen Eclipse went back to McStruts with the 3rd gen. You can fit the Legnum front knuckles on 2G DSMs as an OEM option to fit EVO Brembos, but people also make adapter mounts that you can fit.
in Indonesia the people here refer to them as the shark galant (not 'shark nose' or nothin' just the shark galant) these were the fastest s**t you can still afford round here back then with the only engine option being a 2.5 V6 i think it was the 6A12? anyway these we're and still is loved by the Indonesian car community
I have a low mileage 2000 galant GTZ and i love it. I feel i have to defend this car. Simple maintenance on it will keep it running and they're pretty peppy cars. 190 hp isn't something to look down on for a daily driver. Great car!
I love these cars specifically because it was my first car this is the car that gives me all the nostalgia thank you for this one it makes me so happy to just see a Galant V6 even in such bad shape
The same company that brought forth the Starion/Conquest and then followed that up with the 3000GT/Stealth. But look at Mitsubishi now, just a shadow of its former self. 😥
Mitsubishi Group keep Mitsubishi Motors going because somehow their revenue keeps increasing. Nineteen billion dollars in 2023 versus eighteen and a half in 2022, versus sixteen and a half in 2019. They're less a shadow of their former selves and more some sort of shadowy organization because there's no way that's possible when you look at their global activities.
A friend of mine had a Galant V6 for a coupla years, which was... ayite I guess... But when he bought a 2001 Mk3 VR4... THAT was the start of his tuning era, and it soon turned into a bit of a beastie 😉👍 😎🇬🇧
My wife had 1996 Mitsubishi Galant 4 cylinder manual transmission. She bought it new. I hated the car, but 180,000 miles later, and 0 repairs that were not maintenance, I had to admit it did it’s job. She liked it, and I knew better than to disparage it. Respect to reliability. No clue about the 6 cylinder auto.
Hey now. I had the 2001 4 cylinder and it was a great car. No issues except a blown fuse and sold it at 175k miles. My coworker drove it to just over 225k miles when she gave it to her daughter who blew it because she didn't take care it. It got a pin hole radiator leak and she would never fix it.
My car, Shadow, is pretty similar. He started out as a rental, my dad bought him on 2012 when my 8 year old self fell in love with the relatively sporty looks and the percieved performance of being allowed up front on weekends and the driver not giving a shit. He eventually bought a 535d and Shadow became the official car of weekends at my grandparents house learning to change a tyre without using the rusted jack points and finding the bite point of a welded dual mass clutch because Papa is cool like that. Then the oil industry fell apart, the BMW went and Shadow became the car of less and less frequent weekend trips to dad's which were spent with the PS3 and the dogs because his new wife didn't really care and he's desperate not to be alone. Shadow was also promised to me as my first car and I was given the honour of being shouted at for not immediately knowing how to manoeuvre like a cabbie. Then dad broke yet more promises by demolishing the rear suspension and transmission through poor/no maintainance and deciding that lease hire X5 was a better idea that actually keeping Shadow alive. He rotted for 2 years before Papa's neighbour bodged him back into roadworthyish condition using bits from all manner of totaled cars and his 50 years experience as an unlicensed bus mechanic. I eventually bought Shadow back off another guy when i saw him in his garden for £300 and have since poured money, sweat and literal blood (of the friend who actually knows how to work on cars) and he's become my certified shitbox daily. The underside and chassis are welded, the bodywork looks rough and the obligatory EBCs and H&Rs have taken him to track day semi success and some fantastic B road fuckery because Mazda actually put effort into the chassis despite being owned by ford at the time. I've taught friends to drive, become a far better driver myself and am so adept at coping that I no longer swear when the clutch goes weird. I genuinely love Shadow as a childhood friend, an absolute trooper who shouldn't still exist and as a middle finger to dad's laziness and inability to be a father.
Hilarious!!! Love your snarky humor! Although an absolute sales failure, I unequivocally love my fugly, but solidly-built USDM '09 Mitsubishi Galant, powered by the ultra-reliable 2.4L 4G69 engine (when the timing belts are changed per recommended intervals!). My Galant has outlived both my neighbor's 2009 Camry and my co-worker's 2008 Honda Accord -- both also with 2.4L engines with 100-120K miles. The smoking Camry died due to its 2AZ-FE I4 having the notorious defective piston rings/excessive oil consumption/starvation defect. The Accord's K24 suffered a similar fate. Who would've thunk the underdog Mitsubishi would outlive both of these immensely popular models?!?!? Keep up your brutally crass sarcasm! I love it!
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2002 Mitsubishi Galant V6: The official car of the driver who thinks a 2003 Nissan Altima V6 is a bit too snooty for their tastes.
😄😄😄😄
with a poster of Maxima hanging in the garage with a sticky note labeled GOALS!!!
I was always partial to the SER Altima..
Came here to make basically this same comment 😂😂😂
Hey now those 6MT V-6 Altimas were sleepers.
I had an 01 ES in maroon. Bought it in 03 for $7000 as a 19 year old. Put 200k miles on it before the head gasket blew in 2011 with minimal maintenance. I installed a Pioneer dolphin deck and a Polk subwoofer that I got on special from my job in the Circuit City warehouse. Every corner of the car had been hit and run and I never wanted to pay the deductible. The A/C didn’t work for the last 2 years I drove it. The hubcaps would just pop off and roll away after hitting potholes on a busy highway. I eventually stopped replacing them and drove it on the steelies. I lived in it for a while instead of moving back to my hometown. It got me everywhere I needed to be during a very tumultuous time in my life. I loved that car.
I miss the days when a recent used car was under $10k.
Sounds like my 2008 accord and I . ❤🤘🏾
@@MillVillage$7k in 03 is about $12k now. Youd be lucky to find an 8 year old camry in good condition for that price
@@Dragon228833I’m finding 2015-2017 Toyota Camrys with 30k-60k miles for $14,000-18,000. There is ONE Camry Hybrid that costs $7,000 that has 243,000 miles on it (I’m curious to see if it’s worth that price for that much milage on a car…but it’s a *hybrid!*)
@@Dragon228833 Excellent point! In todays world in the year 2024 where/what/how would a 19 year old find a 2 year old car for $12 thousand? You can not! Its a fcking impossibility! The market is upside down and the younger generations are screwed.
Mitsubishi Galant. It drives straight so I said F*&k it. Perfect summary of owning this car.
Best line in the whole video 😂
I had to chuckle from that one too! hahaha
Lmao I remember the 0-0-0 ad campaign, my dad was a Toyota executive at the time at the TMMK plant and saw the commercial, and said “That’s the most stupid thing in the world, no wonder Mitsubishi is failing, no money for three months?” Edit: this was 2004 Toyota was on top of the world at that point.
I'm reading that Mitsubishi lost almost $500 MILLION dollars and had to repo over 90,000 cars due to that promotion. Combine that with Mitsubishi's failure to come up with anything attractive or desirable to sell in the US and it's flat out amazing they are still here trying to sell rebadged or platform-mate Nissans.
@@aaronswink8554 OOOOOF!
@@heikkiremes5661
Meanwhile Mitsubishi in ASEAN holding on their dear life with Xpander, Pajero Sport and Triton
0 0 0 but after 3 months you got to pay those payments. I wonder if they got sued over that.
@steveshattah339 If it was in the microscopic fine print, Mitsubishi couldn't be sued. They could come back saying that the buyer didn't read the contract. It's really shady business practices if the finance department at the dealer didn't mention that and there could be BBB complaints, but in the end, it's a case of read before signing. That's a huge reason why Mitsubishi's reputation is in the toilet in the US.
I used to own 2 1991 Galant VR-4's and an '89 GS. They were some of the ugliest sleeper demon cars I've ever owned. Because I loved them so much, when it was time for a new car I looked it up and sure enough they had a new VR-4. V-6...Twin Turbo...AWD...AWS...Active suspension! YES! A 4-door 3000GT! Hell yeah! So I went to Mitsubishi and...the VR-4 is not available in the US Market. FUUUUUCK!! Test drove a spankin' new Galant and was very impressed how they managed to fit so much shitty into a midsize sedan. Ugly interior, plastic everything, loud everything but the radio, flimsy controls, wishy washy handling, anemic...there is nothing redeeming about this car. It's the Official Car of hitting the snooze button for a 3rd time before calling out of work with eye problems, because you just can't see yourself getting out of bed today.
Ran into a VR-4 in the wild out in Qatar. Everything I said about the US Market version...forget that. Mr. Muhammad let me give it a spin. Interior...immaculate. Seats...snug but just so. Audio...nothing but engine revvs and hadji radio. Handling...superb. Power...I dumped the clutch and the wheels chirped and my ears touched behind my head. Why could we not get this thing in the USofA??? Fuck me! We got a stripped down version of the EVO without all the fun gadgest because "It's toOoOo ExPeNsIvE", but if you'd given it full kit and slapped any other high end car manufacturer's name on it, Audi, Acura, BMW, Infinity, hell at the time DODGE!! it would have sold at a premium. But no. Mitsubishi decided to languish at the parking lot of the Dollar General waiting for handouts. What happened to you Mitsu? What happened to you?
Yes, bit like the vrm spec in HK. It was awesome
I believe what happened was excessive substance abuse and being too intelligent for my own good...........I mean that's exactly what happend to Mit Sub Yoshi!
this is awesome info. Thx for sharing, I wonder if someone will try to import one in a few years
@stormix5755 the closest JDM I've found that comes close is the Mazda6 Signature. So I got a Mazda6 Signature! Lol. I knew when one was finally coming to Colorado, so I literally followed the delivery truck into the dealership. Did the deal while they were giving it a PDI. It's faster and quicker than my old VR4, but no AWD, no manual, and it handles like shit in the snow lol. But in the dry it's in Lexus territory for performance and quality, and it cost $20,000 less than the IS200 I had my eyes on. They may have dropped the Zoom Zoom for the Koda, but it's still in the DNA. If they make a Mazdaspeed version with AWD and a few more ponies (perhaps a V6TT?) It will be my next car. Mazda is the way to go for affordable performance right now. If you own certain Toyotas you already know this lol. Post Fukushima, Mazda has been farming out their parts and some whole rebadged vehicles to other JDM manufacturers.
Early 90s. The high water mark of Mitsubishi.
Used to be cool once.
It’s a shadow of what it used to be.
I owned a few - wouldnt own one now unless it was basically free. To offset the inevitable maintence gremlins
Mitsubishi Galant:
"that's all I'm getting for social security benefits?"
As someone on social security disability, I find this hilarious, because its so damn true. XD
I don't remember where I read this, but someone once said disability benefits are essentially what would happen if you made "if you're too sick for school, you're too sick for video games" an actual law. that captures it better than I ever could.
Wish I had that sorta money
If the Mitsubishi Galant v6 was rear wheel drive, you would see them in every drift event
True
Theyd be clapped out at the takeovers too lol
@@valerieechague5133 Surprised they aren't already when reverse donuts can be done! xD hahaha
Older versions had 4WD options so I can see why this one fell off
wouldnt any rwd japanese car?
Honda Accord: Runs for 20 years if you take care of it.
Mitsubishi Galant: Still running 22 years later after having the wet shit beat out of it.
my 25 years old lancer still running i love mitsubishi's durability
Back when they had the 0-0-0 ads, I thought "Oh yeah, Mitsubishi made the Zero fighter for the Japanese military in WWII".
“Celebrate this Pearl Harbor Day with our Mitsubishi Zero, Zero, Zero special!”
Ahh, back when Dodge fought the Zero with the Wildcat and later Hellcat, and Lincoln came in with the Corsair.
always old boomers that love to mention the Zero fighter whenever Mitsubishi is mentioned lmao (not saying you are, it's just my lived experience)
I remember that promotion. I never looked into the details but I remember thinking, how the hell can they afford to offer that. Now I know.
@@NotTehJonthats my dad right there where he was so embrassing when he was on the dealership buying a Montero Sport
Doesnt end there. Anytime someone notices he has Mitsubishi the same ol story comes up like he is doing a fricking history lesson 🤦♂️
Now this is a regular car
This is not a regular car... it's the other end of the spectrum: Shitbox held together by duct tape and divine intervention
It's a car that, when pulling (or pushing) it into your driveway, the HOA manager looks through their window and just says "f**k..."
@@alidaraie it was a regular car
The tiptronic versions are crazy I currently have one and it's one of the biggest sleeper in my town any car can be fast once build
I felt this one. I bought cheap car after cheap car, wasting tons of money i didn't have, mostly on repairs. I bought my 06 tacoma 9 years ago. I suffered thru $400 payments for 4 years on a 10 year old truck with 180k miles on it. But it paid off cuz it's never been in the shop. It has 261k miles on it now. Smartest decision i made..
The VR-4 version of this car with the chiseled looking nose always seemed desirable to me.
Completely different cars to the USDM Galants haha
Not...available...in the USA. :(
Could get a ralliart magna in Australia, the magna was fully Australian design and built
@@Roadiedaveyea they were but they only sold a few thousand
@@josmith213 Only in '91 (2000) and '92 (1000). I had '91 1082 and 1813. They were awesome!!! But any of the newer VR-4's were JDM or overseas models. The USM's were total crap though. Stripped way down to try and be competitive.
This is the first RCR I've watched in a while. I don't know jack about Mitsubishis but the reference to Pennsylvanian coal towns is spot on. I'm not a native Pennsylvanian but I've lived in PA for two decades now. The state is full of little, hollowed-out coal and steel towns with nothing left but a convenience store, a nail spa, a bodega and a pizza place. Their streetlight poles are festooned with banners honoring their war veterans, some of whom you may still find at the bar at the Legion or VFW. Their yards are filled with banners proclaiming their loyalty to a New York con man who will make their lives great again not by bringing back coal and steel but by keeping the Mexicans away from what few jobs that remain. Sometimes there's a craft brewery.
Someone has been to Schuylkill county, the good ole "skook"
Back in 2004 when I was in the Navy in Norfolk, Va. I swear these things were everywhere, people liked to put boom boxes in it with crazy rims.
Replying from Campostella. They're still here.
haha same thing at Camp Lejeune in 03. Loud systems, fart can exhaust and fake spinners. They were everywhere!! And nissan sentra's. Aahhh memories 😂
I’m stationed in Bangor WA rn and these have been replaced by kias lmao
Hey, I'm going to Norfolk,any tips for when I get there after C school?
That's funny, I lived on that base housing for 4 years.@@j_prince_67
That looks like a smoke blowing Mitsi Magna! Australia's Magnas are what people buy when they missed out on a Camry, but aren't dumb enough to buy a Nissan.
Basically the same for our market yea. Same engine and stuff. The 380 which succeeded the magna was also called the galant in foreign markets.
@@thomascocks9136 and yet, the 380 had a larger 6G75 engine developing up to 275hp
@EAFSQ9 yes I know I had one. Only ever made 235hp in Australia though. Only the galant raliart with the special cams made more and that was not available here
@EAFSQ9 there's also the 20 supercharged TMR versions. They were reasonably affordable a few years back. There was also a very well done twin turbo one that was for sale a few years back. Done by one of the OG members on the forums back in the day
@@EAFSQ9lots of people pushing 200+kw out of NA 3.8s in magnas/380s too. You can use the pajeros twin cam spicy heads. Paired to a manual they are fantastic.
Oh man, the thing about the coal mine is so true. Old Mitsubishi Galants and Eclipses where the missing windows are replaced with plastic sheeting or trashbags held in with wood screws, a Volvo rusted so badly the dried mud baked on from the swiss cheese exhaust being the only thing holding the rear axle on, and first generation S-10s with beds that look like surrealist sculptures and so much missing clearcoat that it resembles a topography map. People need cars in places like that, but they can't afford them so they buy crashed junkers with salvage titles and put them together with whatever they have lying in their yard.
I think you'd like the Pole Barn Garage channel.
Back then I heard a radio ad for Mitsubishis zero down zero percent. The ad said " here at Mitsubishi we hold zeros in high regard." Thats an ad I only heard once.
"The Rise and Fall of Mitsubishi in WRC" documentary points to the 0-0-0 promo was the death nail in Mitsubishi. Because they ended up eating hundreds of millions of dollars due to the repossessions. They also lost $1.4 billion due to EPA milage cheating at the same time.
I never realized there was a balloon payment due. I figured they either just ate the cost of the first three payments because they are almost all interest anyway. Or spread it out over the rest of the term.
You are dealing with people who can't come up with a $500 down payment. How were they going to make a three or four month lump sum payment?
If nothing else it probably ended with a lot of "lightly used" almost new cars available for a decent discount.
Would have made more sense to just defer the payments, not require a balloon payment.
As a former 6G72 owner, I must say it was really good at turning petrol into noise.
It’s also great at ticking and leaking from every orifice.
The 6g72 sounds so good tho
@@montysport94 valve stem seals went on mine
@@FlowmasterStang sounds better than a VQ I’ll give you that.
@@rcfp2006 how did I guess?
I worked at a Honda dealership in 2004-05...a 1-2 year old Galant was the great switcheroo car when someone couldn't get approved on an late-model used Accord. I actually liked them just fine at the time, but time has not been friendly to these Galants
I was almost forced to buy one when my financed Dodge broke down. This was the only car I could get that kept the payments low enough for me 21 years ago. I still have it today. It's never broken down. I'm a Toyota guy now, and I think these are just as reliable. I love it for that. My son will drive it soon.
I'm 8 seconds in and I'm already hurting by what owners have done to this poor Mitsi in the past
😭
It was neglected for years, someone cobbled this together quickly to dump it.
My parents owned one and it actually made it to 300,000+ miles. Thanks for reviewing a true regular car.
Damn what'd they get after?
I owned a 2000 galant throughout high school and college. I got it used from a salesman that drove cross country. I drove from Chicago to Virginia and back over and over for four years during college. It struggled up hills and was rusting bad in spots, but never had a single issue. AC never stopped working, leaked a small enough amount of oil it was negligible and the transmission never slipped even in the least. The only thing was the headlight would go out sometimes, but I could give it a wiggle when I popped the hood and it would light back up, which I would demonstrated for officers that pulled me over when it turned off. I ended up selling it with 364 thousand miles when it was all said and done. That car deserved a Medal of Honor.
That's super reliable. Mitsubishi really had a shot to be seen as reliable as Toyota. Not sure why they didn't catch on so well. I would've bought one anyway!
My 2007 galant is currently pushing 250k miles and still running like a champ 💪
God I almost want to start a GoFundMe for this poor owner.
Yeah man the football body filler part sounded mad rough.
We should it's not a bad idea honestly
He uses it as a work beater I think he’s alright
It's not his daily. He's fine
@@j_prince_67it’s his daily. I know the owner personally, for over 20 years. Childhood friends.
Old Man Kunkleman must have expanded his enterprise.
inside Kunkleman Mitsubishi’s offices: “Mert and Aloysius will have to sign X’s, only four of us can write..”
I was born in '98, grew up on the West Coast, have memories of family events from before 9/11, but I don't actually remember it, because that's not the type of news that my parents in 2001 would share with a 3 and 1/2 year-old. That being said, I remember the 0-0-0 commercials, and I never understood why they didn't just say the price of the car. I remember when the local mattress retailers started using that deal, and I thought "pay no interest until 2004" was SO FAR into the future. I gotta give props to my Dad for explaining to 5-year-old me the concept of purchasing on credit and interest rates in a way I could understand and comprehend!
I was going on a road trip and got one of these as a upgrade. It was brand new. I payed extra for insurance and beat the heck out of it.
I was pretty impressed by it. I forgot what the top speed was but it was pretty good for the time.
I had a 01 Galant V6. It wasn’t fancy but it was a tank. No matter what happened to it,it just kept going. I sold it with 173k on it for 400$. The girl that bought it drove it for two or three years. She never changed the oil or took care of it. So it finally popped the engine and went into the scrap yard.
Twenty years ago, I had an ‘89 Civic Si, bought it for a few hundred from the service writer at the Honda dealership where I worked. He was form PA (this was in Ohio) so there was plenty of scrap metal frankensteined on the fenders where you’d normally see the cancer on an ‘80s car that lived its life in the hard, salty Pennsylvania winters. But apart from that, the car was in damn fine shape, only had just over 100k on the odometer and it loved to be tossed around. I miss that car so much sometimes. I’ll get back to it in a bit.
In 2002, I was desperate, and in my desperation, I was a sucker for one of those MLM schemes, selling shit for a couple of scumbags to pay the scumbags who trained them, and so on. This Galant reminds me of the myriad shitboxes I got to ride around in for those ten days before I came to my senses and noped the hell outta there after a new recruit introduced herself by saying the most interesting thing she could think of about herself was that she “shidded” herself when she gave birth to her daughter. Except back in those days, the shitboxes were Ford Tempos with dead heater cores in subzero temps, Chevy Berettas with doors that wouldn’t stay closed, or K-cars that, well, were K-cars, but they for sure had pricey stereo head units and subwoofers that could liquefy a corpse shoved in the trunk. Tinted windows, velour Crown Royal bags on the shifter, steering wheel covers with cherries or naked lady silhouettes or tweety bird, the drivers did what they could to make it look on the inside like the Mustang they wanted to get one day from a shady buy-here-pay-here lot and put dubs on. It was an experience, I’m just glad I got out of it before too long, even if I didn’t quite land on my feet afterward.
Anyway, the Si. I got two years with that car, before it became all too apparent that it was not safe to drive and there was no fixing it. The frame was swiss cheesed to the point that it was starting to come apart, so my wife traded it in for an ‘02 Si. At this point, I’d gotten my life together and had moved on from all that dirtbag-adjacent shit (I wasn’t really one myself, I didn’t even drink, I was just deeply depressed and so riddled with anxiety that I didn’t know _how_ to make good life choices) and went back to school. I still have nightmares that I’m back at one of the many awful jobs I had back then, and I may have another one tonight as that goddamn Mitsubishi Basketcase will serve as a reminder of what once was and what should never again be. _Thanks._ I owe you one.
Lol, I went from an 89 CRX Si to a 2002 Civic Si without any of the drama you experienced. I honestly wish I had kept both cars.
"Structural foam football" is not something I expected to hear today.
The Diamante was definitely 🔥 of that era !!!
Holy moly I was just driving behind a Mitsubishi yesterday and thought to myself "whatever happened to the Galant?" And then you drop this haha.
This episode is classic regular car reviews
That car is ROUGH. Looks like it had quite a life.
Back in the day where I grew up people loved Galants. If you had a Diamante you were ballin lol.
Was my old car, YOUR WELCOME FOR THE FOAM FOOTBALL AND COAL MUD BODY FILLER SPECIAL 😂😂
Better car in GTA 4 as the Maibatsu Vincent than IRL 😂
i like how the fronts of these look
Back in the 1990s- 2000s the mitsubishi eclipse and 3000GT were hot cars.
They now have a crossover SUV they call an Eclipse.
I have a 2003 eclipse GT with this engine very reliable… 3.0
My wife had one for awhile. She loved it, but then again, the only car she can accurately name if seen on the road is a Mustang. It eventually had an electrical fire. After insurance fixed it, she got rid of it and i think it is still being driven by the same older lady who bought it. They were surprisingly durable.
in the mid-90s Mitsubushi pushed the Galants out with dirt cheap leases around NYC - something like $150 a month with very little down. my neighborhood was full of them, and my family got one. I ended up learning how to drive in it. It was....fine, especially for the price.
felt this, parents luckily ended up buying a corolla
This was one of the best episodes ever and I've seen them all
in 2002 I had 2001 ES, came from Florida with 21000miles silver....loved it! had it for 10yrs and it held up better than I thought gave to my brother because he was a new dad and needed a ride, he had it for a year and it got totaled by a jeep😢😢...the thing is it was so simple to mod and to work on that I want it back...we broke here in Rochester ny so all the old cars are looking great right now😅😅😅
I'm sure you guys could find an old Toyota Camry V6 for sale somewhere
I've always wanted a VR4 version of this generation. Of course we never got the VR4 version, cause we never get the cool stuff, cuz we got Galant at home. A laughable V6 and an anemic 4 cyl, single cam, 2.4. I had one in my youth, with the 4 cyl, handed down to me, after my dad passed away. Used to dream about turning it into a 4wd and swapping in a 4G63T. At 200k miles the transmission took a crap, even with all the meticulous maintenance. Then again, I would beat the livin shit out of that car. She would see nothing less than 80 mph on the highway, and I used to throw it sideways on gravel roads. I would commuted an hour to two to get to work 6 days a week. I wanted to keep it, but a landlord who had beef with my brother, and by extension me, threatened to have it towed and impounded, only a week after the transmission failed. So instead of having someone haul my baby Ruby away, I decided to send her away myself to the big dismantler in the sky. I got 100 bucks for the car. Kept my $300 optima battery and sold it for $200. That still hurts, and I still miss that car.
“Or the person riding shotgun was on the heavier side of the Presidential scale. More Howard Taft than Honest Abe.” This word craft just to describe shot suspension is why I remain here 😂
The SOHC’s 6G’s in these galants (and so many other Mitsubishi’s) are ridiculously unkillable. I have a friend with one that’s literally cracked down the center of the block, JB welded back together, and the oil pickup is so badly bent that I’m surprised it even has oil pressure at all. Despite all this, he runs it off limiter ON COLD START on the daily- and yet somehow, it still runs and drives. Thing is powered by hopes and dreams alone.
My stepdad had a dark green Galant Sport. Still one of my favorite looking cars.
I wish that Galant makes Andrew fall in love with her. I really hope she doesn't get scrapped. She's got character.
It actually just got a timing belt job done about 2 weeks after we did the filming! I love this piece of shit. I also recently did a blend door actuator cause mine took a dump
Thanks man this is a fun one, you're in prime form today sir.🤣🤣
The 3.0 engine was actually a decent engine for me
Key words, “For me”. 😂
@@SkarryTerry
I took care of it so maybe that is why
Sad to see this one absolutely abused, no shock to see you hated it, especially in low trim. My Dad had a 2003 Galant 2.5 Equippe Estate JDM import and it was a great car, he daily'd it for 12 years and only got rid of it because my city introduced emissions restrictions in 2018 of which it did not pass. I miss that car, you just don't get desirable affordable reliable cruisers anymore.
Look into VW. Put aside all of your preconceived notions about their reliability; they're all wrong (assuming you're one of those people that think VWs are unreliable). Do the maintenance at the regular intervals like you would for any other car, and treat it well, and it'll be an amazing car.
My 2016 Jetta (SEL Premium w/ 1.8T engine) is an insanely good touring car. It drives way better than any other car sedan (or just car in general) at that class/price point. Great cruising car, great gas mileage, amazing features for the price/year, etc etc. Unfortunately, we lost the Arteon and Passat, and they're just letting the Arteon stock run dry.
In my opinion, the Germans are really the only ones left making reliable, nice touring sedans now. My next car will probably be a BMW or Mercedes. I don't mind paying more for one at this point.
I had a european 2002 Galant with a 2.5 V6 Elegance 4 speed auto, the top model which previously belonged to the director of Mitsubishi of The Netherlands. I loved that car. It was not very fast (162 BHP) etc but it was reliable and I loved the looks of it (not quite the same as the one shown here). Very expensive to drive (our petrol has always been a lot more expensive than USA, there I would always drive V8 with those prices even now)
A bit of an alternative to a 5 series BMW, although they would certainly be more expensive and better.
I feel like the version we got in Europe was far superior than the USDM ones
At a previous job, my lab had a Grand Marquis with (Arizona) Farm Vehicle plates (we were on a pecan orchard - even the executives' company cars had farm plates) and this reminds me of that car.
The Grand Marquis had I think one working seat belt, and when I started there, it didn't have AC.
IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA.
I made the farm equipment shop fix the AC, at least. It got like 12mpg on whatever 75 octane farm grade gas from the cardlock fuel pump that frequently broke down, and I'm pretty sure the entire suspension was made of zip ties and scrap metal.
That shitbox was a hilarious, and as such, I can absolutely understand this Galant.
I owned one of these from 2013-2023, traded it in for a 2020 Toyota Corolla Hatch Back XSE, it did the job for A to B travel, until it couldn't 89,000 miles to about 155,000 miles. Good lil car ill miss it sorta.
I bought one of these as a newer used car in the early 2000s but I had the four cylinder instead of the V6. As someone who does his own work I can't stand V6 engines crammed into a front-wheel drive layout.
I never thought of it as sporty, it seemed more luxury...at least on the inside.
The exterior styling, especially looking at it from the rear, seemed like it borrowed heavily from the BMW.
It looked good, it was reliable, and it was very comfortable to drive. Mine was 2 years old and only had 20,000 miles. I got it' so cheap I saved up on the side and paid it off early. I drove that car for 7 years in eastern Pennsylvania and left it parked outside everyday. I sold it with no body rot and still looking fairly new.
Not the Galant, but Mitsubishi Magnas were the quite staple in Aus, away from the Commodores and Falcons having their weekly bar brawls, and Camry just at the bar having drinks with workmates instead of his wife and kids. Magna, in fact most Mitsubishi's here just like to do an honest job and hope they're doing the best for their families
2002 Mitsubishi Galant: the car where a $50 Ebay timing kit will add 10% to the street value and you'd get more for it at the junkyard than you could sell it for, at least as long as the guy calculating your tonnage doesn't own a magnet.
The 8th gen VR4's before this were extremely underrated tho. Evo 4 GSR drivetrain incl. AYC, 2.5 twin turbo v6, AND SLA multilink suspension front & reat (so comfortable and handles great). Basically a bigger more luxurious (relatively) super comfy evo with more torque and a giant af sunroof! What's not to love? Also, LEGNUM 👋🎤
I still have one. The only thing that sucked was the 5 speed autos tended to shit themselves. But I have a manual.
when I look at that engine bay, all I can think is wow, that's a lot more space to work on things than I was expecting.
Indeed, that's far better than my cheap PT Cruiser. So far replaced a battery that's under the air intake ductwork, and a return coolant pipe that snakes under intake manifold.. What chores to do. I used a mechanic to do the leaking water pump, (third one on car from inherited paper work..), that involves removing A/C refrigerant because a line has to be moved out of the way.. It's way too tight under the hood for any easy access. Try and find the remote battery connections for the first time..
In my country 🇹🇹 we called this generation the "shark mouth". (Tell me you don't live in a landlocked country without telling me you don't live in a landlocked country)
ALL owners here do one of the following:
A. Make them VR4 conversions, either the sedan or station wagon.
B. Slap all kinds of engine/trans setups and frankenstein VR4 imitations. SR20/RB20 RWD DET.
C. Drive this until the wheels fall off....which is the reason why I am seeing more and more or the other 2 options being done.
There's another comment in here that describes the Galant as a Shark too (Indonesia). Over at the Philippines as well, later Galants were also nicknamed sharks. The ones we got here looked pretty neat, though they kinda went away as years went by (seen less of them by the time we got Evo 7s). Also, I kinda wanted either the 98 one or the older smaller (just slightly bigger than the Lancer) one from afar.
I have a 2003 Mitsubishi Diamante I'd wish he would review. It's basically Australia's Magna here in the states.
the depressing regularity is so refreshing. I inhaled deeply at the sight of this car. I still don't know how to explain why I like that feeling. but thank you for that, RCR.
5:30 the Mitsubishi galant: the boots theory of economic unfairness
The wagon vr4 version is 🥵
Legnum
I'd love to have a Legnum VR-4
5:19. EXACTLY the reason I’m sitting in an Elantra and not an Avalon.
We rented one of these once. Don't know the exact year, but it was this generation. Our DD at the time was a B5 Passat, so.... Let's say between the weird tinny resonance which shook the entire body of the car when you closed a door/hit a bump/looked at it funny, and the driving experience, which combined the ride harshness of a hard core sports car with the handling precision of a wounded Buick, it didn't compare all that well.
incredible phrasing on “wounded Buick” I’ve never driven a Buick but somehow I know exactly what you mean
The Galant was a great first new car after college. I beat the shit out of this car for 11 years and it never let me down. I took it on the Autobahn, Autostrada, and then back to the states when I was stationed in America again. Never broke down, easy to work on, I never was stranded anywhere… I did the required maintenance on it. It doesn't have excess electronic bullshit that today's cars are plagued with. I miss this era of the simple, affordable, reliable, non bullshit car.
Definitely one of the best cars in terms of work/A-to-B beaters. I own one for a year, bought as a first car when I was 17, 4 cylinder 4G64. It survived a 45 mph flying over speed bumps, it survived 4 other people who trained on this car prior to the driving test, and it even survived driving without oil at all since it burnt all the oil. Survived all the abuse that 17-year-olds’ usually provides for this things.
Obviously, it’s not the best car at all, but it’s definitely the best car for its value and also incredibly reliable (4 cylinder). It’s also the best first car, just to start driving
As an Australian this is one of the most "an car" of all time. At least the regional equivalent (Magna). Right up there with the XV20 Camry.
Ours must have been much more survivable. They're still pretty common on the road today.
The VR4 of that generation is a completely different car, its a shame they did not bring it over at that time.
Agreed man absolutely thanks for pointing that out 👍
The older generation was one of the cooler looking sedans. This just exists.
I appreciate this explanation of Mitsubishis in general. I so often see them with some kind of unrepaired damage and half wondered if parts were simply unavailable in the U.S.
If you haven't done the Australia tour yet, you simply *must* drive the Galant's Australian cousin, the Magna. It is the ultimate "low income single dad car" in Aus, the shitbox among shitboxes, the Camry we have at home.
And yet manual V6 ones will absolutely chop v6/i6 falcodores. Fantastic cars, but only the manuals.
And then there's the car that single-handedly killed Mitsubishis being manufactured here: The 380.
@alittlehusky5 the 5 speed tippy autos aren't bad either (I own one)
@@andrewcipriano2890 they still have the same shitty wave spring that fails and takes out the whole trans in the process. Its a damn shame about that spring, because they were bloody robust in every other way.
I’ve always liked the shape of this car.
What's curious about this car is that different versions had different suspension architecture for some odd reason. The US version had MacPherson struts, while the European and JDM cars had a multi-link I think up front.
The US built Galant was platform sharing with the Eclipse (as it always did) and the 3rd gen Eclipse went back to McStruts with the 3rd gen. You can fit the Legnum front knuckles on 2G DSMs as an OEM option to fit EVO Brembos, but people also make adapter mounts that you can fit.
Nothing better than a car that’s got a foot in the grave and you don’t have to truly rely on.
in Indonesia the people here refer to them as the shark galant (not 'shark nose' or nothin' just the shark galant) these were the fastest s**t you can still afford round here back then with the only engine option being a 2.5 V6 i think it was the 6A12? anyway these we're and still is loved by the Indonesian car community
The 6a12 is the 2.0 V6, the 2.5 is the 6a13. I know that because I have the previous gen (E50) with that 2.0 V6
8th gen also had some crappy 1.8 i4 variant, but yeah it was the V6 you wanted. 6A13 - just the VR4 motor without the turbos.
I kinda want one.
@@grunkohlaktionar7474 yeah, it was the A13 but unlike a VR4 with the twin turbo and Awd ours had no turbo and is FF
And I though it was only Philippines that called a certain Galant generation as "Sharks"!
I have a low mileage 2000 galant GTZ and i love it. I feel i have to defend this car. Simple maintenance on it will keep it running and they're pretty peppy cars. 190 hp isn't something to look down on for a daily driver.
Great car!
Me: "There's no such thing as a perfect ending to a yt video."
RCR reviewing a *Galant*: "Hold my Asahi."
I love the design of the euro galant.
I love these cars specifically because it was my first car this is the car that gives me all the nostalgia thank you for this one it makes me so happy to just see a Galant V6 even in such bad shape
Would love him to review the VR4 in this model.
Respect to the owner
This is gonna be a banger.
Unfortunately, Andrew fell asleep at the wheel and totaled this beautiful machine. He broke his leg, but he will recover
That's awful that he got hurt . Cars can be replaced wishing him a great recovery
The same company that brought forth the Starion/Conquest and then followed that up with the 3000GT/Stealth.
But look at Mitsubishi now, just a shadow of its former self. 😥
They make turbos tho
Mitsubishi Group keep Mitsubishi Motors going because somehow their revenue keeps increasing. Nineteen billion dollars in 2023 versus eighteen and a half in 2022, versus sixteen and a half in 2019. They're less a shadow of their former selves and more some sort of shadowy organization because there's no way that's possible when you look at their global activities.
Cars like this make me so happy
A friend of mine had a Galant V6 for a coupla years, which was... ayite I guess... But when he bought a 2001 Mk3 VR4... THAT was the start of his tuning era, and it soon turned into a bit of a beastie 😉👍
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My wife had 1996 Mitsubishi Galant 4 cylinder manual transmission. She bought it new. I hated the car, but 180,000 miles later, and 0 repairs that were not maintenance, I had to admit it did it’s job. She liked it, and I knew better than to disparage it. Respect to reliability. No clue about the 6 cylinder auto.
Evo guys love the 4 cylinder version of this car; since the Evo head just bolts right on to the block. It's a budget stroker kit
I don't know how you do it, but you describe me right to a tee every time.
Usdm variant of this Generation Galant doesn't do the car any justice, Mitsubishi really watered it down compared to jdm/euro models.
This is as long as an episode should ever be. 👍
Hey now. I had the 2001 4 cylinder and it was a great car. No issues except a blown fuse and sold it at 175k miles. My coworker drove it to just over 225k miles when she gave it to her daughter who blew it because she didn't take care it. It got a pin hole radiator leak and she would never fix it.
Please do one on a Corona. My mom had two of them in the 80's and the memories of those cars will always be with me. Like herpes.
My car, Shadow, is pretty similar. He started out as a rental, my dad bought him on 2012 when my 8 year old self fell in love with the relatively sporty looks and the percieved performance of being allowed up front on weekends and the driver not giving a shit. He eventually bought a 535d and Shadow became the official car of weekends at my grandparents house learning to change a tyre without using the rusted jack points and finding the bite point of a welded dual mass clutch because Papa is cool like that. Then the oil industry fell apart, the BMW went and Shadow became the car of less and less frequent weekend trips to dad's which were spent with the PS3 and the dogs because his new wife didn't really care and he's desperate not to be alone. Shadow was also promised to me as my first car and I was given the honour of being shouted at for not immediately knowing how to manoeuvre like a cabbie. Then dad broke yet more promises by demolishing the rear suspension and transmission through poor/no maintainance and deciding that lease hire X5 was a better idea that actually keeping Shadow alive. He rotted for 2 years before Papa's neighbour bodged him back into roadworthyish condition using bits from all manner of totaled cars and his 50 years experience as an unlicensed bus mechanic. I eventually bought Shadow back off another guy when i saw him in his garden for £300 and have since poured money, sweat and literal blood (of the friend who actually knows how to work on cars) and he's become my certified shitbox daily. The underside and chassis are welded, the bodywork looks rough and the obligatory EBCs and H&Rs have taken him to track day semi success and some fantastic B road fuckery because Mazda actually put effort into the chassis despite being owned by ford at the time. I've taught friends to drive, become a far better driver myself and am so adept at coping that I no longer swear when the clutch goes weird. I genuinely love Shadow as a childhood friend, an absolute trooper who shouldn't still exist and as a middle finger to dad's laziness and inability to be a father.
Hilarious!!! Love your snarky humor! Although an absolute sales failure, I unequivocally love my fugly, but solidly-built USDM '09 Mitsubishi Galant, powered by the ultra-reliable 2.4L 4G69 engine (when the timing belts are changed per recommended intervals!). My Galant has outlived both my neighbor's 2009 Camry and my co-worker's 2008 Honda Accord -- both also with 2.4L engines with 100-120K miles. The smoking Camry died due to its 2AZ-FE I4 having the notorious defective piston rings/excessive oil consumption/starvation defect. The Accord's K24 suffered a similar fate. Who would've thunk the underdog Mitsubishi would outlive both of these immensely popular models?!?!? Keep up your brutally crass sarcasm! I love it!
Sorry, but my 2000 Galant v6 was very good, never had a problem.