How long have you owned your DSM? [Archive] - DSM Forums: Mitsubishi Eclipse, Plymouth Laser, and Eagle Talon Forum: DSMtalk.com

erik w

01-23-2003, 12:42 AM

Well I've sucessfully competed at the local IDRC compititions a few times. Even won into the final 8 once. (almost twice) Bought the car in May of '95 and It is still my one and only daily driven car since. It's been in the shop for repairs all but a total of a few weeks. But It wasn't car problems all the time. It was either user error or ice storms that caught me by surprise.
I believe if you read enough stuff and talk to people about various things you can learn alot from everyones personal experience and learn to do preventive maintainance to your car for the most part. And the other times you can just do things yourself that can save you money. It helps to ask questions even if someone thinks it is a stupid one. Knowlege is power and I believe I have a fair share of it for not being a mechanic. Thanks to all who are quick to give a wise response and not a wise-ass one. ;)
Happy & safe driving to all.
erik

Boostspike

01-23-2003, 09:23 AM

well, i've owned 3 different DSM in within 7years.. so do i click on 7 years??

stevep

01-24-2003, 08:33 AM

Who are the 8 people that have '89, 90's, or real early '91's since new?

Steve

Misundaztood

06-24-2003, 11:46 PM

Since August 2001 so...almost 2 years.:cool:

ztalontsi

07-04-2003, 09:07 PM

I will have owned my Talon for 13 years in September and it has been running just about the whole time (give or take an appointment for regular care).

Zelite5

07-15-2003, 03:17 AM

Originally posted by ztalontsi
I will have owned my Talon for 13 years in September and it has been running just about the whole time (give or take an appointment for regular care).
:rockon:

Cyndi

08-21-2003, 09:53 PM

I've had mine for a few months now...

NOMIEZVR4

08-21-2003, 10:21 PM

im coming up on my 2nd year of ownership. honestly since ive had my car, its been parked id say....maybe 8-9 months all together. last winter i parked it at my uncles house, i dont drive during the winter, and this summer the car was apart for mods..it will be worth the wait...:D

V8SpankR

08-22-2003, 12:19 PM

Well after 8 years of blood,sweat,tears and a buttload of money (including racing fees,race gas,etc.) I'm gonna give up the car and racing for a while so I can concentrate on a house.

Maybe after a few years I'll rejoin the race scene and maybe buy another DSM or go with a Vette,Supra or maybe even a current WS6 Firebird.

It was fun but costly fun at that. I'm gonna hit the IDRC event here in Denver Sept. 7th and get some video of me running and hit a couple of club races and say bye-bye to my baby. :(

Zelite5

08-22-2003, 03:02 PM

Originally posted by V8SpankR
Well after 8 years of blood,sweat,tears and a buttload of money (including racing fees,race gas,etc.) I'm gonna give up the car and racing for a while so I can concentrate on a house.

Maybe after a few years I'll rejoin the race scene and maybe buy another DSM or go with a Vette,Supra or maybe even a current WS6 Firebird.

It was fun but costly fun at that. I'm gonna hit the IDRC event here in Denver Sept. 7th and get some video of me running and hit a couple of club races and say bye-bye to my baby. :(
Say it aint so:( Well, you've gota do what you've gota do. Good luck with everything.
And represent for the DSM's at IDRC:)

V8SpankR

08-22-2003, 03:56 PM

Yeah,I'll miss smackin' around V8 and an ocassional V10 and I can't believe the I've shaved off over 2.5 seconds off it's best stock time up here of 15.72@84mph and added nearly 19mph to it's trap.
When I bought it in '95 I never even intended on drag racing it or knew the potential I had in my hands. I just bought it as a sporty all year 'round car since I lived up in the mountains and just couldn't buy an SUV.

I actually was looking at SUVs at the time and accidently came across this perfect (well except for the dealer applied orange/silver pinstriping) '93 GSX with only 25k on it and I plunked down just under $12,500 and drove it home and thus began the oddesey of fun,headaches and some decent damage to the VISA but it was fun while it lasted and a real eye opener to turbo cars and the potential of all small 4 bangers and just because you have displacement it doesn't guarantee a win at the strip.
Horsepower and AWD has really added up the wins and it's kinda fun automatically being the underdog (or percieved as ;) )and laying the smack on some "classic" american muscle plus some current "muscle" cars.

93laserR

11-11-2003, 04:13 PM

I've had my DSM for 2 years. After 6 months the motor went. I just recently rebuilt a 6 bolt and just got it in in september. Now the transfer case is leaking. It's a whole lot of fun.
~Joker

erik w

11-12-2003, 07:03 PM

Well. I have been putting in a full race engine in it since march '02, now. I had taken vacation time off and did a full engine swap in 9 days flat. Not bad I think. BUT. even though I primed and primed and checked things thrice, I managed to starve it in oil as the pressure never came up during it's 1st cold start up!!! I've been steamed about this since a lot of other things happend after I re-rebuilt it, too. ... If only I didn't have that initial problem, I would have done good at this years comptition and enjoyed it for many months now.. :( now I have to still finish it during the rest of the year in the cold to get it ready for next season. I now have a transmission problem and had continual oil leaks before hand. ARRGH! We'll see if all my time and $$ goes to any good use next year.
erik w.
12sec Mile High club. Want low 11's now, #$%^)!

COPPER95

03-21-2005, 08:31 AM

Well I've had my 95 GS-T for 4 years now and I've been through good and bad times with it. Its got 105,000 miles on it and still runnin strong can't complain. :D

Batman

03-21-2005, 08:40 AM

its been a long time...but I'm ready to get 'er paid off.

JUNKGSX

03-21-2005, 02:23 PM

i've owned my 98'gsx for a year and 3 months, and its only been running for 5 of those months.....and now has a 6 bolt... :cool:

smitty1gbishi

03-27-2005, 03:24 PM

my 1g ive owned for 2 years and right about the 2 year mark i got a new car a 2g awd which was in jan.

michelyn90GS-T

03-27-2005, 04:23 PM

only had mine since august of last year...and got 4 tickets that week. the next week the tranny fell out and i tried to explain it to the judge why i couldn't go through inspection. i'm still goin to court for that stuff. haha

welderx

03-27-2005, 06:29 PM

It's been nothing but DSM for me since 1993.

92TealTalonTSiAWD

03-27-2005, 06:46 PM

Well I owned my 92 as long as I been a member of this site. And it has not ran for 2 years now. I can not wait to drive it again. I have the parts to put it back together. So ya I can not wait.

Phat95talon

03-30-2005, 03:13 PM

December 24th of this year will be 7 years together. I love my car. :)

knewblewkorvett

06-11-2005, 06:57 PM

owned the 91 since I drove it off the lot new after I got back from Desert Storm in April of 1991. I've own the 92 just 2 years

ph33r-gsx

06-11-2005, 07:45 PM

A very proud 3 years

GsxEclipse92

06-11-2005, 09:35 PM

Just got mine! so nice to be in the co :D mmunity

andyb

06-12-2005, 05:23 PM

I've had mine for a few weeks now but I'm still working on getting it running :(

djmixerx

06-13-2005, 01:02 AM

i had about 4 of them in the last 3 yrs. Great HUH? and im still building planning on building one right.

RcgServices

06-13-2005, 03:08 PM

have owned 3, this one was my favorite... but also spent about 10K more then on the others... hehe...

SLO_smiley

06-13-2005, 11:05 PM

i have owned my dsm for about 3 weeks...the guy i bought it from owned it since it was new...so i think i shall uphold taking care of his car;)...i had to reaplace the head gasket last week...poor thing...but the car likes me anyways..he likes being worked on by a girl :P

stevep

06-13-2005, 11:58 PM

he likes being worked on by a girl :PI can understand that, so do I. :)

Steve

SLO_smiley

06-14-2005, 12:27 AM

:o ...i think being a car is better...if you need some TLC, you sit there a get the boo-boo taken care of :D

emocore_racer

06-14-2005, 05:25 PM

welderx

06-14-2005, 05:30 PM

got mine yesterday. hopefully itll last me awhile. the person before me bought it new in 97 and sold it b/c the passenger seat needs to go forward when the baby is in the car seat lol
i am never buying a tricked out car again :rolleyes:

The guy who sold me my '97 GSX sold it because his wife was expecting and they needed to fit a baby seat in the car. Funny because my daughter's child seat fit fine in either my 1G or the 2G GSX.
In fact the kid loves the GSX "Make it go fast Dad!" she says.

Their loss but our gain!

Wufei

06-15-2005, 12:07 PM

Had the GS for about half a year, then got a good deal on a TSi AWD :D

ApexImprt2nR

06-21-2005, 09:20 PM

A DSM awaits me...

Reddogg07

06-21-2005, 11:22 PM

I've had my gsx for about 5 years, and love every minute of it. DSM for life.

tsi20gawd

06-24-2005, 11:53 AM

My current DSD I have had for three years. I have done five of them though.

HyperTSi

07-10-2005, 11:08 AM

I'v had my talon tsi for a few years and i love it

joelowrider

07-10-2005, 11:29 AM

1 month traded a 00 cavalier for it and lovein it

wide winger

07-10-2005, 10:28 PM

Bought it new 2/28/1996 a 1995 Eagle Talom TSI AWD, now has 20,321 miles on the clock.

Super4x4Duty

07-22-2005, 08:20 AM

This is the second time I've owned the '90 TSi. Bought it back from the guy I sold it to about two months ago.

Black99GSX

07-31-2005, 10:26 PM

Come end of October, and it'll be 4 years. Been a on going love/hate relationship with it. Think about selling it from time to time, but decide not to. LoL. Especially when I read about all these DSMer's who sold their car and then went back to buy another one.

92LaserRSturbo

08-02-2005, 10:57 AM

I have 2 Dsm's a 1.8L eclipse which doesnt run, but have had it about a year, and my 2.0 Laser RS-T FWD, which i have had about 6 months. I loved both, I wish my 1.8L still worked. Super gas saver.....

2fasteclipse

08-07-2005, 03:22 AM

its funny to see all these idiots buying a new civic and then wanting to fix it up. when i first got my gst it was all stock and the engine blew up, i put a built engine in it and this idiot with a damn cicic had some stickers on the side and told everyone in town that he could beat me, showed him and his civic lovin friends wrong, hahaha, all stock baby. "honda should have stuck to makin lawnmowers"

welderx

08-07-2005, 08:13 AM

afterhrsplayer

08-08-2005, 08:02 PM

I've had this one for a couple of months.

Wufei

08-08-2005, 09:17 PM

Well, just sold the '99 Eclipse GS yesterday...now I miss her :(

Had this one for a few months now.

4SFED4

08-09-2005, 12:49 AM

I bought my first DSM in 1998. The 91 Talon I turned into my racecar I got in '99. I have had over 20 all together, some were stripped for parts. I only tagged and drove 10 of them(all turbos, 9 AWDs). I still own two at the moment, but I plan on buying another 1G 5spd AWD.

spoolinyc

08-11-2005, 06:00 PM

5 yeaRS and now time to sell. Its been a good car. No typical mitsu problems.

95AWDTSIAuto

08-15-2005, 01:41 PM

I have owned my DSM for about 5 years and its only been running for 3

kronus

08-15-2005, 07:45 PM

Yup. Bought my 93 Talon in May. I've loved her eversince!

-Kevin-

motomatt

08-19-2005, 10:18 AM

2 1/2 Years hear

Thebullfrog

08-19-2005, 10:36 AM

I've had my 95 FWD for less than a year, but it's my 3rd DSM. Been driving these POS cars since I got my liscence. I keep telling myself to give up on 'em, but its just so hard to let go. I think maybe someone needs to start a DSM rehab clinic.

bigturbo

09-13-2005, 11:33 AM

Well it depends are we talking about my all of them. because I bought my first dsm when i was 16 and now im 23 so thats 7 years but I havent owned them that entire time. I just got back into dsms after 2 years of none a few weeks ago. I did own an evo during that time so close enough right ;)

Nick32

09-19-2005, 11:08 PM

ive had mine for about a week.. n its been running for about.. well it hasnt...

turboedspyda

09-20-2005, 01:28 AM

it will be a year in november I BOUGHT IT when it was all stock now its lowered greddy downpipe full exhaust a fresh new 6 bolt engine just got it in a week ago a brand new tranny the interior it cluttered with autometer, greddy, boost and timer, apex safcII SPARCO, alpine I have dumped about 5500 dollars into it and its only been running for 4 months that I have had it

TechT

09-20-2005, 10:07 AM

97 GS 3 1/2 yrs
99 GST 6 yrs and counting

AWDPetmitsu

09-20-2005, 05:51 PM

91 GSX - 14 1/2 yrs

99 GSX - 2 1/2 yrs

AWDPetmitsu

09-20-2005, 05:59 PM

There's no edit feature?

Forgot to add: I've had the '91 since new and it's still running strong. The '99 I bought used in '03.

Spoolin69

09-20-2005, 06:10 PM

2 Years strong with the 92 Laser AWD!! and it's running like a champ!!
Shane

SVT Rob

09-20-2005, 07:16 PM

I'm an old fart, that sometimes wishes he never gave up his 85 Mustang GT.

92 TSi FWD - purchased Feb04, traded Jul04, didn't run for the first month I owned it, ran when I traded it
91 TSi AWD - purchased Apr04, still own, never has ran, going to be a purpose built road race car ... eventually
90 TSi AWD - got in trade Jul04, has never been down for more than 2-3 days, still a daily driver, looks stock, but isn't :D
91 Eclipse GS-X - purchased Jul05, doesn't run

MidnightViper

09-21-2005, 12:13 AM

Hmm. A year and a half I believe.

Ultimatedsm

10-12-2005, 07:33 AM

My Eagle Talon is going on year 6 now.

Liggy11

10-13-2005, 05:02 PM

I have owned my dsm for 4 years.

boost_or_bust

10-17-2005, 12:49 PM

i have owned my current one for about 2 years. drove it most of the time.

cobrajetguy

10-23-2005, 07:23 PM

For the first one about 3 years before it got hit, my new one about 1 year, just can't stay away, also about to buy another.

BLACK90tsiAWD

11-03-2005, 07:00 PM

Yeah, had mine for about a year and it's a total pain in my ass, but I love to drive the car when it runs right.

NN4S

11-18-2005, 06:22 PM

I've owned at least one of them for just over three years (92 Eclipse), a couple years for two (92 Laser & rolled 93 Talon), just over a year for one of them (my 92 Talon/avatar) and two of them less than a year (93 Talon AWD project & 93 Talon AWD drivetrain donor). So I guess three years of DSM ownership... somehow it doesn't really seem that long!

Laser_8822

11-22-2005, 01:03 PM

My laser is my first DSM and I am already liking it because I hear the 4g37 is a very reliable engine. :cool:

Laser_8822

11-22-2005, 01:04 PM

My laser is my first DSM. I've only had it for a couple of days now, but I am already liking it because I hear the 4g37 is a very reliable engine. :cool:

79zeph

11-22-2005, 01:44 PM

Less than a year and it looks like i have to sell it already too!! Never even got to drive the beast. Oh well gonna have to go for a record with the next one.

turbogrrrr

11-23-2005, 08:36 PM

since june of 97 my only car and haven't regretted it

NonTURBO4now

11-23-2005, 09:36 PM

for 2 months now..and its the best car i have ever owned

turboneal

11-24-2005, 02:37 AM

got my 97 GS-t in 99 with 14,000 miles. 4 super street tours (west leg- what up?) and 100 street races later- it has 80,000 miles and a few mods. i flip/ flop weekly on if i want to have a front or AWD. i am bonded to my GST though. in a perfect world i would have a warehouse full of my favorite cars...

sleeper92laser

11-24-2005, 05:57 AM

got my 92 laser rs about 3 mo. ago, but just got it running on 11-23-05

Hondasi88

11-27-2005, 11:25 PM

i picked up 394/2000 vr4 1 month ago.......so im still learning

mise en garde

11-28-2005, 07:23 PM

I bought my first DSM (1997 Eclipse GST) four years ago. My second was bought back in 2003 and my current one was purchased this September.

I can't stay away. :)

96_Talipse

11-29-2005, 07:27 PM

bought mine 9 months ago, it ran the first 2 days lol

stars_

11-29-2005, 09:30 PM

HI, My name is Brian and I'm an addict.

My first addiction she was just a tease, 90 FWD Nt

7 years later my next addiction came, she was 90 FWD TSi

I have more DSM parts than I do clothes.
I have bought more parts than I can install.
I drive fast and recklessly w/o my seatbelt.
I have No Fear when my Eagle drives me.
I bath my engine with Mobile 1 Synthetic religiously
I can hear boost squeaks.

It's a maddening addiction. I spend more time touching my DSM than I do myself. I'm not afraid to come out of the closet thankx to you all. After 15 years both cars still get factory gas mileage. It's not what's on the outside that matters it's what on the inside. God Bless each and everyones DSM, God rest her sole 89-98. Let us not Forget!

GreenGs-T

12-01-2005, 11:27 AM

I have had my 98 Gst for about 4 years now (saved up money and purchased her my sophmore year) hav only put around 3,000 miles on her since i bought her :eek: but i love it, and never had problems with it either :)

AllWheelPeel

12-01-2005, 09:12 PM

My first ,a TSI Talon was purchased new in 1990.The car absolutly floored me with its looks and features.Sold it two years later with family on the way.
Bought my second in 2001, another 90' TSI after reading on the internet what these cars are capable of. Enjoy showing some of my old fart ,old shool contemporaries a thing or two.

1G-TalonES

12-03-2005, 03:23 PM

I have had mine a lil over a yr now I only paid 200 for it with tranny bad I done the AT/MT swap before I have ever drove it and been doin minor upgrades every since. all in all I prolly got 800 in the whole car including oil changes and stuff like that. I have not regreted it at all.

HyperX

12-10-2005, 11:04 AM

I've had my 98' GSX for about 4 years.

1GTalonTSI

12-10-2005, 05:04 PM

I bought my 92 TSI AWD two years ago and wrecked it friday night... :mad: OMG it was such a good little car... RIP :(

RevivedDSM

12-10-2005, 05:08 PM

Bought my 95 Eclipse RS in 96 and sold that this year (05) and bought a rebuild project 95 Eclipse GSX that I am now doing a 6 bolt swap with.

RevivedDSM
www.RevivedRacing.com

spyder69

12-27-2005, 02:46 AM

just 3 year a Eclipse spyder gs-t 99

Steve Hebert

12-27-2005, 09:54 AM

Disclaimer: My GVR4 is not a DSM, but I voted anyways :D

Bought new out of showroom in 92 - Only been off the road for the past 3 winters. (semi retired it to sunny day use only)

JL_90AWD

12-27-2005, 10:50 AM

16+ years :eek:
Bought mine new in August 1990. Four trannies, three rear diffs, three turbos and countless $$$ later, she's still mine :D

oldman

12-27-2005, 11:11 AM

16+ years :eek:
Bought mine new in August 1990. Four trannies, three rear diffs, three turbos and countless $$$ later, she's still mine :D
Someone need to learn how to drive. :P 13 years, still on original block and rear 3 bolt, 2nd tranny at time of purchase under warranty.

RiceKiller_TSi

12-28-2005, 09:44 AM

Ten year anniversary for me. Yeaaaaahhh boooooyyy!

DSMunknown

01-01-2006, 09:05 AM

well, since we're in 2006 now, i've had mine since 2000. currently its about five and a half years since i bought my baby- and its still my first and only car :) !

so if i can add numbers correctly, it'll be six years in the summer, but i voted for 3-5 years :cool:

goingturbo

02-08-2006, 06:08 AM

well ive had my eclipse for three years and ive had my talon for only two weeks

eclipsed95gst

02-08-2006, 09:46 PM

I've had my Eclipse for about 6 years.

babell2

02-09-2006, 11:41 AM

Who are the 8 people that have '89, 90's, or real early '91's since new?

Steve

I would be one of those people. Started out with a 90 TSI. 3 Months later it got pummeled in a Illinois tornado by hail (Dents all over) useed the insurance money to get a 90 Eagle AWD and still have it. Now with one rebuild on the motor and trans and 291K on the body. :D

JesusIsLord

02-09-2006, 01:06 PM

Bought a Red 90 Tsi Fwd brand new in Nov89 (first job out of College) Third one sold in Columbus OH.
143k later, I traded it in for new 96 Tsi AWD.
Wrecked the 96 in 05 bought a trashed 95 Tsi AWD...A real project.

DSM....."Making owners mechanics since 1989!"

amaank

02-09-2006, 01:38 PM

Just over a week.

dmoto92

03-06-2006, 05:35 PM

I've had my 92 since 92 (bought it used with 1400 miles on it.) I've got a little over 100,000 on it now. Been a good car except for 3 (!) transfer cases.

98GS

03-08-2006, 06:13 PM

a little more than a month

T_K

03-08-2006, 08:16 PM

owned a 2GNT for five months, own a 1G AWD since last week

apexi287

03-08-2006, 09:06 PM

i bought my first dsm last thanksgiving it was a 93 laser rs turbo fwd..then traded it for a 91 tsi awd about a month ago..

mark_pba

03-09-2006, 03:06 PM

i bought my dsm 4 days ago

eclipseturbo90

03-14-2006, 10:16 AM

Had mine for about two years now, Bought it from an old school teacher who had owned it the whole cars life.

99gsx99

03-14-2006, 02:56 PM

I have had my car for exactlly 1 yr on the 17th. :D

newzim88

03-14-2006, 04:19 PM

had mine for close to two years and have put less than three thousand miles on it...not by choice.....its my favorite little lemon

91blackbird

03-14-2006, 05:06 PM

bought mine in feb of 04.

Miff

03-14-2006, 05:45 PM

Two months -- just bought the shell.

Boorail85

04-21-2006, 11:46 AM

just a couple weeks with this Talon.. had the gsx over a year and the Laser almost 2 ..

92fwricer

04-22-2006, 12:30 AM

3 months on the most recent awd
4 years with the gs-t
3 years with the 2.0 n/t

ruloco23

04-26-2006, 09:04 AM

3 1/2 years here :D

Munford

04-27-2006, 08:54 AM

Had it for 2 years now... and ive NEVER driven it in the summer. Damn thing always breaks down before summer comes.

kindawg

04-30-2006, 11:08 AM

no dsm yet hope to pick on up within this month

gsx1ab

05-08-2006, 06:35 PM

got the 1g brand new in '91

DSMunknown

05-09-2006, 02:31 PM

six years in july. and i just started modding it last year :o

Pj97GST

05-09-2006, 08:27 PM

I bought mine on Sep. 8, 1998 at 2:00 p.m., so just a shade under 8 years now. 137,xxx miles and 6 transmissions later she's still running like a champ. :D

DSMunknown

05-10-2006, 09:23 AM

Pj97GST, i have your sig quote on a shirt.

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BABYDEVIL

05-12-2006, 06:51 AM

brand new plymouth laser rs NT in aug. 92. current mileage- 310,120. the stock motor lasted until 250-5k then swapped out the motor with the cracked 6-bolt from my totaled 98 gsx along with a turbo fwd trans. weeping coolant everyday and keepin it NT!

bethmichelle919

05-12-2006, 12:21 PM

Talon I got when I turned 16, let some guy drive it, and he wrecked it.....fixed it and drove it for awhile...then got the spyder i have now

talon-2 years
spyder-3 years....

so 5 years total? :o

bethmichelle919

05-12-2006, 12:23 PM

forgot to mention after i got the spyder my boyfriend bought the talon from me....well that lasted about a month or so before he rear-ended someone....

so now the talon is sitting at my dads shop, wrecked :(

ZiPZopJ

06-13-2006, 09:18 PM

had my 90 eclipse GS for about 5 years. and did lots of repairs on it but its my baby.i could never get ride of it.got it when i was 15. put about at least 3,000 + into it in the last 2 years. and a other 600 last week. but still great car.its starting to get put togeather well. now that ive replaced mostly every thing sept for the engine.

BigBoostDSM

06-14-2006, 07:04 PM

Owned my current one since February of 2004. Got a 91 TSI AWD in September of 2003, sold it Jan of 2004, got new car 2 weeks later. Oh and I bought the current off of DSMtrader (So for those of you who say it was all scams you couldn't be more wrong!)

ZishanMalik

06-14-2006, 09:14 PM

bought mine last July, so i am at 11 months right now, just a little under a year.

zachab242

06-17-2006, 01:17 AM

2 years

birdii

07-04-2006, 10:04 PM

561,600 minutes and counting.....

91EclipseGSX

07-04-2006, 11:54 PM

I have had my car since the summer of 97. My dad bought it for me when I was about to start high school. So that makes it 9 years. It's the only car I have ever owned. I didn't know much about cars back then and almost ended up with a blue base model 96 or 97 just because it was newer. Guess I lucked out on that one :)

Struckanerve

07-07-2006, 08:18 PM

just got my baby in 2005

googlieyes

07-07-2006, 11:34 PM

feb 2006

boosted92dsm

11-13-2006, 07:23 PM

About 3 months on my laser, but my old talon i owned for 3 years.

mikey001015

11-13-2006, 09:22 PM

i've only owned my current talon for 1 year...my previous eclipse i woned for 2 years.

dsm_roller

11-24-2006, 07:15 PM

coming up on 2 years, smog is due!!!

DSM_Fo_Life

11-24-2006, 07:42 PM

6 months! I was going to buy a 93 gsx in 2000 but the deal fell through. I regret it so much. At least I finally got around to buying a DSM.

sinhowang

11-24-2006, 08:17 PM

After December, I will have owned it for 2 years.

Morpheus

11-25-2006, 12:04 AM

Member since 1998.

johnnytsi

11-25-2006, 12:41 PM

Bought my 1G in mid 2002

John-

Dustin'

11-25-2006, 12:48 PM

Bought a sexy 92 gs with a blown motor and a 91 laser rs-t for $500 in May.
The rs was a rust bucket with a good turbo motor, so i just swapped the engine and all that fun stuff in the gs and have had that ever since.
Finally put that away for the winter and picked up a super duper good condition 91 laser rs for a winter car.

carkid15

01-04-2007, 08:30 AM

I bought my first dsm (92 eclipse Nt) when I was 15 (so about 4 years now) Cuz I liked the looks and now Im addicted. I own two at the moment, I have three in my driveway right now and Ive owned about 6 of them since the first one. And every friend I have owns or has owned about 3 of em. DSMs are like crack cocaine the're addicting, expensive to keep, considered ugly by most, and you can always tell a user by the marks on our arms from working on em but man its hard to part with something oh so good.

bulletAWD

01-04-2007, 06:02 PM

My first one I got 5 years ago. Since then I have had 4. I have 2 right now.

foxgst

01-04-2007, 06:08 PM

This poll should be re started.

paintballproam

01-04-2007, 06:10 PM

I got mine this past june. I had some 91's that were not running tho durring the spring.

jfk1232

01-06-2007, 03:04 AM

For about 5 years.

turbotalon1g

01-12-2007, 01:28 PM

Technically i have owned this DSM for about 2 months, but the drivetrain/motor came out of my '92 that i have a had for about a year and a half now.
I would say a year and a half, cause the '92 is getting parted out and the '91 is made up of the '92 pieces

chowda633

02-27-2007, 02:24 PM

Been in to them for a bit over 3 years owned 7+ at this point and counting!

BigBoostDSM

02-27-2007, 02:25 PM

Damn man, you're really whoring out the Poll threads today.

chowda633

02-27-2007, 02:45 PM

Figured I would get it all done in one shot lol. Pretty bored here looking for answers to my 2.4 going out.

BigBoostDSM

02-27-2007, 02:58 PM

You can answer the questions without posting in the threads...do I sense whoring for the classifieds?

RRevolveR

02-27-2007, 04:15 PM

Had a TSi FWD last year sold it and got a TSi AWD this year :cool: this summer my bullet proof engine is going in!

eclipse21

02-27-2007, 05:35 PM

5 months doesn't mean I have driven it that long.

curtisimo

03-28-2007, 08:39 PM

been so long i can almost not remember

BigBoostDSM

03-28-2007, 09:44 PM

Wow holy lurker!

dsm_obsession

04-01-2007, 07:02 PM

ive been a DSM'r since 98

curtisimo

04-08-2007, 12:10 AM

Wow holy lurker!

lol I used to be an active member till the site moved or whatever. Then i just used the local dsm forums for info.

Jp90Talon

04-08-2007, 12:19 AM

lol I used to be an active member till the site moved or whatever. Then i just used the local dsm forums for info.

Dont feel bad, ive been in the community since 2001 and signed upon every board i could find right after I bought my 1st talon but mainly used the boards to search as well...now that im no longer just using a slightly modded dsm as daily but working on building a serious track car ive decided to start posting and had to sign up on most boards all over again.

doorknob329

04-15-2007, 05:48 PM

i bought mine in 2005

92gstsi

04-17-2007, 05:56 PM

3 goin on 4 years for me...bought it bone stock too!!!

Seanaynay25

04-17-2007, 09:28 PM

May 2006

cs82685

04-18-2007, 02:26 PM

April '02. Just celebrated 5 years. I bought her a new headgasket :D

davideug

04-18-2007, 03:32 PM

September 1999 Just upgraded turbo, injectors and intercooler.

talon91

04-19-2007, 06:47 AM

1 month my 92 awd atx

my old awd mtx 99-03 im sold for mustang gt t-top 84

DSMGates

04-25-2007, 06:36 AM

Just got a 92 Laser awd rs turbo 2 days ago, look forward to modding it.

PaulBratina

05-17-2007, 01:57 PM

I've owned my current DSM for 7 years now. I owned my previous DSM (90 TSi FWD) for 5 years prior to that. So I've been DSMing for 12 years now.

Simpleman1

05-18-2007, 10:54 PM

Since Nov. 1990 (17+ years and counting). There are probably some members here were not even born yet when I purchased my Talon.:)

szl98gst

05-23-2007, 12:15 AM

about 3 and half year

GS4U2NV

07-15-2007, 01:24 AM

97 Eclipse GS...June 1999

Tropical Lime

09-07-2007, 06:16 PM

Took delivery on 31 January 1995. I drove it every year except for three years when I didn't take the Talon with me to work in Dublin, Ireland.

Just as well, I would have crashed it over there anyways, what with Guninness being a national pastime and steering from the wrong side of the car.

gordon.cj

09-08-2007, 08:48 PM

I bought my '99 Eclipse RS in October 99 - had 17 miles then. I'm up to 149,610 as of today. I've been amazed with how few problems I've actually had with this car considering the very poor treatment I've given it. Now that I'm finally settled in a house with a garage I've finally started being able to take care of general maintenance things that have been neglected for a long time. Hopefully it'll last until my 1-yr old son can drive it...

snoopyloopysk8a

09-08-2007, 09:06 PM

i've had mine since march of 06.

ErikElvis

10-02-2007, 11:22 PM

Bought mine in 1999 with 27,000 miles. Now has 71,000 approx. 9 years later.

shroomz

10-03-2007, 07:56 PM

I have had mine for 4 months. It has not seen the pavement yet, maybe next spring =(

kdoddzie

10-03-2007, 08:08 PM

I got mine in June of 2004 when I was 15. It's never left me stranded and has fairly low mileage.

willbur9788

10-03-2007, 10:45 PM

Bought mine at the end of June, haven't driven it yet :( hopefully this month she will be on the road.

chunckonuts

10-03-2007, 10:51 PM

Since New:eek: (94)

581/1000

10-08-2007, 01:00 AM

I've owned my 1990 Eclipse since 1993, put 250K on it.
The VR-4 is a pup, only seven years and 60K.

fbodymechanic

10-08-2007, 08:24 AM

I just sold my talon, which I had for two years, and just bought my new eclipse, that I've had for about a month.

electric_ride

10-08-2007, 10:36 AM

Just got mine a few months back with a blown engine ,so I am going to pull the engine and drop a electric motor in it's place

boostedjess

10-09-2007, 12:16 PM

Just got mine April 15th of this year.. But I've wanted one since I was 14.. almost 4 years ago..

baca

10-09-2007, 04:59 PM

11 months now , 6000miles no problems so far

orangeGS-T

10-10-2007, 06:37 PM

I have had mine for over five years, Got it in Jan 2002, lots of joy and pain, but when the turbo hits , it is worth it!

socailgst

10-14-2007, 10:05 PM

I just got mine and it is nice I am really happy with it 18 pounds of boast and ruffle 300hp will that’s what DSM tuner tolled us when we where done tuning it. Way better then my old GSR Integra.

dannyrampage

10-15-2007, 12:17 AM

my first dsm was a dodge conquest turbo 86 man that was a killer ride my current dsm is a 90talon awd turbo

beat90Tsi

10-15-2007, 09:14 AM

On my 3rd DSM.

I had a 90 AWD for 2-3 years, during college.

I just got rid of a stripped down 92 Laser AWD track/winter beater.

I recently bought a 91 GSX, only had it a few months, by far the "nicest" DSM I've ever owned. The car is tight, some old man bought it new and put 146k on it. Unfortunately, he tried to rebuild the 14b and it appears to be using every fluid that goes through it.

beat90Tsi

10-15-2007, 09:19 AM

On my 3rd DSM.

I had a 90 AWD for 2-3 years, during college.

I just got rid of a stripped down 92 Laser AWD track/winter beater.

I recently bought a 91 GSX, only had it a few months, by far the "nicest" DSM I've ever owned. The car is tight, some old man bought it new and put 146k on it, I think he barely ever got it into boost.

Unfortunately, he tried to rebuild the 14b and it appears to be using every fluid that goes through it.

klapp

10-15-2007, 11:14 AM

I just recently purchased my 97 GS-T. I've had it roughly 2 weeks. And so far, it's a blast to drive, and modding has already begun!!

yellow90tsi

10-15-2007, 04:46 PM

Purchased my 90 awd tsi in feb. of 01' . Put a total of 2700 miles since then.

valricogst

10-22-2007, 07:20 PM

Had mine since august of 06

timhill78

11-01-2007, 12:29 PM

I just got mine. Man these things are a lot of work.

Boosted RS-t

11-02-2007, 10:20 AM

since feb. of 06....was stock. now turbocharged and fully built RS

cmdsm

11-02-2007, 11:17 AM

It will be 3 years tomorrow for me.

TSi_Tuner07

11-18-2007, 08:02 PM

I've had mine for about 3 months now... Would that be considered "just got one!" or "less then one year"??

dalonesoldier

04-21-2008, 08:43 PM

i`ve had mine for about a year and a half now

u2slow

05-19-2008, 08:33 AM

I`ve owned my AWD Talon for 11 years now, 116,000 miles. It has run 11s for 8 years.

I`ve also owned a FWD/auto Laser for 6 years, 166,000 miles.

DRSully

05-22-2008, 08:33 PM

This certainly requires some math! You first have to think of how many DSM's you have owned, then add up the time. If we had to think how long they have been running, it might really get scary!

myAWDgst

07-07-2008, 12:30 AM

I have ny gsx seince 2001and my awd spyder seince 2007(my brothers christmas present)

tsi2psi

07-07-2008, 01:30 AM

I had my 93 TSi FWD for 2 or 3 years and my 95 TSi AWD for excactly 7months on July 12.

injekt

07-07-2008, 02:35 AM

about 2 years. 95 tsi

EMX5636

07-07-2008, 08:13 AM

Just over 3.5 years for the 90GSX. A week for the Galant vr4!

NY 95 TSI AWD

07-07-2008, 02:56 PM

I've owned my Talon since the begining of June this year.

turbo4g63t

07-26-2008, 10:26 AM

I bought my car March 3, 2004 when I was 18. It had 42,744 miles when I rolled it off the lot. It still hasn't given me any major problems to this day and I drive it about 40 miles everyday. I'm am currently sitting on 107,7XX miles.

winterwarz

07-26-2008, 04:43 PM

I've had mine for less than a year.

my96eclipse

12-09-2008, 03:44 PM

11 yrs. And when it gets going again I plan to drive it. It's been parked in my yard for about 6 month. Every teen boy that can drive stops by and offers to buy it. They want to turn it into a tuner. Most don't want to pay what it's worth.

dreadhead

12-11-2008, 06:58 PM

just pick up a 98 esi talon today its my first one im a honda guy but i decided it was time for something different had 10 hondas

JimG4652

12-14-2008, 07:09 PM

Bought my 91 N/T Eclipse October 2003
Bought my 91 GSX November 2006. Got it running, but not streetable yet.

sireal

02-16-2009, 10:14 AM

1 yr and only driven 2 times LOL

Moparismylife

02-16-2009, 11:37 PM

Yeah, definately 4 years running, 1 year sitting.

hawaiifiveoh

02-16-2009, 11:42 PM

Long enough to take all my f"cking monies!

ilco187

02-17-2009, 01:54 AM

i have owned mine for 5 1/2 years sits every winter.

Demon33

02-17-2009, 02:28 AM

Eclipse GSX
Manufacture date- September 1989
Purchase date- October 1989

that's 20 years this coming October!

96dsmdemon

02-17-2009, 08:28 AM

If you've owned it for twenty years and still loving it you have a big heart my friend. Very few people can buy a car like this and stick to it that long.

Demon33

02-17-2009, 01:22 PM

If you've owned it for twenty years and still loving it you have a big heart my friend. Very few people can buy a car like this and stick to it that long.

Well, there was a time or two that I wasn't loving it at all, as I've had my fair share of problems with my car through the years. But I've been fortunate enough to have always had an extra car available when things went wrong. So I've had the luxury of being able to repair the GSX while still being able to drive to work everyday.

For most of its life my car has remained mostly stock except for the HKS exhaust, ported 2G exhaust maifold, air filter, EGT and boost controller. Recently, after 5 years of storage (driveway), I decided it was time to begin modifying it the way I've always dreamed but never started.

Over the past 8 months I've done the followig maintenance:
Timing belt
Water pump
Accessory belts and pulleys
O2 sensor
Magnecor plug wires

I also put on the following performance parts:
3" turbo back Megan exhaust
Tubular O2 housing
HKS 264/272 cams
3G lifters
4 bolt rear
Big brakes
SS brake lines
FIC 650cc injectors
Keydiver chip with injector compensation
Fluidampr harmonic balancer
MMCd logger

I have but still need to install the following:
LC-1 wideband
S-AFC2
New EGT probe
Fidanza flywheel
Cam gears

And I still need to change:
Carrier bearings
Drive shaft U-joints
Wheel bearings
Oil pump and rear main seal

Hopefully, with proper maintenance, replacement parts availablity and the judicous use of perfomance parts, I can keep it going for quite awhile longer. Today, it's running better and stronger than ever has, albeit a little rich, but the S-AFC2 should take care of that.

Psycho5150

02-18-2009, 01:27 AM

Well I got my N/T back in May and TSI in December. I got tired of riding the bus.

destrux

02-18-2009, 09:37 AM

Wow... I feel OLD. I thought there would be alot more people who've had them for longer than 6 years. I've had my 93' for about 8-9 years and 200K+ now, and I think if I added up all the days it was off the road for repairs it wouldn't add up to more than 2 months time. I've been lucky I guess.

redtalon55

02-19-2009, 06:28 PM

almost 2 years, and its taken me back over $5k. And it is in the process of getting the engine overhauled (another grand)

Theo

02-23-2009, 03:25 AM

This is my first DSM and I have owned it for less then a week. The car is not even in my name yet. I'm excited to get started.

CalypsoGST

02-23-2009, 06:07 AM

This is my first DSM and I have owned it for less then a week. The car is not even in my name yet. I'm excited to get started.

Well good for you welcome to the world of DSM's my friend.
remember "DSM's turning owners into mechanics since 1989"
It just depends on how bad the last guy abused it.
Anyways. This thread was started almost 6 years ago lol. BUT...april 2002 thats when I bought mine. 2 months later I got my license. Thank god for the storage place off base.