Learn me them Diamond-Starz..

Friend from another forum just bought for his 18yo daughter:

2002 GT Spyder with the V6. Slushbox. I told him I'd visit with you guys to get the skinny on what to look for (right after I told him he shoulda asked me before he put his money down.. )

theres a grm article review on dsm triplets

i would post a link but im using mobile web on my cell phone right now

http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/articles/diamond-stars/

Excellent. Thanks, guys.

Aw, man! The article's great, but doesn't cover the 3rd gen cars. I guess they were still being made when it was originally published..

All I know about 3rd Gen DSM is that there are a lot of them for sale.

Japanese Monte Carlo, that is all

^sez something

To me, they stopped being relevant when the AWD and turbos were dropped.

neon4891 wrote: Japanese Monte Carlo, that is all..

What he said..

neon4891 wrote: Japanese Monte Carlo, that is all

Already told him that. I'm just looking for what breaks on `em. All I can find on the DSM forums is how much the other Eclipse owners hate them.

oh come on, didnt you see 2fast2furious?? that was one sweet ride, homie!

Consumer Reports would probably be a better place to ask around than here; try looking for a readership that doesn't care about cars very much, they would probably know more about this thing.

Water pumps seize if not changed by 100K. Transmissions puke if the fluid isn't changed every 30K, With SPIII Mits fluid! front brake wear, window adjustments and since it's a Spyder, water leaks. NUMEROUS top TSBs. Headlight switches.

These are actually good cars, and I plan to carjack my niece out of her '03 when she's done with it.

But it IS a Japanese Monte Carlo.

Wow, I can't remember if I read it somewhere else....but everyone has picked up on my less than affectionate term for the 3rd and 4th gen. Eclipse.

technically it isn't a DSM. Chrysler was out by that point... "period" correct commercial...I still remember it, to this day.

The 4G is what I call a Motherberkeleying Freightliner!!

The Galant and Eclipse are WAY too big.

I actually typed Motherberkeleying....How sad am I??

4g63t wrote: Water pumps seize if not changed by 100K. Transmissions puke if the fluid isn't changed every 30K, With SPIII Mits fluid! front brake wear, window adjustments and since it's a Spyder, water leaks. NUMEROUS top TSBs. Headlight switches. These are actually good cars, and I plan to carjack my niece out of her '03 when she's done with it. But it IS a Japanese Monte Carlo.

Thanks, man. That's what I'm looking for. My buddy was actually relieved to discover he'd bought the girl a "cruiser" instead of a "sports car". He's a long-time biker, but doesn't really care about cars. Thanks again, everyone! Another example of why the GRM boards rock.

grimmelshanks wrote: oh come on, didnt you see 2fast2furious?? that was one sweet ride, homie!

Walked out half-way thru "Driven", dude. Figured if Hollywood could screw up real racing that badly, there was no reason to watch anything about street "racing". Hurts my feelings, really..I'm a film fan too. I wonder what Frankenheimer (Director, "Grand Prix") would have done if he'd had the chance to do that movie about Group C racing back in the 80s.

I didn't even see the original FnF until we showed it at work one night. IMO, it says a lot about how misunderstood our sport is among the "civillians". No damn wonder people like Ms. Ranyak think all the ills of American auto culture can be placed on our doorstep.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/os-auto-scscolumn-050210-20100502%2C0%2C7208847.column

They're all members of the "Clueless Club".

maroon92 wrote: technically it isn't a DSM. Chrysler was out by that point... "period" correct commercial...I still remember it, to this day.

ROFL! I remember that one, too after seeing it again. (maybe I've been working in TV too long?) All my DSM buddies started cursing like I did when the Mk.3 VW GTI came out!

At least the ad's "appropriate"..they are just cruising, instead of pushing it like the Archer Brothers used to do..

maroon92 wrote: technically it isn't a DSM. Chrysler was out by that point... "period" correct commercial...I still remember it, to this day.

I need to hand off my flash drive to a friend so he can get me a copy of that song, I'm starting to get into techno

In reply to friedgreencorrado: good . i also post a link www.zstar.hk www.tigersupermall.com so many great goods.

Susanna wrote: In reply to friedgreencorrado: good . i also post a link www.zstar.hk www.tigersupermall.com so many great goods.

Hmm. Kong Kong site. I'll bet 140 Yuan that it's a...

it's pretty much a Dodge Stratus with different body panels.