I have a 2002 Eclipse GT, and honestly I really like it but I definately would not buy this with intentions of making it performance oriented unless you plan on spending a lot of money. Everyone has their opinion about these cars, most hate them, but I like a few that I see on the street. Most of them I see just look stupid so I can understand why people don't like them. But I think it's a fun car to have, I've enjoyed it so far.
I've had a few problems with this car. I don't know much about repairs so I never fixed them. The first was 2 of the motor mounts broke, under warranty so no big deal. Passenger side door stopped opening, I think that cost 200.00 or so for the dealer to fix. The pins that hold down the intake snorkel came off so the intake would suction onto the hood during acceleration. A few months ago the car would just shut off at stop lights, it wouldn't idle. Luckily it was just the intake manifold was stopped up. All problems were easily fixed so no real problems.
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