Everyone has problems they’re forced to deal with in life, but have you ever wondered if the real cause of your problems might be because your car is too simple and reliable? Clearly, what you need is something so overly complicated that it’ll keep you constantly occupied. Instead of spending your weekends with your loved ones, what if you could spend your weekends in the garage, doing your best to keep a 1990s sports car on the road? If that sounds like a fantastic idea to you, then there may be no better purchase than the 1999 Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4 that’s currently listed on Cars & Bids.
Plenty of cars from the ’90s will give you all sorts of problems to deal with, but back then, most sports cars were still naturally aspirated. Meanwhile, this 3000GT gives you two aging turbos, an electronic suspension, four-wheel steering and even active aero. Throw in a manual transmission, and it’s basically perfect. And with only 27,300 miles on the odometer, it probably should have been driven more, but it could also be a lot worse than roughly 1,000 miles a year. Some people don’t even drive their overly complicated Japanese sports cars at all, but you? You could totally drive this thing multiple times a month.
Twin-turbo power
You probably won’t be chasing down any of the quicker electric vehicles on the road these days, but even by today’s standards, the old twin-turbo V6 was no slouch. It was rated at 320 horsepower and 315 pound-feet of torque. At the time, that was enough to get it up to 60 mph in less than five seconds and through the quarter-mile in the 13s. Could you buy quicker cars at the time? Sure. But how many of those cars offered Viscous Realtime 4WD, four-wheel steering, active aero and a six-speed manual transmission? Exactly. Good luck finding all of those features in a Ferrari F355.
A lot of owners think they can do better than Mitsubishi’s engineers and start modifying their 3000GTs, including removing the rear-wheel steering feature for so-called “reliability” reasons, but thankfully, no one has done that here. In fact, the only modification listed is a set of stainless steel brake lines. And while white over tan isn’t the most exciting combination, those who know will definitely know when they see you roll up in one of the coolest Mitsubishi 3000GTs ever built. Just promise you’ll keep the chrome wheels, since they complete the absolutely perfect ’90s look.
With bidding already past $40,000 with six days left on the auction, this car definitely won’t be cheap, but come on. Who doesn’t want a final-year Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4 in their garage? Just borrow a little from what’s left of your kid’s college fund. By the time they need the money, college will either be free or so ridiculously expensive, they won’t be able to afford to go anyway.
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