Hi Everyone, recent lurker and now ready to post.
I am looking at the Endeavor as a daily driver for my Sig Other.
We live in an area that gets a mix of snow 20 days a year, rain 40 days a year and heat over 100 degrees occasionally in the summer with 80-90 average. We also have a boat, so we are looking closely at an Endeavor that will be towing as well.
In Canada, a base Endeavor with AWD is $39K. Out of our price range limit of $30K. So we were set to pick up a 2007 Santa Fe for $30K.
We then saw in our local paper, several 2006 Endeavors for under $30k with AWD.
One was $23K at a local Mercedes dealership. We went to check out all the examples and each one was imported from the U.S.
There were a couple at the local Mitsu dealership that were 28K, 29K etc. and had the speedo and odo changed to "Canadian" and also the daytime running lights and other stuff that makes it road legal up here. We test drove one and really liked it. It is a bit bigger than we are used to. I drive an MX5, my GF has an old Jetta. The Endeavor sure does take off well, and it rides nicely. The engine is a bit gruff, but it is a big engine. (what octane is needed? I read a lot of differing opinions on this)
The Mercedes one for $23K had just the saftey things replaced, but not the odo or speedo, but the price is VERY attractive to us.
The salesperson said that it would still have the warranty etc, it had a carfax report that said it was leased to a corporation and then sold. It has 20,000 miles. It looked basically mint, like the passenger side was never used.
Is there anything that I can look for specifically with these cars? I am not familiar with Mitsubishis in general and they are not terribly common up here. There is a Mitsu dealership in my city though, so getting warranty work would be easy I assume.
Are Mitsu dealerships happy to inspect Mitsu cars pre purchase even if they are not from their lot?
Sorry for the long first post everyone.
I hope that you can shed some light on this for me (us).
Thanks a bunch everyone! :right:
I am looking at the Endeavor as a daily driver for my Sig Other.
We live in an area that gets a mix of snow 20 days a year, rain 40 days a year and heat over 100 degrees occasionally in the summer with 80-90 average. We also have a boat, so we are looking closely at an Endeavor that will be towing as well.
In Canada, a base Endeavor with AWD is $39K. Out of our price range limit of $30K. So we were set to pick up a 2007 Santa Fe for $30K.
We then saw in our local paper, several 2006 Endeavors for under $30k with AWD.
One was $23K at a local Mercedes dealership. We went to check out all the examples and each one was imported from the U.S.
There were a couple at the local Mitsu dealership that were 28K, 29K etc. and had the speedo and odo changed to "Canadian" and also the daytime running lights and other stuff that makes it road legal up here. We test drove one and really liked it. It is a bit bigger than we are used to. I drive an MX5, my GF has an old Jetta. The Endeavor sure does take off well, and it rides nicely. The engine is a bit gruff, but it is a big engine. (what octane is needed? I read a lot of differing opinions on this)
The Mercedes one for $23K had just the saftey things replaced, but not the odo or speedo, but the price is VERY attractive to us.
The salesperson said that it would still have the warranty etc, it had a carfax report that said it was leased to a corporation and then sold. It has 20,000 miles. It looked basically mint, like the passenger side was never used.
Is there anything that I can look for specifically with these cars? I am not familiar with Mitsubishis in general and they are not terribly common up here. There is a Mitsu dealership in my city though, so getting warranty work would be easy I assume.
Are Mitsu dealerships happy to inspect Mitsu cars pre purchase even if they are not from their lot?
Sorry for the long first post everyone.
I hope that you can shed some light on this for me (us).
Thanks a bunch everyone! :right: