New Member/Prospective 9G buyer/Uber

Hello! Glad to find this knowledge base about Mitsubishi Galants on the interwebs!

I am looking buying a 9G and perhaps drive for uber for some extra money.
The Sedan seems to be roomy enough and has a generous amount of pep when accellerating.

Anyone have any comments/tips or even words of caution regarding the 2011/12 Galant?

Thanks for your help in advance!

Keep up on standard maintenance and a Galant will run forever. If you don't get paperwork with proof of a timing belt job in the last 60k, go ahead and have it done. These cars have interference engines and if the belt breaks you will need valves.

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Originally Posted by Blue3000GTguy

Keep up on standard maintenance and a Galant will run forever. If you don't get paperwork with proof of a timing belt job in the last 60k, go ahead and have it done. These cars have interference engines and if the belt breaks you will need valves.

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Thanks for the tip! The Car Fax was clean but lacking any specifics as far as maintenance. With one owner it seems that they would have taken good care of it up to trading it off at least. Will follow up on the timing belt kit for sure! Thank for the tip!

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Originally Posted by memoryman

Thanks for the tip! The Car Fax was clean but lacking any specifics as far as maintenance. With one owner it seems that they would have taken good care of it up to trading it off at least. Will follow up on the timing belt kit for sure! Thank for the tip!

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Never assume, I've bought one owner cars with 300k miles and nothing had ever been replaced except what failed.
Is this car a 4 cylinder or v6?

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Never assume, I've bought one owner cars with 300k miles and nothing had ever been replaced except what failed.
Is this car a 4 cylinder or v6?

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4 Cylinder. It needs front brakes and a couple other things, so I'm sure it will be due at the 105k recommended time.

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4 Cylinder. It needs front brakes and a couple other things, so I'm sure it will be due at the 105k recommended time.

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I always suggest 60k intervals, just because I'd rather not have to buy an engine. The good news is that quality timing components for these cars are relatively affordable, so even if you have to pay someone to do the work you aren't shelling out a whole lot for parts.

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