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“I've had my 1998 model Mitsubishi Carisma 1600 family...”

written by alan210579 on 05/12/2004

Good Points
Reliable, economical, good handling.

Bad Points
Not too sure about the 'persona' but it does grow on the owner if no-one else.

General Comments
I've had my 1998 model Mitsubishi Carisma 1600 family car for 6 months. I bought it for a bargain £1500 with only 52000 on the clock and it needed £200 on 2 new exhaust parts straight away but it was still a bargain. Up here in Aberdeen it gets cold in winter, although it's December now and it's been freezing for 2 months and it's started 1st time every morning, parked out on the street overnight. The bodywork and metallic paint is in excellent condition; no rust whatsoever. The interior however is suffering imagination. To be honest, who cares? If you drive one of these you're not likely to be the following; a boy racer; rich; enthusiastic about cars in general. You will however be the type of person who dosn't want to spend much on a car in the first place and only a tiny amount on running costs. In other words, you'll have you're head screwed on. You may however fall deeply in love with it after a short period of time due to all the economic, practical, and relability reasons that you will want the car forever and start spending money on alloy wheels and a new interior, which I am considering. There is no other car in this price range that comes anywhere close to the Carisma. I did spend ages looking as I am skint.