Cars We Would NEVER Buy! | Buy or Bust Ep. 8
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I’m convinced Brendons Highschool girlfriend left him for a dude with a 3000GT. 😂😂😂
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Lol😂
Agree but only because he loved his A-veo more than her
😂😂😂😂
Facts
He got bullied in high school by a guy that had one, thats why he is so emotional about it.
I think you nailed it. Someone with one of those cars did him wrong…goes way deeper than the car itself lol
I'd never buy overinflated toxic 12yo dream Japanese junk
Like the Weezer song, but not an IROC
Bingo. Or, a guy with a 3000 boinked his girl
i mean maybe a 4cyl fwd slushbox auto from the 90s just isn’t that cool?
When the nissan leaf came out , you knew instantaniously to leaf it alone , well alone , the mitsunishi has the ancient old montero 3.0 motor that never pulled the skin off a rice pudding . The aveo was always something to avoid , my money on that was $500 on a good day .
Hahahaha leaf it alone 🤣
The 6g72 has made 1600whp before. Documented on TH-cam. They're stout motors, they were just never super high powered from the factory for insurance reasons. They could've easily gave that thing 500 horsepower reliably.
2 years ago I bought a 2007 Aveo sedan with a 5 speed manual and 180,000 miles for $500. Only reason I bought it was to see if a $500 car was still a usable car or if it was only good enough to take to a junk yard after I beat on it on my property. Surprisingly it still ran and drove good and was fun to rev match the shifts. It just wasn't in the best cosmetic condition. I sold it after owning it for a month to a guy who is still drives it to work.
I remember when the 3000 GT 1st came out. The fanfare it got was overwhelming. Now it gets crapped on everywhere. I know it has its problems but I always considered it a kind of unique car.
But do you remember the Dodge Stealth?
@IronmanV5 worse decided chrysler ever made was getting into bed with thar crap car company
@@Welcometofacsistube spell check
@@IronmanV5 I do. I didn't really care for it though. Dodge had such a crappy reputation in the nineties, So I kind of stayed away from them.
@@TheMeanmarine13 Main reason I remember it was because of the Bandit TV movies where they used it instead of a Trans AM.
Oh God. This guy... 3000GT is a legend just like almost all 90's japanese sport cars. At least Tommy could more or less see why it is a special car.
Lmao the way he hates on the 3000gt... and then praises the crappiest jeep liberty he could find for its build quality 💀
Right! Makes zero sense. Hes emotional about that 3000 for some reason.
@@MrYobII the guy who stole his girl in highschool had one
I had a 94 3000gt SL manual in the same red. Official specs on it we're 0-60 in 5.9 seconds from c/d. The car was lightweight and quick for 225 hp. The materials were high quality on the interior for the time. No hard plastics anywhere and the stereo was amazing. The exhaust was insane, with more flex pipe than some supercars of the era. All around a great car that i regretted parting with.
Everyone that i let drive that car thought i had added a turbo because it was so torquey off the line.0
Even the base model from 1991-1996 came with the same V6 as the SL, 220hp. From 1997 until the last year of production, the base came with the crappy V6 160hp comes one in the video has, unlike the V6 in the SL 220.
There’s a bit of a lack of research in the channel…
Love these videos! The format is cool!
You have it floored and not near redline and the transmission won't shift...designed that way! Most Mitsubishi's last fine if taken care of.
Sorry, Brendan, I have always liked the 3000GT.
You mean the eclipse looks like the 3000GT because it came out a year before the eclipse. These cars were ahead of there time with some of the firsts in the car market. Also this car had just as good of quality as there counterparts. Mocking out a 25 year old car for minor things makes you sound dumb. If it was a couple years old ok but again this is a 25 plus year old car.
Didn't the Mitsubishi Montero have the same v6 option? The Montero/Pajero/Shogun was also known for being a great offroader around the world.
I doubt it was the exact same engine, but it could have been a different engine with the same displacement. If anything, that 3.0 would be derived from the Galant and Diamanté.
6g74. A slightly different engine
I love the 300gt vr4!
As a guy with plenty of experience with the comparable Stealth version, I agree and disagree. The Stealth was actually very reliable, but the quality and performance were terrible...even back in the day.
The fastest I’ve ever been in a car was this vehicles twin sister the dodge stealth GT turbo. Got up to 153 miles an hour but the car started to shake so bad I brought it back down to 60 mph.
3000gt's and stealth weren't technically dsm's they were imported and assembled here.
All the hate for the 3000GT she is old but I will always have a little love for it I always wanted one when I had an Eagle Talon
The 3000GT design has aged very well.
That leaf is sadly problaly going to the scrappers, a used battery pack is like 3-4 grand, maybe You can rebuild the battery by exchanging the bad cells.
Just replaced my friends for 2k
I road raced a 95 sl 5 speed dohc. They are as fast as a Nismo 350z on the road course with headers, exhaust, pulley, cold air intake and 02 unplugged. running a base map. Stock brakes are better than almost all stock cars with just pads.
oh damn 3000gt !! now that has potential tho really.
Those Aveos also had turbos, well my brother-in-law's did anyway
It was a $2000 option for a 12k car lol
That Mitsubishi sounds just like my old 3.8 Buick
That 3000gt wasn’t cheap back in the 90’s. My friends dad had one, it was $40k for the SL in 1997.
Great car
Trans am ws6 much better
@@googleaccount2637 I agree with you on that one. My favorite was the 98-02, honestly I’m actually looking to buy one soon.
3000gt was better looking compared to most everyday cars back then but $40k worth? No way. Total ripoff. 🤣
$40K for an engine that was impossible to self service and a transmission that was known to grenade. It wasn't the best car Mitsubishi made.
This didn't look like an Eclipse at the time. The Eclipse that looked like the 3000GT was produced AFTER the GT ended.
And that Eclipse was horrible to look at compared to the previous generation. No turbo or all-wheel-drive and that plastic body cladding made it a huge downgrade.
Exactly. He doesn't know what he's talking about.
Yeah like the 01 models that didn’t sell well I always thought those where ugly
Thats not true they were both sold together the second gen eclipses is based on the gto styling not the third
That car was amazing along with the Dodge Stealth. I can't believe that guy doesn't like it. Especially being a car guy like he is. One of his enemies must of had one or something.
Yeah, what do you expect for a vehicle that's 20+ years old? It's not going to be in rock solid condition.
These guys are wannabe car guys.
They didn't exactly pick a gem example of an SL either. Although you gotta respect how well the whole car held up cosmetically. They didn't rust
He prefers an Aveo to a 3000GT, he thinks it is a DSM, he thinks an interior features from 91 was inspired by a movie made roughly 10 years later, he chooses to whine about rattling shifter. Does this guy have the credibility to critique anything? (Also, recommending someone drive in an Aveo for speeding may not be the wisest choice from a safety perspective. Beyond the fact that speeding is illegal).
He isn't really a car guy in this shows it
If the Aveo had a Mini badge Tommy would be in love. LOL
Agreed 😂
r o a s t e d
lmao
But the Aveo was a turd I agree with Tommy but I mean I’d drive one in hatch I love cheap turds but buy an old Corolla I think
The 3000GT is a killer car. He’s completely off base.
Bro really just said that 3000gt is ugly, I respect his opinion but couldn’t be more wrong looks better then some modern day cars
watching you guys try so hard to not say "shitbox" when talking about the Aveo was hilarious.
Guys! With the 3000GT, you are testing a 25 year old car, based on a 32 year old design. Technically an antique! It's bound to have some wear such as the sloppy shifter. I agree the base model was just for the looks. I had a 91 VR-4 and then a 95 VR-4 both fantastic state of the art, reasonably reliable and quality cars for the time. Plus the VR-4 was an incredible performance bargain, especially the 91. All the performance of an NSX at 1/2 the price. Add to that the all season capability with the AWD. PS it was 2+ years ahead of the Mark 4 Supra. Although the Supra did eclipse the performance by a bit and was much bigger in the aftermarket, I still went for the 95 VR-4 at the time.
Sometimes they forget this are old
cars, most cars don't last 10 years without turning into a rust bucket or scrap, Mitsubishi back then bad good build quality regarding longevity, just didn't have the fit and finish of other brands
The 3000gt was always my favorite of that era. Miles ahead of the curve
VR4. State of the art yes. Very fast yes. Replaced the motor twice...also yes. STILL MISS IT THOUGH.
Does anyone remember the 3000 GT VR-4 Spyder? It had a mechanical retracting hardtop. I remember seeing it at a Chicago Auto Show and it was amazing!
@@conroypawgmail the Spyder was really cool. But it added weight, complexity, and $$$ to the car. Interesting how it was gen 2 of folding hardtops. Late 50s Ford & early 60s TBird, then the Spyder, and then the Z4, BMW 3 series and other cars of the early 2010’s made it popular for a while.
I love the mitsubishi 3000gt always wanted one. Used they get abused so it's hard to find a decent one.
Mitsubishi is knocked for reliability quite often but I think it is undeserved. Some of their cars are junkers, but overall I think they make quality. My 2002 Mitsubishi is less than 300 miles away from 250k miles and shifts like day one. The engine is still in great shape too. It has needed some work as it aged, but it is cheap and easy to repair and has overall been a very dependable car.
the 3000gt is a sweet car, back in the day 200 something horsepower was something even in the base model.
My Iroc-z had the 305 V8 215-220hp and the Mustang V8 5.0 had 225-230. 200hp non turbo v6 was nothing to sneeze at.
"back in the day" cars in the 60s were putting out 300+ HP and 500+ torque out of big blocks... 200 was NOTHING. Get educated
@@GettingthruLife emissions clogged garbage.
@bldontmatter5319 and in the 70s these same engines were de tuned to 105hp
@@bldontmatter5319 a BMW E36 325i of the early 90s had 192 HP. With a manual and LSD performance was okay. 200 HP in a 3L V6 wasn't too bad for the time.
I use to really want a 3000gt I miss weird and cool 90’s Japanese cars.
Best car I ever owned was a 95 Stealth. Had it for 16 years before I bought the Camaro. Miss it so much. Brendan has some bad feelings about something more than the car.
Eh, we’re always an overweight pig and not very durable….. but the Fast and Furious line was really stupid as it predates the movie. I don’t think they were terrible but definitely overpriced and over weight.
That leaf would make a nice air conditioned, rain proof golf cart.
With the 3000gt the looks are not the issue, repair costs are the issue and they can be a nightmare to work on. They look awesome. American 90s cars had terrible plastics too
Two kids reviewing cars older than they are 😊. Brendan, the 3000GT was a bad ass car back in the day. The Japanese triplets were all highly desirable and the vast majority were the base models. Their top trim turbo models were crazy expensive and very rare in real life. Of the 3 the 3000GT was the most comfortable as a daily driver and a great highway touring car.
but to his Point the bare bones SL NOT the GT with 320HP Twin Turbo V6 AWD 6 spd ~ SO the BARE BONES did Suck A$$ as much as bare bones 4 banger mustang from the same era. ~ He did not say the GT sucked.
And it came out WAY before FnF. This guy is NOT a car guy.
@@greebuh Correct. I am NOT a car.
Back in the day people didn't know that the base 3000gt would be crap. Now we do.
Eliott thinks ALL cars from that era were bad because they didn’t make enough power.. be less like him
Omg. Tommy had me at prehistoric sex toy. Hahaha! Quality content guys. These are great! Keep them coming!
Brenden hates Mitsubishi….we get it. Wonder who owned a Mitsu and beat up on Brenden?
May just be that they're crap
@@noneyabizz8337 some were
I`ve owned early 3000GT VR4 few years ago. It was a fast, cool looking car and because it was rare it also turned heads. Base models are not that great though, but should be a decent grand touring machine.
Arguing the aesthetics of the 3000gt is irrational ...
.. when the objective argument against that car is that the base model with automatic transmission is a dog to drive.
Like the DeLorean or a Mustang with a 4 cylinder the 3000gt base model combat the incongruity of a visually appearing fast car with a disappointing driver experience.
The base model came with 164hp, SL model with 222hp and the VR-4 had 300hp ... which one is most appealing??
I'll stand behind the longevity of the Aveos. My ex mother in law had one for quite awhile with no issues. When she passed her son started driving it and it's still on the road today. BTW, It is a four door sedan with an automatic. Happy New Year!
That 3000 GT is older than the 1st Fast & Furious movie. Not sure how the three pods were influenced by a movie that hadn't been made yet. It's interior build quality is pretty spot on with most manufacturers from the 90's.
If anything it was inspired by the Nissan Z interior.
@@ffcracker good point
I disagree with the build quality. Have you ever been in a 90s car? I own a 1997 toyota camry and it has much better build quality. My dad also has a 2000 ford escort (same as the 90s ones) and the build quality is also much better. I don't think the specific example in the video was treated well and thats why its a little rough.
I certainly hope this is a bit scripted because for someone to trash a Mitsubishi 3000 and say a Chevy Aveo is good, I don't trust their judgement at all.
Might be my favorite part of Classics 👍🏻
I'll slander Mitsubishi all day long but man the 3000GT was badass
Literally the first person I have ever heard say the 3000GT was ugly.
so when i was a kid, early 2000's, i went from a 91 Z28 to a 96 3000GT, base V6 w 5 speed and the 3000GT blew the doors off the Z, fastest car I ever owned, and it was non turbo. I ended up getting rid of it when my son was born for a family mobile, but i think the one you guys got might have had issues or, because of the 5 speed, the auto is just that much slower, and it was great in teh snow in western pa, it was all around a great car
Aveo was a compliance 🚗car. Need by laws to offset poor fuel economy of high profit 🛻Pickups, 🚙Escalades, etc. Today the govt allows electric 🔌cars/trucks to do that.
My best friend had a Dodge Stealth and even though it was a non turbo FWD one, it was still fun to kick around and I still think these are good looking. They’re heavy and don’t handle well, but it’s a GT car. It’s literally in the name. It’s a great highway cruiser. Also, 220hp wasn’t a slouch in the 90’s. 4.6L Mustang had less HP.
Dude your knowledge of the 3000GT if so unimpressed. First of all that's not the very lowest base model that's the 220 horsepower 3.0 L dual overhead cam motor, the base model is a single overhead cam motor and has a completely different intake manifold and only has 160 horsepower then you have the the SL which has 210 horsepower 3.0 DOHC and has active suspension & exhaust then the GTO/VR4 equiped twin turbo active Aero and active exhaust at 310-320 HP (depending the staet it's purchased in) point being man do a little more research Before You by Sheck are the only reason that car is not worth what a super is worth is because of the movie The Fast and the Furious in the only reason the Supra was the main car is because the special effects supervisor said he couldn't do the stone at the end of the first movie with the Stealth TT because of the roof not being Target op and offered his Supra before that movie they were both valued at about the same after the movie the Supra skyrocketed because of the movie that's just a fact in the car that was used in the interlude that connected the first and second movie was originally supposed to be the star car which was then made Paul Walker's personal car in the movie. Get your s#¡t together
3000GT VR4 was the car back in the day. Or it's counter the dodge stealth
OMG the one guy in the beard sounds like an idiot I can't stop laughing. Says it tries to copy off fast and furious.....came out 11 YEARS PRIOR.
I actually would have bought the Leaf for a few hundred just to drive it for getting to work. (about a 12mile round trip).
How dare you not like the 3000gt albeit it isn't a vr4, and $6500 is too much. And after 95 they started taking off the cool stuff and it's hard to find a good one anymore and you have to get the vr4, I almost had one in high school until I found out I needed a second loan for the insurance but I will have one eventually a 94-95 vr4 with all the good stuff and no pop up headlights which I know it's crazy but I don't like, and they suck to work on, no space in the engine bay, shoulda gonna with a straight six like most others, but still awesome, and if you get the dodge version you get the awesome banana spoiler. I'd go ahead if it had a just cuz I'm in Phoenix and I'd pay $1200
3000 GT is awesome! You are wrong
The only reason someone buys a 3000GT is because they cannot afford any other 90's hero sports car. It has no advantages. It's fat, slow, uncomfortable, feels cheap, and is unreliable. All those cool features you might list, like active aero or 4 wheel steering? None of that works on the car you might find for sale. If it does miraculously work when you go to test drive it, rest assured it will be broken in the next 5,000 miles.
Nailed the 3000gt. Designed to appeal to children and most of them are slow AF. Just an ugly car with very little to be happy about. Unless you get the unicorn version... and if that unicorn will even wants to run.
The Aveo? Pure, unadulterated trash car. Which makes it awesome to beat the crap out of. I imagine there are a lot of people who had one as their first car. And that makes it special.
The Leaf? I got nothing....
The sister car. the Dodge Stealth, was definitely more polarizing….
Really? I always thought the Dodge name plate ruined that car. It was still a cool car back in the day when I was a teenager but couldn't get past it being a Dodge, With their bad reputations for transmissions in the nineties.
Especially when they had the Bandit TV movies and Bandit drove a Stealth instead of a Trans Am.
Again you guys need to gain a lot more experience and knowledge. Watching these videos can be frustrating. Their lack of mechanical and such is embarrassing.
Brendan must have had a bad experience with a Mitsubishi somewhere along the line. He was really nit picking a bunch of piddly things that are easy repairs. That car was in really good shape and with only 80K miles it would be a great daily driver. Mitsubishi makes great engines and powertrains....they would over-design with goofy gizmos and "boy racer" add-ons, though. I must say, he goes for some real oddball POS's sometimes that I wouldn't look twice at.
Brendan must spend too much time on Bring a Trailer-$5K for a 10yr-old Leaf with a dead battery???
The lack of automotive knowledge by the big guy is shocking, actually stunning, but the kid is still doing a good job.
Love these videos..
Soo fun to watch 🤩
The Mitsubishi 3000GT is NOT ugly!🤨
Not a 3000 GT owner, but I love them. You are just dead wrong on this one. 😂
Every piece of plastic came out of a happy meal toy? 😳🤪🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I miss my 3000gt. Twin turbo vr4 AWD with around 840 whp....
I love the 3000GT VR4. The base one like that I wouldn't buy...
The 3000GT was not worthy of "hate". The other two cars weren't worthy of notice
I own a 2010 Aveo5 MT in silver as my daily driver. I own it for all the reasons Brendan said. He gets it. I also own a couple sports cars, but sometimes you just want a no drama drive to work, and the Aveo is plenty fast in gridlock.😏
And Tommy is right about his complaints. I've owned several econobeaters over the past 20 years to do yeoman's work. This is the worst of them all in materials quality, but I don't buy a hammer based on the quality of the grip finish.
A 1999 3000GT recently sold for over $100K at auction. The values are starting to increase for well preserved examples.
Twin turbo? Had to have been
Had to have been a VR-4 Spyder
You guys are 😂😂. One hypes up a lemon, the other one says no way. My wife’s nephews wife had a Chevy Aveo when they got married, it wasn’t long before it was traded for a full size car. Back in 1975 we bought a 1972 Chevy Vega GT stick shift, we enjoyed it very much, until in 1976 our first child was born try to get a baby car seat in & out of the backseat was a pain, so we replaced it with four door sedan. The people at the auction was wise to Leaf the Nissan alone. Guys I ❤ these episodes very much & hope that you don’t stop doing them. Keep’m coming
Should try a review of a vr4 galant they look awesome!
Loved that car when it came out ! Great sleeper car.
If the bearded man hates the 3000gt, what makes you think hes going to like a galant? He looks more like a vw golf driver for sure.
@@doylee469 the 3000 he is ugly in my opinion,it looks like an eclipse with a longer body
I drove a chevy aveo from Connecticut to Florida and back twice in one year never had a problem. Average over 30mpg and yes it's a cheap car but not that bad overall
I’m guessing the shifter is the way it is so that they don’t have to make separate ones for LHD and RHD models. And the car predates F&F.
I always liked the looks of the 3000gt, but it's a fatty and has Mitsubishi quality against it.
Astounding that manufacturers have AWD platforms and choose to have fwd in their sports car's lower trim
I love my 2013 Leaf. It still has 80 miles of range and makes a great commuter car if you live in an area with a mild climate. But I agree it didn’t help the public perception of EVs.
Edit: Don’t buy a 2011 or 2012, those batteries were the worst.
How much has it lost in range since new and how about winter range
@@waggitnshaggit6592 According to Leafspy, it’s at about 85% original range. Winters here are mild and it gets charged in an enclosed garage, so there’s minimal range loss in winter. Maybe 20% less?
The public got a good perception of Eevee because it was cheap not like what Tesla does to the ev
I get excited every time I see a new buy or bust video posted. Thanks guys
These guys don't have the knowledge required to make these videos.... So the people who support/ agree must know even less.
yep we hate you Brenden, that 3000gt is a great Japan classic
The Aveo is a pretty great super cheap car. Everything is equally crappy, which is what you are looking for in a cheap car.
no such thing as a super cheap car in America anymore
The 3000GT was built before the fast and furious..
The 3000gt are very powerful car. Thr v6 has the same design engine as the 4g63 with 1 cylinder chopped off and turned into a v design.
The SL is crap, but I’ll not hear a bad word against the VR4. It dominated the tracks in Japan, alongside the EVO TME. Whooped the Skyline and NSX.
In reference to the gauge cluster comment. The 3000 GT was built from 1990 to 2000, the first F&F movie was released in 2001. If anything, the Stealth/3000 borrowed the gauge styling from the Datsun/Nissan Z cars.
So, fast and furious was before the 3000gt 🤦❌
The 3000gt is many things. Ugly is not one of them
I worked for an Auto Parts store in college that had yellow Aveo's as their delivery vehicles. They were slow but you could have fun in those little things. Driving it like you stole it, flying over railroad tracks at 50 mph, etc.
Daewoo went bankrupt and General Motors purchased them out of bankruptcy. Could you imagine a worst combination? That car is the shitbox award winner
Chrysler-Fiat. Almost.
EVs are so amazing. Automatically mechanically totaled within 10 years guaranteed
Never really been a Mitsubishi fan. As for the Aveo I almost bought one brand new back when they were new. I'm pretty sure they were like 9k. It was like the one in the video but it didn't even have a radio, had speakers in the door though. Had a friend that owned one years later. It was a terrible car but was pretty reliable.
I almost bought a new Chevy Aveo around Thanksgiving 2004 as a commuter car and it was actually MORE expensive than the new Chevy Cavaliers that were on the dealer lot right next to them - I drove away with a brand new base model automatic 2005 Cavalier coupe for $9,350 OUT THE DOOR with little negotiation whereas the Aveo would have been over a grand more... I remember being shocked at the time.
@Stressless2023 I can see the Aveo being more. It was a newer model with newer components. Also, it being a hatchback, it was more usable. I ended up buying a 2008 Ford Focus and put 196k on it without much maintenance.
Y’all should do one where who ever is closest has to actually buy the car 🤔🤔🤔🤔
Or at least throw their guess as a bid
The algorithm may not like you, but I do.
I remember reading a C&D article comparing the 300GT VR4 with the 300ZX since they both had 300HP. The article concluded that while the 300ZX was more expensive, it was by far the better, more refined car.
Literally bashing my teenage dream :) car. I ended up buying 2 of them, an SL and a VR4. Loved them cars!
I'll never forgive Renault for what they did to Nissan.
Me either, when I found out they were together I vowed I would never buy one until I knew they'd parted company.
Ugly⁉️ The 3000GT was named best looking car of the year (1991) and out sold the other Japanese cars COMBINED‼️ while costing more‼️ So you're obviously talking just to hear yourself speak.
The Eclipse was modeled off the 3000GT.
As for maintenance. It's a VERY reliable car, however 3000GT owner's over the years were terrible maintainers.
This car has a STRICT maintenance schedule. If you want a cheap hard as nails to break version, buy the SOHC version. It was so reliable it ran without oil for nearly 2days.
If you want the SL or VR4 have a repair budget and do Service A and Service B, 5k-10k miles in advance. Even with new oils, change the filter every 3k miles and never go beyond a 5k mile oil service.
Respect the 3000GT VR4 and Galant VR4 as both pushed car technology and were 30yrs ahead of there time.
The 3000GT gauges can't be Fast & Furious inspired because they made this car way before than that movie, also this isn't a base model, the 1998 Base came with a SOHC 3.0L, even though is not a VR4 this was a expensive car back then, the built quality was there but the lack of proper maintenance made these unreliable, the only thing I agree with Brendan is that those Auto transmissions sucked that's for sure...