other car opinions

[Tricky1980]

i was wondering what you guys thought about a 90 talon tsi... has 130k miles replaced headgasket, power steering, ... the only bad things that i know of right now are torn driver seat.. and scratches on back spoiler.. no rust at all.. seems to be pretty good.. he is asking 2100 obo.. what do u guys think??
JaY

[s13driver]

i'll think about it if it is AWD, otherwise no....

[Tricky1980]

the tsi is the awd turbo version, 2.0L

[240Driver39]

I have a friend that has one of those, fast and all, but the car isnt reliable, had to fix the transfer case, transmission, turbo need replacement, and he is now tryin to sell it cause its just too much of a pain. but thats my only experience with em...

[uiuc240]

Originally posted by Tricky1980
i was wondering what you guys thought about a 90 talon tsi... has 130k miles replaced headgasket, power steering, ... the only bad things that i know of right now are torn driver seat.. and scratches on back spoiler.. no rust at all.. seems to be pretty good.. he is asking 2100 obo.. what do u guys think??
JaY

my friend bought a 91 talon tsi with a 16g on it and a blown tranny for $800...and that ish had wheels, a boost controller, 3" exhaust, yada yada yada.

i would offer that guy not a penny more than $1500 for that piece.

Eric

[huntz0r]

Originally posted by Tricky1980
the tsi is the awd turbo version, 2.0L

Actually with the Talons, you can't tell by the trim... TSi means it has the turbocharged engine, but could be FWD (hellooooo torque steer) or AWD. Usually you'll see "TSi AWD" but it's not always specified..

the Mitsus don't have this problem of course, since the turbo is either a GS-T or GSX..

guess Eagle is just a halfass brand

[the head]

I have seen many very fast talons one of my friends ran low 11's and high 10's on a daily driver with over 100,000 it lasted for four years they are reliable if they have been maintianed check out www.teamnabr.com for tuning tips and general info use search only they are far worse to noob's than any other forum i have ever been on

[BOOSTLOVER]

I wouldn't get it, I'm selling my 94 gs-t 102,000 miles and yes it's pretty fun but from my experience the 1st gen engines are not that reliable. The car yard I go to stopped selling thoes engines because of that. My car is on it's 5th engine in a little over a year, the first one was my fault (low oil). The rest didn't last more than a month. If you do get it make sure you have a good chunk of $$ left over just in case. About the scrached spoiler I replaced mine for $35 at the car junkyard, you might need to paint it. Good luck!;)

[Thrill Capsule]

I had a 92 Talon tsi awd after i wrecked my first s13, and well now im back to the s13's. Biggest lemon I ever owned. Soon as I fixed one thing another thing broke (seriously) and finally the engine blew on me. DSM's are fast... if you can afford lots of down time.

[95Blue240sx]

my friend has a 95. it ran good when he got it. threw exhaust, boc, and intake and ran great. then one thing after another started to break. he had to get a new tranny case or something and he replaced the slave cylinder at least a dozen times. but that was only because the place that installed his clutched left some bolts out so it would flew tooo much. runs ok now, but when he goes WOT the thing acts like it hits fuel cut a 4k rpm!!

but a 90 IS a 1g. ive seen those run like ~14 1/4mile stock. depending on condition. also watch for crank walk. has a rep of eating up the crank bearing.