a friend of mine has a 95 sebring coupe, which is basically a non turbo eclipse. he has an aftermarket clutch and a 65 shot, and ran in the high 14s. without the bottle, it was high 15s...with something like 170,000 miles on it.
they have problems because theyre fairly high performance cars (for what they are) and people buy them to drive them hard. my 1st gen turbo awd is near stock and ran 9.2-9.3 in the 8th mile...go to any import event, or any event with a 4 cylinder class and see what runs the show. they have problems because morons who dont take care of them buy them and run them into the ground, then sell them to other morons who come onto forums and whine about a 16 year old car that made 200+ hp from a 4 cylinder and they want to know why riding around bouncing off the rev limiter it bad for it.
"dsms are nothing but problems" is clearly from someone who has never owned one, or had the chance to take one out and trash it. mine is my winter driver, and it makes for a fun car in the snow and when its nice out. the car handles like its on a rail, and runs pretty well for what it is...it also gets great mileage on long highway trips. ive had some issues with mine, but when its running right (which is more often than not), its great fun to drive. now, i do get what i call "diamond star migranes", when the car just isnt going to be agreeable, and im sure that every other DSM owner understands...but depending on the day i either love it or hate it. theyre trouble, but no more than any other performance car from the early 90s, and they have alot to offer when taken care of...
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