DSM’s have a bad-rap about them, which is partially true, but GREATLY exagerrated.
95% of Turbo DSMs are modded in some sort and driven hard. Which we all know will break shit.
The crankwalk of 2g’s is a real big fuck-up too. Mitsu should /themselves for that disaster.
Once my DSM got a new motor after it walked around 80k, it was very reliable up until 140k-year round buffalo miles finally got to it and rear wheel bearings starting to self-destruct.
It never stranded me though, and ran very well.
If you’re looking at non-turbos though, you are getting hosed price-wise, and it ought to be quite reliable too if it came from a respectable owner. Watch out for non-turbos owned by teens though, as they likely thought it was a supercar and drove the shit out of it.