# DSM's **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [May 3, 2007, 11:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dsms/28764 "2007-05-03T23:54:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 25
**Author:** ![Bigairskier1580](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bigairskier1580/32/7612_2.png) [@Bigairskier1580](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bigairskier1580)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 5:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dsms/28764/25 "2007-05-05T17:09:19Z")
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. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dsms/28764)._