PerfMad

@matroska well my first car had a carbi. But it had issues with eco tests  I had to do a tuneup every year to get it passed. Then moved on to an EFI where I never had any issues with ECO test no fuel economy as both were better than the Lancer carbi I had. But what u mentioned is correct. less electronics means less problems.

Wish I can buy another lancer again someday atleast i can enjoy the 3rd paddle again. I don't think we will get any manual trannies in future 😢 

hey what was the lancer car you had? Was it a CB series? Yeah carbs and eco tests don't go too well - that's the downside.  I kind of miss dad's beetle and the datto B110 we had - it's nice to chug along in a manual on weekends. In fact I've been even contemplating getting a cheap little manual just to cure the itch - but everything out there is overpriced and not worth it. 

@matroska agreed. Yup my first car was a Lancer CB1. That was one good car had no issues during my ownership apart from annual tuneup  and 6kmpl which I managed to increase with carb tuneup along with a rebuild kit.