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well thanks guys I will one day come back and post something about the car. what problems she should have, what year and model and so on. Just right now i have no money to do anything with the car. She has 60k miles to her and my father said there should be no major issue with the car since it worked fine when he left it. Most likely than not I will leave her there but it's unbelievable that a car this sexy gets little to no recognition as one of the coolest japanese sports-car around.

Well thanks for the info everyone. I can't really do anything else with this post since the car is not with me and it doesn't work. But just a question about the leather interiors..... what if there are rats in the garage? and i mean big rats? can they go inside and munch at the leather or is the car well sealed or something?

The steering wheel was most certainly two spoked, the headrests were solid and the back bumper was all white. the seat belts did indeed retract from the top. I would get pictures but my grandparents don't have cameras over there so I have to ask a cousin. I don't know anything about the rims except they are original and pretty sparkly. I don't know how else to help. It had a somewhat funky leathery smell to it on the inside. I just had a flashback about it when i was a kid and remember the radio having big tail silver buttons. The radio also did not work because of how frequencies were different in portugal. Thats all i have for now. I posted a picture but am not sure if you can see it.

My dad had a mitsubishi starion since I was a little kid. I remember being inside of one of those things. It had a red interior with funky seat belts and was all white on the outside. My father bought it in America about 20 years ago and shipped it to Portugal. Eventually we left Portugal deciding not live there anymore leaving the car behind. It is in a garage with my grandparents that have not touch it for almost 20 years since we left. I would go there every summer and see the car but never thought about having it since I had forgotten how cool it was from living in america for so long. Then one summer I examined it and got inside the car and was just completely astonished at how cool it was on the inside and outside( since the car was crampedly parked behind other cars for years I never had a good look). I just could not believe what my family had and how we were treating it. We all know how cool toyotas Supras look as well as other cars such as the Honda NSX but the Starion is amazing and blows these things away in looks!!!. I just said we have to fix it. it only has 60k miles. I just wanted to join this club to admire this car, how unnoticed it goes in compared to other "cool classics". I'm glad to have discovered it and you guys truly have a jewel. btw just a few questions about this car. What model is it and possibly what year is it since i didn't remind myself to see it over the summer. Like i said it is all white on the outside, red interior with funky seat belts and 5 speed manual. I believe it is 87 or 88. Also what if i wanted to import it back to America? would it have to pass emmisions test being over 25 years old and what are the possible costs? ( just one thing to add-my father had to carry a beaker around to fill up the tank since the gas nozzles would not fit in the gas hole!!.)