 dont push your car too hard, or you'll end up like this guy |
 May 6, 2008 - 5:23 PM
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Enthusiast  Joined Nov 6, '07 From seattle Currently Offline Reputation: 4 (100%)  |
http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/you-kno...-too-hard-when/
loll talk about qaulity control =[ never knew these things came in plastic. --------------------  |
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May 6, 2008 - 5:27 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Feb 5, '05 From pineapple under the sea Currently Offline Reputation: 9 (100%) |
One of the EVO X owner's buddies posted this on NASIOC. I thought it was funny as hell.
Who in their right mind makes a pedal out of plastic? Mitsubishi -1 -------------------- 1991 MR2 - T-tops - Crimson Red - Gen3 3SGTE - Lots of money
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May 6, 2008 - 5:30 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Mar 15, '07 From Tennessee Currently Offline Reputation: 52 (100%) |
OMG 40k worth of crap.
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May 6, 2008 - 5:50 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Feb 7, '07 From Portland, Oregon Currently Offline Reputation: 67 (96%) |
I can top it— my girlfriend's '97 Sidekick's clutch pedal arm broke. TWICE. And it was metal. Both times it broke right at the weld where the arm meets the shaft that runs cross-wise to the clutch cable.
Now that's quality engineering. --------------------  |
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May 6, 2008 - 11:45 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Mar 20, '07 From Bakersfield, CA Currently Offline Reputation: 10 (100%) |
Evos do look like nice cars, but Mitsubishi is not very reliable. Save your comments..... I have seen first hand. Not so much with an evo, but with eclipse by many.
-------------------- 91 MR2 Turbo SW20, 92 MR2 Turbo SW20, 95 Celica GT ST204
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May 7, 2008 - 12:03 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 31, '02 From Philadelphia, PA Currently Offline Reputation: 8 (100%) |
It is terrible for something like that to happen... but from what i hear, plastic pedals are the new trend with drive by wire cars like the evo,sti,etc...
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May 7, 2008 - 12:01 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Nov 6, '07 From seattle Currently Offline Reputation: 4 (100%) |
QUOTE(lagos @ May 7, 2008 - 12:03 AM) [snapback]671381[/snapback] It is terrible for something like that to happen... but from what i hear, plastic pedals are the new trend with drive by wire cars like the evo,sti,etc... haha i guess going lightweight means cheaping out on materials now a days. but even if it doesnt break now shouldnt the plastic weaken after years of use on the clutch? If someone were to upgrade to a heavyer pressure plate would it work for long? -------------------- |
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May 7, 2008 - 12:24 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 31, '02 From Philadelphia, PA Currently Offline Reputation: 8 (100%) |
^ it was the gas pedal that broke, not the clutch.
I would assume the clutch/brake are still metal. -------------------- 15PSI - 30MPG - Megasquirt Tuned
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May 7, 2008 - 12:50 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Jan 18, '08 From Houston Currently Offline Reputation: 7 (100%) |
see... i've always dreamed of owning an eclipse... it's been on my Wanted list ever sence 1990-1991 when i really saw some action out of one...
But its crap like this that makes me cower to actually get one... that and the one a few years ago that kept blowing engines, STOCK engines  ~Sigh~ So beautiful, but so many problems, so unreliable, Great ride, but will never last in the long run... Kind of like most of the girls i've dated 
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May 7, 2008 - 4:14 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Nov 12, '02 From Webster Ma. Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
lol sucks but yeah drive by wire = lame. no need to mash the pedal like that, owned.
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May 7, 2008 - 4:31 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Apr 15, '07 From san antonio tx. Currently Offline Reputation: 12 (100%) |
Hey....take it easy on mitsu guys, my 01 Galant GTZ has been good to me since i bought it new in 01!
Not bad for an auto either, pretty quick.  Dont know bout the pedals though!
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May 7, 2008 - 4:35 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 20, '07 From Bakersfield, CA Currently Offline Reputation: 10 (100%) |
QUOTE(D-Man @ May 7, 2008 - 5:50 PM) [snapback]671502[/snapback] So beautiful, but so many problems, so unreliable, Great ride, but will never last in the long run... Kind of like most of the girls i've dated Amen to that! -------------------- 91 MR2 Turbo SW20, 92 MR2 Turbo SW20, 95 Celica GT ST204
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May 7, 2008 - 5:01 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Oct 7, '06 From wyomissing pennsylvania Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
ive had mitsu's and the only times they have ever broken on me was when i was beating them. the last 2 that i had were power fast machines, but i never really dogged em, and i never had any problems with them.
the stigma or whatever with dsm's etc is that they are cheap, and so are their owners, so cheap + power = trama there are how many other evo's out there with the same plastic pedals, and i doubt they are having this problem. one owner, being an ass, ending up looking like an ass, making every other evo owner out there look like an ass. -------------------- you know why they put sheep at the edge of a cliff.... that way they push back!
    (2:27:32 AM) edit: please f*cking work, f*ck, sh*t, piss (2:28:08 AM) edit: that did the trick |
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May 8, 2008 - 10:07 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Jun 13, '06 From Omaha, Nebraska Currently Offline Reputation: 11 (100%) |
The gas pedal broke off in my 99 Explorer driving on the interstate one day when I still had about 50 miles to go until my exit. I managed to make it home by turning on the cruise control and not dropping below the cruises 25 mph auto cutoff limit until I was coasting down the street I lived on. Welded it back on and it never broke on me again.
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May 9, 2008 - 1:04 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Feb 3, '06 From Czech Republic (Europe) Currently Offline Reputation: 56 (100%) |
I just can't believe this...
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May 9, 2008 - 1:40 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 16, '03 From Bay area Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
plastic pedel = light weight.
plastic fenders from saturn = dent resistant. plastic FTW! |
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May 10, 2008 - 11:40 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Feb 18, '06 From NB, Canada Currently Offline Reputation: 12 (100%) |
Most drive by wires car have plastic pedals. Nick's V6 celica has one, haha
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May 30, 2008 - 9:02 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined May 12, '08 From Woodburn Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
QUOTE (Random_Stranger @ May 7, 2008 - 12:45 AM) Evos do look like nice cars, but Mitsubishi is not very reliable. Save your comments..... I have seen first hand. Not so much with an evo, but with eclipse by many. When I was looking for a 2-seater in '05, one of the ones I tried was an Eclipse. What a tired hunk of scrap metal. And Consumer Reports gave it a very poor review for reliability. They loved Toyota. I can't imagine myself ever driving another car but a Toyota. -------------------- This brain intentionally left blank.
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