New Eclipse

Post by **Custommx3** » July 21st, 2005, 10:55 am

After seeing the commercial, this is well deserved. I though the car looked better, but after seeing the commercial I was pissed. No mazda should bow to a wanna be cougar.

PATDIESEL · Post by **PATDIESEL** » July 21st, 2005, 10:57 am

That's great. That part of the commercial ruined the whole car for me. I just want ot kick a dent in one now..

nos92mx3 · Post by **nos92mx3** » July 21st, 2005, 11:02 am

PATDIESEL wrote:That's great. That part of the commercial ruined the whole car for me. I just want ot kick a dent in one now..

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But we all know the Rx-7 would beat the eclipse at the strip and through the twisties.

Gro Harlem · Post by **Gro Harlem** » July 21st, 2005, 11:13 am

yeah that commercial was disgusting. Why piss off car enthusiasts (the market for that car right?) but having a bunch of other cars "Bow down before the queermobile".

its retarded. Mistu won't last long, especially with their slow-as-balls 3800 lb PEICE OF GARBAGE eclipse. Every magazine article I"ve read so far (automobile, C&D, R&T, motor trend) say it sucks a fat ball. Handles like a galant with soft suspension, interior styling is iffy, exterior styling not for everyone, etc.

I agree...I think it doesn't look that great & if it really does weigh 3800 lbs like I've read thats just ridiculous! WTF

wickedmx3 · Post by **wickedmx3** » July 21st, 2005, 11:47 am

I guess all the MX-3 guys here are going to be prowling that damn car just for the kill story...poor Mitsubishi.

Franko · Post by **Franko** » July 21st, 2005, 12:04 pm

So get this guys... The new eclipse is rated 260 hp right? Well I have a friend who works at mitsibushi and the clutch that is in those cars is the EXACT same clutch that is in a 4 cyl hyundai tiburon that it rated for like 130 hp.. So that might last 5 feet through the intersection before it explodes.

papa roached · Post by **papa roached** » July 21st, 2005, 1:57 pm

im slightly pissed off, time to schmoke a few of em

Nd4SpdSe · Post by **Nd4SpdSe** » July 21st, 2005, 2:16 pm

wickedmx3 wrote:I guess all the MX-3 guys here are going to be prowling that damn car just for the kill story...poor Mitsubishi.

Someone needs to make a spoof commercial we just need a Eclipse and an FD owner. I could imagine, you get the same situation, but what you do is have the Rx-7 spin around (like in those old Cobalt commervials with the vet) and do a burnout and take off, and at the end, you have it say "FD pwnz j00!"

nos92mx3 · Post by **nos92mx3** » July 21st, 2005, 2:35 pm

Nd4SpdSe wrote:
wickedmx3 wrote:I guess all the MX-3 guys here are going to be prowling that damn car just for the kill story...poor Mitsubishi.
Someone needs to make a spoof commercial we just need a Eclipse and an FD owner. I could imagine, you get the same situation, but what you do is have the Rx-7 spin around (like in those old Cobalt commervials with the vet) and do a burnout and take off, and at the end, you have it say "FD pwnz j00!"

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Franko, get to work!

mitmaks · Post by **mitmaks** » July 21st, 2005, 4:05 pm

lol this is funny
and ya new eclipse isnt that cool. I like older ones 92-99

Juans_93_MX3 · Post by **Juans_93_MX3** » July 21st, 2005, 5:06 pm

Meh, I could care less
The new Eclipse does suck though
Dosent it weigh like 4000lbs? I'm not impressed with it one bit... except for the engine

neutral · Post by **neutral** » July 21st, 2005, 8:39 pm

Exterior styling looks ok but 3800Lbs?

That's outrageous. A big ole mid 90's Lincoln Continental weighs in @~4200Lbs. My buddy owns a 2002 Eclipse and is not a hardazz driver at all. Yet he's had gear teeth bust in his mtx tranny twice in the last 2 years.

Josh · Post by **Josh** » July 21st, 2005, 8:59 pm

yah i had the seccond grar syncros go out twice in my 01. they finally replaces the trans, and the clutch went at 25K. so i put in an ACT. for some dumb a-- reason they had a flywheel that was 1" bigger than the disk that they were using. so ACT produced a bigger presureplate and disk to utlize the extra fly space. way better now. but they still have disk chatter in nutral. pisses me off. i wont buy another one. i looked at a new one i like the front and hate the rear. it sounds really nice. but drives like my grandma's car should.

mxmaz · Post by **mxmaz** » July 21st, 2005, 9:14 pm

from what i gather the v6 weighs 3500ish and the 4 is 3300ish which gotta be very sluggish with only 160hp & 160tq.

neutral · Post by **neutral** » July 21st, 2005, 9:25 pm

Yea, curb wt. of V6 is 3538 Lbs. Here's a link to some specs... http://www.automotive.com/2006/43/mitsu ... index.html