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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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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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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!

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

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

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.

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.

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

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