Aston
03-10-2009, 06:06 PM
I know it aint going off-road, but here's our new car anyway. This is what the little woman traded her '06 Exploder in on.
http://i608.photobucket.com/albums/tt161/matt1aston/lancerfrntside.jpg
Anyway... heres the highlight stuff
09 Lancer GTS
2.4L MIVEC I4 168 hp
Moonroof
650 Watt Rockford Fosgate Stereo
CVT Trans with 6spd preset shiftronic mode
I have never been one for small cars, especially small foreign cars... but this, I have to admit I am relatively impressed with to say the least. I looked over it from bumper to bumper and they really did seem to build the car well. The only concern i have is with the complicated Transmission, I guess we'll see how that does.
I dont want to get all "Fast and Furious" but i did look up some of the available bolt-ons and its seems like for about a grand it would easily cross the 200+ hp mark and without sounding like a weed-wacker.
I'm sorry to say that the damn Exploder is gone, but relieved. The transmission was acting like it could give up the ghost soon, the radiator was poorly designed so no matter how many times it was replaced it cracked and leaked, the auto-4x4 was as useless all jerky and clunky, and it was terribly underpowered and over burdened for being a 4.0L which equated to horrible gas mileage.
http://i608.photobucket.com/albums/tt161/matt1aston/lancerfrntside.jpg
Anyway... heres the highlight stuff
09 Lancer GTS
2.4L MIVEC I4 168 hp
Moonroof
650 Watt Rockford Fosgate Stereo
CVT Trans with 6spd preset shiftronic mode
I have never been one for small cars, especially small foreign cars... but this, I have to admit I am relatively impressed with to say the least. I looked over it from bumper to bumper and they really did seem to build the car well. The only concern i have is with the complicated Transmission, I guess we'll see how that does.
I dont want to get all "Fast and Furious" but i did look up some of the available bolt-ons and its seems like for about a grand it would easily cross the 200+ hp mark and without sounding like a weed-wacker.
I'm sorry to say that the damn Exploder is gone, but relieved. The transmission was acting like it could give up the ghost soon, the radiator was poorly designed so no matter how many times it was replaced it cracked and leaked, the auto-4x4 was as useless all jerky and clunky, and it was terribly underpowered and over burdened for being a 4.0L which equated to horrible gas mileage.