Topic: CTC Review: 2007 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder

[Snowman]

I agree with speedyneon. I bought a '90 Eagle Talon TSI AWD 5 sp. new in Dec. '89. Fastest car I've ever driven or rode in. 0-60 in 6.3 sec. A little turbo lag but once that slingshot fired, look out.  Great in the snow, but limited by ground clearance of course. At the time I bought it the only other cars that offered: dohc 4 valve per cyl., turbo, and AWD were priced way above the approx. 17K I paid for it. Only exotics not counting the Celica All-Trac that was a few K more than the Mitsu. The should have never abandoned this market but what do I know!

Your right imagine if Mitsu kept this model going and refined it further how it would be now. It was way ahead of its time in N/A.

[mdxtasy]

Those early Talon's were great....cramped inside but good for 2 people.  Didn't like revised front end when the abandoned the pop up lights.....

They've gone GT cruiser...not for me.

[safristi]

Make the side rears plastic then or smaller glass corners than fold inwards....geezis this the END OF INVENTIVENESS...we should still be wiping out butts with thistles and pine cones  .O.h U still are.......

[airbalancer]

Wing is it really fair to comment on any gas mileage. When the engines are not broken in?
Also what is wrong will all these people who complains about blind spots, learn how to use your mirrors

[wing]

The Eclipse is pretty bad even with correcct adjustments of the mirrors it just doesn't give you a good sense of security.  This morning for example I backed up onto the road and there was a kid walking, I could not see him in any of my mirrors I didn't see him until I was sideways. 

Most of the cars are close to broken in, although the Eclipse has 5000km.  I think it's fair to give readers a sense of what they might accomplish with the vehicle.

[airbalancer]

Throw a cap on a pick up truck, then learn how to drive with a blind spot

[wing]

At least the mirrors are large and in the correct spot on a pick-up, the mirrors are horrible on the Eclipse.  I've driven lots of cars / trucks and use my mirrors exclusively.

[The Mighty Duck]

Sounds like the Eclipse has everything it needs to be a great car, except RWD.  What was Mitsu thinking with this machine?

[safristi]

..FWD    !!!!!!  ??

[y2chuck]

Even the coupe I drove a while back had some serious blind spots.  Like AB said, no big deal if you're used to using your side mirrors tho.  I really liked the coupe but Mitsu's financing and prices are just out of whack.  The price of the 2006 GT coupe I looked at was 34K or something.  After the 60/84 term at 5% interest or so the thing would have cost about $50K total.  "yeah, but the payment is low!!" was the salespersons response.

It may be bloated and too mushy handling for a "sports car" but I really dig it.  Shame the price was a bit too much at the time and I didn't want to down-scale into the GS.

[Giant Dwarf]

Psst... Wing,

From Day 3:  "as a reference, it weights 80lbs."

and:  "I’m quiet pleased with the handling "

[Spd-Kilz]

James, the car looked good in red when I saw it the other day. You were on eagleson heading to (presumably) Bridgestone when I saw you. I was in the 1989 Black Camaro and gave you a little wave. Will I see you on Sunday?

Adam

[wing]

Yup I returned the wave.  See you Sunday.