New Mitsubishi Strada [ARCHIVED]

[pauland]

salamat sa mga tips mga bro! I know how that feels sir drave-- the invincibility when youre driving a 4x4. iba talaga feeling of security din. my dad owns a pajero 4x4 and an innova. when we do out of towns, ganda sa high-way ng innova. pero pag medyo rocky and muddy na ang daan, very cautious na ang driving (and parking). unlike pag-gamit ko yung pajero, kahit downhill na zigzag you feel more secured (kupad nga lang sa highway dahil automatic at hindi pa CRDi hehe). anyway, balitaan ko kayo what happens! thanks for all the help!

[ooba99]

For me, I'll buy the 4x4 anytime. You'll never know when you're gonna need it. Also, there's this sense of invincibility when you're driving one hehehe....

+1 ako dito, sir drave.

[edmeister]

Hi Guys! I heard that the San Juan Police has a Strada in their so called "armory". Can someone please upload a picture kung meron. I have no luck in searching for the pics in the internet. Thanks and Happy New Year!

[numbah5]

punta kayo sa Greenhills makikita niyo yung San Juan Police Strada

[pauland]

I was planning on bringing it up mudsprings trail, mt makiling puro slippery head sized rocks,boulders, ruts, dami landlide when it rains. But a beat up jeepney plies this route twice a day everyday, puno pa ng tao/baboy/paninda

Bro, 4x4 din yung jeep sa mt makiling. 4x4=16. may 16 na pasaherong magtutulak pag nabitin or nastuck yung jeep! ok corny.


Balitaan ko kayo what happens! para makasama narin ako sa mga EB. hehe

[pauland]

punta kayo sa Greenhills makikita niyo yung San Juan Police Strada

Naks Strada na sila ngayon? Diba Hilux sila dati? Yaman talga ng San Juan!

[Allegra]

Pauland, tama si Allegra. If you think that your out of town trips won't include mountain trails, then the 4x2 would just be just fine. Kita mo siya, parang afterthought lang yung 4x4. Na-force tuloy siyang mag-mudsprings

Pero just a warning, Allegra, pag natikman mo yung 4x4, eh baka hahanap-hanapin mo na

Pero may nangyari sa amin noon. Isang beses, nagpunta kami sa isang farm at yung barkada ko na may pick-up, nagparada sa isang incline na basa ang lupa at damo. Nung pauwi na kami, nabalaho siya. Nagtulak kami at nakahaon din naman. Sabi nung farmer, bakit ganoon, ang ganda noong pick-up pero hindi kaya yung konting basa sa lupa. 4x2 kasi at open-type rear differential. Lesson learned.

For me, I'll buy the 4x4 anytime. You'll never know when you're gonna need it. Also, there's this sense of invincibility when you're driving one hehehe....

Natawa ako sa kwento mo bro
I have thought of that already ( parking on wet grassy incline )
Kasi it has happened to me long ago when I was a student w/ my first car
The only reason I remember it well was there was a deep creek sa dulo ng incline and the car was slowly slipping hehe
Even if the ground is dry , murphy's law says it's gonna rain in the middle of summer

I've been asked a lot by the car/van/suv crowd kung san ko gagamitin yung 4x4
Di na sa mudsprings , Sagada na sinasabi ko haha
Matuloy or not , at least it shuts them up

[Allegra]

Bro, 4x4 din yung jeep sa mt makiling. 4x4=16. may 16 na pasaherong magtutulak pag nabitin or nastuck yung jeep! ok corny.


Balitaan ko kayo what happens! para makasama narin ako sa mga EB. hehe

FYI , it's called mudprings not because it's muddy , but because of the boiling mud pools inside the Makiling rainforest
The trail is not muddy , it's pure head/fist sized rock, small boulders and gravel ang trail surface tapos paakyat siya ng mt makiling
Maybe it's not as challenging din , kasi a few years ago my mother drove her RAV4 up there w/ some guests
Tinalo pa ako

[av8or5]

i remember about 5 or so years back, me and my gf went to punta fuego. at that time the road was hell, it wasn't paved yet. i was still driving my civic esi with 17" 40 series tires.. i was driving so slow that other suv's was passing by me..but i made it..and there were parts of the road that really was hell. imagine my civic was only fwd.

then i replaced my esi with a trooper 4x2...back 2003 troopers and pajero was all 4x2. but never did i need a 4x4. the worse road i used my trooper was going to lobo batangas...rocky and many hills as well. never needed 4x4. but one time, i was at tarlac and was going to a mcdo drive thru and the side cover over the canal system gave and my front left tire fell. (that was the only time i really needed a 4x4, good thing meron mga construction guys willing to help get my troop out of the hole)

going back to sir pauland question, if you think you will be going places that would need the 4x4 features, then do save up for it..but if its just regular highway driving, city driving or an occasional rough roads then 4x2 is what you need. i've asked people who has 4x4 and most would say, they never engaged it or seldom engaged the 4x4 features, some dont even know when to use 4h or 4l. lol.

[av8or5]

First mini eb of Strada/Triton owners:
Date: December 29, 2007
Time: 3pm
Venue: Metrowalk

List of Strada owners.
1. av8or5 / 2.5 GLX
2. ent_md / 3.2 GLS
3. ooba99 / 3.2 GLS
4. moxxxs / 2.5 GLS
5. DonT / 3.2 GLS
6. ThePatriarch / 2.5 GLX
7. Ram0722 / 3.2 GLS Sports

Hey peeps, I just updated our list. Metrowalk ang venue as per consensus.
Metrowalk will also be the venue for mymitsu GEB, so for those who are members are want to be members of mymitsu, after our eb, then pwede punta to mymitsu GEB 7pm * Chops Diner, Ortiga HOme Depot. Learn more about mymitsu GEB * http://www.mymitsuph.com/index.php/topic,11868.0.html

Let's try to make this happen even if 7 lang tayo.
Share our rides, learn from others, and of course picture with our gwaping strada's.

For those who are interested in learning more about the strada's or future strada owner, feel free to join us. who know's maybe after our eb, bibili rin kayo. hehehehhe.

btw, I came across two features of our rides by accident. For me, it's a good added feature of our strada's. Maybe you discovered them already. hehehhehe.

[av8or5]

naku.. flooding na yata ako dito sa thread.

anyhow, last post ko eto for today.

share ko lang yung side mirror ko. shot it during the night. kapag on ang park lights, so does the blue led bulb. sorry, I wasn't able to shoot it with the turn signal. hirap to capture it in time when it is blinking.

[ooba99]

....btw, I came across two features of our rides by accident. For me, it's a good added feature of our strada's. Maybe you discovered them already. hehehhehe.

Itong si sir av8or5, nambitin pa. Sige na nga, reveal mo na lang sa mini-EB natin yung na-discover mo.

[alchemy101]

Merry Christmas everyone.
I dont own a strada yet, planning to buy a 4x2 next month since I really dont go offroading, no time for that. Just need your expert advice sirs, if I get a 2.5 GLX and change my tires for wider ones but same tire diameter, am I at risk of voiding the warranty? I might retain the wheels as is.
If it voids the warranty, I might opt to get the GL instead.
will appreciate your feedback +/- po.
BTW, I might drop by at metrowalk and take a look at your stradas if its ok with you.
thanks and Godspeed

[ent_md]

The *#$%%^ SLEX is really rougher than most moutain trails

Tama ka allegra. The other day, I was driving along SLEX from mla. I was driving at 90-100 km/h when I noticed na madami lubak a few meters ahead. I tried to carefully change lanes pero di kinaya. My right front tire hit a deep hole, tapos parang biglang kumabig sa kaliwa at nag skid. Parang drift nga eh. Siguro kinabahan yung sumusunod sa kin. Pero I did not lose control. Napaisip lang ako kung ano nangyari. Wala naman nagbago sa steering and suspension. Sana...
Punta ako EB, pero wala pa rin ako LTO plates. Lampas na 1 month. Dami ba MMDA nanghuhuli sa mla?

[av8or5]

Merry Christmas everyone.
I dont own a strada yet, planning to buy a 4x2 next month since I really dont go offroading, no time for that. Just need your expert advice sirs, if I get a 2.5 GLX and change my tires for wider ones but same tire diameter, am I at risk of voiding the warranty? I might retain the wheels as is.
If it voids the warranty, I might opt to get the GL instead.
will appreciate your feedback +/- po.
BTW, I might drop by at metrowalk and take a look at your stradas if its ok with you.
thanks and Godspeed

in my opinion, dapat hindi ma void ang warranty. if you notice, sometimes casa has options for different mags. but it doesnt void their warranty because they had it installed by their so called experts. if you were to change mags, just retain your old ones. if you go to casa to get pms, just slap on your original mags. they wont know the difference.

now getting gl and glx is your choice on what features you want to have, but changing the mags wont make a difference which variant you want. meron nga tayo tsikoteer who spend his P100k to dress up his GL variant....it looked good at less the price for upgrading from gl to glx.

its really up to you and what you invisioned your strada to be.

your welcome to join us sa mini-eb. see you sir.

[av8or5]

Punta ako EB, pero wala pa rin ako LTO plates. Lampas na 1 month. Dami ba MMDA nanghuhuli sa mla?

wla ako nakikita and dami rin mga new cars without plates. just make sure you have the dealer plates installed, less hassle. I too was driving mine for about a month, wla naman sita. not even once.

see you sir.

[Allegra]

Tama ka allegra. The other day, I was driving along SLEX from mla. I was driving at 90-100 km/h when I noticed na madami lubak a few meters ahead. I tried to carefully change lanes pero di kinaya. My right front tire hit a deep hole, tapos parang biglang kumabig sa kaliwa at nag skid. Parang drift nga eh. Siguro kinabahan yung sumusunod sa kin. Pero I did not lose control. Napaisip lang ako kung ano nangyari. Wala naman nagbago sa steering and suspension. Sana...
Punta ako EB, pero wala pa rin ako LTO plates. Lampas na 1 month. Dami ba MMDA nanghuhuli sa mla?

Dun ako nagtataka
When your traveling at high speeds , you think masissra suspension ng pickup sa lakas ng impact , pano pa kaya yung sedans?
Then these *#$%$% would move the barriers paiba iba ng position , very dangerous at night
Just get a new sales invoice from the dealers

[Drave]

av8or5,

You're not flooding bro, just enthusiastic Who wouldn't?

ent_md, Allegra, alam kong madalas tayong dumaan sa slex. Ingat lang, laging may surprises diyan at hindi mo makakabisado dahil sa construction. At night, the danger rises ten-fold due to lack of warning lights.

Nasasarapan yata kayo sa power ng engine niyo

[Drave]

Merry Christmas everyone.
I dont own a strada yet, planning to buy a 4x2 next month since I really dont go offroading, no time for that. Just need your expert advice sirs, if I get a 2.5 GLX and change my tires for wider ones but same tire diameter, am I at risk of voiding the warranty? I might retain the wheels as is.
If it voids the warranty, I might opt to get the GL instead.
will appreciate your feedback +/- po.
BTW, I might drop by at metrowalk and take a look at your stradas if its ok with you.
thanks and Godspeed

Don't worry about warranty being voided. Matibay ang pang-ilalim ng mitsu. Mali nga ginawa ng mitsu na pinanipis nila yung tires ng 4x2 eh pareho naman ng engine sa dating gls 4x4. The engine has so much power that thin tires could be dangerous. Besides, it's a pick-up truck and it needs higher payload capacity tires. Mababawasan pati yung swaying movement sa rear due to the wider tires.

If you like, baka ibenta ko na yung Bridgestone H/T 245/70R16 (orig size of gls 2.5 4x4), 3 months used lang or 5k kms so mga 95% tread pa. No flats yet. Kakasya yan sa 16x6 or 16x7 na mags. Mag-a-upgrade lang kasi ako sa everest ko eh hehehehe......

Okay ba sa pandedemonyo?

[DonT]

Went to San Pablo Laguna today for a day trip to visit some friends. I must say that the SLEX is very bad compared to NLEX today. Traffic was horrible. Plus the barriers which are appearing from nowhere. However, I enjoyed the ride of my Strada from bocaue which started at 5:30am and I was back home at 8:30pm. (good thing I had A/T).