New Mitsubishi Strada [ARCHIVED]

**isketi** · February 4th, 2008 05:52 AM

Originally Posted by louchua

Mga fellow club members, you guys wont believe what happened to my strada today.. I was cruising * 100kph on the skyway going to makati when suddeny my front right fender just flew off! It was literally ripped off my car! WTF!! I am 100% sure that I did not hit anything. No car was even near me. I was also in the left most lane so it was impossibe that I hit something on the right side. And no damage was done on the cars body. Yung fender lang talaga ang basta na lang lumipad. It was never taken off before so hindi ko talaga alam ano nangyari. Buti na lang walang tinamaan na ibang car. Damnt I am so pissed off!

I went straight to Citimotors Makati since it is on the way and hindi sila maniwala sa nangyari. Mga bros at sa mga club officers natin, what do you think I should do? Help naman. Im starting to think that I got a freakin lemon!

I took pictures.. check them out.

Hi. Makikiraan lang po. Di kaya may nag-attempt magnakaw nung flare when you parked it somewhere pero di siya successful / di natapos kaya ayun, nagloose yung fit? Just speculating po. :confused:

**RedHorse** · February 4th, 2008 08:19 AM

Originally Posted by DonT

Nice pics there. How is the sealing between the G500 and the front cabin? Would it be possible for the A/C to reach the back? in case you need to put somebody on the truck bed?

took a pix of the gap between the canopy and cabin..

it didnt tell the story.

kaya, narrative na lang: unlike campershell, no rubber moulding between the canopy and the cabin. no way for the A/C to reach... good for carrying small livestock, confined ang smell

**seeraulo** · February 4th, 2008 09:46 AM

Hi everyone,

While driving around town this weekend, i saw so many Stradas going about. From the GLS versions to the GLX ones. Pati sa carwash malapit sa amin, meron nagpapalinis na strada. Sobrang inggit ako.

Anyway, in 2 weeks hopefully makukuha ko na. Anyway, I found something interesting sa isang forum (can't remember which one) that talks about breaking in engines:

http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm

Take a look at it and tell me what you think. Thanks!

**RedHorse** · February 4th, 2008 11:02 AM

Originally Posted by ianmitsulancer

*RedHorse- nice pictures. favor po if ok with u, can u also include a full length pic of your ride so we can see the overall impact of the canopy from bumper-to-bumper. a million thanks to you, bro!

need space and a nice view.. pag napunta ng laguna, maganda view ng winding road doon...

**DonT** · February 4th, 2008 11:32 AM

Originally Posted by RedHorse

took a pix of the gap between the canopy and cabin..

it didnt tell the story.

kaya, narrative na lang: unlike campershell, no rubber moulding between the canopy and the cabin. no way for the A/C to reach... good for carrying small livestock, confined ang smell

So if my understanding is correct...the G500 is not connected to the front cabin?

**bonifyde** · February 4th, 2008 11:58 AM

Originally Posted by mr_incredible

Any strada owner who passed by greenhills around 3pm Sunday? Nakarinig kasi ako ng 2 honks habang nasa pila to the indoor parking lot at virra mall at about the same time a strada passed by me. Di ako sure kung galing nga sa strada yung honks and di ko na nakita yung plate number kasi matulin yung strada hehe.

Kung meron man, hello back to you. Ako yung nasa cool silver strada with the canopy.

Hey bro! That was me! I was driving my titanium grey gls-sport when I passed by another strada at greenhills lining up for parking.

**bonifyde** · February 4th, 2008 12:17 PM

I noticed that a lot are really interested with the G500 and motorized sport lid of Carryboy... Grace Guttierez was the person that helped me, gave a good discount at that time... I do understand na nag-taas na sila ng presyo.

The G500 is separate from the cabin. Maganda talaga yung porma but I got the motorized sport lid instead. I didn't want to waste the extra feature of my GLS Sport rear power window. I figured that if I installed a canopy such as the G500, bale wala na yung rear window. The canopy "window" that faces the cabin can only be open from inside the canopy (i think).

Plus nung bandang December, I was hearing a lot of instances where binabasag yung glass just to get stuff inside your car. I figured that if I got a canopy, I can't hide my laptop "at the back" since the canopy has lots of glass to peak through. Pero I just recently thought that to solve this problem (specially sa mga canopy owners) is that you can still place a canvas on the truck bed secured on the rings - parang naging 2 levels na yung truck bed mo. So when robbers peak through your canopy windows, they will just see a canvas covering the lower part of the truck bed, your laptop and other valuable stuff could be kept securely. =)

I am very happy with my motorized sport lid... problema lang pag sa parking ng mall. May mga mall na gusto talaga nilang buksan yung lid, i have to give them the key to open it. Unlike pag canopy, they just peak through the glass with their little flashlight....

**siakolpasaway** · February 4th, 2008 03:04 PM

Originally Posted by bonifyde

I noticed that a lot are really interested with the G500 and motorized sport lid of Carryboy... Grace Guttierez was the person that helped me, gave a good discount at that time... I do understand na nag-taas na sila ng presyo.

The G500 is separate from the cabin. Maganda talaga yung porma but I got the motorized sport lid instead. I didn't want to waste the extra feature of my GLS Sport rear power window. I figured that if I installed a canopy such as the G500, bale wala na yung rear window. The canopy "window" that faces the cabin can only be open from inside the canopy (i think).

Plus nung bandang December, I was hearing a lot of instances where binabasag yung glass just to get stuff inside your car. I figured that if I got a canopy, I can't hide my laptop "at the back" since the canopy has lots of glass to peak through. Pero I just recently thought that to solve this problem (specially sa mga canopy owners) is that you can still place a canvas on the truck bed secured on the rings - parang naging 2 levels na yung truck bed mo. So when robbers peak through your canopy windows, they will just see a canvas covering the lower part of the truck bed, your laptop and other valuable stuff could be kept securely. =)

I am very happy with my motorized sport lid... problema lang pag sa parking ng mall. May mga mall na gusto talaga nilang buksan yung lid, i have to give them the key to open it. Unlike pag canopy, they just peak through the glass with their little flashlight....

How much for the motorized lid?

**RedHorse** · February 4th, 2008 03:35 PM

Originally Posted by DonT

So if my understanding is correct...the G500 is not connected to the front cabin?

correct.

+ backing sensors needed if not a must.

**louchua** · February 4th, 2008 03:39 PM

Update lang on my "fender without a flare" incident. Took my car to Citimotors Makati today to have it replaced. Sabi sa akin nung SA ko na he will try to negotiate na maclaim sa warranty. Bahala na, at this point gusto ko lang maayos na ulit. Hopefully by tomorrow I can get the car back. Worst scenario is babayaran ko na lang yung flare. Kasi kung insurance e mas mahal pa yung premium kaysa dun sa flare.

I finished my complaint letter already and can provide our officers a copy if they wish. I just sent it today, I should be getting a reply by tomorrow or Wednesday.