New Mitsubishi Strada [ARCHIVED]

[av8or5]

Updates lang mga sir.. there is a new memo to all dealer form MMC that effective last week that all strada 2.5 will no longer use the ordinary oil, for synthetic oil every 10k change oil , replace filter after 5k.. for the 3.2 engine mandatory 5k change oil synthetic oil is required... grabe na mahal magpa change oil pag 3.2 engine...i saw the memo at citimotors las pinas.. subukan ko na ma i xerox then i will post here...

thanks sir for the update..this is totally useful especially for potential buyers of 3.2 strada...maintenance cost is part of total cost of ownership.

hmm...parati yata kayo nasa citimotors las pinas sir... ill be there this saturday...renew ko insurance ng car ko..

[av8or5]

Sorry for the O.T.

As some of you might have heard, Tsikot will have their 6th Anniversary event starting October 25, 2008. In line with the celebration, their would be a meet and greet of different car clubs.

The Strada Club of the Philippines is one of the clubs that was formed from this site. We made a huge impact at their last tsikot event in Cainta, as we had a convoy of about ten Strada's.

If any of the Strada Club members or potential members free on that date, please write your name on the list. Parking for car clubs is good till around lunch time on October 25, after lunch, there is no guarantee that our rides will be side by side. The event is a long event that reaches until nightfall.

We can probably meet somewhere around 1030am. For members, don't forget to wear your club shirt.

Thanks.

http://tsikot.yehey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=53700

To know more about the club:
http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/stradaph/
http://stradaph.multiply.com/

Pictures from the last Tsikot Event in Cainta:
http://stradaph.multiply.com/photos/...autofest_stuff
http://stradaph.multiply.com/photos/...he_Gate_3rd_EB

http://stradaph.multiply.com/video/item/10

[Arvin Cristi]

regarding the 5K change oil regardless if you use synthetic oil sa mga 3.2....that's a load of !$!#%#!%!#%.... talaga pa ba nila pinipilit na synthetic ang turbo XP? ang labo naman nila eh.... XP is just semi synth... actually even barely semi!!! if your using XP cige change oil but not every 5K, do it every 7K max man lang, change the filter every 5K. Now if you're using the fully synthetic oils by motul, mobil 1, castrol, etc....it's still 10K for the oils and 5K for the filters. actually it can be even longer for the oils, depending on what the specs of the oil will be, there used to be a castrol for TDI engines that say specifically every 20K ang change oil, but importation was stopped because mahina ang benta dahil mahal siya na langis. just read the specs of the synth oil or ask the dealer or check the web site. but as for the memo saying to change oil every 5K kahit naka synth ka.... ay sus maryosep naman!!!! ginagawa na ata nila gatasan ang mga naka 3.2 ah!!! di na ata tama yun!

[alainroyce]

thanks sir for the update..this is totally useful especially for potential buyers of 3.2 strada...maintenance cost is part of total cost of ownership.

hmm...parati yata kayo nasa citimotors las pinas sir... ill be there this saturday...renew ko insurance ng car ko..

sir av8or5 * you can confirm this look for Mike Yanga (service advisor)

[mikko_018]

Bunso! ang weird naman niyan. did you happen to see the color of the LED indicator in the remote when that incident happened? did it turn green, red, or orange?

sir, red blinking light lang...

baka sa remote lang mikko. try to use your spare remote key.

it happens to two remote keys sir...

*mikko, yes, try using the spare transmitter and it might work better. or it might need to be reset kaya...? also, try meeting up with the TT Guru soon for his occular inspection soon... hehehe

sir tumitino naman kung minsan... kung minsan kasi maayos kung minsan hindi... parang sinusumpong...

[Boz]

Updates lang mga sir.. there is a new memo to all dealer form MMC that effective last week that all strada 2.5 will no longer use the ordinary oil, for synthetic oil every 10k change oil , replace filter after 5k.. for the 3.2 engine mandatory 5k change oil synthetic oil is required... grabe na mahal magpa change oil pag 3.2 engine...i saw the memo at citimotors las pinas.. subukan ko na ma i xerox then i will post here...

Tsk...tsk... Sir dadz, ano ba recommendations dyan sa Thailand for change oil ng 3.2? Mukhang ginagatasan tayo ng MMPC ah? If they don't recall/review this memo, I'd rather sell my truck, and buy from another carmaker na di magulo ang system. Sana MMPC people are reading this...

[G01]

Bro G01, ganda tingnan pag madumi. Tanong ko lang kung ano offset ng DC rims nyo. I think you've got 265 na A/T tires there. Is this a preview of the Baguio funrun? Kakayanin ba to ng H/T tires? Wala pa kasi budget for A/T tires. TIA.

Bro Boz, my new 16” dia. DC rim has a backspacing measurement of 3 ½” and 1” negative offset. I also measured the stock 17" rim (from my spare tire) and it has a backspacing of 5 ½” and a positive offset of 1 ½”. These are not exact measurements though as I just measured the rims already mounted to the vehicle. I was too lazy to unmount them and get the exact measurements hehe.

Size of my A/T tires is 265/70.

The proposed trailing trip to Ambuklao Dam won’t involve any serious mud so stock H/T tires can make the trail. The driver though has to know how to hang on a steep incline. The first half of the trail has a single-lane downhill and uphill climb. One has to stop and move to the side when there is an oncoming vehicle. For some four-wheeling experience, capable rigs can be driven to the Antamok Mines and also drop by at the Adonot River to play on the river banks.

I will ask sir Ianmitsulancer to join me for a dry run of the trails and confer with him the best trailing routes for the Fun Run. For those who wish for more offroad excitement, we can always drive to my favorite trail .

[locoroco777]

regarding the 5K change oil regardless if you use synthetic oil sa mga 3.2....that's a load of !$!#%#!%!#%.... talaga pa ba nila pinipilit na synthetic ang turbo XP? ang labo naman nila eh.... XP is just semi synth... actually even barely semi!!! if your using XP cige change oil but not every 5K, do it every 7K max man lang, change the filter every 5K. Now if you're using the fully synthetic oils by motul, mobil 1, castrol, etc....it's still 10K for the oils and 5K for the filters. actually it can be even longer for the oils, depending on what the specs of the oil will be, there used to be a castrol for TDI engines that say specifically every 20K ang change oil, but importation was stopped because mahina ang benta dahil mahal siya na langis. just read the specs of the synth oil or ask the dealer or check the web site. but as for the memo saying to change oil every 5K kahit naka synth ka.... ay sus maryosep naman!!!! ginagawa na ata nila gatasan ang mga naka 3.2 ah!!! di na ata tama yun!

+1

in that case gagamit nalang ako ng motul kahit na medyo mas mahal,
in my rough estimation mas matipid na yun siguro in the long run.

[ThePatriarch]

regarding the 5K change oil regardless if you use synthetic oil sa mga 3.2....that's a load of !$!#%#!%!#%.... talaga pa ba nila pinipilit na synthetic ang turbo XP? ang labo naman nila eh.... XP is just semi synth... actually even barely semi!!! if your using XP cige change oil but not every 5K, do it every 7K max man lang, change the filter every 5K. Now if you're using the fully synthetic oils by motul, mobil 1, castrol, etc....it's still 10K for the oils and 5K for the filters. actually it can be even longer for the oils, depending on what the specs of the oil will be, there used to be a castrol for TDI engines that say specifically every 20K ang change oil, but importation was stopped because mahina ang benta dahil mahal siya na langis. just read the specs of the synth oil or ask the dealer or check the web site. but as for the memo saying to change oil every 5K kahit naka synth ka.... ay sus maryosep naman!!!! ginagawa na ata nila gatasan ang mga naka 3.2 ah!!! di na ata tama yun!

bro, ang puso mo....

kidding aside, better siguro if we check it first sa respective dealers natin kung totoo ang balitang ito... baka makuryente na naman tayo sa ganyang mga 'memo', hehehehe. for the 2.5 engine, highly recommended talaga daw ang synthetic oil but NOT limited to the turbo xp... the owner may bring his own oil. gimmick lang ng dealer yan kung insist nila na turbo xp ang gamitin... and change oil every 10k km and oil filter every 5k km sa synthetic.

good news pala, bumilis na ang tsikot and nabuhay na naman ang mga strada addicts.... tigilan na kasi ang mga ersop ersop na yan! hahahahaha

[tancho_kuhaku]

magandang araw mga strada owners, Just got my 2009 cool silver glx strada.Red sana pina reserve ko but due to the lauching of montero sport medyo wala atang production sa thailand ng strada, well thats what the SA told me. Baka sa december pa ito dadating, but I like the cool silver as well, just had my 1000 Km sa casa, I noticed something after lumabas sa casa, before sa 1000 kms ang average FC was 10.8 km/li but after 1000 ang average FC nasa 8.3 to 8.5 km/li. Is it normal? or kailangan ko ibalik sa kasa to for check up, I just used mineral oil and the cost was around 2,300 pesos. Pina check ko ang height and they told me na ok naman. Ang pinaka malakas na takbo was 100KM but for just a few seconds. Im worried with the FC. Would it be possible na na adjust ng casa ito or normal lang ito? hindi ma traffic ang cebu. Please advice sa mga naka experience or bago ang case ko. salamat in advance

congrats on your new ride. most likely they adjusted some things on the cpu box of your ride... observe ninyo muna sir..but your current FC is average of city driving. but you can always have your casa check it, because you documented your FC before and after your 1K PMS.

Try meeting up with a fellow member from cebu sir.

congrats ulit. pls post pic of your ride..

at last! nakuha mo na strada baby mo sir! hehehe pls do txt me lang po if may free time ka para EB tau kahit tayo lang dalawa.

[dadz]

Tsk...tsk... Sir dadz, ano ba recommendations dyan sa Thailand for change oil ng 3.2? Mukhang ginagatasan tayo ng MMPC ah? If they don't recall/review this memo, I'd rather sell my truck, and buy from another carmaker na di magulo ang system. Sana MMPC people are reading this...

Bro dito and service (change oil and filter and other) namin is every 10k, and im using a 3.2 kaya kaka gulat yan memo na yan medyo pag negosyo yan.

Bro GO1 maganda yang aniv. trip nayan but dont forget to have a rescue vehicle at least 2, softcore or midcore mag sama kayo nag rescue vehicle to make sure na every thing is safe.

[jericho941]

Mga Sirs.. I intend to purchase a rim with 18"x8" measurement. Anybody know the offset of the standard rims? baka kasi tumama sa inner wheel well pag niliko. TIA

[av8or5]

After reading the post of sir Alainroyce, I decided to email our friends from MMPC to hear their side to this issue.

My email goes like this. "Greetings,

One quick question. It came to our concern that there is a memo floating around that MMPC mandates all 3.2 Strada GLS Sports to use synthetic oil and change it every 5K KM. If this is true, can we get a copy of this memo that you guys sent to your dealers.

Cheers,"

Their Answer:

"Dear Rally,

Good afternoon. It's nice to receive mail from you once more. Regarding your inquiry. There is no cause for worries about this issue. To give clarification in all of this, we are recommending the use of fully synthetic oil for all Mitsubishi turbo-charged engines because of its tremendous benefits especially in relation to its viscosity and carbon deposits reduction more importantly, if the vehicle is still within the warranty period. However, we are not mandating this, if our customers really wanted to use other oil they can do so provided the oil conforms to the required viscosity and API ratings ( CD or higher ).

With regard to its oil change interval, ALL DI-D (Direct Injection - Diesel) Engines must change their oil every 10,000 km. when using the Mitsubishi Turbo-XP Fully synthetic oil and every 5,000 km. when using Mitsubishi oil or any other oil than the aforementioned.

I hope that the above explanation has shed light to your concerns.

Sincerely,

Noted by: D.M.Doctor"

wow magastos yan para sa mga naka 3.2, tama ba na every 5K mag change oil na i lang litro ang kinakain nag makina sobra naman sa negosto yan.

regarding the 5K change oil regardless if you use synthetic oil sa mga 3.2....that's a load of !$!#%#!%!#%.... talaga pa ba nila pinipilit na synthetic ang turbo XP? ang labo naman nila eh.... XP is just semi synth... actually even barely semi!!! if your using XP cige change oil but not every 5K, do it every 7K max man lang, change the filter every 5K. Now if you're using the fully synthetic oils by motul, mobil 1, castrol, etc....it's still 10K for the oils and 5K for the filters. actually it can be even longer for the oils, depending on what the specs of the oil will be, there used to be a castrol for TDI engines that say specifically every 20K ang change oil, but importation was stopped because mahina ang benta dahil mahal siya na langis. just read the specs of the synth oil or ask the dealer or check the web site. but as for the memo saying to change oil every 5K kahit naka synth ka.... ay sus maryosep naman!!!! ginagawa na ata nila gatasan ang mga naka 3.2 ah!!! di na ata tama yun!

sir av8or5 * you can confirm this look for Mike Yanga (service advisor)

Tsk...tsk... Sir dadz, ano ba recommendations dyan sa Thailand for change oil ng 3.2? Mukhang ginagatasan tayo ng MMPC ah? If they don't recall/review this memo, I'd rather sell my truck, and buy from another carmaker na di magulo ang system. Sana MMPC people are reading this...

bro, ang puso mo....

kidding aside, better siguro if we check it first sa respective dealers natin kung totoo ang balitang ito... baka makuryente na naman tayo sa ganyang mga 'memo', hehehehe. for the 2.5 engine, highly recommended talaga daw ang synthetic oil but NOT limited to the turbo xp... the owner may bring his own oil. gimmick lang ng dealer yan kung insist nila na turbo xp ang gamitin... and change oil every 10k km and oil filter every 5k km sa synthetic.

good news pala, bumilis na ang tsikot and nabuhay na naman ang mga strada addicts.... tigilan na kasi ang mga ersop ersop na yan! hahahahaha

[ThePatriarch]

After reading the post of sir Alainroyce, I decided to email our friends from MMPC to hear their side to this issue.

My email goes like this. "Greetings,

One quick question. It came to our concern that there is a memo floating around that MMPC mandates all 3.2 Strada GLS Sports to use synthetic oil and change it every 5K KM. If this is true, can we get a copy of this memo that you guys sent to your dealers.

Cheers,"

Their Answer:

"Dear Rally,

Good afternoon. It's nice to receive mail from you once more. Regarding your inquiry. There is no cause for worries about this issue. To give clarification in all of this, we are recommending the use of fully synthetic oil for all Mitsubishi turbo-charged engines because of its tremendous benefits especially in relation to its viscosity and carbon deposits reduction more importantly, if the vehicle is still within the warranty period. However, we are not mandating this, if our customers really wanted to use other oil they can do so provided the oil conforms to the required viscosity and API ratings ( CD or higher ).

With regard to its oil change interval, ALL DI-D (Direct Injection - Diesel) Engines must change their oil every 10,000 km. when using the Mitsubishi Turbo-XP Fully synthetic oil and every 5,000 km. when using Mitsubishi oil or any other oil than the aforementioned.

I hope that the above explanation has shed light to your concerns.

Sincerely,

Noted by: D.M.Doctor"

ayan, settled na yang issue na yan... good thing sir rally came to our rescue! maraming salamat bro!

very useful talaga itong forum natin... we share a wealth of information with each other concerning our beloved stradas.

OT lang... the usual mini EB for this friday shall be cancelled in lieu of Tsikot's anniversary scheduled on saturday. Club members and other strada owners are encouraged to attend this event especially the meet-and-greet the different car clubs of tsikot. Go strada go!

OM SHANTI...

[alainroyce]

sir av8or5 * Thank you so much for this.. i will print their response and give it to Citimotors Las pinas.. baka mali nanaman pagka intindi nila...tnx buti nlang ndyan ka....

[alainroyce]

palpak talaga citimotors....labo kausap.. kasi last time change oil 10k ko galing kay sir boybit motul so yung 15k change filter lang dapat plus konting oil lang.. hayun may memo nga daw... kaya change oil ko ordinary oil for 15k.. tsk tsk.. badtrip talaga.....

[dadz]

Bro av8or5 tnx sa pag linaw nag issue medyo kakagulat lang, just for info dito most of the dealer nag mitsu is using castol kaya so far yan ang gamit ko.

[av8or5]

palpak talaga citimotors....labo kausap.. kasi last time change oil 10k ko galing kay sir boybit motul so yung 15k change filter lang dapat plus konting oil lang.. hayun may memo nga daw... kaya change oil ko ordinary oil for 15k.. tsk tsk.. badtrip talaga.....

Sir, feeling ko lang that some dealers would invent statements or memos just to create more revenue for their branch. Or if they think they can "fool" you into their scheme, they will. It's nice to be friendly with SA's, but trust that they will really take care of you, your car, or give you honest to goodness advise is something different.

But sir, gusto ko makita yung memo na sabi mo na pinakita sa inyo...that would be a good evidence...btw, don't tell them yet that you got the answer from MMPC, let's see how they squirm from your statement.


for strada owner's meron tayo thread all about cost of PMS, do check it out from time to time. http://tsikot.yehey.com/forums/showt...t=49366&page=1

[ianmitsulancer]

I will ask sir Ianmitsulancer to join me for a dry run of the trails and confer with him the best trailing routes for the Fun Run. For those who wish for more offroad excitement, we can always drive to my favorite trail .

Yes sir G01, i will be more than happy to join you. The office has been pulling my leg with the most unusual work schedule for the past 2 months and a trip to the wilderness will be a trekking delight! thanks and i'm very greatful for that. ayusin ko lang po and aking schedule. The planning session for the Baguio Fun Run will resume by then also.

*alainroyce- i agree with sir av8or5. let them state their claim and collect any documentation from them first. lets see if how it will fare with the real verdict with information straight from the source!

*av8or5- many thanks for your assistance. it is now the job of MMPC's Mr. Doctor to align ALL the franchised dealers with this valuable information without any further delay. The issue has been settled and resolved here at the threads but lets see for what the real world has to say.

*dadz, just out of curiosity and if possible, pls post a picture of MMTh's Synthetic Motor Oil by Castrol and with the ratings. thanks very much po and I'm pretty sure our fellow BOSBs will be comparing it with the suking Turbo XP and Motul CRDi. Going to Thailand? uhm... ipon ipon muna... hehehe.

*Tancho_Kuhaku and Cebu_boy31, i'm looking forward to your meeting. pls let us know how it went. Hoping this will be the start of great things to come. i hope you can get in touch with the others there- shizen and egayski. May the Visayas tribe increase!

*jericho941- lets wait for what the others have to say. i think Fellow BOSB Bluemica can help you po kasi if i recall, ma-bling-bling ang gulong nya po. but you can read the recent posts of sir G01 since he explained his offset in comparison with the stock rims (3.2 GLS Sport) he had. i hope that helps in the meantime. thanks.

Drive*earth Inspired.

[Boz]

Mga Sirs.. I intend to purchase a rim with 18"x8" measurement. Anybody know the offset of the standard rims? baka kasi tumama sa inner wheel well pag niliko. TIA

I think its +38. Paging doc drave...