New Mitsubishi Strada [ARCHIVED]

**av8or5** · July 25th, 2008 09:54 AM

Originally Posted by DonT

IMO, The strada is a very dependable and a great value for money, bang for your buck truck.

However, do not be misled of what you guys read here in the threads. It just happens na very open and frank ang mga posters dito sa Strada thread.
And I beleive the intention of making all observed problems known to everybody is to help others to avoid if not completely prevent these problems.

I totally agree sir with your comment.

For the rest, i still haven't received your experienced with your truck. Please see previous post. I know some here have posted their problem, but I need more information so I can forward it to MMPC.

Im giving this until end of the month, then whatever emails I would get, those will be forwarded.

Email add is av8or5 * yahoo . com

**guy^** · July 25th, 2008 10:32 AM

yep sirv8or5, minor lang namn.. regarding sa overall performance ok pa dn sya. malakas humatak, yung mga parts lng ang hindi ako satisfied. before frontier pickup ko for 4years, hindi ako nagpalit ng brake lining ni minsan. i guess manipis nga siguro. pero yung gls namin 22tkm na ang tinakbo hindi pa din nag palit. sa akin kase gamit o sa province. masyado maputik and mabuhangin.

**jr1** · July 25th, 2008 02:06 PM

hello to everybody.

i only used my car for only a month since i buy my new strada. no fault so far experienced. share ko lang po if anybody experience while passing a water pot in the road while traveling at about 80km/hr and hit those water...at a sudden my windshield was deluge with water and visibility totally zero for at least 3 or 4 seconds.

worried lang po me if something comes in my front on that time. an accident surely will happens.

are any attachments or improvements can prevent water to splash in my windshield?

Appreciated any suggestion about my problem.

Salamat po.

**nismo26** · July 25th, 2008 02:54 PM

Originally Posted by jr1

hello to everybody.

i only used my car for only a month since i buy my new strada. no fault so far experienced. share ko lang po if anybody experience while passing a water pot in the road while traveling at about 80km/hr and hit those water...at a sudden my windshield was deluge with water and visibility totally zero for at least 3 or 4 seconds.

worried lang po me if something comes in my front on that time. an accident surely will happens.

are any attachments or improvements can prevent water to splash in my windshield?

Appreciated any suggestion about my problem.

Salamat po.

yeah, it's because of our HT tires, even * 40-60kph and you hit some water on the road, you will have zero visibility....

I also experienced this on my nissan eagle when i use HT tires, but when i changed to AT then its not a problem..

The only problem is, 270/70/r16 michellin A/T tires cost 9k x 4 = 36k

I just need more budget to change my tires...

**G01** · July 25th, 2008 03:47 PM

Originally Posted by jr1

hello to everybody.

i only used my car for only a month since i buy my new strada. no fault so far experienced. share ko lang po if anybody experience while passing a water pot in the road while traveling at about 80km/hr and hit those water...at a sudden my windshield was deluge with water and visibility totally zero for at least 3 or 4 seconds.

worried lang po me if something comes in my front on that time. an accident surely will happens.

are any attachments or improvements can prevent water to splash in my windshield?

Appreciated any suggestion about my problem.

Salamat po.

I experienced that a lot of times especially during the past rainy days and I intentionally pass by flooded roads to get that splash on my windshield

. I already applied rain repellant on my windshield and it helps clear the water on my windshield quickly with the help of the wiper blades. A large splash though doesn't get cleared immediately and had to slow down as I can't see the road ahead of me. It needs two passes of the wiper blades to get the windshield cleared, that's around 2 seconds zero visibility. It does get dangerous when I can't see what's ahead of me so I just slow down till the windshield gets cleared. I don't think there are gadgets that can prevent water from splashing unto the windshield. I may be wrong though.

**guy^** · July 25th, 2008 05:08 PM

Originally Posted by auroraoffroader

check it for urself kung talagang papalitin na brake shoe and lining. i doubt it sir. if urs is a manual transmission matagal yan, even with an automatic palagay ko it would last more than a year. as of my experience sa rav4 1st gen. 1 1/2 year ako bago nagpalit, its automatic and baler-baguio ang most na byahe non, and stayed in baguio for a long time, i had been using it since college days(those where the days, hehehe...) baguio pa yun sir ha, as in todo ang prenohan. kaya sir, watch out. might as well check it for yourself, o baka napakanipis lang talaga ng stock na brake shoe at lining.

about problems pa, very mild lang naman ito, warning sound dont know where its coming from, cguro its like parang sa prob ni sir siomai sa tpms. eto naman warning sound but theres nothing going on. palagay ko due to faulty wiring, coz nung nilabas namin unit theres no signal lights and hazard, agen due to faulty wiring bumigay ang fuse, buti naman nakita ung grounded. and already fix. sa warning sound 2x ko pa lang narinig during travel, baka daw tpms. observe ko daw muna further. as of now wala pa naman.

hindi ko kase mabantayan, kaya sabi ko nalng na balik nila mga pinagpalitan. busy din ako araw2x. sabi ko nalng na medyo luwagan adjustment sa break para hindi sya sikip. coz hindi maiwasan pag tawid sa mga ilog mapasukan ng buhangin.. baka tom makuha ko na din car ko

**tancho_kuhaku** · July 25th, 2008 06:38 PM

noob question lang po.

AT tires means- All Terrain Tires tama po ba?
ano naman yung HT?

and i presume na mas mahal yung AT tires?

ano pa iabng benefits or meron sa AT tires na wala sa HT?

**jr1** · July 25th, 2008 06:55 PM

Originally Posted by G01

I experienced that a lot of times especially during the past rainy days and I intentionally pass by flooded roads to get that splash on my windshield

. I already applied rain repellant on my windshield and it helps clear the water on my windshield quickly with the help of the wiper blades. A large splash though doesn't get cleared immediately and had to slow down as I can't see the road ahead of me. It needs two passes of the wiper blades to get the windshield cleared, that's around 2 seconds zero visibility. It does get dangerous when I can't see what's ahead of me so I just slow down till the windshield gets cleared. I don't think there are gadgets that can prevent water from splashing unto the windshield. I may be wrong though.

Originally Posted by nismo26

yeah, it's because of our HT tires, even * 40-60kph and you hit some water on the road, you will have zero visibility....

I also experienced this on my nissan eagle when i use HT tires, but when i changed to AT then its not a problem..

The only problem is, 270/70/r16 michellin A/T tires cost 9k x 4 = 36k

I just need more budget to change my tires...

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Sir nismo26 and Sir GO1 maraming salamat po sa inyong sagut[/SIZE] .

**ianmitsulancer** · July 25th, 2008 07:15 PM

Originally Posted by G01

I experienced that a lot of times especially during the past rainy days and I intentionally pass by flooded roads to get that splash on my windshield

. I already applied rain repellant on my windshield and it helps clear the water on my windshield quickly with the help of the wiper blades. A large splash though doesn't get cleared immediately and had to slow down as I can't see the road ahead of me. It needs two passes of the wiper blades to get the windshield cleared, that's around 2 seconds zero visibility. It does get dangerous when I can't see what's ahead of me so I just slow down till the windshield gets cleared. I don't think there are gadgets that can prevent water from splashing unto the windshield. I may be wrong though.

*GO1- i dont recall having the same issue when i rode in my friend's Strada 2.5 GLS A/T... may i meet u soon for a joyride on a rainy day?

*auroraoffroader- sorry for the delay of my response... please feel free to PM me should you have plans to come to Baguio. EB tayo!

**ianmitsulancer** · July 25th, 2008 07:29 PM

Originally Posted by tancho_kuhaku

noob question lang po.

AT tires means- All Terrain Tires tama po ba?
ano naman yung HT?

and i presume na mas mahal yung AT tires?

ano pa iabng benefits or meron sa AT tires na wala sa HT?

yes... you are correct with the A/T

H/T- highway terrain- this came stock with your strada GLX
M/T- mud terrain - mabagsik po ito

- the tread design is monstrous... ganito yung kay docglen- i think.

the benefits of the A/T tire is added traction in normal conditions especially if you are frequently driving in uneven road/trails. the grove design of the A/T are wider and deeper side-to-side while H/T indicates car-like designs.

this has been a discussed thread also, feel free to back read anytime...

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