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Bal
29-01-2008, 03:55 PM
i've been thinking about an STR and foudn this - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MITSUBISHI-LEGNUM-ST-R-4WD-2-5-ESTATE-NON-TURBO-VR4_W0QQitemZ150208832563QQihZ005QQcategoryZ18230Q QssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

210bhp v6 sounds a bit dodgy to me, thoughts anyone?

WildCards
29-01-2008, 04:06 PM
AFAIK the STR is a normal 2.5 V6 with 4wd, so I very much doubt it'll be 210hp. Looks nice though.

Bal
29-01-2008, 04:10 PM
that's what i thoguht ... vr4 just no ayc or turbos ... so where is this 210 lark coming from. otherwise i swear this must be the first STR in the UK cos i havent heard of any others !?

WildCards
29-01-2008, 04:21 PM
Richy Rich and Lily had an STR many moons ago, and i've seen one knocking around Leicester a bit but other than that they do appear to be quite rare.

Nick Mann
29-01-2008, 05:09 PM
Aye. Rare as rocking horse droppings.

But I would also say that the power output should be more in line with the normal V6 - 160ish bhp. The car will be slower, too, due to the extra weight and drivetrain losses. (Unless it's raining - V6's are unable to accelerate with water on the ground!)

elnevio
29-01-2008, 05:22 PM
"30+ mpg"

What??? /JawDroppi

With the extra weight and power losses of the 4wd? It's hard enough to hit that target in the normal V6!

Surely you'd have to drive everywhere downhill!! :-ished:

richy rich
29-01-2008, 05:37 PM
Richy Rich and Lily had an STR many moons ago, and i've seen one knocking around Leicester a bit but other than that they do appear to be quite rare.
:bigcry: yes we did have one until some b@rsard killed it for me. I fell in :iloveyou: it as soon as I saw it. (had not seen a Vr4 before then)
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30+ mpg"

What???

With the extra weight and power losses of the 4wd? It's hard enough to hit that target in the normal V6!

Surely you'd have to drive everywhere downhill!!
I did not get much time to work the mpg out ,only had it a couple of months, but i can tell you it did about 250 to a tank it had a 50l tank cant be @rsed to work it out.

elnevio
29-01-2008, 06:27 PM
Ooh, always a shame to see a nice car in that state. Especially such a rare one for these shores. :bigcry:

richy rich
29-01-2008, 06:43 PM
Ooh, always a shame to see a nice car in that state. Especially such a rare one for these shores. :bigcry:
It stood up well to a 50mph impact into the back of a transit.

bradc
29-01-2008, 07:24 PM
The Jap spec cars have 165hp, and a manual one like that is insanely rare, probably about 1 in 50 ST-R's were manuals.

I have one the same as that and I've had 32-36mpg out of it, with around 32-33mph being the average. The 4wd is awesome too and they accelerate pretty quickly.

I would recommend it!

elnevio
30-01-2008, 06:31 AM
I have one the same as that and I've had 32-36mpg out of it, with around 32-33mph being the average. The 4wd is awesome too and they accelerate pretty quickly.

I would recommend it!
I have to admit, I am astonished! I've squeezed 30mpg out of my 2wd V6, and that was on a long steady run. I'm usually happy with 25mpg on average...

You guys in NZ don't happen to have a mile that's shorter than a UK mile do you?! /pan

bradc
30-01-2008, 09:07 AM
nope, and that was using 91 octane fuel as well :)

Subaru ETA
30-01-2008, 09:10 AM
you have to remember tho, brad is an economy freak :p i mean, who else has there car off the road for a year to get what ever stupid kws he has at the wheels, then just drives it to see how economical it is????? :p :)

bradc
30-01-2008, 09:23 AM
rubbish, you saw and heard it on the wellsford run, I wasn't going slow - still got 12.4l/100km out of that tank though :D

Subaru ETA
30-01-2008, 09:28 AM
no didnt see you do that...wasnt it the black one doing that????.... :D :p

bradc
30-01-2008, 09:40 AM
haha lol

elnevio
30-01-2008, 09:52 AM
rubbish, you saw and heard it on the wellsford run, I wasn't going slow - still got 12.4l/100km out of that tank though :D
Is that about average for you Brad? I only ask because this calculates to 22.79mpg (36.69kmpg), if my sums are right.

Of course we could be using different gallons?

Mind you, I can't help feeling that /Hijack

bradc
30-01-2008, 06:39 PM
considering the sort of driving we were doing, it wasn't bad at all.

Normally I use around 10-11l/100km, which is between 25.7 and 28.2mpg