str on ebay

[Bal]

i've been thinking about an STR and foudn this - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MITSUBISHI-LEG...QQcmdZViewItem

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

[WildCards]

AFAIK the STR is a normal 2.5 V6 with 4wd, so I very much doubt it'll be 210hp. Looks nice though.

[Bal]

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]

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]

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]

"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!!

[richy rich]

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.

yes we did have one until some b@rsard killed it for me. I fell in it as soon as I saw it. (had not seen a Vr4 before then)

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]

Ooh, always a shame to see a nice car in that state. Especially such a rare one for these shores.

[richy rich]

Ooh, always a shame to see a nice car in that state. Especially such a rare one for these shores.

It stood up well to a 50mph impact into the back of a transit.

[bradc]

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]

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?!

[bradc]

nope, and that was using 91 octane fuel as well

[Subaru ETA]

you have to remember tho, brad is an economy freak 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?????

[bradc]

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

[Subaru ETA]

no didnt see you do that...wasnt it the black one doing that????....

[bradc]

haha lol

[elnevio]

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

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

[bradc]

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