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21-04-2004, 07:22 PM
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| HEXUS.timelord.  Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: On the Battle Field
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| I've driven LOADS of cars today..... Scenics, Freelanders, Golfs, Vectra  ..... BMW.....and best car WITHOUT a doubt. Mitsubishi Charisma GDI with 100,000 miles on it....less than £2000 worth..... awesome....HOW FAST ? very........well...for a car that does 47 mpg  If ANYONE doubts Japanses build quality.......dont. OK...horrible plastic dashboard ...and......URBAN CAMOUFLGE seats (no kidding.....CAMO VELOUR )but what a tool.....it'll tear a Vectra/Mondeo/406 a new a hole...... top top value....if ya see one cheap....dont fluster..buy it and COLD aircon......blimey.....most 100k cars it doesnt even WORK on...not this.......MONSTER cold top gearchange (as alays in Mitsu) and biullet proof. The starter motors on Jap cars seem.........like its easy as pie.......but old Vaux/Rover/Ford.....struggle by the way...GDI is a petrol....in case you got confused   Agent = Hardware Homosapien | Zak33 = Hardware Homonid - just call me "Lucy" |
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21-04-2004, 09:25 PM
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| Walk a mile in other peoples shoes... Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Questioning it all
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| What engine had the Charisma got in it?, I know we had a 3.0V6 or 2.5V6 one at work sitting outside rotting for over a year without any use, the company just wasted a beautiful car in the end. Often tried to get that as a pool car without any luck... No i always got the screwed up honda accords, But out of interest how does the freelander feel in comparision to say the Zafira? TiG -- Hexus Meets Rock! -- |
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21-04-2004, 09:29 PM
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| It has a 1.8 Gasoline Direct Injection lump. I.E a petrol engine that injects the fuel directly into the engine, rather than mixing it out side. This is why it can nudge 50mpg, under low load it injects less petrol nearer the end of the comp stroke, and IIRC the pistons have a little ramp on them to help direct the charge towards the spark plug. |
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21-04-2004, 10:01 PM
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| Resident abit mourner  Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Sunny Glasgow
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| Originally Posted by Zak33 Wan't that made in Holland by the NedCar factory (no chavs need apply
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21-04-2004, 10:17 PM
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| Va-va-vooom Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Tyne & Wear
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| my m8 had one of these for a few months... 1.6 version i believe.... **** of a stick he said... bloody quick!  *Disclaimer* - The contents of this message are not necessarily my own opinions,thoughts or views... they may belong to the voices in my head! |
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22-04-2004, 12:45 AM
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| Right, I am none too sober ATM, so this post and others may go sideways, just hold on and enjoy the ride, or summat  The platform in question is to the best of my (limited at best) knowledge a Mitsu design, which Volvo use to churn out the s/v 40. The Volvo has different outer metal work, different trim (ment to be more upmarket) and a diff engine range, but I am fairly certain they share some powerplants. Don't forget that Volvo have often badge engineered their smaller cars to keep costs down. Your very own car is a Volvo badged Renault powered DAF, and none the worse for it. |
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22-04-2004, 07:30 AM
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| HEXUS.timelord. Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: On the Battle Field
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| Cricket is right.....and once again manages a less than sober, but still iunformative post  Mitsu own the world guys......dull dashboard, unbreakable car! It was SO FAST (for a 1.8 ) so forget ECONOMY....thats for when you're going to break a fuel eco record...just REV its arse off Agent = Hardware Homosapien | Zak33 = Hardware Homonid - just call me "Lucy" |
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22-04-2004, 09:07 AM
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| volvo actually brought that bit of daf to build the 340, bolted a load of new bits on (like seatbelts) stuck their own engines in some of them and a manual gearbox.. oh and changed the external shape. innards were mostly the same thou.. didnt know the s40 was the same as a mitsu, they're not regarded as brilliant cars thou - in fact the 440 which came from the same factory was also a bit of a kippa. nevermind eh hughlunnon@yahoo.com | I have sigs turned off.. |
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22-04-2004, 09:27 AM
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| VTECmeous  Join Date: Aug 2003
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| S40's not a bad motor, the T4's armed with a handy 200bhp so not every one of them is a traffic light push-over! (oh yeah and quite a few police forces are partial to 'em as well) Which generation of Charisma was it Zak? Rare car really as the first one suffered from not matching it's name in the looks department. 1 : Q9450 | 4Gb PC8500 DMX | ASUS P5E-WS Pro | HD2900XT | 2 x 750Gb (RAID1) | Adaptec ASR-2230SLP SCSI | DVDRW | Corsair 650W TX | CM RC-590 | 2x VP171s-2 | HP Ultrium 960 LTO3 | XP SP3 Pro 2 : X2 4200+ | 2Gb PC3200 | ASUS A8N-SLI Premium | 6600GT | SonicFury | 8x 250Gb (2x RAID10) | 3Ware 9650SE-8LPML | DVDRW | Seasonic 700W | CM Stacker 830 | 2x VP171s-2 | XP SP3 Pro 3 : Sm 3100+ | 1Gb PC3200 | ASUS K8N-E Deluxe | 9800 Pro | 4 x 250Gb Maxline III (RAID10) | DVDRW | CDRW | Tagan 530W Easycon | CM ATC-201B-BXT Black Widow | W7 RC W : Dell Precision 690 | Intel X5355 | 4Gb FBDIMM | Quadro FX3450 | 2x 146Gb 15k SAS (RAID1) | DVDRW | DVD | 2x 2007FP | XP SP3 Pro
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22-04-2004, 02:39 PM
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| From The Grave  Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: SE London
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| Cor, they are cheap as chips aren't they? If my Mum's Polo doesn't show up I might well point her towards one of these.... Rich :¬) www.no2id.net www.saynoto0870.com www.housepricecrash.co.uk Now these points of data make a beautiful line, and we're out of beta we're releasing on time.... |
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