the drive home

soon2begr8 · Sep 30, 2009, 12:35 AM

Just picked up my 09 tarmac black ralliart. I did not want to stop driving it. It is so much fun. will post picks in the next day or so.

gaspipedreamer · Sep 30, 2009, 12:43 AM

congrats on gettin ur tb RA

athmak15 · Sep 30, 2009, 12:52 AM

Congratulations! Hopefully you don't live in an area that's as volatile as mine is. I've had rain and sun shine for 3-4 days to rain for another week and my car is dirty as hell! Still love the car regardless of how dirty it is though!

IdriveRA · Sep 30, 2009, 06:02 AM

nice, grats!

xi · Sep 30, 2009, 06:55 AM

Congrats! Now to get mud flaps and 3m tape to protect the paint.

DetroitRA · Sep 30, 2009, 07:22 AM

^Make sure to 3m the WHOLE CAR.

Congrats! Be gentle during the break-in

...not too gentle though.

07outty · Sep 30, 2009, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by soon2begr8

Just picked up my 09 tarmac black ralliart. I did not want to stop driving it. It is so much fun. will post picks in the next day or so.

.......congrats...... i'll be lookin' for ya.

M.B. local here..............

xi · Sep 30, 2009, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by DetroitRA

^Make sure to 3m the WHOLE CAR.

Congrats! Be gentle during the break-in

...not too gentle though.

Don't be too gentle, you want to run the motor fast everyonce in a while to keep everything lubricated.

OniLancer · Sep 30, 2009, 10:43 AM

I've been looking at trading my 08 ES in for an 09 RA. Gonna wait until tomorrow to decide to see if the October deals on an 09 get better.

Unfortunatly I work for a refinery that always gets my paint dirty and nasty... but really, it doesn't matter since I'd buy the RA for the driving, not the paint.

LancerGTS · Sep 30, 2009, 11:51 AM

Hey soon congrats! I work for the city of manhattan beach so look for my ralliart in the area often.

majinfajita · Sep 30, 2009, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by OniLancer

I'd buy the RA for the driving, not the paint.

Owning one, I gotta say that this is the mentality to have. My jacket zipper brushed by my rear passenger door as I was moving in to get groceries from the trunk and there's a scratch in the paint.

The clearcoat and paint layer TOGETHER are literally less than 1mm thick. It's pathetic.

DetroitRA · Sep 30, 2009, 03:16 PM

^ I was getting jumper cables out of my trunk to jump my girlfriend's car the other day, one of the ends swung out and bounced against the rear door. Nice scratch there, surprisingly - it didn't phase me very much, lol. To own any mitsu vehicle, you have to have that kind of mentality...unfortunately.

xi · Sep 30, 2009, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by majinfajita

Owning one, I gotta say that this is the mentality to have. My jacket zipper brushed by my rear passenger door as I was moving in to get groceries from the trunk and there's a scratch in the paint.

The clearcoat and paint layer TOGETHER are literally less than 1mm thick. It's pathetic.

Hehe I think you're underestimating just how thick 1mm is... 1mm is like, almost 2 credit cards stacked on top of each other... The mitsubishi paint job is literally paper thin.

RA173 · Sep 30, 2009, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by DetroitRA

^Make sure to 3m the WHOLE CAR.

Congrats! Be gentle during the break-in

...not too gentle though.

Easier said than done

Congrats on the car

jcm308 · Sep 30, 2009, 10:33 PM

Congrats on the new car.

I know exactly how you feel. I picked mine up last Thursday