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Originally Posted by show time
I have done this twice now. My last 3 cars (All Lancers) were manuals. I have a long hill that I go up each morning that is a four way stop at the bottom. I turned up the hill half asleep mind you it was first thing in the morning and hit the brake peddle when my left foot went to the floor board. Luckily the guy behind me was paying attention and didn't hit me. 2nd time was on interstate and i needed to get over a couple of lanes in a hurry went to down shift grabbed the shifter and all and almost took out the slow lane traffic. It is almost instinct taking over. I wasn't even thinking about it. So now I keep my left foot mashed on the foot rest and have broke myself of the habit. I personally love the SST. I cant help myself I like to do some spirited driving  once in awhile and have not been disappointed by the SST performance yet. Don't get me wrong I am not hitting the ORP drag strip looking to set a new R/A record, but for what I like to do it has been nothing but fun. |
I haven't done this in my RA. But driving my mom to work in her commander once, I slammed on the parking brake going down the street and smashed her face into the dash.
Needless to say, she wasn't too happy.
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Originally Posted by boondoc
Yea i was thinkin about it a few months ago but i didn't want to start a big debate. I dunno though, there are twin/dual clutch transmission still goin strong out there. As long as it is well maintained i doubt it will jus say "**** it!" and drop to the floor after the warranty is up. The one thing i am concerned about is when its' time to change the clutches.
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I think by the time the B-2-B warranty goes (if you don't get yours voided early - or drive 36k in one year), that mitsu/getrag will have gotten all the data they need, get their stuff together, and there may be a way to buy/change your own clutch packs and do maintenance work on the SST yourself. Maybe. That's if you have the gonads to take on such a daunting task, and not worry about breaking it yourself.
At least mitsu tech's have a database full of help the can open!
Unless this is going to be like the 3000gt 6spd tranny again.
. Not to mention, the Getrag 6spds were always sent back to Getrag if one failed (like the SST). I'm not sure if mitsu dealers were ever able to support the Getrag 6spd on the VR4s. Anyone shed light on this?
