Sunday, March 30, 2008
nice ride
i drove jason's mitsubishi lancer EX 2.0GT! huge 18" alloy rims and low profile tyres gives the car a sporty outlook with superb handling and feedback. i like the quality of the interior finishing. one look and you can tell it was assembled in japan and not thailand, as compared to the altis. however that is an unfair comparison, one being 1.6 litres and the other 2.0 litres. (i'm having high hopes for the latest facelift altis, looks good!)priced at $79,988, the lowest recorded price in the past 6 months was $74,988 (according to sgcarmart). for that price tag you get quite a bit of stuff in there. immediately you will notice the Rockford Fosgate sound system with 9 speakers. a reasonably sized woofer in the car boot which takes up about 10% of the space, and over in the front, there are two discreet tweeters integrated into the front doors.
the car works on keyless operation and that was rather cool, however it is a standard with all the variants of the mitsubishi lancer EX. other stuff include factory fitted HID lamps and paddle shifters. i especially liked the lcd display in between the speedo and odo. it shows a graphic representation of your fuel tank and when doors open you can see which one it is. all these are "very german", more likely to be found in a merc or bmw.
nice car! i must say, but your bank has to be just as nice to buy that. for now i shall still look at possible 2nd hand stepping stones under 40k.
hope to drive it once or twice more get a better feel of it before i leave. :)
