Christopher,
I agree with you 100%. I rented a car down in West Palm Beach, FL, last
summer. Hertz was out of cars my size so they gave me a brand new Montero
(11 mi. on the odometer). How can a brand new car run like that? It
seriously felt like the whole thing was going to fall apart at 50 mph. When
I returned it to Hertz I asked them what they normally rented this thing
for. They said it was classified as an SUV...more like an SUX. Anyway I
told them what the stupid thing drove like. They took off the charges and
let me have the whole thing for free for three days. I would have rather
paid and got a decent ride!
Ron
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of Christopher L. Scott
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 8:03 AM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: Re: DML: RE: Magnum 3.9 vs Mitsubishi 3.0 V6's...which is
better?
Last week I had the displeasure of renting a 2001 Mitsubishi Montero Sport
for a week while I was in Dallas on business. It had the 3.0L V6 and let's
just say I was FAR from impressed. You're right about the torque, it was
nonexistent. This thing felt, sounded, and accelerated like a
four-cylinder. And the awful transmission didn't help any. I was trying
to merge onto I-35 headed for Love Field, had to punch it to get into a
hole, this Mitsu took A FULL SECOND to downshift! I though I was going to
get rear ended. I'm sitting there going, "Go, hello, go, anytime
now..." Granted, this is one of the many reasons I refuse to own
automatics, but this one was far worse than average. Add to all this the
fact that this Montero had a turning radius to rival the Queen Elizabeth,
and I was only to happy to drop it off at Alamo. I could only do U-turns
if the street was at least three lanes wide in each direction. Took all
3. It was pathetic. Made my 94 Sport 3.9 feel like a sports car.
-Christopher Scott
At 04:47 PM 2/7/01 -0500, you wrote:
>In a message dated 2/7/01 4:31:26 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>dodgedakotaquadcab@hotmail.com writes:
>
> > Ok list,i have a friend who is a mechanic.He swears that the Mitsubishi
> 3.0
> > V6(i had a van with one)is a better engine,and will last longer than my
> > venerable Magnum 3.9 V6.
> >
> >
> > I say the Magnum V6 is tougher & better...
> >
> >
> > any statements,opinions,etc???
>
>I got both....the 3.0 is definitely a mean ass engine, and may actually
beat
>out a 3.9 in a race, but it doesn't have the torque a 3.9 has.
> Depends on what you're looking for....
>
>
> -Austin
>Vipertruck - "The Anti-Rice"
>Supercharged 6.0 V8
> <A HREF="www.angelfire.com/ny/vipertruck">The Vipertruck</A>
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