Ferrari 3000GT (lol)

OzZyMaN2438 · Post by **OzZyMaN2438** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 10:09 pm

On my way home today, I saw a guy in a Red Mitsubishi 3000GT...which, for those who don't know, has the same engine my Eclipse does (90% of it) except for the VR4 version which is twin turbocharged and puts out 320hp. The strange thing about this car was that it had a prancing horse badge on the back of it, and yellow Ferrari Decals all over it. To the uneducated person this could very well be taken for a Ferrari. The sides do look like a subdued version of a Testarossa and the body style is very exotic car looking for its time. I thought that it was some older lady who got dupped into buying what she was told was a Ferrari...she would have gotten an AWESOME deal if you could really buy a Ferrari for what you can get a 3000GT for. Turns out, I was just driving next to some older (mid 30's) guy who was trying to mod his car in a very unique...way. I saw a Pirelli sticker by his wheel wells, he had racing harnesses on, and I saw a set of gauges on it. Why anyone who had a VR4 (if that's what it was) would not be proud of what they had and pull what this guy did is very...special.

hockeystyx16 · Post by **hockeystyx16** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 10:59 pm

3000GTs are sex

dodge stealth is a ugly piece of garbage. spoiler goes on the back of the trunk, not on the front. and the tailights are ugly as hell on stealth.

eaglecatcher · Post by **eaglecatcher** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 11:12 pm

hockeystyx16 wrote:3000GTs are sex

dodge stealth is a ugly piece of garbage. spoiler goes on the back of the trunk, not on the front. and the tailights are ugly as hell on stealth.

thats exactly what I think. Everyone says the stealth looks better than the 3000GT, but they are way wrong. I wanted to get a 3000GT, but my dad said mitsubishes weren't very reliable. Go figure, then he buys me a mustang. lol

why the hell would you put ferrari badges on a 3kGT?

Oldladykiller · Post by **Oldladykiller** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 12:50 am

too bad its front wheel drive.

El Beefo · Post by **El Beefo** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 1:15 am

^^^ No it's not, it's real wheel drive. Unless it was the VR4, which is AWD.

I'd also like to add that non-VR4 ones are too heavy to be fast. I would love a VR4, but the normal ones not so much.

subzero · Post by **subzero** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 2:12 am

the VR4 has been a fav of mine since way back =] theres one selling for ~30k practically brand new near by, only 20k miles on it lol. i believe it is a 95.

CaliforniaZX · Post by **CaliforniaZX** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 2:44 am

El Beefo wrote:^^^ No it's not, it's real wheel drive. Unless it was the VR4, which is AWD.

I'd also like to add that non-VR4 ones are too heavy to be fast. I would love a VR4, but the normal ones not so much.

Wrong. FWD. FW-biased AWD.

Funny how someone ressurected my old Z thread. Im still here, Eaglecatcher. Do you have a Z now yourself?

eaglecatcher · Post by **eaglecatcher** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 4:07 am

woah, he returns!

I wish. My parents wouldn't let me get one, so I'm stuck with a mustang, but I"m working my tail off to save money to buy a Z in a few years.

I was under the impression 3000GT's were RWD?

El Beefo · Post by **El Beefo** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 4:46 am

Weird, after some research, I guess I was wrong, they are FWD.

Well that sucks, I used to not like the non VR4's just because they were too heavy for their power, but now I lost all respect for them. I felt the same way when I found out the eclipse was FWD.

papercliprebel · Post by **papercliprebel** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 11:15 am

a friend of mine had a vr4. besides being an unreliable piece of garbage (the motor that lifts the tail broke almost instantaneously) it didn't "feel" as fast nor as nimble as a sports car should be. it drove heavy, it ate up tires like no tomorrow, and guzzled gas. good riddens to a fowl attempt. the evo however is a better executed sports car despite its econobox origins, and the gsx was more nimble.
i've never been a fan of mitsubishi's vr4 conversions. i drove an old gallant version which felt fast but was riddled with gaps and creaked like a haunted house.

Oldladykiller · Post by **Oldladykiller** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 1:50 am

yeah i actually considered getting a 3000gt til i found out about the FWD bullshit. they call those cars GTOs in japan.

CaliforniaZX · Post by **CaliforniaZX** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 4:23 am

Mitsubishi doesn't like rwd.

There are exceptions though.

http://rides.webshots.com/album/89575364ZGyVzJ
Forgotten classic

buster · Post by **buster** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 8:54 am

CaliforniaZX wrote:Mitsubishi doesn't like rwd.

There are exceptions though.

http://rides.webshots.com/album/89575364ZGyVzJ
Forgotten classic

I loved the Starion. My friend had one in HS and I always admired it.

By the way, is it pronounced "STAR-e-ahn", "STAR-e-in", "stah-RHY-in" or something else? I never knew what the correct pronunciation was.

CaliforniaZX · Post by **CaliforniaZX** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:51 pm

Its sad that they dont make affordable rwd coupes anymore. I can't believe the only company that makes an affordable rwd coupe is Ford.

Post by **Johnf514** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 1:04 pm

Isn't the G35/350Z a RWD coupe?