The Irish Mitsubishi FTO Owners Club

by CJ » Wed Nov 02, 2005 10:52 am

Has anyone driven a Galant VR-4 (or Legnum for that matter), if so, watcha think? I appreciate that they don't have the road presense of the FTO and while its a big heavy car, 280 brake out of the 2.5 V6 TT lump is a whole lot of power. The type-S would appear to be the top of the range model in terms of AYC, TC, Recaros and some other nice bits, like the FTO, the Tip box seems to prevail (IIRC its a lot more reliable in the VR-4 - Porshce built apparently). MPG can also be an issue if pushed hard but if you're gonna own a car like this, thats propaably not going to bother you.

Anyone had a go in one of these street sleepers?

CJ

by **Myfeckin FTO** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 11:28 am

The Alloys look very familar. :wink:

Never had a spin in one unfortunately but I'm sure that engine would do a lot more damage in an FTO than a weighty beast like the Galant.

The VR4 was a grand car in its day but its really starting to look dated.

by **IrishPhoenix** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 8:22 am

Never had a go of one but had a look on carzone to see if there were any...
http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cf ... rID=173244

Is that the same BHP as the one you mentioned?

by CJ » Thu Nov 03, 2005 9:13 am

IrishPhoenix wrote:Is that the same BHP as the one you mentioned?

Definetely not, the Galant 2.5 V5 is 160bhp while the VR4 puts out 280bhp, huge differnce I think you'll agree! You don't see that latter coming up for sale all that often, theres plenty of standard V6 Galants out there though.

CJ

by **Mustang** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 9:53 am

Never driven one myself. I'd love to though, big fan of the VR4. While I respect the abilities of the lancer evo's and impreza's they are a bit too lairy and in-your-face for my liking. I've always liked the agressive look of the galant , even in standard guise, so combined with rally performance I think it would make an ideal car.

CJ,
There's a guy over on octane who runs one of these cars, I think he's based in Germany though.

IP wrote

Never had a go of one but had a look on carzone to see if there were any...
http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cf ... rID=173244

I'd say that car is worth about half what he is looking for it.

by AL » Thu Nov 03, 2005 6:43 pm

id totally agree with mustang, that V6 galant in carzone is only worth half the asking price, resale value on these cars ( manual or automatic ) is one of the lowest ive seen

by **dave100** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 2:02 pm

local police use an estate version.

pretty rapid- didnt lose too much pace with my mates STi before he realised who was trying to catch him :lol:

by CJ » Fri Nov 04, 2005 3:33 pm

dave100 wrote:local police use an estate version.

I'd the PSNI have great crack in that Legnum, the most the Gardai could hope for is a Mondeo V6 (170bhp).

CJ

by **Myfeckin FTO** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 3:46 pm

CJ wrote:
dave100 wrote:local police use an estate version.

I'd the PSNI have great crack in that Legnum, the most the Gardai could hope for is a Mondeo V6 (170bhp).

CJ

I came across an unmarked Police Scooby P1 during my time in the UK a couple of years back - now that would be a good pursuit car.

by **dave100** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 5:46 pm

We've also got an EVO VII :shock:

Luckily its a marked traffic branch job

by **Diddler** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 10:59 pm

In Newry, the locals have a sweet R32 golf.

Website · by **Muad_dib77** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 11:27 pm

UUh old thread brought back to life..I like it..

Cant believe the coppers are actually getting decent cars now..when I first came to ireland it was all Fiestas and Yaris'..

I actually got pulled by a Garda in a Rad Banged up ford transit once..

by **The Bull** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 12:54 pm

need i say more?
http://www.madmaxmovies.com/fanstuff/ca ... index.html

by **Diddler** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 10:25 pm

Seen a few of the locals snooping round dundalk in ...

Hyundai Accidents :smt115

by **ronbyrne** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 12:10 am

ahh lads yous a very young !! when i was 18 i got chased down naas dual cariageway, i was in a mini 850, handpainted, with a crystal skull gearstick, and the boys in blue were in the top pursuit vehicle, a renault 4 ! didnt catch me. the gap between us was static for about 15 miles! lol

by **ftolam13** » Wed May 30, 2007 2:04 am

Subaru Forester red,wine, with Alloys,looks nothin like a cop car on the dublin to (NAAS)portlaoise road..LOOK OUT FOR IT

by **johnny** » Wed May 30, 2007 7:27 am

yeah they have a blue forester up here in swords...and last week when that messy drug raid went down (the one where the guy started waving a sword), all the undercover cars were flying around swords... audi a4 avant! toyota landcruiser! and a new shape focus hatchback....

by **mcgon1979** » Wed May 30, 2007 7:53 am

did a quick search in google for "VR4"...didn;t realise the significance of the galant bit.

that is a seriously good looking front end.

by **mcgon1979** » Wed May 30, 2007 7:54 am

nice

Website · by **Muad_dib77** » Wed May 30, 2007 8:46 am

Oh Hello!

What are these - new shape VR4s? GTOs?
Links please...

When I search for VR4 this comes up:
http://www.clubvr4.co.uk/
http://www.galantvr4.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_Galant_VR-4
http://www.3000gtvr4.com/

by **dave100** » Wed May 30, 2007 8:54 am

I think those pics are of GTO VR-4s

by **mcgon1979** » Wed May 30, 2007 9:57 am

yep its the GTO VR4... fine looking machine. fine.

Website · by **Muad_dib77** » Wed May 30, 2007 10:22 am

Fine looking machine indeed!

Mad - I've seen a few of these around Blanch lately.. (even saw a Champagne colored one yesterday parked outside leisure plex at around 4pm) but those ones in the pictures just look so much better,...

Must be lowering, alloys & the angle..

http://www.modernracer.com/mitsubishi3000gtvr4.html

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