RE: Mitsubishi Carisma | Shed of the Week

RE: Mitsubishi Carisma | Shed of the Week

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Park-ut4ry

20 posts

105 months

Friday 13th March 2020
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Absolutely awful, well done.

CDP

7,460 posts

255 months

Friday 13th March 2020
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How to make a Morris Marina look desirable...

Sion111R

313 posts

93 months

Friday 13th March 2020
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CDP, steady on. It’s not that bad.

Birkwitt

1 posts

50 months

Friday 13th March 2020
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More like s*** of the week

SidewaysSi

10,742 posts

235 months

Friday 13th March 2020
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I love it personally.

Falconer

299 posts

51 months

Friday 13th March 2020
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HTP99 said:
Never has a car had a most ironic name!
What about the Allegro?

PistonBroker

2,420 posts

227 months

Friday 13th March 2020
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bitofayank said:
I see the lost Japanese art of ripping off something decent looking in that rear 2/3rd view: 2000s Volvo S60
Surely the fact that it was co-developed with the S40 explains any similarities there?

Water Fairy

5,508 posts

156 months

Friday 13th March 2020
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Was there ever a more ironic name for a car?

MX6

5,983 posts

214 months

Friday 13th March 2020
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Ha. Well, it seems that someones a bit put out that last weeks 23 year old, silver, auto e39 didn't exactly get everyone pulses racing. Not bad but I for one didn't find it exciting enough to want to pay the additional running costs over a regular humdrum motor.

As for the Carisma... It's pretty much a charisma free zone of course, but as a economical diesel daily driver with relatively low mileage and full history, I've seen worse. I've owned and driven worse...

As an alternative shed, what about something like a 325ti compact, this looks okay? Surely more fun than going down the auto barge route?
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202...

Or an MR2 roadster maybe?
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202...

Been doing some of my own shedding as usual, not everyones cup of tea I'm sure but I bought an X Type 2.1 Sport. 48k on the clock, FSH, years ticket, was garaged, etc.

Rumblestripe

2,951 posts

163 months

Friday 13th March 2020
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Revenge of the Shed

Blackpuddin

16,542 posts

206 months

Friday 13th March 2020
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MX6 said:
As an alternative shed, what about something like a 325ti compact, this looks okay? Surely more fun than going down the auto barge route?
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202...

Or an MR2 roadster maybe?
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202...
They've got to be from PH Classifieds to qualify.

AC43

11,489 posts

209 months

Friday 13th March 2020
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MX6 said:
an economical diesel daily driver
What Diesel Tow Car & Economical Caravanner Monthly is over there =============>

Leins

9,470 posts

149 months

Friday 13th March 2020
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I think I hired one of these back in the day, but it was fairly forgettable

Wonder if anyone’s ever put Evo VI internals into a Carisma?

MX6

5,983 posts

214 months

Friday 13th March 2020
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Leins said:
Wonder if anyone’s ever put Evo VI internals into a Carisma?
If I'm not mistaken the Evo VI is essentially a Carisma shell, the Lancer Evo was called a Carisma GT is some markets IIRC.

Leins

9,470 posts

149 months

Friday 13th March 2020
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MX6 said:
Leins said:
Wonder if anyone’s ever put Evo VI internals into a Carisma?
If I'm not mistaken the Evo VI is essentially a Carisma shell, the Lancer Evo was called a Carisma GT is some markets IIRC.
Yes, I think you’re correct. I quite like the idea of the Q-car appeal of a standard/dowdy looking Carisma with full Evo hardware fitted

A500leroy

5,135 posts

119 months

Friday 13th March 2020
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if i needed a car right now id be all over it.

neil1jnr

1,462 posts

156 months

Friday 13th March 2020
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Excellent. I ran one as a daily for 15months in 2015-2016 along side a TME Evo VI.

It was a 1.9 diesel, had about 35k miles on clock. Purchased for approx 900 quid and sold for 600 at 50k+ miles. It had 'leather' seats and cruise control.

It was dynamically the worst car I'd driven. Loose and squidgey with poor brakes, it was slow too. However, it was cheap, extremely comfortable, and the best part was I got used to how it drove and after a few weeks it didn't bother me. I began to enjoy the fact that I really didn't care what happened to it, which is a refreshing feeling. In the end I was sad to see it go!

Two Mitsubishi's, both saloons from similar era and couldn't be more different. That Evo is still probably the best car I've driven.



Edited by neil1jnr on Friday 13th March 17:48

marshall100

1,124 posts

202 months

Friday 13th March 2020
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Well, that's absolute crap.

waynecyclist

8,831 posts

115 months

Friday 13th March 2020
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That is a complete shed, worse named car ever

LochTay

819 posts

66 months

Friday 13th March 2020
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There is one of those parked at the office every day. And has been for the last 5 years we've been there.
Sh*t. But reliably sh*t it seems.