“Mitsubishi, the Chrysler of Japan” Amazing

"The official car of your ex girlfriend's ex boyfriend." Is basically the most accurate statement I have ever heard.

Mitsubishi is the best example of wasted potential

remember when lancer and wrx owners had pissing contests? I miss the simple times

Mr. Regular driving this car kind of reminds me of Top Gear putting celebrities in a reasonably priced car. Also fudgeman.

Hopefully your story about school is true. If it is, I will have to thank you for being a wonderful English student in college. I had been struggling to make Bs in AP English (language & literature) and your stories would constantly help me reference back to stories or understand them better. I just hope you got to know that your content is greatly enjoyable and your storytelling skills are wonderful and were immensely useful to me.

I've never heard such a compelling psychosocial breakdown as to why someone would struggle to learn to drive fast on a track - that it challenges the very core of the personality they strived to construct in their youth. Compelling stuff as always.

that song reminds me of 2006 era YTP

*MAH BOI*

"Mitsubishi, the Chrysler of Japan." That got a good laugh out of me. My mom (who's Japanese) told me that in Japan people don't like Mitsubishi cars and she cites a major scandal where Mitsubishi failed to recall a bunch of defective vehicles and deliberately tried to cover up any and all faults. This case would lead to the arrest of the president and many high-level executives of the company.

Steph is the perfect demographic for this car. If a guy owned it, he would definitely vape.

Having an existential moment taking a compact car around the track while floating on a cushion of your own ASS SWEAT.

NOT AN EVO.

I loved my '10 Lancer GTS when it was my daily driver. It was the first car I owned that didn't complain angrily when it hit 100 mph, and accelerated surprisingly well and efficiently once it hit 60 mph. Beware hitting any uneven track going faster than 90 mph, however, as the car will want to launch itself into orbit.

Never drove an FWD just a wee bit hard? You get on the gas to go straight, and let off to bring the ass-end around on a tight corner. No loose gravel or potholes on the track to send you veering to your doom and flipping like street racers and not much else to do because it's auto. I think that's why she was giving you a hard time with that one.

"Mitsubishi: The Chrysler of Japan" LFMAO However, if that were true, where's the stock 700Hp Evo Hellcat?

I have a 2010 Lancer GTS Sportback in "rally red". I like it a lot. Most dependable car I've ever owned. After nine years I haven't had it in the shop for anything other than regular maintenance. The paint is holding up OK, the interior looks almost as good as when it was new. Its nice to have a simple car that just runs without drama. Plus it looks good for its age. It was probably the nicest looking compact in 2010 and its holding up really well now. It doesn't look like a ten year old car. Yeah, I'm totally happy with my purchase and plan on keeping it a couple more years. You notice the mileage in this video? Close to 150K and the car still looks good. That's the way they are.

Why do these cars get such bad press? A good friend of mine has a Lancer 2.4L-2.5L??? with a manual trans and it is a hoot to throw around back roads and parking lots. When the rest of the group are building big single B5S4's, supercharged M3's or playing with liter bikes here is our friend. With his Lancer. Unashamedly content, honest and squeezing the most out of a fun honest to goodness car. When the rest of us are trying to hunt down wiring issues or boost leaks its the Lancer that we take for the 1 am run for Korean bbq and beer. The lancer has a special place in my heart for a reason. Its unashamed of what it is.

I got an 08 Lancer I love it to death! The car looks angry no matter where you look at it from. The headlights are glaring at you. The taillights are glaring at you. The angles and curves are aggressive! Wouldn't call it a fast car, but I find mine handles better then any other car I've own or drove and "tested"

Mr Regular gets insulted by a hot girl

That whole "good boy" talk got too real for me. Going through that in college is a good way to destroy any self esteem you have left.

Remember when Mitsubishi made awesome sports cars?

Tell me i'm a G O O D B O Y

my boi my boi my boi my boi my boi my boi my boi my boi my boi my boi my boi my boi my boi my boi my boi my boi my boi my boi my boi my boi my boi my boi my boi my boi my boi my boi

“The Chrysler of Japan” is a perfect description, though I would also apply that to Nissan.

The lancer is the very good friend that everyone has but still gets forgotten.

Mivec just kicked in Yooooooooo! Lol.

Driving a slow car... ok, an average commuter, on average tires and average power, but driving it fast, is as thrilling and exciting, as driving a super car. Because you can use almost ALL of the power, all the time, so you're able to push the car to its limits on every corner, and you're doing it. This is the beauty of true driving joy.

“Stef Schrader, are you jealous?”

That's an excelent track for learning the limits of a car and improving yourself (no fences , ditches or trees that are too close) so if you go off track in a corner you won't crash into something.

Fudgeman

Thank you, thank you dear god for making a car review involving a cargirl and NOT regurgitating the fact that "oh, oh hey look! Look! It's a cargirl! See? See? Girls can have cars too. We aren't sexist. Look look! Aren't we diverse enough?" You just have the review like it's no big deal that this time the car is owned by a cargirl, because in all reality it isn't a big deal. I respect that you just treat her like a normal human being, and don't make a big deal out of it.

THE NEXT LANCER WILL BE A CROSSOVER UUUUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHHH

“CVT transmission” is like when I hear people say “ATM machine”

As long as you can suck up the depressing interior, the GTS model with a 5-speed is actually pretty sporty to drive with a zesty N/A engine.

More Wes Anderson shots

Holy shit guys! They’re showing the license plate! Hurry and... Uhh... Uhh...Hmm. Wait... Why do people cover their license plates on the internet again?

The official car of Malaysia

Lancer gts. The official car of "IS THAT AN EVO? IS THAT AN EVO? IS THAT AN EVO?"

This was an oddly cute episode. I was mentally saying "awwww" at you the whole time you were trying to track lol

ah, yes. a regular car.

Track days are fun, almost regardless of what you are driving. In this load, I probably wouldn't have let off the throttle at all and just left foot braked or hand braked when I needed to make a corner.

That pressure on the track is payback for the "are you jargularus" video.

Mrs. Regular 💍

Jalopnik will not run this one

This peace is what all true warriors strive for! Did Mr. Regular just discover KZfaq Poop recently?

You mentioned the Dodge Colt. My dad drove a Colt to and from work for 18 years. Original engine, had to have 2 transmissions-his was the 4 speed manual. He never got over 60mph and consistently got 45 mpg. The second transmission died when the Colt rolled over to 380k miles. Couldn’t find another transmission and we had to park the Colt forever. It’s amazing how nobody really mentions that car, but barely into this video it’s brought up. Thanks for another great video!

I previously had a minor crush on Stef Schrader. Now I have a major crush on Stef Schrader. Also, the Mitsubishi Lancer is suddenly my favorite car. There is definitely no connection there. None at all.

Just ask her out already

Man, getting whiplash from the hilarious commentary that drops straight into deep introspection, and then MAH BOY.

I bought a 2009 Lancer GT because the GTS only had CVT and no manual shifter. My GT only had the 2.0L but it was still a quick daily driver, manual, and fun to drive. Had a nice Rockford Fosgate upgraded stereo. Someone crashed into it while it was parked, back in 2012, and I upgraded to a 09 Ralliart.

FWIW, Stef is freaking fast. She brought this Lancer out to rallycross at BCR and got FTD, her first time on that dirt track. She can really throw this car around.

this video's a return to form for you, Mr RCR. While the New Zealands videos felt a little rushed as far as the writing in them went, this one is a return to form for your excellent lyrical prose.

It’s 1am again boys

Stef Schrader is my waifu, mr. Regular my husbando

The official car of Mid-state Anime conventions everywhere

This isn't the sportback.... I'm confused by the way he stated that..

It's cool Mr Regular. Your track nuts will drop with practice.

I just enjoy how much fun the owner clearly has with their car

Which lancer is best lancer?

This is the saddest video I have ever seen by you, and it's not that it's a bad video sad, it's sad because everything you said about Mitsubishi & the Lancer is fucking true and I don't want it to be. RIP Evo

Idk why people bash them, for what it was intended and created for, it's one of the most well balanced car ever made with of course nothing amazing or mind blowing about it, but nothing bad. Everything is right inbetween balanced as a nice daily driver. Especially if you put on normal mods with a Works tune for under 1.5k, drives fantastic. Gets looks by everuone cause it looks great, has a fantastic stock suspension and eats up turns, decent on gas, the 5 speed is good in the manual, decent comfort and interior, plenty of room, sounds pretty good. Idk theres nothing to not like about it but nothing to scream over either. Just all around good

As an owner of a 2008 GTS this is the review I’ve waited years for you to do! Good shit!! Great video!

I think he said *M A H B O I*

Ok now we need to see Regular guy at the 24 hours of lemons.

My first new car was a 2011 Lancer GTS and boy does this video bring back nostalgic memories.

i had a 2015 lancer gts in 5speed manual. honestly it handled pretty well and felt decently quick for the factory 170hp

My car!!! I have the DE model with a 5 speed manual. It's a great little car. Shame this one was auto. I drove one with the auto and the manual is way better

"The Chrysler of Japan" was this a bit of a DSM (Diamond-Star Motors) reference?

This is my favorite ship on the entire internet, together at last

"fuck your tires" Yep. That was me at 18-24

Its funny he calls Mitsubishi the Chrysler of Japan, especially since the Lancer/Caliber/Patriot and Compass share the same platform and engines

Dude we need to get you going to some auto x events so you get used to pushing a car hard but soft cones instead of hard walls.

Those 71Rs makes the world go round

I have a lancer GT which has the same engine but a 5 speed manual this whole video sums up my experience with ownership of the car.....

By “key car” did you mean “Kay car?” Correct me if I’m wrong but I’ve only heard kei pronounced as “k”

well, this car still have better handling than corolla or sentra lol. Not as good as a base model civic tho'

I’ve watched dozens and dozens of your vids, but the commentary in this one took you from “delightfully inappropriate” to “daytime Emmy for writing.” LOVED IT!!

The number 1 difference between experienced track drivers and everyday drivers is knowing that you do all your breaking before the turn, never during the turn as you sacrifice tire grip to braking. They can't do both at 100%

Don't, for one second, believe there is someone on KZfaq making better content than you, Mr. Regular. They aren't. I watch your videos because they're pure entertainment but when you slap me on my face with your heartfelt reflections, I get goosebumps. It's Entertainment Plus.

aw man that ex boyfriend reference struck right in the feels

I've noticed that some non-performance models of stereotypically sporty cars have better handling than manufacturers let on, such as the Lancer and Impreza as long as you know what you're doing and you know the car well. I started out being super cautious in my Impreza because a) it was/is my first car and b) it wasn't anything more than a commuter vehicle at the time. Since then, I've gotten used to it and I know what its limitations are and what I can and can't do with it. A lot of people are surprised when I take them for a ride in it because they aren't prepared for it to be thrashed around without crashing. Even with tiny 205s it is lot more capable than it looks. I wouldn't imagine the Lancer to be much different. As long as you don't try to drive it like an STI, you'll be fine.

I had a 2015 Lancer SE and this video just brought me back to that first car feels. It was horrible (SO CHEAP), but it was my baby. His name was Gus.

Awake for a regular car review upload yay!

back at it again with the ben folds references

5 years later and this whole video is the most accurate description of me as a person there is. I also happen to own a GTS Sportback. I'm working on myself, alright? Give me some time.

This is for that one Filipino friend you knew in the Navy, that supped up and body styled his Lancer to be Fast and Furious worthy. But, always got cold feet to go to an actual illegal streetrace. Now, honorably discharged, married, nearing his 40s and using the car to go to his 9 to 5, but after dropping off his three daughters at the local elementary school.

If you could find a Plymouth prowler, I imagine that would make for a hilarious video.

heck , in my country this lancer is kinda "sporty-ish" car, not considered to be daily commuting car.

You ought to time her for a lap, and then yourself. I have a 2012 GT and there's a place where it feels like it's slipping, but as she said, that's when you hit it, and it's almost amazing how doing that flattens it out and suddenly you wonder why you were so wimpy to treat it's cornering like an ordinary car. Sure, the Evo is much better, but the GT/GTS still has some of that bloodline.

Im at 315k km and I havent had to replace my water pump yet. Mitsu may have been on something I havent had to do any makor service on the car so far

Mr. Regular you really just need to learn how to send it.

The 4b11 was developed by Hyundai, Chrysler and Mitsubishi. It meets emission and CAFE standards but is fairly craptastic the Hyundai version loses bottom ends with regularity. Strangely the most reliable variant is the Chrysler variant used wherever the 2.4 dual vvt engine cover is found.

Sounds like the problem is more with the writer / driver and less with the car I've owned two Lancers they've both been pretty decent. are they Mustangs, no. But they've both satisfied what my needs were, and both surprisingly good.

Brother owns a 2012 Lancer and can confirm, Mitsubishi is the Chrysler of Japan. They seem to really like brittle plastic parts and I'm just waiting for the CVT to shred itself...they use Nissan/Jatco CVTs which love to internally grenade before 100K. And it's a pain in the rear sourcing the pan filter for when you want to try to make it last.

I'm still driving a 2010 GTS sportback

How tf is you gonna crash this thing when there is wide open space miles to the left and the right of the track with nothing in between that you could possibly hit

My mom has a 1.5L one of these and although it's not very fast, I find the engine preppy and it handles so nicely in the corners, has surprising grip and gives you slight oversteer

This review was FANTASTIC!! I never would've given a shit about the Lancer (I miss the hatchback & wagonette). All the metaphors and similes about small towns were exactly how I feel about Mitsubishi products. I think the Eclipse Cross is gorgeous and the Outlander Hybrid ideally pragmatic; except they was both 20 years behind the times and beyond irrelevant for me to consider spending new car money on.

"Mitsubishi, the Chrysler of Japan." Never a more accurate description. I had a 2008 Lancer GTS with the CVT automatic transmission and it was one of the worst cars I ever owned. The CVT is hot trash and sucks all the fun and soul out of the car because it's tuned for fuel efficiency, not performance. It used tire pressure sensors and not only could you not turn the feature off, it could only memorise one set of sensors at a time and you needed a dealer tool to change the set. So every time winter and spring came, you had to go and pay the dealer to switch the memorised set unless you wanted a constant warning light on and the car nagging you on the digital display every single time you started it. The interior was awful and felt like it was out of a car that cost a third as much. The radio also went fuzzy if you so much as drove under some dense foliage (common problem with no fix.) Mine was in the shop for warranty service I think 7 or 8 times and the last straw for me was when the transmission cooler failed two months out of warranty. A $1,500 part and repair job. Despite my documented lemony fresh history with the car, I called Mitsubishi Motors Canada and asked if there was anything they could do to either cover it or at least reduce the cost and I was told to pound sand. Sold the car two months later and I will never touch anything by this company again. I've owned 9 cars in my life (some of which were held together with hopes and prayers) and I never had one that was so frustrating and paradoxically unfun as the Lancer.