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Mitsubishi karma? Yet another bad dealer!

Just when you thought that once you are armed with good data about buying a new car, a new variable get’s thrown into the mix. We have had the new-car horry story experience with Triangle Mitsubishi in 2001. So we thought we would be skilled to handle anything that comes our way on the next new car purchase. We were proven wrong.Initial interest (05.26.2004) So we get a piece of mail from Mitsubishi on how we can get up to $2900 in a refund to end our lease early, of course if we stick with Mitsubishi. Danyelle and I had thought of this in the past, and we weren’t hot on the idea of keeping...
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The Eclipse is gone

The Huntington Blue Eclipse is gone. Danyelle got a good deal to get out of her Eclipse and get into something a little more practical, a 2004 Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart. While it’s not an Evo, it’s got a lot of pep, better suspension and brakes, and looks pretty nice indeed.
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3G Eclipse GTG

There is a Club 3G event going on in Rockville MD in January so I decided to come up with a fancy flyer for the occasion.
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Speedvision might become the NASCAR channel…

Just for those who don’t know, FOX owns Speedvision and wants to turn it into the NASCAR channel. I for one would be very unhappy if this happens… from the Business Journal: Sports network needs home for new NASCAR effort, by Erik Spanberg Senior Staff Writer Fox Sports has quietly begun scouting Charlotte-area sites for its proposed NASCAR cable network headquarters, eyeing a February launch coinciding with the Daytona 500. Area real estate sources say Fox wants as much as 50,000 square feet to house the network. Target sites include Huntersville Business Park, home to Joe Gibbs Racing...
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Triangle Mitsubishi trials and tribulations

After many wonderful years driving her 1994 Audi 90S, my girlfriend and I decided to part with the car and get into something sportier. My girlfriend set her sights on a Eclipse GT with the Sun and Sound package. Built one on the Internet and decided this is what we wanted, Great choice, but we chose the wrong dealer to do business with.Wednesday, April 4, 2001. The test drive. We travel on Rt. 15/501 to Triangle Mitsubishi. A “on the surface” nice little dealership on Durham. We hunt around and see a Silver Eclipse GT with the Sun & Sound package. Our salesperson comes up, Steve, and...
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