I had to laugh about this today. I bought a new tool box so he sorted it all out and arranged it for me. Then everytime I put a tool down he put it away, that wasnt such a good thing but it was a nice thing to do. [sm=smiley36.gif]

 

You got to stop your killing me.

 

Here are some pics of the hitch I got from the dealer when I got my Outlander. It was a dealer installed option, so looking at the previously posted pics, I may have gotten an aftermarket one. My only complaint about the hitch is that it sticks out too far from the rear bumper of the car. When the ball is on the hitch, the lower tailgate will hit it, so you can't open it with the ball attached. Sorry about the dirt

 

Its hard to compare from the picture on mitsubishi's website. It looks the same and then again the one on the website tends to look a bit thinner. It appears that they stick out the same distance. Looks good though.

 

Genuis design there..........erm, not.

Yeah Lotus is awesome. I never really wasa huge fan until my brother got one and he let me drive it. Although i never really got to push the car i loved it. Awesome experiance

 

Thanks for putting up the pics. It really really helped. From looking at the hitch and the way they brought it back on itself Im betting it has to do with the load on the suspension and vehicle weight offset because they do rate the max tongue weight a tad highter than the normal 200lbs. Which if not set up right can lift the front too much.

They also shortened one side of the part that mounts to the truck to clear the muffler.

My regular hitch guy said he would call me when the hitches are available aftermarket, sometimes that means they arent set up as well for the vehicle as the OEM ones are.
Im pretty sure yours is OEM so the pics help me to make sure I get whats right for the outie.

What do you tow? Have you towed yet and how was it?

This is what I tow, It will be interesting to see how tiny the outie looks with it behind. Its actually a boat but at the time it was a float for the local rec center kids.

 

Actually, I haven't even towed anything with it. The wiring harness isn't even hooked up, because when I brought it in to have the hitch installed (it came in the same day the car did, and they didn't have time to install it) I was in the middle of moving and had the back of the car filled with stuff. I still have yet to bring it in and have the installation completed. I really don't have anything that I will be towing regularly...the only thing that comes to mind might be a trailer with some atv's or something like that. I wish I had some more information about the ride while towing, but I don't, as right now mine's only for looks [8D].

 

Heres an update so far.

This is the conclusion I have come to regarding Mitsu corp and comparing my past experience with GM.

Mitsu may not have come up with a perfect vehicle, heck first gens always have issues even when you leave the world of vehicles (Ive repaired equipment for 20 yrs) You want a nightmare just be a tech on a first gen copy machine [:@]

The difference with Mitsubishi is that they try and resolve their issues in a timely manner. It only took them 4 months to come out with a TSB on the bearings. And they dont seem to be hassleing anyone over it.

Compared to my GM 3.4LV6 engine that they use in just about everything. That GM engine had a history of failing manifold gaskets for 8 freakin years before they even bothered to do anything about them. In 2003 they finally redesigned the gasket, it was sheer just plain laziness or lack of caring or both. I know this because the aftermarket gaskets had allready studied the issue and redesigned their own. I paid $1000 to use an aftermarket gasket rather than for GM to put in the same exact crappy gasket.

And if that doesnt **** a person off I found out today that my 12 yr old GM truck has a leaky manifold gasket, fortunately this one leaks the coolant out of the engine instead of filling the oil with coolant like my other GM engine did. Did they learn NO!

Ok so Im done ranting about GM [:'(]

They have ordered the bearings andfoam for the noisy mirror that just showed up the other day. Strangely it didnt sound the way I expected.

The dealer reset the memory to clear the "learned" driving memory, this seems to have improved the lag in 2nd gear. I also got to drive a Sonata while theOutie was being looked at it has a delay in 2nd however its not as long. Ill drive it for a while and see if it doesnt sort itself out.

It was kinda fun at the gas station I had quite the fan club, showed people the Outie, one guy even had a new Envoy said he wanted his dad to get an outie
They all commented on how much room there is and how nice it looks.

I even had to laugh at myself, I was wondering if I should have gotten the Aqua even though the other choicesI had, most everyone likes, I didnt care for.

So Im waiting for them to pull the outie around looking into the bay when I catch a glimpse of this vehicle that I thought looked pretty cool and the color looked good too.
I walk over to the window to see what it was, it was then that I realized it was my own car *doh* So I guess I do like the color [sm=smiley29.gif]

 

Interesting...

Note to self: GM = Garbage Makers

 

I've done my share of upper intake gaskets on pontiacs/buicks/chevy's.

welcome to the forum, i've read this thread and you really know your stuff.
The tool guys comments have me in stitches.