Mitsubishi Owners Day 2009
 

Today I went to Mitsubishi Owners Day 2009 at the Mitsubishi headquarters in Cypress. It was my first real import show and I didn't know exactly what to expect. I have to say though that I came away very impressed. The show was very well organized and everyone driving in the parking lots and in the immediate area of the show were behaving themselves (it was nice to not see anyone doing any stupid burnouts or anything). When I got to the show they gave me a free goody bags with all kinds of nice stuff in it. Everyone who attended also got a free lunch from In-n-Out.

Once we got in the show I think I saw more Evo's than I've ever seen in my life. They ranged from basically stock to 700+hp monsters. There were also a variety of other Mitsu's including 3000GT's, Starion's, Eclipse's, and of course the awesome Galant VR4's. All in all I have to give Mitsubishi a ton credit for putting on one hell of a show - I just hope it isn't quite as hot next year :suicide:

Here are some pictures:







It's hard to see but this particular 3000GT has over 600AWHP :surrender:

Cool. :bigthumbsup: Was this put on by Mitsu?

Yes, and they really did an excellent job organizing. It's probably the best show of this nature I've been to. Super Chevy is alright but it's really expensive to get into, and then the food is very expensive on top of it. Fabulous Fords is probably the closest thing organizationally, but even that isn't quite as organized as this was. This show was free, well run, and you get free In-n-out. It doesn't get much better than that :bigthumbsup:

Were there any other DSMs there, like the Stealth or Talon, or was it all Mitsu?

This is Ryan Gates car. Did you happen to see him or talk to him? His car is badass on a roadcourse.

No, he was kind of mobbed in his booth. The car was pretty damn impressive though.

That car is only 2700lbms

That's because it is gutted and has carbon fiber doors, hood, front fenders, trunk and roof. :thumbs_up:

Was he in the competition with you?

I don't know if you guys remember me commenting about the EVO X that passed me at Buttonwillow a while back, but that is the car.

I think you said something like, "I've only been passed by an Evo once . . . it came on a trailer."

I do remember. Did you ever talk to the guy? Is he cool?

Yeah I did talk to him afterwards with the rest of the HPDE group. He was cool.

Yes, he was in the Castrol challenge. The car is sweet. Last year he was the NASA TT-A National Champion.

I was at MOD with my POS 02 Eclipse. I actually won a set of 5Zigen lug nuts (which are super light and $150), a free K&N oil filter (I use them on the Goat anyways), and some other crap. They kinda sucked this year though, they were way better 2 years ago.

Do you mean the show sucked or that the give away stuff sucked? I actually thought the show was really good - just really hot :o

The raffle sucked for one, unless you have an Evo, even the chances of winning something is pretty slim. And the first year I went, Mitsubishi gave a ton of stuff away. They didnt unveil anything this year. Last year was the RA-1, year before was the Concept Evo. You could definetely see they got less funding this year.

Bummer. This was my 1st year going so I didn't know any of that. I know Mitsubishi (like the rest of the industry) is hurting pretty bad right now though...

Rumors are that this one will be there last one.