Curbside Classic Outtake: Reinforcing Stereotypes, Again

by Paul Niedermeyer

Published: March 22nd, 2010

curbside classic outtake reinforcing stereotypes again

In our Mitsubishi Eclipse gen1 CC, it was noted that few have survived a certain process of modifications that I have now dubbed being “Eclipsed-Out”. This gen2 example seems well on the way, but it certainly hasn’t arrived at its end-state yet. Interestingly, I have found several more stock gen 1 Eclipses, but hardly an stock gen2s.

Those wheels are way too small, although highly vintage. And there’s room for another spoiler or two. And no fart can! These folks have a long way to go yet. Just don’t ask about that pink and white thing: its either a very strange headrest, or a baby seat. I didn’t get close enough to see, because this was one of the few times ever I was getting an evil eye from the window of the house. As I said: reinforcing stereotypes.

#MitsubishiEclipes #ModdedCars #Spoilers #Wings

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Stingray on Mar 23, 2010

OMG, my eyes hurt. I think it has the fart can already installed. Look closely at the exhaust tips (pointed upward) and the muffler is smaller than the stock unit on those cars. It looks like a work in progress car. In 6 months you should find out it has been painted and maybe different wheels. I bet that Eclipse may be a 420A powered one. Here in Venezuela Mitsubishi imported them, with the Dodge engine. I've been behind some of them in the highway, and considering its vintage, they still run 120MPH without sweating.

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Rnc on Mar 23, 2010

The evil eye relates to those cars being very popular with wanna-be drug dealers (atleast in my area), never understood why someone would live the lifestyle while driving a car that says "please pull me over and search me". Where I work you come over a hill and then hit a speed reduction, the town, county, sled, etc. love using it to do pull/searches and more than not the people being led away in handcuffs are driving some close approx. to above. Two old friends from school who are successful in that field, one drives a buick the other an accura, not difficult.

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