I don't know if this has been brought up or not but has anyone else noticed that the turning radius on the ralliart sucks. I used to drive a civic and I can make U turns with no problem but with the ralliart, I find that the turing circle is terrible. I was told by the Mitsubishi dealer that it was because of the sport suspension but I wasn't really sure if that was the reason. Let me know if anyone else feels the same way.

 

You have a ebrake use it.......


There are mini vans out there that have better radius.

 

I never noticed, but probably because I don't usually do tight u-turns, only those big "Michigan lefts"

 

That sports suspension is bs, because it applies to the ES and OZ aswell.

I thought I was the only only one that felt this way, I can never make a U-turn on a normal street with 2 lanes(with no median). I always try but I end up just backing up, its annoying I think it might even be worse than my SUV.

Also, I remember when Top Gear reviewed the Evo FQ400 the guy went on and on about how crappy the Evo's turning radius was.

 

I don't know... The TME in that evo tribute vid seemed to be turning pretty good
I'd have to agree that without awd or aggressive use of the ebrake, we aint making no 2 lane u-turns without thinking about it first and swinging wide.

 

wow i guess u guys just cant make a simple uturn...lol i seem to have to problem with a 2 lane u turn...but i guess everyone has there own ways of doin things.

 

power slide with the ebrake...its fun. I also wish they had made a closer lock to lock ration. I think the RA is 2.8 lock to lock. This is a bit slow. something like a 2.3 would kick but. I find it bothersome in autox when I do tight slaloms

 

I had a del sol before and yeah, that was one of my first gripes with the ralliart. The turn radius isn't that great. However, you can still make u turns. I do use the E-brake on occasion but thats not really practical for normal driving.

 

Yeah, the turning radius is way worse than my old 91-92 Sentra's. Its about the same as my dad's MDX

 

The ralliarts TR is nothing compared to my old eclipse, you simply COULD NOT do U-turns in it.

 

it is bad but its not made for u turns, its made for slammin gears, pulling the ebrake, and hauling @$$

 

The Turning Diameter(ft) of the most popular cars according to carpoint.com is:

Lancer Ralliart: 37.40

Lancer OZ/ES: 33.50

Mazda3 SP: 34.10

Evo MR: 38.70

Civic EX: 35.40

Civic Si: 37.40

Sentra SE-R: 38.40

Corolla XRS: 35.20

 

i have no problem making U turns on a two lane street. our turning radius is worse than the 02-03s cause i think the 04+ lancers have a longer wheelbase. if you having a hard time making U turns here's my advice: accelerate hard, swing the wheel off to the right a bit, turn sharply to the left and pull the e-brake, complete the 180 and drive off like nothing happened. lol

 

If you do that please video tape it.

 

^it's sounds fun but i'm afraid it will brake something