# RHD? LHD? LeMons Mitshubishi does neither. **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [March 21, 2010, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rhd-lhd-lemons-mitshubishi-does-neither/251010 "2010-03-21T11:20:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2010, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rhd-lhd-lemons-mitshubishi-does-neither/251010/1 "2010-03-21T11:20:32Z")
> **[Why Didn’t Mitsubishi Offer a Mid-Drive Position On The Mirage?](http://jalopnik.com/5497920/why-didnt-mitsubishi-offer-a-mid+drive-position-on-the-mirage)** > ``` > ![http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/12/2010/03/500x_mid-drive_mirage-action-front-500px.jpg](http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/12/2010/03/500x_mid-drive_mirage-action-front-500px.jpg) > > ``` > We’ve been led to believe that the driver’s seat on street cars should be one side or the other, but _why?_ Team Mid-Drive Crisis converted their LeMons Mirage to mid-drive, and we can see that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. > With a front-wheel drive car that uses a cable-operated shifter, you’ve already got a flat floor and no weird shift linkage to build, so the conversion isn’t _quite_ as hellish as it might be. Team Mid-Drive Crisis did a very clean conversion, with slick quick-release steering wheel and everything. > > I got into the driver’s seat during the [Gator-O-Rama 24 Hours of LeMons](http://jalopnik.com/tag/24hoursoflemonstexas/) BS Inspection, and the improved perspective was amazing. That got me to thinking: wouldn’t this be even better on a daily driver? Sure, you’d lose one passenger seat, but you’d be able to see and reach everything on the dash, you’d be better protected from T-bone wrecks, and you’d get true stereo from your sound system. You could even put a couple of skinny seats flanking your captain’s chair and _increase_ your passenger-hauling capacity, just like [those crazy Frenchmen at Matra did.](http://jalopnik.com/285933/200+proof-french-automotive-madness-matra-bagheera) > > By all accounts, the Mid-Drive Crisis Mirage was a blast to drive at [MSR Houston](http://msrhouston.com/), and the double-takes it got from spectators provided entertainment all weekend. > > Well, not really _all_ weekend, because LeMons Mitsubishis nearly always blow up. In fact, Mitsubishi may well be the least reliable LeMons marque; in this case, the engine let go on Saturday, knocking the Mid-Drivers out for much of the weekend and relegating them to [83rd place out of 122.](http://jalopnik.com/5480659/the-top-122-lemons-of-the-24-hours-of-lemons-texas/gallery/83) Still, we see great potential for this concept. Mid-drive Eldorado, anyone? > [Mid-Drive Crisis Mitsubishi Mirage](http://jalopnik.com/5497915/mid+drive-crisis-mitsubishi-mirage/gallery/8) Pretty crafty :eek2 ---
**Author:** ![JClark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jclark/32/6309_2.png) [@JClark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JClark)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2010, 2:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rhd-lhd-lemons-mitshubishi-does-neither/251010/2 "2010-03-21T14:02:34Z")
On its roof in under 20 laps. ---
**Author:** ![Boxersix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxersix/32/6327_2.png) [@Boxersix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boxersix)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rhd-lhd-lemons-mitshubishi-does-neither/251010/3 "2010-03-21T16:32:38Z")
Sweet, because it’s totally difficult to follow a proper line from the left side of the car at 65mph. But you get away with this in LeMons shitboxes. Can’t wait for this season.