You know you've pushed your EVO X too hard when...

Shift518 Automotive
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…your accelerator pedal breaks clean off. Actually, the owner of this 2008 Mitsubishi EVO X GSR swears he wasn’t caning the car excessively hard when his go pedal snapped in two. Posted on the evolutionm.net forums by ‘DRAG’, these pictures show the severed pedal in question. DRAG claims he was at a stoplight at the time (in front of some STI owners, no less) when he started to leave the light with a little “enthusiasm”. As he pushed the GSR’s accelerator to the floorboards, the thing’s plastic arm broke off clean. Clearly frustrated with his $40,000+ automobile, DRAG called the dealer and waited for some roadside assistance that never came. To make a long story short, Mitsubishi refused to replace the pedal under warranty, but the dealership decided to pick up the tab anyway. Hopefully Mitsubishi doesn’t view this case as an isolated incident caused by someone pushing their EVO too hard, because A) you should be able to push an EVO really hard and B) EVOs have been pushed to their limits while being tested by members of the automotive press and we’ve never heard of anything like this happening.

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what does this have to do with motorcycles?

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Uhh. And yes dumb ass me posted this in the wrong thread.

This is why I my job should block this website. :idiots

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Yeah, Just noticed that as you posted that actually.

I’m a retard. Bottom line.

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How is this relevant to motorcycles, or was he racing a motorcycle when this happened?

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Neither, I tried to delete it to put it where it belongs… but I can’t. Some mod help would be appreciated. :sad

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That’s actually pretty cheezy that theyre plastic in the first place :wtf and it’s even more retarded that he was pushing THAT hard to break it :wtf

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seriously though… plastic pedals?!? Keeping costs down in one thing, but this is insane. I’m gonna double check when I get home, but I’m pretty sure evo VIIIs are metal

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:crackup at you checking your pedals :lol

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I don’t wanna come on here and thrash mitsu for being cheap bastards on the X if I have the same shit. But I’m am 98% sure they are metal. I was under the dash this past weekend and I think I woulda noticed.

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I asked my buddy about his Evo, he said they are metal.

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old picture, i saw that on Vortex of all places, as well has EvoM.net the VW pedals are poly carbonate as well, im sure it was just a bad batch… evo 8/9 are metal i think. its federally mandated that all brake pedals be rolled steel

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My clutch, and gas pedal are both plastic.

Pretty sure almost every manufacturer uses some sort of plastic composite for their pedal arms, except the brake of course.

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just to clarify…what does this have to do with motorcycles?

JK :slight_smile: lol

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Hey, my retardedness got fixed. It got moved. :lol

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well, thank god, because did you konw this thread does not belong in this area? :slight_smile:

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I dooooo. And now I know not to be on the phone with a client and try to make a new thread.
I pretty much suck at multi tasking.

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sounds like a personal problemo…muahahaha

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my old principal told me only women can multitask :lol

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Yeah, I pretty much failed BIG TIME at being a woman on that one. :lol