Words by Andy Lilienthal. Photos by Andy and Mercedes Lilienthal Admittedly, when I get the opportunity to get new tires on any of our vehicles, I get excited to see how they’ll perform. This holds especially true with tires that I’ll take off road because there are so many performance variables. It’s not just wet/dry…
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Montana-based Bomber Products produces high-quality, well-designed products from 6061 aircraft grade aluminum. Products that hold your gear and compliment your off-roading, adventuring, thrill-seeking lifestyle. Products like their Overland Storage System, Shove-Lock, or awning mounts called Awn-Lock or Awn-Lock 2.0. For this review we take a look at their Awn-Lock awning mounts.
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Step 1: Buy a Mitsubishi Delica. Step 3: Camp in it. Wait, what’s step 2? Step 2 requires actually coming up with some sort of semi-comfortable campervan setup. No, we haven’t gone all-in yet with cabinetry, permanent water storage, and so on. But, we have come up a with a quick, easy, and pretty comfortable…
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We’ve talked about it before, and here’s a first-hand account of the infamous speed warning chime on our 1989 Mitsubishi Delica Star Wagon (L300).
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We’ve done our first major update to our 1989 Mitsubishi Delica Star Wagon, aka the “Space Tractor,” and it was a much-needed upgrade.
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For years we’ve had a thing for the Mitsubishi Delica. That turbo diesel-powered door wedge of a van, complete with low-range 4WD transfer case, manual transmission, and plenty of space. We’ve seen them for years, but only first drove one in September of 2016 in New Zealand, where we promptly fell in love with them….
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We’re back with another scintillating Crankshaft Culture review. This time, we’re again venturing into the land of all-wheel drive crossovers with the 2017 Mitsubishi Outlander. This is a seven-passenger getaway vehicle, and I’m going to guess it’s the lowest-priced seven-seater on the market.
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A couple weeks ago, Portland got nailed by a 40-year snow storm. P-town rarely gets any snow let alone 12” of the stuff. And wouldn’t you know it, the day before it hits, we take delivery of the 2017 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport. The roads in Portland are terrible during a snow event—like really, really bad….
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