Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 6:31 pm
Beowulf, how about #4: People who think the Z-4 is drop-dead sexy and would do almost anything to get one. 
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Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 7:02 pm
Wasn't all that impressed with the RX-8, 1.3 liter rotary engine with no mod capabilities. Nice car, but not for 30k. Checking out the Evo again tonight...
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 7:04 pm
BTW, the WRX sti does a 13.2 qm, and the Evo MR does a 13.4 qm.
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 1:45 am
the WRX is calling you Diddy. answer the call.
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 8:38 am
Go with the EVO all the way. My dad just got one of these, what a monster car! I have a WRX (non-STI) and the handling blows the WRX away IMO. Sure, the EVO is not quite as fast as the STI out of the box, but the handling is superior to just about anything on the road, right up there with high buck 911s. Its easy to upgrade a car to more power, but not so easy to upgrade a car to have perfectly balanced, well sorted out handling. So, quick comparo to the other choices:
RX-8 - handling is very good, maybe as good as the EVO in the fun to drive dept. But power is nowhere near the EVO, and the EVO has really nice recaro seats, 4wd, super high tech traction control etc. You won't be able to hot rod this one to EVO power levels easily.
WRX STI - a great car, but the handling is not quite up to the level of the EVO. Has more power, but that is easily corrected.
BMW - ??? I dunno about this one. I bet the EVO is cheaper!
In addition to the above, you also have the fact that there is a 10 year warrantee on the thing! That's hard to beat, especially with a performance car like this one. The drivetrain and so forth are really solid; in england they have a version of the EVO that has 350hp from the factory, so the american version with 280 has a lot of upgrade headroom.
RX-8 - handling is very good, maybe as good as the EVO in the fun to drive dept. But power is nowhere near the EVO, and the EVO has really nice recaro seats, 4wd, super high tech traction control etc. You won't be able to hot rod this one to EVO power levels easily.
WRX STI - a great car, but the handling is not quite up to the level of the EVO. Has more power, but that is easily corrected.
BMW - ??? I dunno about this one. I bet the EVO is cheaper!
In addition to the above, you also have the fact that there is a 10 year warrantee on the thing! That's hard to beat, especially with a performance car like this one. The drivetrain and so forth are really solid; in england they have a version of the EVO that has 350hp from the factory, so the american version with 280 has a lot of upgrade headroom.
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 11:53 am
Every see the FQ-400 evo?? 400 bhp out of a 2 liter...simply amazing.Sligar wrote:Go with the EVO all the way. My dad just got one of these, what a monster car! I have a WRX (non-STI) and the handling blows the WRX away IMO. Sure, the EVO is not quite as fast as the STI out of the box, but the handling is superior to just about anything on the road, right up there with high buck 911s. Its easy to upgrade a car to more power, but not so easy to upgrade a car to have perfectly balanced, well sorted out handling. So, quick comparo to the other choices:
RX-8 - handling is very good, maybe as good as the EVO in the fun to drive dept. But power is nowhere near the EVO, and the EVO has really nice recaro seats, 4wd, super high tech traction control etc. You won't be able to hot rod this one to EVO power levels easily.
WRX STI - a great car, but the handling is not quite up to the level of the EVO. Has more power, but that is easily corrected.
BMW - ??? I dunno about this one. I bet the EVO is cheaper!
In addition to the above, you also have the fact that there is a 10 year warrantee on the thing! That's hard to beat, especially with a performance car like this one. The drivetrain and so forth are really solid; in england they have a version of the EVO that has 350hp from the factory, so the american version with 280 has a lot of upgrade headroom.