TG03

I am hesitating just a bit, and I was hoping to get some feedback from owners...

I am looking for a high performance car that I can drive year round ( with something like Pilot Sport A/S for winter/rain...)

This will be my only car; my daily driver, road trips, camping, fishing etc...

I am a car guy. I currently drive a heavily moded 98Cobra Must. so I know what its like living with a performance car (heck, I drove my 70 CycloneGT 429CJ daily to college - lots of gas money :-) ) The Cobra gets parked winter/rain and I was thinking the Evo would shine in these conditions (with the right tires), or at least be safer than a normal car. I have see the rally races on tv....

I got stuck in an ice storm with a Subaru once and it pulled me through safely, while others were sliding off the road. That sold me on AWD!

I love the concept of these cars (Evo and STI) - take an econo car and engineer it into a no frills performance car that rivals the european exotics - on a working mans budget!

The Domestics invented this: ala Tempest -> GTO, but now they just make trucks....

Thanks for any advice/suggestions/comments!!!!

-Steve

Boosted

well technicly i belive the lancer is based on the evo platform but anyways.... this car is awsom in the dry and wet, but it needs different tires in the snow or sub 32 degree temps other than that it rules

TG03

Thanks Boosted! Thats what I was hoping to hear!

But: "technicly i belive the lancer is based on the evo platform".. I dont understand? I thought the lancer was the base car. Sorry, I am new the world of Mistu!

revhappy

As long as you have a decent set of winter tires, you should be fine. Its plenty practical, if you need to haul stuff too. More importantly the car is a blast. As far as I'm concerned, there isn't a car anywhere near its price that matches its combination of power, handling and braking.

Enjoy!

TG03

Thanks revhappy! I can already see myself in the drivers seat....
a Recaro!!! I have always real Recaro's....

Diesel

iTrader: (8)

i'm kinda skeptical about the snow handling this thing will do when the time comes...

even though it's AWD, there almost 300hp you're putting down... ya know...?

i'll be investing in some really good all weather tires when December comes around...

no trunk pass through kinda sucks, but the car is wider than you expect and things do fit in side to side pretty well...

gas mileage sucks, but you're already aware of that... 17mpg... to me, that sucks, but that's part of the price of admission...

car is too quiet stock... sounds like a regular Lancer unless you are under boost all the time... needs a catback something bad...

best bacng for the performance buck avaialable... and NO, the SRT4 is not it... sure it'll run a 14sec 1/4 mile, but it's nowhere near the class of the EVO...

TG03

Thanks Diesel....
yeah, I was thinking the back seat was big enough for most things....

I am not sure how high power cars and snow mix either - I am from So Cal originally.... Sounds kinda fun though : )

alex_alex

iTrader: (7)

well, the EVO is a powerful car no doubt, but we're not talking about the traction breaking muscle-car like power in larger displacement engines. The EVO's power comes later on in the band, and certainly not instantaneously.

Thus, if youre gentle, the EVO isn't any different from a 140-150hp AWD car on the road.

BigBoogieman

It really does feel like a 2L engine if you keep it below 3k. I'm a bit worried about how it's going to be in the snow though, because once you get over 3k it really wants to take off, even without a lot of throttle. Fun as hell in the Summer though

Really a great all-purpose car when you want it to be. In fact, the only thing that sucks about it in that regard is the rear seat not folding down, I can't fit my bike in there. But that's not such a big deal, because who the hell wants to stop driving the Evo to ride a bike? The back seat is pretty big though, you could probably stuff alot in there.

MaxR

iTrader: (3)

you'll be surprised at how a good snow tire like a nokian can hookup. its like you are on gravel instead of snow.

shadrach

My GSX was awesome in the snow (the one year it actually saw the winter) so I can only assume the EVO will perform even better...

954DRGSR

iTrader: (2)

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VanillaEps

Definatelty going to need a roof rack in the winter for snowboards. Those won't fit in the trunk with all bags, coats, and snowboard wear.

Mychael99

Yeah, I can imagine that it must be pretty good in the winter. I used to own a 98 GSX Eclipse and it was awsome in the snow/ice. My 328I I have now is terrible in the snow....not like it snows too much in Albuquerque though! Pretty much perfect high performance driving weather all year round!

EvoHopeful

iTrader: (1)

so is the lancer based off of the evo or the other way around. I need to clear this up.