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Old Dec 4, 2011, 01:29 AM
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Evo as your daily driven car?
How many of you use your Evo as your daily driven car?
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Old Dec 4, 2011, 03:11 AM
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Have been doing it for just shy of five years now, although am admittedly longing for something more comfortable as a DD
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Old Dec 4, 2011, 03:32 AM
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How many miles do you have on your Evo?
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Old Dec 4, 2011, 03:35 AM
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Just rolled 85k, had it since new
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I have daily driven my Evo IX since I bought it new in November 2005. It's currently got about 67000 miles on the clock. No issues at all (other than the ones I created).
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I have daily driven my Evo IX since I bought it new in November 2005. It's currently got about 67000 miles on the clock. No issues at all (other than the ones I created).
Haha exactly
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Originally Posted by mistergomez316
How many of you use your Evo as your daily driven car?
I do.... and i want to keep it like that, the car is just fun to drive even if it is to go and back from work.
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DD for 6 years minus the part where it sat for a few months.. I went crazy on the stock block with E85 and an HTA Green.. snapped a rod in half.

I'm thinking this is the last winter I'll be driving it.. looking for something not so modified for my DD.. if I was gonna do it over I'd do small cams, small injectors and stock ECU for a DD, plus either a push-style clutch or a single plate... but I'm not ready to call it quits with the speed-bug so I'm not planning on de-modding my evo

If I didn't need a truck or something bigger to haul stuff I'd really be thinking about buying another Evo to daily.. when you don't mod the #$^ out of them, they are such a good daily driver and can't be beat in the winter on snows.
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werent you at 221k? now youve added 40k!? nice man

I daily mine all the time and I have an fpblack with s2 lopey cams. No issues
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werent you at 221k? now youve added 40k!? nice man

I daily mine all the time and I have an fpblack with s2 lopey cams. No issues
Not to thread jack,but yes, I drive my car about 100-120 miles a day. Work is 45 miles away, plus where I drive to work on other cars on the side.

The thing is that if the car isn't used, stuff goes bad. I'm not talking about wear, just little things like corrosion and people forget that rubber breaks down.

Some of you might remember when I built the block at 209K.


Still going strong, thanks to this forum..
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