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Dec 24, 2005, 09:59 PM
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New to evolutionm.net!
Hello everybody. My name is Justin and I reside in Upstate, NY. I have gone through 2 cars in the past year before finally settling myself down with my 2005 Evo VIII. I had a 2004 VW R32 with the VF Engineering Stage I Supercharger System...a great car to own but not a great car to try to build unless you want to really dig deep into the motor and do a ton of overhauling. From there I went to a weekend track superstar in a 2005 Lotus Elise HRM Edition. I owned the Lotus for about 2 months before I drew tired of it's impracticality. Amazing car to drive, not an amazing car to drive to work 
So I sold that and was left with my 1996 VW Jetta Trek Edition and the itch for a performance vehicle. I wanted something that would be somewhat comfortable, a great drivers car, and somewhat practical. It shook down to either the STi or the EVO...and well here I am! A local dealer actually had ONE 05 VIII left...Lightning Yellow with the Sun & Sound Package +...great package! I enjoy the leather along with the Infinity System, Glass Roof, and HID Headlights. My only mods thus far are a turbo timer w/ harness, oil pressure, and boost gague. I recently ordered the MR Manifold, o2 Housing, Downpipe, Cat-Delete Pipe, and Cat-Back Exhaust. Future mods include a BMC Drop-In Filter Element, 2.5" Injen Intercooler Plumbing, Perrin MBC, ECUTek w/ Delta Dash, KTR Performance Dyno Tune, Braided Clutch Line, Braided Brake Lines, and a master set of bushings from Energy Suspension. From there it's just drive and enjoy time. No urge to dig too deep, been there in the past and don't want to cause the problems at home with the old lady again about having motors torn apart and cars laying around that I can't drive 
Defenitely great to be here though and look forward to getting to know you all!
Regards,
Justin
So I sold that and was left with my 1996 VW Jetta Trek Edition and the itch for a performance vehicle. I wanted something that would be somewhat comfortable, a great drivers car, and somewhat practical. It shook down to either the STi or the EVO...and well here I am! A local dealer actually had ONE 05 VIII left...Lightning Yellow with the Sun & Sound Package +...great package! I enjoy the leather along with the Infinity System, Glass Roof, and HID Headlights. My only mods thus far are a turbo timer w/ harness, oil pressure, and boost gague. I recently ordered the MR Manifold, o2 Housing, Downpipe, Cat-Delete Pipe, and Cat-Back Exhaust. Future mods include a BMC Drop-In Filter Element, 2.5" Injen Intercooler Plumbing, Perrin MBC, ECUTek w/ Delta Dash, KTR Performance Dyno Tune, Braided Clutch Line, Braided Brake Lines, and a master set of bushings from Energy Suspension. From there it's just drive and enjoy time. No urge to dig too deep, been there in the past and don't want to cause the problems at home with the old lady again about having motors torn apart and cars laying around that I can't drive Defenitely great to be here though and look forward to getting to know you all!Regards,
Justin
Dec 24, 2005, 10:06 PM
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Advice well taken. Have already been putting that girl through her paces searching for opinions and experiences with MR products. Works like a charm! Nothing like a good intra-forum search engine to get Christmas started properly.
Dec 25, 2005, 09:13 AM
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Actually no, no snow
I garage the car for the winter and drive my Volkswagen. I drive roughly an hour to and from work 5 days a week and don't want to run up unnecessary miles on the car if I can avoid it. Plus, I don't think the AO46's would much appreciate the snow! I did take it out on an icy day in a local parking lot just to play, and it was very VERY enjoyable with the cars diff. set to snow...even with the performance tires I was able to get some okay traction and rip off some hot laps around the lot
I garage the car for the winter and drive my Volkswagen. I drive roughly an hour to and from work 5 days a week and don't want to run up unnecessary miles on the car if I can avoid it. Plus, I don't think the AO46's would much appreciate the snow! I did take it out on an icy day in a local parking lot just to play, and it was very VERY enjoyable with the cars diff. set to snow...even with the performance tires I was able to get some okay traction and rip off some hot laps around the lot
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Originally Posted by kevin
Welcome to evom... the only advice i can give you is to use the search button..
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