Anybody here buy an Evo not knowing what it was?
Aug 18, 2006, 04:10 PM
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I am sure it has happened. I walked in with some idea, but was amazed after I drove it. I had an 02 mustang gt. I read about the Evo in Sport Compact Cars 8 great rides under 30k. Then I saw one and just had to get one. I did a little research online to find out a little more about it. It has exceded my expectations.
Aug 18, 2006, 04:23 PM
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I knew very little about it until I read a feature in Road & Track in '02 regarding great handling cars--this was before Mitsu began selling Evos here. In that article an Evo V// placed 4th or 5th (ahead of: M3, Z06, Boxster...). Subsequently, a couple of weeks later my wife read in another mag that Mitsu was considering exporting the Evo to America, she showed me the picture and said, 'Here's our next car."
Aug 18, 2006, 04:30 PM
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Originally Posted by MeKilla
the name of the moviie you are thinking of is 2fast 2furious. i bought my evo the day after i saw this movie as well. we should get together sometime and street race. my blow off valve is on its way and i just got my nitrous kit installed!
Both those posts are funny as hell!!!!!
Aug 18, 2006, 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Obi Juan
I bought it after i saw this movie about street racing... i forget the movies name but it was pretty cool. I just ordered my neon lights and decals for my car they should be ariving next week.
Sorry, meant this^^ one too!!
Aug 18, 2006, 04:41 PM
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C'mon....say it isn't so.....kids getting a car they know nothing about and have no idea how to handle....that probably explains all the 'wrecked' threads around here.
Aug 18, 2006, 04:49 PM
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Im sure somone has. The thing is they would'nt be on this site. There's an older lady in my town w/ a IX MR that never even looks up when we pass on the road. I wave every time though
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Im sure somone has. The thing is they would'nt be on this site. There's an older lady in my town w/ a IX MR that never even looks up when we pass on the road. I wave every time though
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as far as some random person buying an evo not knowing anything about it; im sure it has happened... Can you really blame them? Its a pretty bad *** looking car.
Aug 18, 2006, 04:51 PM
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on here, i say NO. wouldn't be in this forum not knowing aything about the car. and if there was someone who missed the movie, missed the commercials, don't play video games, and never picked a car magazine, they wouldn't be walking into a mitsu with 30k in hand looking for a performance machine.
Aug 18, 2006, 04:52 PM
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knew everything about the car before i bought it. I had to let the dealer know about all the specs and exactly what a evo was. I walked in and i told him im looking to buy an evo..... he then asked " 2 or 4 door" i chuckled with a reply "4door" thinkin he maybe made an honest mistake he then asked "auto or manual" i broke out laughing and asked "have you ever even seen or know what an evolution is", he said "well no not really" so lets just say i sold it to myself cause it damm sure wasnt the salesperson. i then walked him outside and showed him my evo and explained every detail to him. lets just say his boss wasnt too happy........i even got a 5,550 dealer incentive due to some misprint on the sales brochure in the paper............LOL
Aug 18, 2006, 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by gsrboi80
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Im sure somone has. The thing is they would'nt be on this site. There's an older lady in my town w/ a IX MR that never even looks up when we pass on the road. I wave every time though .
Im sure somone has. The thing is they would'nt be on this site. There's an older lady in my town w/ a IX MR that never even looks up when we pass on the road. I wave every time though
.i saw a lady in her 40's stop next to me at a red light with a Rally Red Evo... she had the music blasting and her 2 kids in the back jummping up and down on the seats... i asked her how did she like the car... she said: "this is the best car in the world" and her kids were like " yeah mom...go, go, go ..." LOL
Aug 18, 2006, 05:53 PM
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I've often wondered about this myself. I personally knew quite a bit about this car before I bought it. I'm sure that there are at least a few people who have gone to the dealership and impulse-bought an Evo after seeing it for the first time on the showroom floor.