Originally Posted by EvoCarl

No problems

Syncro is starting to crunch now and then in 3rd though, not expensive job and there very easy to work on.

Syncro's are known to wear on the early Evos, probally because of the gearing you really rattle up through the gearbox quickly and 2nd to 3rd in the heat of the moment you tend to just chuck it in .
Actual gearbox is strong though.

Oil change every 4k(6k book i think) , done this with any car I have owned so not a short interval for me.

Another known problem is they tend to tap on startup and sometimes when hot if a oil change is needed, perfectly normal and you can buy uprated lifters to cure the problem if it annoys.
This problem and the syncros are really the only common things I can think of, dont think I have heard of anyone on MLR blow a diff/gearbox.

I would say though that the worst area of the car is the brakes...not Pulsar bad but not far off.They do stop you very well...once or twice
My next upgrade when theres a set finally finished from some of the dealers on MLR.

on the brighter side of things you have a front mount and oil cooler as standard and obviously they run the 4G63 so a endless amount of tuning options.
I also like the steering as its very positive with very few turns needed from lock to lock. I actually noticed in my friends Type r he was having to work the steering wheel alot, far quicker rack on the Evo.
The seats are fantastic and give better support than pretty much any other seat I have sat in

Like I have said before though there not great motoway cars, cruising at 90 would be about 4.5k

as you can probally guess I am very pleased with my choice of car, with friends pulsars eating gearboxes every 5 mins and 2 of my friends losing engines in there scoobs i'm very pleased of how she has stayed in one piece.

Originally Posted by GC8

Twos and threes are little different; the chassis is different on a 2 and 3 which sorts out the slightly wayward handling but you wouldnt ever be likely to establish this for yourself. The 2 and 3, CE9a's are wort nearly twice as much at auction although they dont sell for much more here. The three is the prettiest but if it were my money Id be buying an Evolution 1. Of course; a CM5a new shape Lancer GSR 1800cc Turbo 4WD would be a way better bet for very little more.

Simon

Originally Posted by GC8

We can talk about it if you like; usually I import vehicles to sell rather than to order though. The problem is that it takes a reasonable amount of trust and thats seldom found in used car deals.

There was a beautiful (and very rare) Grade 4 Evo 1 going through today too; todays about over in Japan now though. I nearly bid on it even though I dont have anywhere to park it... Still, there are up to 40,000 cars auctioned every day.


Simon

Originally Posted by scoobydood

I have watched that vid before and If I remember rightly the Evo 1 & 2 suffered really badly from understeer but in the 3 onwards they got it right.

Anyone else remember this vid?

Sadly my Subaru is being sold tomorrow - and driving home for the last time tonight and listening to that flat 4 burble which turns into a roar as the turbo spools up is unbeatable. I swear it's an emotional experience.

I went in a 330hp Evo 6 Sprint not too long ago and it was damn fast. But didn't have the soul of the Impreza. Sorry.