jimbrit

Exactly. Hence me owning an Evo now.

Its horses for courses and the Evo suits me fine. The previous owner (who has posted in this thread , Hi Greg ) preferred what the Subaru had/has to offer and you cant knock anyone for preferring one car to another. Both have good and bad points but as far as running costs go I'm not sure there is an awful lot in it unless you do more than 10k miles a year


p.s lol @ the irony that the evo owner gets the corner

wanted

WTF!

Of all the replys on here, your train of thought takes you to a reply like that.

If this is the way you think there must be something wrong, I am certainly not going to just sit here and ignore a comment like that

stilover

As I see it, and from reading many road tests, the STi has more understeer. The Evo has more Oversteer. Went up against a Evo 6 last year on a back road when I had my Focus RS. I'm not lying, I was right up with him. His car was oversteering round most corners. I could see him applying opposite lock. For me, it seams like too much hard work. I personaly prefer a car to understeer more than oversteer, hence why I went for an STi. Lets not forget though that the MY05 STi has the `Spec C` suspension settings, which improves handling, cornering, etc over the MY04 STi.
Also the other issues which made me buy a STi instead of a Evo were the service intervals. Having to have the damn thing serviced every 4500 miles would get on my nerves. I also prefered the looks of the STi, both externally and internally.

So, which ever one you prefer the look of, get that one, cos in the real world with both cars driven by Joe Public, there's nothing in them. A STi PPP would stay whith a FQ340. Only on track, or if you stick a couple Ralley drivers in them would you se the difference. In my humble opinion.

STilover

THOMO

the focus rs is a great handling car ,thats no suprise to me you kept up with a evo 6.the evo6 would leave it for dead in a straight line though.

Gary C

Now that is odd, My EVO would oversteer at lower speeds in a very controlled fasion but as the speed climbed, the car goes very neutral.

If an EVO 6 could not out run a focus RS then I would humbly suggest either a faulty AYC (hence the oversteer) or a poor driver. Also, its much easier to follow than to lead.

One thing I found about driving an EVO is not to 'pre-correct', it often feels as if the back is going to step out as the yaw rates increase and its easy to start to apply some corrective steering rather than leave it to the AYC. Once you know what it can do, you can cover ground at an amazing rate.

Peanuts

iTrader: (15)

I was at WRC tech this sunday lunchtime and I made more PAW than an MR340.
pointless, but I felt a little chuffed and with the suspension mods and lower power to weight I realised that scoobs can be coaxed into being a much better prospect than they are ever given credit for.

wwp8

actually that is quite true

in 2001, when i got my car i was parked up on sneinton (nott'm) [don't ask]
when a couple of kids was across the road staring at me (maybe 5-6 in early teens)
i thought to myself "what are they doing"
after a few minutes they wasn't there, instead they was behind my car,

one of them tapped my window, offered ME £5 to give them a ride up the road. i said NO, (then was about 5 minutes of conversation of why not) then they said can i rev the car for them to listen (std zorst at that time)
, i then made an excuse to leave, and they said can i run up the road quickly , i said i can't they maybe police around,
then he walked up the road and said it's ok theres none around
so...... just to satisfy them ...................

THOMO

Dont understand the point your trying to make.
Whats your car ?
Has it any mods ?
Did you know the MR 340 runs more than 340 infact nearer 350 STANDARD
And tell me what standard impreza runs more than 340 standard anyway
No- one said the impreza is a bad car its a great car.

scoobyboy1

iTrader: (16)

How come everyone seems to compare the MR FQ340 to the STi, I would have thought a Spec C and a FQ340 would be a more or a close call between evo and scooby as they seem to be the same price and performance etc. I would like to see how evo and scooby would compare from the list below.

FQ400 V Type 25

FQ340 V Spec C

FQ320 V WR1

FQ300 V WRX STi

VIII 260 V WRX

wwp8

i disagree the fq400 has 405 bhp compared to the t25 at 350
and t25 isn't an official car from subaru


maybe like this


FQ340 V WR1

FQ320 V Spec C

FQ300 V WRX STi ppp

VIII 260 V WRX STi

MJW

The thing that's putting me off buying the Evo is not so much the cost of the servicing, but the inconvenience of having to trail to the dealers every 4,500 miles just to have the fluids changed in the part of the car that prevents me from killing myself. Do other Evo owners admit this sours ownership ?

scoobyboy1

iTrader: (16)

I didnt think the FQ400 was a official Mitsubishi car either, I might be wrong but im sure it was like the T25 and was built from a specialist company.

wwp8

really? never knew that BUT t25 are only available at litchfields
whilst 400 are available at mits

wanted

The FQ400 is an official Mitsubishi car, and comes with a 3year/36,000miles Mitsubishi warranty.

Shimy Type R

Every one seems to be moaning about the service intervals on an Evo being to often at 4500k...In my personal opinion, I dont see this as being to bad for a car that (for instance an Evo 6) is pushing 280-300 Bhp out of the factory!?

If so many people are moaning about the servicing, it leads me to my next question, how often do you service your scooby!? Cause for a high performance car like a scooby, that in most peoples case's on here are already modified from factory spec, 4500k service for your oils is realy what you should be doing anyway

And then people wonder why so many scoobys need re-building due to cranks going...

And wtf is with that "crush her" who made that sick twisted comment!?
I'd like to see what he drives?

Shimy.

SPEN555

Wot about FQ400 vs Prodrive WRC

The Chief

TYPE 25

MattW

Remember the WR1 has 5000 mile service intervals as well.

IMO, and from experience(Positives only):

Evo:
Quicker, more focused, better interior especially the seats in Leather , less common, more discreet.

Impreza:
Cheaper to run (mpg, insurance, servicing, consumables all totalled).

Sold the Evo to buy something more economical for a new job, maybe wouldn't have sold the Impreza if I had still owned it.

nickejmartin

2 p1s, 1 sti, 2 evos

Evo to go for if you can afford it. 18000 mile service plus new alloys and tyres, £2300. Totally and utterly rewarding though.

Both are fantastic cars, but i could use my Subarus every day for 3 years without a problem. The Evo is very expensive, so I use a Citreon diesel for work duties, which defeats the point of having a car like these.

Both have been 100% reliable though, although the 4500 mile service interval is staggering on the Evos

But the Evo really does the business for me - just! (apart from the sound which really is poor compared the Scoobies

pabs

Do Evo's need octane booster as well as SU?

compshack

Evo's the uk ones are mapped to 97 RON uk fuel. So no they don't need Octaine booster. I think if you where going to track the car it would be beneficial for the car to use it though.

When I test drove a Evo recently the dealer was running a MR 340 on 95 RON.

It ran OK but all the power was missing it really does make a bit differance.

WR1's have a 5000 mile service point similar to the Evo, but the MY05 Sti which also has a adjustable centre diff has 10000 mile service points?

I would say mpg wise they are similar, but you don't buy either car for that.

crush her

And wtf is with that "crush her" who made that sick twisted comment!?
I'd like to see what he drives?

Shimy.[/QUOTE]

Hit a nerve ?

scoobyboy1

iTrader: (16)

I always get old people ask me about the car, must make me a granny ******* then.

crush her

This is more worrying than i thought, scoobs and Evos encourage necrophilia as well !

Ex_Pug

Fairly recently went from this...



to this



The best way I can think of to describe the difference in driving the two, is to say that the STi was just a little more padded out in every way. All the controls were just a little bit more spongey than on the Evo... which was great when I wanted to do runs down the motorway, but I've sinced moved to an every day car, plus the Evo for weekends. The thing I really miss is the character that the exhaust note brings to the STi (PPP with Afterburner back-box)... it's the one thing the Evo lacks for me.

Couldn't tell you for certain which one I prefer on looks though!

ex-webby

I would certainly be willing to put my Spec C against a FQ340 through some track tests and normal performance tests.

Regards,
Shaun.

SC008Y_MAD

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Their is not many other cars that have that wonderfull flat four burble is there!

mid_life_crisis

Big question for sure, two insanely capable cars that cost relatively little money (that’s relative to exotica). My first Scooby was a WRX PPP 04, simply loved it but wanted more of the same so the choice really was between 05 STi PPP or Evo FQ320. I thought long and hard about it and decided, rightly or wrongly, that the Evo was almost without character while the STi had real character, something that is missing in a lot of Japanese cars. Having bought a new 05 STi I have absolutely no regrets what so ever, I simply love the car

s70rjw

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I've never driven an Evo. Watched the Impreza hatch and develop and always loved them.The noise made it for me.Bought a Scoob and now I'm hooked. Only you can decide. Both are superb cars. I can only comment on the Impreza as above. Good luck

New_scooby_04

iTrader: (4)

WOW!! Those are two of the finest looking examples of a Scooby and EVO I've ever seen. Normally I'd maintain that the scooby is better looking, but that Evo looks the nuts too!!

Lucky man!

NS04