Matteeboy

Just test driven one and it was fan-bloody-tastic!

Stupidly fast, easy to drive (thought it would be a handful) and the grip is insane (it was very wet) - Interior also much improved, steering a joy (super direct) and just felt like the ultimate drivers machine.

I honestly don't think anything could touch it on the twisties, even a supercar.
I want one!

wrx-kris

nice

any pics?

Devildog

Welcome back

Andy M3

I would enjoy one of those too

Matteeboy

No pics I'm afraid and the weather was utterly foul so they wouldn't have been good.

Just felt like a car designed purely for having fun in but also with back seats and a boot.
Would love to buy one but I think it would be hard work to own and run.

The sales guy drove first and he was a total NUTTER!

wayne's scooby

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thats the only down side in the evo, is the running cost apart from that they are spot on

Matteeboy

Indeed - The £35k list price is a bit of a bargain but I reckon servicing alone would rack up several grand a year.

But if any of you get the chance to test one, DO IT.

Unfortunately I have a feeling nothing will ever feel fast again!

v8voodoo

I test drove one too and agree they are very quick and the electronic gizmos are very clever indeed.

The only drawbacks for me were the running costs (as mentioned above), the steering rack was a bit quick for my preferences making a tiring drive if you're not on maximum attack and finally I found the seats a bit uncomfortable, I know I'm a big lad at 16.5 st, but I found they were a bit narrow on the base. Oh, and a touch lacking in personality...

Apart from that, a rather rapid machine. If you're always late and in a rush, got lots of money to run it and are a slim bloke, then it's a great car.

Nige.

Matteeboy

The seats were snug on me - 12st and small arsed too!

the_boy

Several thousadn pounds a year servicing costs, what are the spark plugs made out of 24 carat gold?

I know they need a service every 4500 miles but surely you're only talking an oil change in most instances. For a brand new out of the box car there can't be that much to replace so quickly can there?

Based on say 13, 000 miles a year you're talking 3 services.
Say £800 for the lot?

v8voodoo

I hate quoting Auto Express, but this was on their long term 320

"Even after nearly 15,000 miles of driving, you never get used to the thrust provided by the turbocharged 2.0-litre powerplant that feeds power so effectively through all four tyres. And after we'd had our fun, we handed back the keys to be left with a lot of happy memories... as well as a handful of frightening receipts. A total of three services (one every 4,500 miles) plus a fresh set of tyres came to £1,452.17. What's more, the brake pads are showing considerable wear, and will need to be changed before long.

Then there's the fuel cost. We averaged returns of 21.7mpg overall, which proves the accuracy of Mitsubishi's 22mpg combined economy figure. So if you're going to buy an Evo, it's crucial that you budget for big bills all year round."

scoobyboy1

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Servicing is really bad on the Evo's, Had reciepts from previous owners from my old Evo VII GSR and some of the service bills where over £1k from Mitsubishi. Same goes for changing the AYC oil, unfortunatly it needs changing every 4.500miles and it needs a special tool to change the oil, and guess what only Mitsubishi and some selected garages such as Xtreme(Mitsubishi specialist) have this tool.


If I had to go for another Evo it would be a Evo 9 GT or a Evo 6 or 7 RS, due to it not having that sh1te AYC that needs servicing every 4.500 miles, and personally I think the AYC takes the fun out of driving!!!!!! Dont get me wrong the Evo is a great car its much faster and handles much better then any UK spec scooby I know, but I prefer the drive of the Scooby .

BillyBong

Huh ? I've never spoken to an Evo specialist that hadn't got the MUT tools for the job on the AYC. And the specialist independants, in general, do a much better job than most main stealers for a lot less cash.

The lack of AYC does not make a huge diff to the service costs IME, most services @ CPP (who are fantastic) have cost me between £120 and £260, I only need 2 services a year.

I get 25 MPG in normal driving using all 400HP where conditions and roads allow

Best car I ever owned (had an E7 and a JDM STI before)

Agree to a certain extent re the AYC

J4CKO

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25 mpg, thats contrary to every Evo fuel consumption hoprror story I have ever read !

Matteeboy

Hmmm - I'd say 15-20mpg if driven carefully!

BillyBong

Yes but like others here I have actually owned 2, and a Scooby (which did 18 MPG) rather than taking one for a 30 mins thrash for fun / a magazine

BillyBong

I thought one of the diff mounts on my 7 was fooked 1 time so I took it to CPP to have it looked at. Driving like I was on my test I got 30 MPG !!

john banks

I average 22mpg on my modified IX, just like the M3 and the Scooby.

If you want similar shove to a standard FQ360 on a lower budget, a used Evo VIII MR for about £15k will do nicely. I mapped one for nothing as a favour for a club member in an hour or two, he'd fitted a decat pipe and Walbro pump (£150 spent in all) and spent a few minutes working on the airbox lid. He took it to Dastek and it did over 380 BHP. A similar IX will do 400 BHP.

They are pretty cheap to run for the performance.

BillyBong

Personally I put the decet economy down to the torquey nature of the 4G63 which means you don't need to rev the **** of it to make progress.

BillyBong

Was it standard ? Maybe thats why. I've never had a standard one. Also bear in mind the tank in an Evo is v small, 48 litres I think.

shep ppp

I thought the servicing was now at 9k as the AYC oil does not need changing as often

Hol

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Lets face facts....

You don't buy and EVO or Scooby for fuel economy!


The EVO is a great car in GSR guise. It should have a sticker saying driven by autopilot.

Ive never driven an RS, but I reckon they would be a handful if modified.

BillyBong

Wrong way round mate IMO.

AYC = what the **** is it going to do next, more power = more problems.
GT / RS = Wow this diff is magic, more power = more fun.

Not sure on the 9K servicing TBH.

Dark Blue Mark

Shep is right. Ralliart extended it out.

Supply your own oil and plugs and it becomes more affordable.

Billy, I think the only porblem with AYC is people not knowing how to use it. If you back off in panic while its doing its thing, yes it might well bin you off.

There's a lot of mis information said about Evo's. I think people have to own one for a while to truly comment...

BillyBong

DBMark I would have fully agreed with you re the AYC before I went from a 7 to a 9GT. The way they feel to drive it just totally different, the rear with AYC feels like its skating over the surface and relies on you to trust that it has grip because you can't really tell. With the 9GT you KNOW it is gripping like a biatch because you can feel it.

IMO

Hoppy

I blagged a weekend from heaven when a car magazine had too many cars and not enough drivers. We drove from East Anglia to Wales and inbetween

I drove a WR1 for a couple of hundred miles. Very fast, very comfortable, very easy to drive. Lovely daily driver. My choice

I did a similar distance in an FQ360 and after the initial wow factor, it began to get on my nerves in traffic, town driving etc. But on the open road, why people compare them to Scoobs I don't know. Evo is miles better. Apart from being based on a cheap Jap saloon, they are almost impossible to compare.

However, in between I got a couple of hours in a Noble M400. My first real drive in a proper supercar - 425bhp, light-weight, mid-engined twin-turbo V6.

Jesus H Christ Speed, magic handling, and a sound like you're driving a thunder storm. Made the Evo seem like a three-legged donkey.

Bit if I could only have one, and only one it would have to be the Scoob.

Richard.

BillyBong

Please Sir, may I be your understudy

the_boy

MPG wouldn't bother me as that's what you expect from a car of this calibre.

Servicing every 9000 miles sounds even better.
That gives more weight to the fact it'd wouldn't hit the wallet by thousands unless something went wrong. In which case hopefully you have a warranty and are covered.

I know over on the Club VR4 forum they have thier own team who change the AYC fluid on their cars. So this tool can't only be found at the main stealers or is it a different type on the Evo?

One of the main things I like about the Evo is depreciations. They seem to hardly drop year upon year. A true sign they are valued as 2nd hand cars.