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Old 31 March 2008, 10:54 AM
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Thumbs up Went To See The Evo X In The Flesh On Sat

Went down to the Local Mitsi Dealer on Sat.

I’m about 2 months away from changing my car.

All I can say is it looked superb in the Flesh, that good I nearly had the Lad out looking at it

Went with the Mrs, who, I expected to turn her nose up at it.

No, she loved the Colour (Metallic Red), she was impressed with the space inside the car, she even appreciated the more up-market feel compared to our MY 06 STI & the last Evo I had, VI TME..

The only stumbling block was the Boot

What have they done FFS.

It was tiny; they’ve put the Battery & washer bottle in the boot making it a silly size.

The reason for the, "Size Matters" boot is the impending arrival of our 1st Born. After 15 years together we’ve got what we’ve wanted for the last few years.

So it looks like the 08 STI has won the day.

We went to see one the other week and was suitably impressed especially with how practical it is. Back seats laid down making it superb for the gear we’ll no doubt be lumping about & my fishing trips with the amount of gear I take (she goes ballistic)

Now the only decision JDM or Type UK.
Old 31 March 2008, 11:23 AM
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Well I suppose someone had to get one sooner or later!
Old 31 March 2008, 11:42 AM
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see i saw the evo in blue and thought it was rubbish, then saw it in the red you mention and loved it, funny how a colour acn changed your mind huh!
Old 31 March 2008, 12:56 PM
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Both nice cars, sounds like Mitsi will do a hatch version of the Evo but maybe too far off for you to wait?
Old 31 March 2008, 02:39 PM
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check out the evo x rs

stunning!
Old 31 March 2008, 02:54 PM
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The Evo is the opposite of the new Impreza STI. As in:-

Impreza looks sh*te in the pics but much better in the flesh.
Evo looks better in the pics than it does in the flesh.
Old 31 March 2008, 07:16 PM
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Originally Posted by stilover
The Evo is the opposite of the new Impreza STI. As in:-

Impreza looks sh*te in the pics but much better in the flesh.
Evo looks better in the pics than it does in the flesh.
almost agree, still the sti looks like sh*te and the evo looks really good
Old 31 March 2008, 07:20 PM
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Originally Posted by maci
almost agree, still the sti looks like sh*te and the evo looks really good
Echo that, do not like the new sti at all, pics or flesh!
Old 31 March 2008, 07:57 PM
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Originally Posted by V5RVLTD
Echo that, do not like the new sti at all, pics or flesh!
Third that!
Haven't seen the evo yet, but saw a my08 Lancer, and they look pretty good, so can only imagine how much sweeter the Evo version would look.
Not feeling the impreza hatcback at all, saw a blue WRX last week ugly!
Old 31 March 2008, 08:06 PM
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I agree.
Whilst the sti is better in the flesh than the pics, Its not the car that I would buy.

Congrats on the pending new arrival by the way!
Old 31 March 2008, 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Thevoicewithin
Went down to the Local Mitsi Dealer on Sat.


The only stumbling block was the Boot

What have they done FFS.

It was tiny; they’ve put the Battery & washer bottle in the boot making it a silly size.

The reason for the, "Size Matters" boot is the impending arrival of our 1st Born. After 15 years together we’ve got what we’ve wanted for the last few years.

So it looks like the 08 STI has won the day.

We went to see one the other week and was suitably impressed especially with how practical it is. Back seats laid down making it superb for the gear we’ll no doubt be lumping about & my fishing trips with the amount of gear I take (she goes ballistic)

Now the only decision JDM or Type UK.
Are you sure you looked at the right car?. I have been looking for a new car and went to see the STI08 at the weekend. I was worried about one set of golf clubs. The STI couldnt cope, so I have no idea how a car with sod all boot will deal with a baby and all its crap. If the EVO has a smaller boot than the STI, then a Mini must beat it. Sure you can put seats down, but with a small baby you dont want to do this - split folds might be nice, but in an accident not nice for the little one. My MKII TT had better space than an STI
Old 31 March 2008, 09:05 PM
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saw the evo at auto sport and thought why buy that, trying to be an m3 or rs4 and losing cos it aint a rally car anymore nothing like one i cant understand what its ment to be could just be me
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