Thats the biggest part that turns me off the evos. 2 many doors. Powerfull street cars should be 2door only. 4door cars are for family cars. I used to be horny for evos... but after awhile... theyvlost their luster to me... I think it was watching them loose to dsms all the time at shoot out.

But hey, if you're married and the wife complains about a 2 door being too small, that makes the evo a good option.

This

The girlfriend want's me to get a second car that has four doors when we get to the next house so I have been slowly looking at stuff. I would prefer to have something that I can also still have fun in too, most likely drift in but we shall see.
I don't want to rip around in my talon with 300+ hp and then have to hop into a 140hp wagon just to pick up the kids, it won't be enjoyable. Even if I don't drift the car that often it will just be nice to know that I have the option.

That or even a Subaru Forester XT. Family oriented, but can put out great numbers.

"Look, its got a CD player, GPS, comfy seats, AWD for safety, lots of room, its a perfect family car".

Every dsm owner.. should have a second car. it should be reliable.. comfy.. have many doors working ac and room. and 4wd. And be able to tow your dsm

Get an SUV... or full size truck.

Maybe cause im a country mouse... but I dont know how you guys deal with out one.

A reliable second car <This is what I do need.

Got it covered, got the Subie Legacy and a Ram 2500 Cummins, so yes, I have 3 4x4/awd vehicles

That is what im talkin about! dsm for unmatched speed. Subie with rear bias 4wd for drifting.. and enough truck to haul both cars and a piano if you need to.

I don't have a second car right now plus I am basically a hermit during the week (at least when my car isn't working or under construction I am :P). Plus if I need to go downtown for work the train is walking distance.

2g DSM Spyder for cruising/tearin it up , civic si (unmatched fuel efficiency and still peppy)for my DD and the GF uses the CR-V (4x4, room and 5 speed!),I've got every base covered if I need to tow or haul anything BIG...like said piano then I use by brothers F350 quad cab extended box.

I've been relying on my Talon for everything. And on top of that, I beat on it pretty harshly. I am car shopping/ looking at getting a spare engine just in case.

Haha Stephan, I have a spare block but it's just been sitting in my garage for a long time.
I need to get it hones and built so it's actually a spare

After a fun run on a private road late at night, the car was smoking blue and had a hard time starting. Now it starts okay, but it's still quite a scare.

how much boost you pushing?

It may have been 30 psi. maybe a little more.

I forgot to look at the gauge. I swear. I only glanced and let off once I was near the end of 5th.

Holy sh!t!! you were having lots of fun if you were at the end of 5th!

Until I realized that doing that down a road with no lights was a bad idea. Lol.

So I ended up settling with some anti lag launches down a pitch black, powerless Bloor street at 4am. LOL


Sometimes I need to think a little more and not let the fun sleep deprived self take over xD.

I have to disagree with you Bryan. DSM experience should not overlap with another car of similar type, it will simply end-up in completion between the two.... it terms of spending money for improvements and deciding which one to drive.


I agree with Jay, SUV/truck would be the most practical....all that space to toss your block in the back plus other big items you may need for your house. When you done driving slow and sitting high ...jump into your Talon and feel the power again, sit low to the ground, tight on turns, and adrenaline rush at boost. My 0.02 cents

Haha saw this one coming as we had spoken about this before.
One car would probably end up being a summer car one would be a winter car, so I could work on one while driving the other.
Maybe in the future I will grab a diesel trunk or lately have debating on getting a Nissan Leaf.

Yah we discussed this before. I went through that with my RX8 which is finally gone now. Battery powered cars don't work well in cold climates, they like modern temperatures year around which is why they are popular down south.

My truck is no racecar but I'm sure I could go down the track with it and the dsm on the trailer behind it and still beat most of the civics around here.

That's good to know, I figured with all the tech into these cars that they wouldn't have any issues.

Strange... I'm more tempted to assume that a car loaded up with all kinds of tech will have more issues. And they generally do...

I meant with the temperature, I am sure there are other issues that might come up.

Ah, gotcha. I don't think I would ever want to own an electric or hybrid car unless it was under warranty.

The havoc knobs are perfectly tight on my X. I love how everywhere you look on the net you have complains about the X interior ...but they are always from those that don't own one. I like my interior, much better then the finnish on the fracking caravan. I guess glitter draws the eye for some.

Read any review.

The interior is spartan and pretty lame. It's not Subie bad but it's bad. For the kind of money one pays to get into an Evo you'd expect a little more. A $15000 entry-level Hyundai can be had with more features and as good an interior (minus the seats and steering wheel) as the X.

I love the Evo but I know its strengths and the interior is far from one of them. If you like your interior, that's great, that doesn't make it a good one though, in the big picture.

Do you have a X? Pointing me to reviews? Why? I sit in it all the time, I can make up my own mind. You pay for performance, everyone knows it. And it is NOT spartan, please tell me what is missing that you would like? An iPad connector perhaps A light in the vanity mirror? Well that one is not there either, trust me I heard about it from the gf! At least she has a valid reason.

When you buy and evo, you look at the nice red Brembos, shinning through the forged bbs rims and you smile. This is what you pay for!

All the reviewers just bitch about this and that, because that is their job. When they are in an S-Class, it is too heavy but nice interior and vice versa.

At no point have I got in and said to myself, this is just an awful place to be, I need to gtfo ..And these switches are sh!t. As a matter a fact, I like it much much much better then the boring ass interior of the 335is that I almost got instead of this. Go sit in an MR, I think you will change your mind quickly.

Why are you getting a entry level hyundai involved? That's apples to oranges in any book.

0.02

I think ive heard Jeremy Clarkson... and Tanner foust both complain about the interiour but yet they love the car.

Sooooo, I'm only paying for a decent exterior? I'm with Sal on this one.
I can have nice red brembos, BBS rims, and an electronic system that doesn't sh!t the bed every 2000km for the price of your front seats. Just saying
When and if I ever spend that kind of money on a car, I had better be able to go over it with a fine comb and not find one ounce of slack-ass workmanship from the designers or the dealers.
Truth be told, if take a genesis (seeing as we're talking about Hyundai) over the evo x because when you sit in it, you can look around and everything was designed to fit and flow. The spaces between parts are minimal, and it doesn't feel like the knobs are going to fall off when you go over rail road tracks.

That's my 0.04!

That's the 1 complaint I had with the X interior. Mitsu decided to install RCA ports instead of an AUX.

... What sort of phone or music device comes with RCA?! I know converters can be bought for cheap, which is the route I took... but still.

I believe what you guys are looking for is a USB terminal?

Huh? Just a simple AUX input lol

Tucked under the HVAC knobs is this. WTF was my thoughts...

What video output is there?

I think the MR models have an in-dash DVD/screen unit.. but the GSR doesn't (unless it was an option that my car didn't get)

But regardless... that would be above the HVAC, not below. So I don't understand this "feature" lol.

Oh I definitely get what you mean. I was just confused even more by the fact that it had a video input, haha.

I'd prefer RCA over 1/8". It's all about the cable and the RCA is more versatile and robust. To be an actual iPod connector it should be USB or just go through Bluetooth, but that all depends on how fancy the deck is. I guess the deck is crappy too? I kid

Lol the stereo is alright but nothing to jump up and down about. I have my old Alpine waiting to go in once I figure out how to take the dash section apart...

Mike, look in the glove compartment. You will find a usb connector there

I agree with the RCA, kinda strange in this day and age. The real issue with the X is that it was released in 2008. And mitsu simply has done only mechanical updates such as a better exhaust 2011+, much much better tune, timing chain stretching resolved, diff pins fixed. Those were the major ones.

In Poland, you can get alcantara an all the plastic surfaces as an option. Even in US the packages are structured way different. In Canada we get a shaft, and you either get the fully loaded MR(nothing left to add) or the GSR. But we with the GSR we get the MR handing pack and US guys are jealous of that.

It would be nice to have Audi-like interior but an S4 can run you 80 easy. The trade offs will always be there.

On a side note, the new genesis has a kick ass interior, agreed! But then look at driving/performance reviews and you see its just a touring rwd coupe, not even close in performance to the evo.

Have a great weekend guys, perfect weather to take the cars out!

ps. I just use bluetooth with my android if I don't like what's on the radio.

Interior?!

All I need is a decent rearview mirror so I can laugh at whoever is in it.