Originally Posted by 23109VC

i can't believe this thread hit 12 pages.... wow....

Originally Posted by 23109VC

i can't believe this thread hit 12 pages.... wow....

i probably will go out and test drive an EVO sometime soon. I may try the STi too. they are kind of the same thing...different brand..same type of car. four door turbo rally rockets...

I'd like to find a Mitsu dealer in the same area as the Mazda dealer.and take the same fun twisty roads..do it back to back... before I forget what it's like... you drive a car on one weekend, anothe rone the next weekend, and it's very hard to compare.

I was NOT aware that the current evo lacks side airbags. that sucks. i want a fun car, but i'd also like SOME degree of safety.

my S60R was about as safe as you can get in a sporty car.... but that car had to go. i really want somethign lighter and more tossable. if I could have anythign, heck, i might get an S2000...but I really don't want only 2 seats. i have kids...and while I *could* get an S2000 as a third car...and keep my current beater sedan for to/from work... i really don't want three cars. the RX8 would give me the feel ofa two seater....but with the ability to shuttle th ekids around if I needed to.

:)

one drawback to the EVO...is that I"m one of those people who has this constant need/desire to MOD cars. I always am thinking fo somethign to buy for the car, exhaust, springs, sway bars, strut bars, etc etc.. My S60R was pretty modified...and I spent a fair amount of $$ on it... and now that I sold it...I sort of wish I had done a lot less to it. I'd have more $$ in the bank... :) I promised my wife that the next car I would leave STOCK... she laughed at me and said "yeah right" cause she knows that i'll want to mod something.... and yeah...I'll tint the windows, do clear corner lenses... but if I had an EVO...OMFG... I'd want to do a turbo back exhaust, flash the ECU, and add more power...i'd be adding a boost gauge...i'd want to do all that stuff to it..and on an EVO...jsut a turbo back and flash can change it from a 13 second car to a high 12 second car.... big big gains.

the Rx8 on the other hand...is the kind of car that you CAN mod...but honestly..you're not gonna get big gains outo f it..you could do sways , strut bars...and probably get nice gains in handling...but really...you could add $2000 in intake/exhaust/flywheel...and have a car that is really not *that* much faster than stock...and for someone like me..who is trying to resist the urge to mod..and just buy it and enjoy it....the 8 might be a safe choice. i could do some cheapy things...like strut bars, tint.... but the urge to add a cat back might not be there b/c i know it really won't add any power... not much...not to justifhy the $$ and hassle from the wife.. ;) wheras the EVO.... me buying an EVO and saying I won't mod it...would be like giving a crack addict a torch and crack pipe....and then tell them not to go look for crack.... ;) you get the idea...

besides, the 8 was FUN FUN FUN. and i've had rotaries. i had a 79 RX and I had a 87 Turbo II. both fun cars..but they blew motors.. :(

funny thing.. when I test drove the rX8 I felt this buzz in the shifter...and it was deja vu.... i remembered my 79 RX7 buzzing the exact same way.... i had totally forgotten aboutg it.... but the 8 did it the same way. mazda thing? rotary thing? i liked it..reminded me of my old 7.... which was my very first car when i turned 16.... not a bad car for a 16 year old eh?? yeah it was used and had 85k miles on it...but it was clean, and ..guess what.. I modded it... RB headers..exhaust, ported motor...suspension... oh yeah...EVERY car i've owned since age 16 has been tinkered with.... i'm trying to stop the insanity... ;)

so the 8 might be a good choice... and maybe i'm just hopeless and i'll get an RX8 and wind up wthi a greddy turbo kit.... aaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrghhhhhhhhh :cwm27:

Originally Posted by Razz1

^ ^ pretty good car.

Originally Posted by QBallz

I like the EVO a lot. It's a super awsome car, the only reason I went with the rx8 is because my fascination with Rotary engines.

Originally Posted by elysium19

HAH- No deep-seated personal offense here, but people who like the EVO more are the same people who use the phrase "super awesome."

Originally Posted by Xantium

I somehow managed to take one on the interstate... im pretty sure either is ecu had a virus or his cams weren't cammin right.

Originally Posted by playdoh43

he probably wasnt racing, just going about his own pace with a cup of starbucks coffee in his hand while you stepped on it and was dropping beats of sweat. :p:

Originally Posted by NoTears316

good job.