I need everyone's help on this one. I found this car while searching for my Dream car. $12,000 Evo VIII For Sale! It says it is a 2003 Evolution VIII with 6,654 Miles for $12,000... But then by reading the description it says it is a 2wd. Can this be true? Has Mitsubishi built a front wheel drive Evo VIII? It is all sounding a little too good to be true for $12,000. Can anyone help me by checking on this? If it is a true Evo VIII for $12,000, I would pay to have it shipped from Hawaii!
Thanks, Jay

 

Sounds to good to be true, probably not true.

 

Considering the mod list in the advertisement, location, and the $12k asking price, I would assume it was bogus.

Don't send them a dime.

 

it is definatley an EVO. and the 2wd is probably a typo....but hopefully the price isn't

 

It sounds like a scam. Probably pics of someone elses car.

 

Its a scam man dont fall for it and no such thing as a 2wd evo Thats how scammers get their money they have no idea what they talkin about find a hot car for sale list the pic and they will ask you for a nice CHUNK of a deposit and then u never see the car or ur money dont do ITTT

 

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bingo. i saw this a bunch when i was lookin at a new motorcycle this past summer. keep lookin man.

 

now it would really suck if all of a sudden there was a new member on the forums from hawaii who actually got an evo for 12k.... :-P just saying what if it was true thatd be hilarious

 

Yeah, the trees and stuff in that pic don't look like Hawaii. It looks more like the midwest. That car probably has $12k in mods on it. I say scam as well.

If you have a carfax account, check the VIN#, it is a valid #. Also, I just searched on the contact # area code, 626. That's a California area code.

 

Hmmmm unless you own a shop I don't think you want a $12K evo. Most of us have our hands full keeping up brand new ones. For that price there's some serious sh*t wrong with it considering you should be able to get a whole new motor for 5-6K. Strange with some mods on the car the owner never showed up here on Evom.... Any net searches for parts etc. usually turns up something Evom. Clear title, carfax?

 

Just saw it on ebay about a week ago said it was 4wd. They wanted a lot more for it on ebay also. I dont remember it being in HI though

 

^^ what he said

Its gotta be 10 ways illegal to own that much land in Honolulu. They put apartments and townhomes like 6 feet apart there man... land space is kinda limited you know.. Dont believe til you see it

 

Unfortunatly the VIN # is a true Evo VIII VIN. CarFax check says the there are 6 Flags on this car including being totaled. I would have to say that the person is trying to sell a totaled car. I will keep looking, dreaming of the day I will finally get an Evo VIII. It maybe 10 years from now, but I will have one someday!
Thanks all for calling out this scam!
L8R, Jay

 

i think it's a scam. btw, your pics with the captions are funny.

 

well you could prob ask a member of the forums to help you out, if the car is in Hawaii then ask someone from hawaii to go and look at it for you and drive it. If there on this forum then they prob own an evo or want one pretty bad so they would be able to tell you if its a scam or not., same goes for if its in cali, the number doesnt suprise me I mean I live out of the state where my number is.. I use a cell phone.