I have had several people ask me if my car is an evolution, and upon replying yes, they then say to me that they have heard that if you drive the car the way it is "supposed" to be driven that the cars begin to encounter problems. I have no idea what kind of problems they mean. My car runs/drives fine, of course I only have 6000 miles on my car and in general do not drive the car to hard. Just wondering if anyone one esle has heard of this, and if there is any thruth to it. If so what kind of issues do you face. I do also realize that any car can have problems, and just because someones evo had issues after some hard driving doesnt mean that others will.

 

When you drive a car hard it will put added stress upon it's internal components -- engine, tranny, suspension, etc. This does not necessarily mean you will encounter problems. I know there are quite a few people on this board who beat the ever living **** out of their evo daily and have not any problems. Mechanical failue is part of the game -- but it isn't guaranteed to happen. Enjoy your car and pay no attention to what others say...have fun!

 

If you drive any car hard it'll eventually break. Cars in general aren't supposed to last a lifetime. The only thing that I can suggest is stay on top of maintainence, don't always push it too hard, and have fun driving it. It's pointless to buy an evo if you're not going to "drive" it.

You can always look for magazine articles that have the evo long term evaluations. I think car and driver has one.

You could read this as well
https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...=light+problem

 

I just had it on my mind because some one was going on about it last night. One of those people that doesnt seem to realize that all cars can encounter problems as you say. Thanks, it is not my daily driver, and I am not that concerned about it. Just a little venting. I just love those people who have no idea what the car can do, and think it is just some piddly little rice burner.

 

Most likely a comment made by someone who is jealous. Lancers are built tough from ES to EVO!

Enjoy it

 

no doubt!

 

18,000 miles and driven hard. no problems. there is a guy here with over 90000 miles and still on the stock clutch.

 

My car has 29k miles with light modifications, stock clutch, only 1 issue, a replaced TPS sensor that would periodically throw a low voltage code. Its my first MT car, learned how to "drive" on it entirely. The car is rock solid if your car has no manufacturer based defects.

The considerations I take in keeping it that way are simple, when thing heat up they wear, hard launches with hard engagement lead to wheel hop which will crack the spider gears in your T-case pretty quickly. There are ways to agressively drive teh car at times, and it will allow for the occasional mistake, the problem lies in repeated abuse without allowing components to cool down, a lesson I havent learned with my brakes.

My car was broken in properly and has never burned a drop of oil, the plugs always come out looking perfect but I still check and change them every 5-7k miles. The oil is changed out every 3k regardless of the wasted cash, I'd prefer not to go longer although it prob could go 4k.

In the end it comes down to how the cars driven and to a point luck of the draw, as there are always a couple problem cars in a batch.

 

You can drive the EVO hard and it will last, but you also have to drive it sensibly ... for eg: shifting smoothly, double clutching or rev matching, not dumping the clutch (this is especially important while launching), letting the car and fluids warm up before driving hard .... its just common sense .... the EVO is built MUCH tougher than most other cars ....

 

Totally agree with you Playa. I have 28k and change (getting ready to go in for 30k service, NOTHING has been changed yet) and it still drives pretty much like new. I'm still on stock EVERYTHING, no fluid has been changed, brakes are still original, clutch too. But I drive the way MMUSA wants us to drive (basically cuz I can't afford mods and a whole lot of repairs). That means I drive "spirited" once in a while, rev matching and double-clutching, and definitely no launching. The only issue, if it even is one, is that when it's cold the clutch will get kinda notchy/grabby until it gets some heat in it. And so far, it's been the most reliable car I've owned. I had a Nissan Sentra Spec-V and that thing didn't start right from the get go. Sometimes it would take about 8 seconds of cranking to get it to turn over, talk about embarassing...

So if you drive it sensibly, you should be ok. And if you mod, do the research before hand and plan it all out. Just do the basics and use a lot of common sense. Be aware that you have a LOT of drivetrain under you, and it won't drive or shift like a 2WD car. You don't have to drive it "hard" to drive it "fast". When you get it, learn the car first. Figure out what it likes, how it shifts best. Don't slam the gears, drag the clutch on downshifting, that kinda stuff. Go easy on it when possible, drive it fast when you want to, let her cool down before you put her away, and you'll have years of solid fun. I've had mine since Jan '04 and I'm still on the original wipers even!!

 

Read this!!!!!!

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...d.php?t=140451

 

i wouldn't say the regular lancer is tough, infact it has had a history of being one of mitsubishis biggest lemons, now the evo being a completely different car (chasis, powertrain, suspension) it is tough as nails. Maybe thats why he said that.

 

Sorry, beat you too it.

 

The only weak part is anypart of the drivetrain when attempting to launch the car.....which sucks, but other than that they are very stout vehicles.

 

maybe they meant if you run rally races you can have problems? after all, is that what this cars built for?


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