View Poll Results: Evo your daily driver?
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How many of you have your Evo as a daily driver??
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Evolving Member
Joined: Apr 2005
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From: MA
wow thats amazing how a lot of people drive it everyday some for the past 3 years. For some reason i've been driving mine everyday for a year and nows its starting to annoy the **** out of me.
One of the reasons I got the Evo in the first place was that it could do everything. It has 4 doors, a good size trunk and nice amount of rear seat room which makes it practical to use everyday. On top of that, awd, which helps when the weather is bad allowing me to get whereever I need to go without worry. And as icing on the cake the car is powerful, takes well to mods and can be raced/tracked/autoxed on the weekends, which means I only need one car.
Of course with the roads around here and my lowered suspension I have been wondering if i should get something a little more comfy to drive everyday. I guess we will see, as of today I still drive it everyday.
Of course with the roads around here and my lowered suspension I have been wondering if i should get something a little more comfy to drive everyday. I guess we will see, as of today I still drive it everyday.
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Joined: Dec 2004
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From: Fresno, CA
Daily driver - 600 miles per week. My heart still goes pitter patter every morning when I walk up to it. I could very well be an Evo guy for the rest of my life. Squeaks, rattles, and stiff suspension aside, I'm hooked.
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Joined: Apr 2005
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From: MA
Originally Posted by bdking57
its great on a nice sunny weekend or a rainy day, but i wish i didnt have to drive it everyday.. its not so fun.
On a nice sunny weekend i'd rather be driving my old 2001 Cobra...now thats a beautiful sunny weekend car.
Originally Posted by mathgeek
Daily driver - 600 miles per week. My heart still goes pitter patter every morning when I walk up to it. I could very well be an Evo guy for the rest of my life. Squeaks, rattles, and stiff suspension aside, I'm hooked.
I second that. I love it no matter what goes wrong with it. THe excitement of it and the fun you know you can have with it. I look it at twice everytime I walk away from it. I love it.
Newbie
Joined: Sep 2005
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From: City of Rain
04 double cab tacoma is my dd. love the evo and its fun as hell to drive, but the truck is my baby. my evo is nestled in my garage rarely seeing rain and comes out to play on sunnydays. i cant deal with an evo as a dd because its too loud, rough ride, not as comfortable as i would like, attention etc. if i cant let the evo loose and have a little fun its not so fun to drive anymore.
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Joined: Nov 2005
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From: NJ
Originally Posted by SterlingEvo
IMO a little loudness and roughness are less than a small price to pay for daily excitement. In fact, I can't stand driving cars that are insulated from the road - I have this need to get constant feedback on the road, conditions and how I'm driving. For travelling longer distances now, we take the Prius, but that's more to save gas and use the GPS than anything else.
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Joined: May 2004
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From: Diamond Bar, California
I drive my EVO daily, and I love every second of it. Sure it's not the smoothest ride, but I'm use to sporty suspensions, and in all honesty the EVO RS isn't that much worst off than my previous Audi A4.
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From: NJ
I don't think I'd be very happy without myself making such high payments on a car that I couldn't drive 100% of the time. That was my goal in buying the evo in the first place. It suits all of my needs in terms of performance, all weather(snow) driving, SSL interior... everything is all good. The only thing I hate about the evo is not having cruise control, everything else is money.