He was talking about his ability to avoid an accident considering the handling prowess of the car.

Seriously, was that even necessary? I'm sure he'll do everything he can to not get in an accident. Getting hit in the door with any car could be disastrous.

If you've moved on from the Evo and you're happy, that's great. By why is it the people that have moved on hang around to let those of us who are still happy with our cars we're wrong/idiots/immature/not seeing the big picture for thinking so?

If you need a bunch of people to help you make decisions on spending your own money, or if your happiness depends on how many people give you their approval on what you drive, you won't find the answer in this or any thread.

 

I asked for peoples opinion. Especially peoples opinion who are going through the same thing I'm going threw. You don't think responses are going to be biased on an evo site, do you?

Come on dude, lighten up a little.

If I responded to every thread that asked for opinions, I wouldn't have any more time in my day..............LOL........yeah Chad, I stole that from you ; )

 

That's the whole point. I'd think you know what people are going to say already.
Either "Keep the Evo, its the bestest. Nothing can beat it. You'll regret it and you'll be back."
or
"Get rid of it, I moved on to a luxury car/real sports car and life is so much better now, supermodels throw themselves at me, I got a promotion at work, and my package got bigger."

I'm sure all that's been really helpful.

 

Well, my package, you know................

Oh, I'm sorry.

I have been thinking of selling it for few weeks and wanted to vent and get other evo owners opinion. It's ok. It's ok.

 

Sell the Evo, luxury car sounds nice about your age... am 25 and am def. getting rid of it in my early 30's.. and am soon to commence my quest for a nice 600AWHP pump and &750+ C16..

I dont think am ready to settle for luxury yet.. I just have to driver super fast a bit more before i go slow again..lol

IMHO just my .2 cts

 

You missed one. "I moved on to a luxury car, it was a lot of fun and really nice, but then I missed a lot about the Evo, so I got back into it in a car that IMO fulfills both sides fairly well"

 

when I get older, and move up in the world, I'll buy another evo 8.

 

I think you should know me well enough from the 6 years I've been on this site to know I'm not some douche bag fan boy of any car make nor do I flaunt having a BMW as making me better, smarter or cooler then anyone else. Besides in case you haven't noticed BMW's are about as common as Honda Accords now a days and have their problems as well.

I made the reference to the side impact scores because not many people want to mention that Evo VII-IX score badly in this crash test just that "it saved my life" and "It's the bestest thing evar!!!". It was about equally valid as saying that one particular experience in an out of control situation is a fantastic reason to keep or sell the car. I mean really does handling through grass at highway speeds come into most peoples minds when thinking if they should sell their car? At this point we're not talking about about the cars abilities, we're talking about luck and driver skill more than anything else.

I've moved on from an Evo. So? I still love and respect the car for what it is. A relatively affordable car that can humble a lot of sports cars that are way out of it's price range and a blast to drive. You do sacrifice some things for that amount of performance at that price point though. Any one who can't admit that is a blind fan boy.

Bottom line was after getting a bit more mature, more time devoted to work and family and less time going to the track I wasn't using everything the Evo had to give performance wise frequently enough for me say I was totally loving driving it still. Never mind the constant onslaught of morons who felt they had something to prove by trying to race.

My 335 is a good compromise for me and judging by the amount of people from here I see on the BMW forums it seems to be for a lot of people. Is it as fast as my Evo...Hell no...but it is still fun to drive and I'm fine with that. I've reached a point in my life where outright speed is not quite as important as it once was. I still use my Evo as the performance yard stick for any car I'm looking at and I'd absolutely still consider getting one for a 3rd car but, I don't want to DD one anymore.

 

Noted. I wasn't directing that to you personally. Its just what I noticed a lot in some of these threads, most of which I skip over. It just happened to be yours I quoted because of the whole crash thing.

It might, and I can't put my value standards on anyone else, because it drives people to buy new cars, and that's part of what I do, so God bless 'em. But I also sell used cars too. Let's look at it another way. Ten, no lets say as little as five years ago, we might have all been driving other cars, maybe some of us were driving what we really thought were very safe cars. Cars that might have made "five stars" 5-10 years ago, are suddenly "DATELINE REPORTS: OMG 1/2 star Your family and loved ones will DIE if they get hit! BAIL OUT!" according to current Government or IIHS standards. Cars keep getting heavier and "safer" with more steel and more airbags and harder and more expensive to repair. My point? I think safety regs are out of control, yeah we need safer cars, but as soon as the auto manufacterers make a car that's safe to crash into a brick wall at 45mph, they up the speed to 55. IF an SUV can withstand 2.5 times its weight on its roof, suddenly you need it to hold 5.5 times its weight to earn a top rating, its silly - **IMO** I'd rather have a car that's relatively safe (and Lancers/Evos certainly are), but can also get out of its own way, and handle well. While others feel safe with their families in tank like top heavy SUVs. If you get broadsided by a cement truck doing 65, you're dead either way. The difference between 2 and 5 stars in some of those tests could be a broken ankle or concussion vs not getting one. Its not like certain death vs not a scratch.

 

The safety standards really aren't my point. I've had two Evo's for a total of 5 years and I've never felt unsafe in either one. I was just playing Devil's advocate because comments like that irk me.

Great that guy was lucky and walked away. God knows we've seen enough people on here who didn't. It just irritates me when people say things like that. It makes it sound like they believe everyone will be that safe/lucky in that make of car.

My wife got T-boned in an IS300. It spun the car 180 degrees while in the air and landed 25 feet away in someone's yard. She didn't even have a headache afterward but, we didn't buy another one just because of that accident and I don't really believe a Lexus is any safer then most other comparably equipped and sized cars.

 

Fair enough. I guess it just irked me when you called him out on it because in my mind the OP is asking for opinions on keeping the Evo and that's what he got: An opinion from an owner that believes that it was the Evo's handling that saved him that day. He thinks if he'd been in a more softer, less capable ride, he might not have been able to gather it back up, and he's an older driver. Maybe its not rock solid laboratory proven empirical data, but its at least as good as saying, "I'll feel more my age and more accepted if I drive a more grown up luxo car." like some might say. Not saying you would wish him harm, but it just seemed off base/flippant to go on talking about when/if he gets in a side impact accident, he'd not like his car. And I didn't take it as he's saying anybody could do what he did in an Evo under those circumstances.

 

He actually asked for opinions either way, which is what I was offering. Of course on an Evo forum you're going to get reasons to keep it.

I probably did come across as a bit of a dick on calling that guy. I could have worded that a little better.

I put about as much stock in crash data as I do in personal accounts when it comes to accidents. You just never know what's going to happen because there are so many variables.

 

i understand where your coming from. I still have my 92 civic hatch and love to drive it but it just isnt me any more. Its like playing with a matchbox car

 

if you're interested in an E30 M3, let me know! i am hoping to find a white evo 9. i was exactly in the same situation you're in (minus the 95 civic) as i recently refinanced too (4.75%, if i do say so myself) but my house is a total wreck right now so i''ll be right back.

 

hold it for 2 more years and ill buy it from you. thats gonna give you sopme time to think about it