Exactly hahaha... I forgot to mention that I got myself stuck in some serious snow on Azenis, but I kept it real and got myself out in 5 minutes.

 

I blew out the freeze plug in my water pump on a sub-freezing day while boosting to 30+psi, running meth injection. Replaced the WP and all was good!

 

Wow the amount left stranded was a lot higher than I expected. I know these cars are built to last when in stock form, but I suppose mods can compromise that as well as the garage and quality of work done.

 

Yes, me and three friends decided to hit the PCH from santa monica to wherever it takes us at 2am for a nice ride. Had just fixed my car after an accident and the radiator was leaking. Long story short engine overheats and shoots out some pistons.. leaving us stranded for 3 hours till we finally get help. Good news is got a rebuilt engine after that from RRE

 

Heh, consider how few cars have had less than two owners, how many of those same owners did their own work, the number of times each car has been modded, how it was modded and why, and it's truly shocking the numbers aren't significantly higher. Look back to 06-07 on the noob forum. Almost everyone who bought a new Evo was greeted with, "Let the modding begin." Better, I recall a fairly big thread on General supported by folks who couldn't afford to keep more than $20 of fuel in their tanks. These same owners sure could find the money to bolt on some useless mod, but don't hold your breath for maintenance expenses.

 

One time when I didn't know to keep the fast key and my cell phone in two different pockets. The car will not start at all even with that bootleg key that pops out of the fast key. I was about 80 miles away from home good thing I have AAA.

 

I have blown off the UICP countless number of times. So i finally learned to carry some tools with me.

 

If me blowing my LICP counts then yea, but I wouldnt say I have ever been stranded. Once my battery died, but those two have been it. I bought my evo with 10k miles used and now have 60k. Has been one hell of a reliable machine.

 

mine left me once for alternator and once for blown coupler

 

I said yes due to owner error. When I had my 8, i upgraded the fuel pump. Took it out for a test drive. Made it about 10 miles from home when the poor thing started to struggle then ultimately die. Turned out I missed an O-Ring on the pump when installing so fuel wasn't making it's way up the lines. DOH!

 

To the Previous owner of my evo. I'm looking to hunt you down! You treated an amazing car like a toy and got rid of it to an unsuspecting dealership covering up what you could with cheap repairs, because of you I don't have my rr rs anymore.

 

in the 180,000 miles I had mine, it never left me stranded. never did anything but put a smile on my face. I hope the one I'm buying this weekend does the same thing.

 

Never!
(in the 2 months I've owned it)

 

I totally agree, as probably 99% of EVO's out in the market have been modified in one way or another. There is no way to tell if the work was done right in the end when you do buy a used car, other than trying your best to recover receipts and ultimately trust the previous owner. I would say buying a used EVO these days is almost like going to a casino and gambling because you never know what you will get.

If I could have bought a IX new I would have for sure (never sold in Canada when released), but I had to settle for hunting forums and online websites for a stock unmolested IX. Certainly the stakes go up as soon as you mod anything on these cars.

 

Just once. After installing my ETS LICP I took it out for a test drive. About 10 miles from home, the LICP blew off. At first I thought I had blown the motor, but soon realized what happened and had to limp it home at like 25 MPH. Definately not very fun and also taught me to double check the clamps on the IC pipes often.