I got laughed at by some friends back in 07 when I picked up my first Evo because I had mostly owned BMWs (1 of them happened to be an 05 M3) up to that point. They asked me what was wrong with me. As I learned more about Evos and STis and became more interested in them, I realized that when I had the M3, I was more concerned about what people thought of me than actually having a true passion for the car. While I enjoyed the M3 and other BMWs before it, none give me the joy that the Evo and Subies I owned in the last 8 years. Being over 40 now, I could care less what people think about what I drive. My Evos are generally tastefully modded and I am not out there trying to get attention. I just love the cars.. who cares what people say or do. To each his/her own...

 

As long as you're happy, I don't see why it matters. Why do some people drive Corollas? Because they have no self respect.

I kid...

They drive Corollas because they need a reliable DD and not much else. These are the kinds of people who won't bat an eye if a GTR or LFA drove by. It's because they don't give a darn about cars and thats perfectly fine. I can respect that.

I can also respect anyone who drives an EVO, because tells me: I know what a great performing car is, and I'm not about to break the bank doing so.

Be proud of that Evo; I would love to be in your position right now.

 

^^ so much this

 

Keep drooling, I'm spooling.

 

This says it all for me and I'm an older guy in an evo. Who cares it your car.

 

sheesh, made a thread for this b.s lol who cares dude, do what you want. you only have 1 life, ef what anyone else thinks.

be you.

 

Have more years working on cars than most Evo owners have been on the earth. Don't really pay attention to other drivers on the road. Had a guy with two teenage kids and his wife get out of he car next to me at a gas station just a week ago. Nodded and said Hi, he says-- "man, that car looks like fun". I smiled and said yeah it is-- I highly recommend it if you can find one...

 

My car gets the thumbs up from most people. Its probably the lopey idle from the cams...lol. She sounds like she means the business sitting at a light.

 

I too am one of the older owners here, just had my 51st birthday this last summer. I keep my car looking clean and shinning. I love working on her and keeping her up and improving performance all the time. For me the car is the satisfaction, just cruising around and having my wife with me.

 

I couldn't agree more with thrilla... No matter what your age is it only matters about the passion you carry... My favorite example is Akira Nakai he designed the most bad *** widebody kit for Porsche ... Yes it's a Porsche but it's stanced and by stanced I don't mean major camber I mean planted all fours capable of actual functionality... most "older" men are supposedly not suppose to be in that "scene" but who cares of your age just do what makes you smile! Hope this helps continue your passion I know I'm not giving up on mine!

 

My reaction would be you're a badass for driving an Evo if you're older haha.

 

Society tells us that we're supposed to buy some piece of junk as our first vehicle, then graduate to a nice reliable vehicle to get you to and from your first big boy job, and somewhere along the way you treat yourself to a nice luxury vehicle to show the rest of the world that you just received a promotion, only to sell that car for a cheap, reliable daily driver to get us to and from the grocery store once we're retired.

In my opinion, that's one long way to say "boring."

 

F**k what people think

 

I could see my girl doing the same thing when we are old and I'm driving my evo. It's good to know older people are driving this car though. Keeps from the respect declining as the idiot highschool kids get their hands on one due to the fact that they are slowly getting cheaper.


no matter what you have though, people are gonna laugh. Mustang guys laugh at evo guys, corvette guys laugh at mustang guys (along with the rest of the world that laughs at mustangs). Like the second post stated. Keep it clean, crisp, modded but not ricey and you will get respect. I'd give more respect to an older guy driving an evo than anything else.

 

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