how many of you came from an EVO 8or 9 to X and how many came becuase they liked the X and they never owned an EVO before.
Then there are people who took a test drive which was not planned and that sold them. Just trying to get a feel that which category do most EVO X owners fall into.

 

Previous Evo VIII owner. Took a test drive which was not planned and it sold me.

I guess I fall into both.

 

I drove a IX and thought it sucked, because my rx7 destroys evo's, then i got bored one day and just drove the new X, and something just clicked and its felt like how a car is supposed to be... Now i am selling my rx7 and GTI to get an evo X, i know its not as fast but it just felt real good, haha...

 

I bet that LS1 does the trick in the Rx7
I am sure you can make the X faster

 

i've owned 2 ix mrs and am looking into a x mr but HAVE to drive one first

 

I had 2 90's Eclipse GSXs so not really new....bought a WRX and liked it but prefer the styling on the Mitsubishis so I came back.

 

been a fan of mitsu in general and the evo since i can remember. family owned a 1986 lancer and a 1997 lancer. wife owns a 2002 galant and got her sister to buy a 2004 lancer.....so now the evo X.

 

i traded my IX after a test drive.

 

Previous owner of the Evo 8, took a look at the X, drive it once, and bought it... Plus the dealer gave me a great trade-in value that I couldn't turn down...

 

O yeah, the Ls1 is the champ but for some reason the X is awesome... The RX7 doenst have A/C or power steering, or a CD player, so the X felt like a cadillac

 

Hey guys, I am a proud owner of an 2006 Evo IX SE, lightly modded (311whp/320lblf) for now. So, what attributes in the Evo X made you trade-in your Evo VIII/IX? Was it the interior, the smoothness of the engine? Just curious.

 

always dsm ill never leave!

 

Had the VIII and IX, justt wanted something less raw

 

I had no plans of buying the X, but once I walked into the showroom and saw the car in person I was interested. Then I saw the $40K price tag and was not interested. I took a test drive anyway and 20 minutes later I was driving my new X home. I kept my 05 for 3 months just to be sure, but it just sat in the garage and collected dust. I never wanted to drive it. I took them both out on the same roads to get a back to back comparison, and the X was faster and more controlled through the tight sections.

I personally like the rough and rugged feeling of the old chassis and would have been perfectly happy with a stripped out, no radio, riding on wagon wheels rattlebox EVO. After the test drive I could feel that the new car was more composed and more powerful....not faster, but more power on demand for sure.

Now that my old car is gone, I miss it, but I would never trade this car back for it. It is better in every way.

 

I had a Turbo'd Scion tC pushin 330 @ 9psi. Went to the dealer, drove it, bought it..

I was looking for a new car...