Congrats!

 

It was a good impulse... car looks great. those wheels stock are sick.

 

nice buy! How much did you pay for her?? Any dealer incentives you took advantage of?

 

I found it at the Roseville Mitsubishi. I didn't know they were that sold out. Like 6 months ago, they were pretty plentiful there.

 

thats pretty awesome man..

 

I did notice a couple things compared to the EVO 8.

It's definitely a lot smoother and it's more forgiving compared to the 8. I love how the blipping of the throttle works on the new car. I just barely blip it and it rises 1000 rpms, just right about rev-match. It defintely looks meaner and has a more menacing presence. The throttle seems to be a bit more linear than the 8; in that when I put my pedal down..
I don't really have that big of lag compared to the 8. The gearing is definitely different compared to the 8 and both are 5 speed. I'm not to happy about losing that trunk space, but I'll have to deal with it. The one thing I do miss out of the older evo's is that I felt reallllly connected to the road. Since the suspension was so hard, I felt every crack, bump, curve. The New car, even tho the steering is just as tight, the smoothness takes a bit away.

Best analogy I can think of is....

EVO 8-9 is like that Dirty Hot Girl who can give you that crazy F. No manners...doesn't care. she's hot.

EVO X is like that same dirty girl but she had to go to boarding school and she came out with some manners. Just need to push her a bit and her dirty side will come out. She's a career girl with who wants to be naughty at night.

 

Thank you for the new signature, haha!

 

Although purchasing my X last May wasn't exactly an impulse buy, to this day... I have absolutely no regrets... for the first time. Bought quite a few rides over the years and always questioned myself "Did I buy the right car?" or worse, on one occasion was a complete mistake (after a couple weeks of ownership).

The X is so much more of a car for the price I paid... especially after playing with ECUflash and tweaking fueling/timing/turbo/MIVEC maps a little bit. :-)

 

Grats! I think most evo purchases are impulse buys... I know mine was.

 

I think you have a good eye for photography. Great pics!

 

Thanks man. I was using a Nikon D90. I even went back to the dealer to take pictures of my old car. The dealer let me.

I rushed these shots. But some of them came out good.

 

congrat on the new evo.

 

looks like I'm gonna watch the movie again! By the way, to the OP, awesome color choice .

 

Congrats I have an test pipe if you want?

 

Same thing happened to me. Stopped by the Mitsu dealer to just take a look, came home later that evening with a GG Evo X. Was originally going to get the black with Navi but went with GG and Aero since I don't need a Navi. Haggling wasn't hard since this was this February and they still had ~12-15 Evo's on their lot. Of course I had to go back the next day and have them give me a new battery as the one in the car wouldn't hold a charge anymore.