I have been tossing around the idea of a used 08 X. I currently pay around 375 a month on the RA. I have found several X's with around 30K miles with price tags that would put me at a 400.00 a month payment. Do you guys think that it would be worth the extra amount going up to the EVO? I have paid a year on the RA already so it would go back to a 6 year loan. I know insurance will be the bigger difference.

Just looking for some feedback. Thanks!

 

You'll also be chugging more fuel. Gotta think about that too.

 

yeah fuel and insurance will be the kickers imo. i pay $410 for my evo right now, but my insurance is lower as im 26 years old.

 

and I assume insurance is also higher..

 

You will definitely get a higher insurance rate and possibly more gas as well. But if you dont care much about those, switching over to an EVO is the way to go.

 

for a $25 jump per month is seems like a no brainer, but take into account the insurance and fuel differences. depending on how you drive expect 17-20 mpg.

 

I paid 550 but I try to dump 700 monthly on it to finish faster. I also spend about ~$48 weekly on gas and my insurance went up $10

 

Phishy that's not bad at all for your jump in insurance. Really the gas prices I am not too concerned with. It's just one of those things that we will always have to pay. The kicker like you guys say is the insurance. I am going to give my company a call or look myself online to see what the damage would be. I am 28 and married with no tickets. However my wife got one a couple to three years ago. She is also 24 turns 25 next month. Maybe that will help us out.

 

If you're married with a clean record I don't think you have much to worry about.

 

I had a 350z convertible before the ralliart and a S2000 before that. I kind of miss the manual trans and torque of the Z. I think the EVO should be a good fit again. I just thought I could get the RA and mod it but now I don't know if I should put a lot into it if I will still end up wanting the EVO.

I do like the RA though and want to stay with the Mitsubishi family.

 

I used to have a S2k too.

5 DSMs --> S2k --> IX --> X

 

I had a ralliart and I swapped to an evo x. my payments went up a bit of course. but at the same time, my insurance actually dropped $10.

 

Give your insurance a call. I've been with Mercury forever and they are always the lowest whenever I shop around. They've insured my Civic, R6, Evo 8 and now the X. Always cheapest and best coverage over anyone else.

 

Kracka that's cool, they are fun little cars. I had an AP1 and loved the 9K redline.

H4ckluserr how in the world did that happen lol. What company do you use?

 

I just traded my 2010 ralliart that i was paying 308 a month and got a brand new 2011 pb evo x gsr with ss and interior package for 585 a month for 58 months. Let me tell you its a totally different car and i think the mpg on the evo x is better that the RA. I say if you can afford it go for it 400 a month is not that bad but you are getting a used one just make sure its not abused. One more thing the deciding factor was insurance was only going to be $97 more over 6 months.