Lol, A pig . . . . compared to what? You missed the whole point of my reply to the OP. The car is quick stock compared to other cars "stock". All I was trying to explain was that make sure you HAVE the money if you want to "Pay to Play" Money spent on Mods for this car can add up rather quickly and if something goes wrong, you have no warranty to save your a$$. Then you end up paying out the a$$ to get it fixed, on top of your car payment, insurance, and other routine maint. I said "to each their own". It's ultimately his ride and he can do whatever he damn well pleases. I just wanted to send a little info his way to make sure he thinks about the car long term and costs associated with whatever choices he makes.
In my opinion, if the car is going to be a keeper, then have fun and enjoy the X in all it's glory. I'm just saying that from my experience, lots of people buy these cars, put very little $$ down, finance these things for 6 years and have crazy car payments and insurace rates ($650/month for example) and then mod mod mod their cars voiding the warranty, find those high payments are more than they can afford and then end up being f**ked when trying to offload the car because the dealer will give you sh*t for the trade-in value or a private seller will lowball you because the warranty is void and car has probably been driven hard meaning they will prob have to put $$$ into the car after buying it to correct any problems or wear and tear.

 

thanks lando for making a very good point. In the position i am right now if i do buy it.. it will stay stock for a while just for the simple fact that i want be more financially stable before i start moding the thing.

Right now im contemplating selling my rx8 before winter and buying a crappy civic till i get the evo x. Reason being is that im scared ****less it will break down on me at any moment. As ignorant i may seem by saying this but i would rather sell it asap and letting someone else handle the problems and driving a pos civic for a while then having to keep dumping money into this car maintaining it. Im not sure .. alot to think about.

 

Boosted_Sin,

I think that's a pretty good idea. I've been out of school for awhile now and have a good paying job. That's why I was able to put 10K down on my X and finance the rest giving me cheaper ($284/month + $62/month insurance) payments. The car I sold prior to getting my X was a POS 2001 Hyundai Sante Fe with no A/C and I live in ARIZONA ! ! ! In the last year or so, I had to fix the power steering, radiator, cv joints, tires, and starter so I know exactly what you mean by dumping money into a car that is not worth it. My plan was to get an X in Nov as a birthday gift to myself but lucked out by finding an Evo X seller in CA who was in a financial situation and needed to unload his 2010 stock GSR with 25,000 miles on it.
Patience is a virtue but it will be better in the end. It's nice to know if I wanted to start modding my X, I could easily drop a couple thousand on it without even feeling it in my wallet but I want to enjoy the car 1st and then look at upgrading the parts later on.
Good luck in your search and mod or no mods, I'm sure you will LOVE your Evo when you finally get it.

 

In my opinion Evo X is a very reliable and safe car to drive i have gotten into a wreck with my first one and not a scratch on me and my wife! I love the car so much i went and got another 3 days later... If you take care of it it will not give you issues build it right to take the beating.

 

Your buddy is an idiot. Sell him an RX-8.

 

^ my exact thoughts lol

 

I want an evo x so bad . This videos what really sealed the deal on me wanting to get one lol . Of course im not aiming for so much power.

I watch this video almost everyday. Im obsessed !!

 

So I had another talk with my buddy about me getting an evox and he's really encouraging me not to get one. He pointed out a lot of negatives about the car. Here are some points he made:

-evo x motors are weak, previous evos (8 and 9) had better motors
-clutch on the 10s go quick
-he would never buy another mitsu cause all their cars are garbage now
-alot of people are blowing their motors even with cobb which is supposed to be safe
- prepapre to have another 20 grande for the motor if I want an evo x
-horrible gas mileage which I don't mind coming from an rx8
-went thru a list of mods and prices and 1000 bucks for the tune plus saying ill prbly blow the motor soon after
- 4 of his buddies who had evo x blew their motor which 2 were tuned by ivey who apparently is a God
-oil changes are like 150 bucks
-the car takes a lot of oil


Basically he doesn't want me going thru what he went thru with his evo. He's really convincing me not to get one but I want inputs from you guys and I want a lot of opinions to base my purchase on.

Thanks guys

 

Lets not encourage him to drive a stock one. lets encourage him to drive a tuned evo. then he will never come back to this thread again because he will be way beyond wondering if he should get an evo or not.

simply said.

 

It sounds like he's had a bad experience. I've tried my best to answer your questions in bold.

 

- evo x motors are pretty strong. It is all about the set up. Not just one or two or three parts and turn up the boost. Check out Ryan Gates evo x. it is strong.
- you want to change out the clutch anyway. Stock clutch on anything is not good enough. Not good enough.
- you're not buying a mitsubishi. you are buying an Evo. Its not the same.
- once again about blowing motors, it is about the setup and the tune. and most importantly... the driver.
- oil change is $40 when i change it myself. $75 when i take it to a shop using all synthetic oil. Just dont get ripped off.
- so one more qt of synthetic oil costs $7. You can afford another $7.

it is true that an evo is NOT cheap. But look at what you are getting. You are getting a ferrari/lambo killer at $40-$50 Grand after your build (just make sure to maintain it well). Evo owners are different. We want you in. Trust me. Im on my 2nd evo. 2008 X, and now 2005 VIII.

 

I'm getting out of rotaries and Rx7's after being in them for the past 18 years.
I've been working on my buddies MR (I'm getting a GSR in a month).
I loved the way the Evo handles. This car is just fun to drive. Easy to work on
and easy to mod up to around 350whp. Don't matter what car you have, yes you
have to be careful with tuning. If you do it wrong something bad can happen with
any car. I think you will be very happy with the Evo after the Rx8. If you do mods
and have someone else tune. You should have an Air/Fuel gauge, boost gauge,
and EGT gauge. At least the A/f and boost gauge though minimum. These are
gauges you should have on any car that is getting tuned. I trust no one with tuning.
There is some good guys on here for tuning, but everyone can make a mistake.
And these guys usually don't get to be with the car. So there going on info your
giving them which could be either wrong or the weather could change and the tune
not be perfectly correct. This is the reason for the gauges. You are responsible for
your car bottom line. And have to watch what your car is doing no matter who
has worked on it or tuned it.
Good luck on your decision. I'll have mine in a month and can't wait to have some
fun with it

 

I had a RX8 Touring and loved it.
But I traded it for a EVO 8 then to a RA then back to a EVO 8 now the EVO X.
I must say the AWD is the selling point along with the turbo.
I made the switch after I raced my NCO's saab turbo sudan same stock HP but he still pulled away thats when I knew even with the same power a turbo will pull away from a n/a.
Also the engine oil in the RX8 turned green that was really strange.
But I miss the leather heated seat's and sun roof the RX8 insides were really nice and the sound of the engine was so cool.
If I could go back I would have kept the RX8 and put a Turbo because it's top speed is a little higher then the EVO and 9000RPM with a 6 speed was just the best.
It just needs the extra power to get to that top speed but 170MPH out of a 2 cylinder is insane.

After seeing one on youtube once a turbo RX8 sounds like a jet.

After I pay the EVO off I might pick me up another RX8 for a project car but I would supercharge it because the 8 motor needs more power in the lower RPM since it really only makes it's power higher in the rev range.

I wish you the best in what you do.

ZOOM ZOOM

 

dude my friend had a rx8 and he had literally NON-STOP problems with it and it was stock. Ridiculous. It flooded the engine everytime I talked to him or their was some fuel issue. Made it about as reliable to go to class as my 93 TSi awd from the north that i was DDing at the time.

 

It had it's far share of problems like I said green engine oil.
But you just have to drive one if it's one thing about mazda there sports cars are so fun to drive from miata to the RX line just throwing the car around is so easy and can make any one smile.
There is just this attraction that they put on you kind of like a hot girlfriend that is good in bed but a bi*ch and high maintenance.
But as far as EVO's go I only felt that same way for the EVO 8 It just felt so different then my X.

The X is a great car in every way but like Clarkson would say it just does not have the passion or soul like the RX's or even a EVO 8 had. It had character.

You RX or even EVO 8-9 owners know what I'm talking about. Not meaning to get