Maybe thats what his budget allows? A nice 08 will still cost you $23-27k.

A high mileage one can be had for high teens or low 20s.

Plus realistically the 08's have no less problems than any other years. I know a few guys with 08's that have had zero issues, and I also know a guy with a 2011 who had a diff pin failure, and an ACD pump failure.

Its a hit or miss kind of thing.

 

look into the golf r

 

First year of a new car is always a tad shady. You probably have the highest mileage Evo X though lol.

 

I found the problem.

 

this is why i will never get the 1st year new model car.. good luck man.

 

If he has a budget for 23 - 27k then he can make a good down payment on a later year. Or hell even buy a 10 or 11. Even carmax (who's the highest place to buy a car) have 11s for 30k. Only buy a 08 model if ur paying no more than 17k otherwsie id rather by a 23k 2011 Ralliart. But I def agree with the. Hit or miss cuz with mitsu if its a miss your pockets surely will be too. And for the op. In the words of spartacus "the mitsu gods proceed to spread cheeks and ram c*** in @$$"

 

A ralliart over an Evo?

I'd take an old Evo 8 over even a brand new ralliart.

 

If I baby my car for 1 week while DD to work and back, by Saturday it drives like ****. This car BEGS to be driven hard, anything less is an insult and grounds for immediate termination.
And as was stated above, try owning a BMW/etc to 100k miles, that is true rap. My buddy had to do his 45k service on a e46 (which is cheaper than new BMW's), $7500

 

That is true...EVOs crave attention...nothing like the feeling of gearing that turbo spool under hard acceleration.

 

that list of problems isn't ****... if you think that's bad, try owning an Audi - where spending $1,000+ in one year on maintenance & random repairs isn't even a slight surprise

 

Audi is the rich mans game....that being the specific reason why you dont see kids driving them...same goes for a Benz...they last forever because you end up replacing everything on it...

 

exactly. Your talking world class cars with audi and bmw. Mitsubishi isn't even on there radar. Hell mitsu is lucky to be on subraru and mazdas radar. Nothing against mitsu but that's apples to oranges. If ur in the market for audi, lexus, or bmw then mitsubishi isn't in that conversation
Evo is a fine machine bar none and if u can grab 1 do it. But to justify cost of repairs to that of a bmw or audi then maybe u should by a genesis coupe and move on

 

Depends on what u buy it for. Evidently according to most people on forums is your not driving the car for what it was intended for which is rippin up autocrosses then its jus a waste of money that will turn into a money pit. and if that's what worries you then. The ralliart is a more down to earth choice

 

Now I want to see a 100k miles 08 MR review, This is the 10th version I hope Mitsubishi was able to make last forever. So which one is the least problematic Evo? Evo 9?

 

This can happen with any car I think, but the Evolutions of the past, along with older Scoobs, have had a decent reputation of being very reliable and able to withstand hard use. I had a pair of WRXs prior, (a stock 05 Wagon with 81k miles and an 06 stage II Sedan with 50k), and beat the snot out of both. ZERO issues period, not even a clutch. I tried finding a good used 06-06 STI before "settling" on a new 2010 Evo 10.

I proceeded to treat it like my Scoobs, and was surprised to go through a CMC and clutch at 37k miles. I've done all the maintenance myself, following the more aggressive schedule, using OEM fluids and parts, with the exception of the brake pads. I've gone through lots of tires, more than I had expected, and miss the cost of replacing 225/45/17s that I had on my Subaru's which I didn't blink to do every 10k miles for some nice sticky tires that typically only cost $150/each vs. the $200-250 for 245/40s.

Anyways at about 42k miles, I'm concerned about how much hard use this car will take and how much it'll cost to replace parts that might/will fail. I have a few fellow Evo 10 owners that have owned or still own 8/9s and they all have had a series of serious issues like the OP with their 10s, but nothing ever wrong with their 8/9s. That being said, I also know several new (GR) STI/WRXs owners that have had the same or worse happen, compared to their old GD STIs/WRXs.

BOTTOM LINE: The Evo 10 is a $35k car with a $60k car's contingency cost.