As well, some of the 2010s had overfilled tcases from the factory, which resulted in blown transfer cases. Something to be aware of with the 2010.

 

In my opinion, the placement on the steering wheel is a crappy spot. I rarely switch modes on the car so its useless for me. I wish I had the radio controls instead. =(

 

Subtle change to your post, but do you see the value of the difference?

 

MR? psh

 

You won't be disappointed with the MR.

At times I miss my 08.

I just hated the color.

GG was terribly bland to me.

S sport and manual makes it an incredibly fun and capable car for what you happen to be looking for.

 

I don't know if there's winter where you live but the AYC pump is known to fail both on MR and GSR models. Mainly due to its location behind the passenger rear wheel. They suck all dirt / salt in winter that cause pump failures.

 

I see the SST transmission as the future of sporty driving. If you look at most of the exotic car offerings, it's becoming harder and harder to find foot pedal manual transmissions; most are now made with paddle-shifters and DCT, or a type of variant.

This past October, I went to Vegas and visited World Class Driving. I was lucky enough to drive an LP560 Lamborghini and 458 Italia Ferrari. The Ferrari, which was DCT, was the most amazing car that I have ever driven. On the other hand, the Single Clutch Lambo was a blast as well, but after a tune on my MR by BakaUnchi, my car shifts better than the $200k+ exotic.

The SST is very capable of making high power, although it will cost you more than the GSR once you cross the 400wHP/wTQ threshold.

I really think that foot pedal clutch cars will become a thing of the past, as automated twin clutch transmissions are beginning to take over due to their greater efficiency. If you grew up driving stick like I did, you can't completely replicate the experience and pride of rowing your own gears with a manual clutch, but the MR comes damn close!

I highly recommend to anybody considering one.

 

how do you overfill a t case when jacks transmission has a write up on how to fill it up to the very brim filling it from the drain plug.

 

They probably filled the T cases at the factory with the filler hole pointing up so they can just pour the fluid in before mounting the T case to the car, and used too much fluid.. miscalculation/quality control error... who knows.

Jacks write up is regarding not enough fluid. Supposedly it's easy to mistaken a full case with a somewhat full case. I still think I'd rather fill from the filler hole and drive it a bit, then check again once the fluid settled. Filling from the drain hole seems like a mess and a half on the garage floor.

 

Yea i'm saying if Jacks is all about filling it to the brim, waiting, driving it around the block, filling it and doing it all over again he's trying to make sure you fill it to the very very top with no room left over. So how can mitsu possibly have filled to t-case more then that. Thus overfilling it...

 

Maybe they fill them on their side with "x" amount and then install at the factory

 

when it comes to buying a used evo or used anything, you really have no idea what you're getting and that's the bottom line. here is the perfect example for you... you see all these current evo owners telling you to stay away from an 08 right? well, i've had my 08 gsr since it had 6 miles on the odometer. it now has 113k miles and i've had 1 issues so far (plastic pulley but this is an issues for all evo x regardless of model year). i still have my original engine, transmission, clutch and this car gets driven properly on a daily basis and it's been launched using the two-step feature more than i can count.

model year has little to do with reliability. oh and this timing chain bs, it's been blown out of proportion. again, it comes down to how well the previous owner took care of the car.

 

I'm in a similar situation to OP. Looking at new MR but worried about all the problems with the EVO in general. Perhaps owners can comment on things like electrical problems and/or random parts that need replacing.

 

AYC pump. That's it for problems. But even for that there is now an option of rebuilding it, and certain things you can do to prolong it's life. Other than that imo the car is solid. Check out the 'milage check v2014' thread. Most people have been tuned with lots of HP with no issues at all.
Remember that the X is available in Europe in much more horsepower versions and even those come with warranty.

**Edit: Few weak spots are things like a rattling interior, plastic pulleys, an easily failing relay, a hose that pops off the engine that you should secure with one small zip tie, and you get a grin every time you drive the car that you can't get off your face.

forums.evolutionm.net/showthread.php?t=682459

 

No issues with windows? Lights? A/C? Other systems not related to motor or transmission?