What's wrong with slamming an Evo X?
Friend with slammed VW - "you should lower you Evo. Would look sooo much better"
Me - "I drive it the gravel and the dirt and during the winter in the snow. I bought it for that. Where do you drive yours? To car shows?"
Friend - "Ummm... yes."
If my car was a show queen and all I wanted to do was go to car shows, I might have lowered it. Then again, if that's all I was going to use it for, I wouldn't have bought my Evo in the first place.
Most people on this forum prefer to drive then to show off at a car show, so slamming an Evo doesn't compute. I can understand both sides to the coin, but the Evo isn't the car I'd choose if my lifestyle was all about driving slammed. If I slammed it, I'd have to drive my Evo around slowly over every crack and bump in the road? I'd have to lose all the capabilities I bought it for, just so I can have a fashion statement? I'd rather stick a pen in my eye.
That's just my opinion, and although many others may share it, I don't want to force my opinion on the OP. If he wants to slam an Evo, I can't understand why, but I won't insult him over it. Imagine this: OP wants to buy an Evo but doesn't care about handling. Mull that idea around. I tried, I got confused and now I have a headache. Thanks, OP.
Me - "I drive it the gravel and the dirt and during the winter in the snow. I bought it for that. Where do you drive yours? To car shows?"
Friend - "Ummm... yes."
If my car was a show queen and all I wanted to do was go to car shows, I might have lowered it. Then again, if that's all I was going to use it for, I wouldn't have bought my Evo in the first place.
Most people on this forum prefer to drive then to show off at a car show, so slamming an Evo doesn't compute. I can understand both sides to the coin, but the Evo isn't the car I'd choose if my lifestyle was all about driving slammed. If I slammed it, I'd have to drive my Evo around slowly over every crack and bump in the road? I'd have to lose all the capabilities I bought it for, just so I can have a fashion statement? I'd rather stick a pen in my eye.
That's just my opinion, and although many others may share it, I don't want to force my opinion on the OP. If he wants to slam an Evo, I can't understand why, but I won't insult him over it. Imagine this: OP wants to buy an Evo but doesn't care about handling. Mull that idea around. I tried, I got confused and now I have a headache. Thanks, OP.
Last edited by SudzRA; Aug 21, 2012 at 11:29 AM.
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THAT would be brilliant:
If the car's aesthetic is most important to you, maybe consider getting a Ralliart (or even a regular Lancer) and slamming that. It's essentially what you're describing: a car that looks like an Evo but handles like a Lancer.
Last edited by stokEd; Aug 22, 2012 at 05:31 AM.
The irony of this is I believe the aesthetic is derived from sports cars and race cars where handling is paramount. LMP cars with push rod suspension and GT cars with ultra stiff springs and minimal suspension travel have pretty tight wheel gaps. There are plenty of performance reasons for this from maintaining a constant ride height for aero reasons and less drag to lower center of mass. Huge wheels to allow space for giant brakes, a low stance and small wheel gap is all inspired in the name of form follows function, going fast and winning races.
When you head down the path of "race inspired cosmetic enhancements" with any car it is always a slippery slope. From gross offenders to genuine clubmen and racers most of us are guilty at some point, including Mitsubishi (and most other manufacturers) shamelessly pandering to a boy racer consumer audience.
When you head down the path of "race inspired cosmetic enhancements" with any car it is always a slippery slope. From gross offenders to genuine clubmen and racers most of us are guilty at some point, including Mitsubishi (and most other manufacturers) shamelessly pandering to a boy racer consumer audience.
What's sad, given that we have Evos, is that it doesn't go both ways. For example, if I take a 2G DSM and put some 15" Braids on it and leave it at the original ride-height (or higher), no-one is going to say "whoa, cool, it's a rally DSM!" But if I take an Evo 9 and put some 18s on it and slam it, people do say "whoa, cool, it's a road-racing Evo!"