ive driven an rx-8 at one of those zoom zoom events and i definately thought it had decent power, great throttle response. but the stock suspension was too sloppy for me, and it understeered like a siv. I couldnt rotate that thing on stock suspension for ____. My old integra's stock suspension had no problem with rotation, and had awesome turn in, and the evo also has no problem getting the tail out. i was definately impressed with the interior on the rx-8 also. but personally im all about spartan interiors. Call me crazy but I love the evo interior, theres nothing to it, whereas an STI interior truely makes me sick for some reason.

anyway, the MR transmission is good, but it is very notchy until it warms up.