Hi, im a new member and i am in the market for a new car. I have driven most possibilities in the 30,000 dollar range and the only car that wowed me was the new mustang GT, everything else seemed like it was missing something for me. The Evo has always been on my list of cars i want to check out but the dealerships wont let you touch one without a deposit. I must ask though (I have been reading around the forums but i may have missed a couple threads, so hopefully im not repeating anything thats already on here, if so, sorry in advance haha):

1. On a stock EVO, how is the overall maintainance and reliability?

2. Does the clutch really only last 20,000 miles?

Thank in advance.

 

As far as reliability goes, it is really good even when you start modifying with bolt ons. Maintainance isn't cheap though. Tires, oil changes, fluids get pretty expensive for this car. As far as how long the clutch holds, it all depends on your driving style. There are many people on this board that launch their cars pretty often and have more than 30,000 miles and their clutch is holding strong, but there are the others where 1-5 launches will kill their clutch. As long as you don't launch often or you know how to launch, your clutch should hold just fine beyond 20,000 miles.

 

Go to the dealership and start talking money... let them do a credit check and start negotiating the price... they'll let you drive the Evo once they see you are serious. You need to drive an Evo before you get a Mustang... and this is coming from a former V-8 guy (an LS1 Camaro).

 

alright great i actually plan on going to the dealership today to see if i can get a ride in it, thanks for the help.

 

yes definately test drive the evo before going for the mustang! a friend of mine just got one and he is so please with it(GT model) but now he regrets after driving my evo for 45mins!

 

Well, I'm at 24xxx miles, still strong. 352whp

 

hey staatz... original clutch?

how about snow driving? i know this is a little off topic and i have read a couple of things about dirving them in the snow but any experiance with them in the snow?

 

When I first brought my car home from the dealership the weather changed to ICE AGE. I noticed the placard on the door about the car needing snow tires for snow. But having owned an AWD DSM, which I drove through lots of winter weather on summer tires, I figured I knew more than the builder did. Wrong!

So, then I quickly scrounged up two DSM rims with snow tires and mounted them on the back. Still, to make my Evo turn at a corner I had to pull the emergency brake. I see why the rally drivers do this. To get a little more traction at the front I mounted the spare. So, now I had two black DSM rims mounted on the rear, the spare and one Advin. This just so I could get to work.

Next fall I had my new snow tires mounted in October. The guys in the tire shop thought this was funny, snow tires in October. Not me, I was a believer.

On four Dunlop Winter Sport M3's the car is unstoppable. This March we had a record-breaking snow - 25 inches in one night - and it was several days before the side streets, including my street, was plowed. Down town they pushed all the snow to the center of the street and the piles there were eight feet high. So, I'd look up and see somebody's feet walking above me.

The problem with driving in this much snow is not traction, it is all the snow you end up pushing with the nose. The lower wire mesh grill in front of the intercooler got pushed in. I repaired it and it looks okay but the low front end is the problem in deep snow, not getting stuck.

I just asked my wife how she liked driving our Evo in the snow. She said, "I usually don't like driving your car with the clutch and all but I just love driving it in the snow." Nuff said.

 

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