Hey
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Evolving Member
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Hey
Hey all,
Just saying hi. Just got my new Evo IX MR SE yesterday and I'm about 160 miles in to the run-in period! I need to get to 600 soon - having to worry about keeping the revs down and the brakes gentle is frustrating!!
Anyway, I've been watching the forums for a few days now and everyone seems really helpful - great community
I'm on lots of car-related forums, and car enthusiasts are always pretty awesome - if we ran the world I'm sure everyone would just get along (mostly!)!! 
Thanks!
S.
Just saying hi. Just got my new Evo IX MR SE yesterday and I'm about 160 miles in to the run-in period! I need to get to 600 soon - having to worry about keeping the revs down and the brakes gentle is frustrating!!
Anyway, I've been watching the forums for a few days now and everyone seems really helpful - great community
I'm on lots of car-related forums, and car enthusiasts are always pretty awesome - if we ran the world I'm sure everyone would just get along (mostly!)!! Thanks!
S.
power...
LOL you have more restraint than I, sir! I've got around that many miles on my MR SE as well, but after 100 miles I couldn't resist heavy acceleration in the first few gears a couple of times. Too much fun!
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Joined: Dec 2006
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From: USA
Thanks guys!
The Evo is, needless to say, far more powerful than the Boxster. They both have good and bad points, though. The Boxster is more refined, normally-aspirated, linear, and being a highly balanced mid-engined RWD car, it can be a lot of fun. The convertible top is also a major plus for me (I generally love roadsters - I've had the MGF (British sports car), Mazda Eunos (JDM version of the MX-5/Miata), Audi TT (highly modified for the track), the Boxster, and a Lotus Elise S1!). Unfortunately the Boxster is not very practical, not very powerful, and a little soft (compared to the Evo).
The Evo on the other hand is highly strung, very quick, precise, and a LOT of fun - puts the grin back on your face time and again - and to top it all it's very practical! Unfortunately it's bad points include build quality (compared to Porsche), dealers suck (Porsche dealers are generally less pushy than Mitsubishi dealers), warranty issues with even the smallest mod, high-profile (for the police and thieves), service intervals, cost of ownership, etc.
Overall I think both cars are very good at what they do (which is why I have both, I guess!), and can't really be compared as apples-with-apples. The Evo would thrash a stock Boxster around a track (or street), but the Boxster is probably easier to live with daily. Also, the image that each car portrays is very different
Thanks!
S.
The Evo is, needless to say, far more powerful than the Boxster. They both have good and bad points, though. The Boxster is more refined, normally-aspirated, linear, and being a highly balanced mid-engined RWD car, it can be a lot of fun. The convertible top is also a major plus for me (I generally love roadsters - I've had the MGF (British sports car), Mazda Eunos (JDM version of the MX-5/Miata), Audi TT (highly modified for the track), the Boxster, and a Lotus Elise S1!). Unfortunately the Boxster is not very practical, not very powerful, and a little soft (compared to the Evo).
The Evo on the other hand is highly strung, very quick, precise, and a LOT of fun - puts the grin back on your face time and again - and to top it all it's very practical! Unfortunately it's bad points include build quality (compared to Porsche), dealers suck (Porsche dealers are generally less pushy than Mitsubishi dealers), warranty issues with even the smallest mod, high-profile (for the police and thieves), service intervals, cost of ownership, etc.
Overall I think both cars are very good at what they do (which is why I have both, I guess!), and can't really be compared as apples-with-apples. The Evo would thrash a stock Boxster around a track (or street), but the Boxster is probably easier to live with daily. Also, the image that each car portrays is very different
Thanks!
S.
Last edited by Rom; Feb 9, 2007 at 12:10 PM.