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Old Jan 24, 2007 | 01:38 PM
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New Evo 8 Owner here

Hi everybody, I picked up a white '03 Evo this past week w/ 32k miles. Gonna try to keep it stock until the warranty wears out. Not quite used to the car yet, but it's almost scary how well it grips in the corners. Only complaint is that, it almost feels like it's missing a gear between 4th and 5th or something.

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Old Jan 24, 2007 | 01:40 PM
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nice color choice nOOb.. happy boostin!!
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Old Jan 24, 2007 | 01:42 PM
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Welcome and, yeah, fifth gear is a bit too tall on the five speed.
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Old Jan 24, 2007 | 01:50 PM
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very nice color... the 1, 2, 3, 4 are close however the fifth is a bit long, that what give the car a great acceleration and a good top speed.
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Old Jan 24, 2007 | 01:53 PM
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I just picked mine up a week and a half ago, that is also my only complaint.
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Old Jan 24, 2007 | 01:54 PM
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Welcome! Hope you have an extended warranty of some kind or I'm sorry to tell you that it has expired.

Enjoy!
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Old Jan 24, 2007 | 02:42 PM
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Welcome! Hope you have an extended warranty of some kind or I'm sorry to tell you that it has expired.

Enjoy!
Doesn't the powertrain warranty extend to 5yrs/50k?
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Old Jan 24, 2007 | 02:44 PM
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Originally Posted by evleb
very nice color... the 1, 2, 3, 4 are close however the fifth is a bit long, that what give the car a great acceleration and a good top speed.
Ah ok makes sense. Yeah the only color I would settle for was white, or maybe black. Both those colors just look really nice for an Evo.
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Old Jan 25, 2007 | 11:19 AM
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I actually prefer my rally red color. It stands out more.
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Old Jan 25, 2007 | 11:43 AM
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Get the windows tinted. Will look grande!
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Old Jan 27, 2007 | 12:46 PM
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Get the windows tinted. Will look grande!
yeah +1 on that
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Old Jan 27, 2007 | 01:13 PM
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**** you for getting the same year, in the color I wanted, and sucuesfully finding a WW one. Congrats, and WW is the only color I wanted for so long, I just settled for AS, but its gonna look sexy soon so ill get over it. Nice car.
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Old Jan 31, 2007 | 10:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Chemwarrior
I actually prefer my rally red color. It stands out more.
Ha, does an Evo REALLY need to stand out more? I swear I've never been stared at so much in my life. And this car is stock...

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Get the windows tinted. Will look grande!
In the works

Originally Posted by KartaRailed
**** you for getting the same year, in the color I wanted, and sucuesfully finding a WW one. Congrats, and WW is the only color I wanted for so long, I just settled for AS, but its gonna look sexy soon so ill get over it. Nice car.
Yeah I was basically just really really patient, though I was literally a week away from giving up and getting a Silver one.
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Old Feb 2, 2007 | 01:44 PM
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I'm actually planning on purchasing a Evo this weekend and I'm TORN between the Wicked White & Rally Red....help?
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Old Feb 3, 2007 | 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Kaido
Hi everybody, I picked up a white '03 Evo this past week w/ 32k miles. Gonna try to keep it stock until the warranty wears out. Not quite used to the car yet, but it's almost scary how well it grips in the corners. Only complaint is that, it almost feels like it's missing a gear between 4th and 5th or something.

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Congrats - The white looks great. I just bought a silver '05 a few weeks ago myself. Was a toss-up between white and silver... Enjoy it.
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