if you plan on modding your suspension then get the non mr., if not then the mr is the way to go.

 

Hahaha I love how ignorant everyone is on this board. The MR is the BEST Evolution...deal with it. Everything in modifying a car is a compromise...but the MR is 100% better than the other models. It is actually the only Evo in America that is even close to the Japanese Evos. Now since all you haters are all steemed up and thinking that I am wrong. ALL JDM Evo Gsr's have had the 6-speed since the Evo VIII. The JDM Evo IX's ALL have the Bilstein suspension, aluminum roof, and of course 6-spd. So in reality all of you who bought the RS and the regular IX (Gsr as you guys like to call it) basically bought Evo VIIIs with different bumpers, wheels, and a mivec motor. Sorry if you guys got burned too bad.

 

Well said!! But you are definitely going to get people flaming out now... But I do agree completely. I own an MR and love it, havent had any "glass transmission" issues, love the 6speed and bilsteins.