i love my SE...wouldnt think twice about buying it again...ull love it...if they do have a WW MR i would def think about that tho...its really rare and looks soooo beautiful...ether way your gonna get one hell of a car soo jus go buy it before sumbody else does!

 

Ya! MRs are more common then the SE. The SE was only in production for one year (so far)

 

lol at norco mitsubishi, they think that white mr is like a supra hahaha

 

Get the SE the 5spd seems to hold up better for track purposes....

 

He's talking about a 2006 MR or a 2006 SE. Both of those are Evo 9's, so they have both only been out for one year.

 

i got the MR for the bilsteins and 6 speed. if they dont matter, then get the SE

 

I love my 2006 Apex Silver MR

 

Yeah, I'll swap the suspension anyway, and if I invest in the car the $4k I'll be saving, I'll have the thing that much better. One poster on here mentioned the RS, and I wrote back that the only one I've seen is a 2004, and the freaking dealer wants $27K for it. One thing that intrigues me is the lack of ABS on the RS. DOn't get me wrong, I'm not gonna spend $27k on an '04, but why did Mitsu leave out the ABS on a car that seemingly would be track-ed. The last time I raced was like '98 or '99, and the car I drove didn't have ABS, but it had brake bias, so you could adjust out brake slide. I don't remember ever locking up the GT2 car, but I did on my own 3.2 911. I had a brake control valve on it, but all it did was pinch off pressure from the front or back, so I could even it out.
Anyway, ABS (on cars anyway) seems to offer shorter stopping distances, and also seems to offer you better control under braking. If this is the case (is it?), why wouldn't Mitsu put ABS on the RS? I instructed a couple of times in the student's car, some with ABS, but being stock street cars, they handled like crap, and I couldn't push'em like the race cars, therefore I never have seriously pushed a car with ABS.
Anybody know the deal-i-o?

 

Actually, from what I remember '06 MRs have been in production since late '05 through late summer of '06 while '06 SEs have been in production since early summer of '06 toward late '06, so the MR has been in production a little longer. Remember the SE was announced at the beginning of spring '06 and released a couple months later.
To the best of my knowledge, ABS is mostly a safety device, more so than something to enhance performance (though it can) by preventing wheel lockup during braking. You can still prevent wheel lockup during braking without ABS through additional, precise driver input. Think of its purpose like traction control, except ABS is a lot less intrusive and a lot more useful to a broader range of drivers.

 

If you are planning on taking your car to road tracks then I would recommend reading this: https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...d.php?t=210221

The short version is that 4th gear on the 6-speed is susceptible breakage on the track. If you are really getting this car to scratch a track-day itch, get the SE. If nothing else, it will give you some piece of mind.

 

5spd.

 

Im guessing the white MR is at Norco where they are trying to jack people and have been on those WW MR's for 6 months.They told my friend he had to finace the Evo through them for at least 3 months or they wouldnt sell it to him he was preapproved at OCTFU at a lower rate.NORCO

 

Thats retarted I hear so much bad and good about them but if they do that then that is really screwed up

 

Yeah, those guys are a real class-act. I can picture them in their Elvis glasses, big-collared polyester suits, and Steve Martin white disco boots.
Your friend's scenario is illegal (so's the bait and switch they pulled on me), and was done so they can bump up the interest and get a kick-back from the bank. The 3-month minimum finance thing, was probably because the bank stipulates that if the customer pays the loan off in those three months, the bank charges back the dealer for the kick back.

 

I purchased the MR over the SE mainly for the ride. It was a considerable difference with the MR. Really smooth compared to the jolt of the SE.

6th gear is nice when I commute in it.
Congrats on the purchase!