Alright this is how it goes... i drive about 100 miles everyday to school right now, so gas is somewhat of an issue and i know the evo is not too good on that... last year i put 35,000 miles on my GTI, which is my daily driver, and i have a mid to high 11 sec RX-7... the question is can i make the evo as fast as the RX7 and as reliable as the GTI... i know any fast car is sort of unreliable, but my mazda has never had any sort of problem, ever... i just need to know if i can put 150,000 plus miles on an evo still be fast and not break down all the time...

 

you should be ok, just get one.

 

why not just get a beater civic or something? to me seems like a waste

 

well i can sell the GTI and RX7 and get one car, because my roomates hate that i got the whole garage, so one car is the answer, and i need an all around car that works good

 

It'll be perfectly reliable, but your wallet is going to take a serious hit between gas, tires, brakes, and fluid changes. If you're doing 35k miles a year, that's roughly $4500 a year in just gas in a car that gets 35mpg. The Evo will probably see about 22mpg on the hwy; you do the math. You'll go through two sets of tires at about 1k a set including install, two sets of brake pads at $200-$300 a set, a set of rotor at about $600, changing out the drivetrain fluids twice (~$40 if you do it yourself), and a set of spark plugs.

 

The Evo isn't the best choice for 35k miles a year man - way too high maintenance for that kinda driving life.

IMO if you do 35k stick with the GTi and have a project car to leave home (not at school)

 

well maintaining it isnt a problem, we have all the equipment, when my dad retired he bought a shop with everything like lifts, and every tool ever, we balance and mount our own tires and best friend works at good year... i am just not a fan of getting 70k on the car and it break down on the way to school...

 

lol 35k a year wow... get a civic or something good on gas

 

haha, i could drive a civic, i would drive a v6 camaro before i would drive that ricer car

 

if you can afford it, go for it!.
35k miles per year will reduce your car value by $2-3000 more than the average depreciation/year. and evo cost a bit more on maintenance than gti. the mpg would be 1/2 as what you get right now.. the insurance would be higher and possibly more tickets.

 

it would be very tough to let go of ls-1 rx-7 tho..

 

You must have alot of disposable income to drive 100 miles a day for school. Doing simple math and the fact that you did 35000 miles in your GTI,

35000/19 EVOX avg mpg = 1842 gallons per year x $5 per gallon = $9210 gas alone

if $10/gal is the forecast and given our grave economy, you will spend $18400 on gas alone next year.

I think since you love cars, buy a 400,000 dollar house, get the evo and walk to school!

By the way, I noticed you liked LS-1. I had 4 f-body cars that were toured around the country by gm (my company is Rytek Projektz) and two were the camaros in Vortech superchargers catalog.

 

Get a civic with a k20 and you'll be fast, reliable, and great on gas. I'd just get rid of the GTI and do that.

 

I have evos come thru here with 167k miles.. youll be ok.. will it break?? maybe.. its a car they almost all break at 1 point..

 

I think it would be easier to move then be doing all that driving. If you must drive 100 miles to school each day then I agree with everyone else... old civic or a corolla would work.

Driving an Evo is fairly expensive per mile and an STI hatch would probebly be better for "all around" duty anyway (lots of utility, 6 spd for highway).