hey guys i just bought an Evo a couple of weeks ago and i must say, being as its my first car that i bought, my first forced induction and first AWD car.......the experience is AMAZING. No problems with the car (had 27k miles on it when i bought) except battery needed to be changed and the belts changed. Now i need to change all the fluids and get it tuned cuz its overboosting and eating gas like a ****.

I have one simple, yet really noob question...when i take it to a car wash or something...will the soap and stuff from the wash mess anything up in the engine if it goes through that vent on the hood? lol

some pics of it (sorry i havent taken a full pic of the car..i always come home when tis dark and my fone cam sucks in the dark):









thnx again for having me here..im proud to be the owner of an Evolution =D

 

nice car, welcome. youll be ok in the wash. most of the water hits the manifold

 

Nice car and welcome. Don't take it to the car wash!!! Well, unless you hate your paint, then it's okay. But if you like having a scratch free car you should search the show n' shine for the best way to wash her.

 

Welcome, nice car glad you like it. On the subject of the carwash, I never experienced any problems or do i know anyone who has, the only thing is you see some steam at first and thats it. Then again I'm sure Mitsubishi has considered that fact in the build, so i don't think there is anything to worry about.

 

i need a place to wash her during the winter lol...im not gonna stand outside washing her in 40 degree or minus weather =P

 

Welcome.. Take care of it, and don't beat it too much until you find the limits of it and get used to them...
As of washing it, you'll be ok.. as long as water doesn't get to the intake.. If u dont have cone intake, then ur all good...

 

"I find your lack of faith disturbing"
/starwars

Come on i have washed my car in colder weather than that. anything to avoid a car wash unless its brush less.

 

car wash is hairy my friend and i went is his black evo one time and the guy looked at the car said hey is that a factory installed spoiler? we said yea, then he takes like two minutes to look at it then says.... it should be ok...? it was scary lol plus thats not mentioning the fun scratches and stuff you get from terrible wash machines.
me and my other two evo freinds wash our at my house every saturday by hand,

 

that works in arizona, here in ohio(and new york I'd imagine) i take my to the "do it your self car wash" and freeze my *** off for a bit while i hose it down. hand washing doesn't work when you have to remove road salt.

 

Welcome to evoM. Your car looks great! Love the front view picture.

 

welcome to evom

 

maybe you can take it to a hand car wash and bring your own micro fiber towels just in case they use crappy towels.

 

nice of you to actually use the check in seems like everyone says F*** it lol
sup sup

 

yea i was thinking of going to one of those places where they hand wash ur car for u and vacuum and everything lol..

 

Just take it to a brushless car wash and you'll be 90% fine. 100% if they don't use the standard cheap chemicals. I know how you feel, washing cars here is impossible in the freezing cold, the water freezes before you can dry the car, hahaha.