New member searched for sti and bought an evo mr....
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congrats man, I too have an mr and love it. people may say the mr cant handle high torque etc, but you can swap if you feel the need to when u are power hungry but i didnt. THe sti transmission drives funny to me, but has a nice gauge, thats about it for me. I just didnt have the same good feeling as the evo. congrats again!
Thank you very much. I'm loving driving the car every day.
Congrats on the Evo.. Haha reminds me of the day when I got my car. The dealership had my soon to be evo and a blue sti parked next to each other. After driving both I couldn't pass up the evo. I just fell in love with it 
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Downgrade
So I just sold my 2006 EVO IX MR with only 12k miles on it a week ago and bought a 2004 EVO VIII with the sound, sunroof & leather package. Only 42k miles, very well documented service history and bought from the original owner. Bit of a down grade from my MR but I needed to pay off some bills so I had to do it.
I absolutely agree with you that no other car has the feel of a S2K. It truly is like being in a go cart. In my case we are expecting our first child and I needed to move up to a 4-door or I don't think I would have sold my S2k. I must say though the power of the Evo is addictive and is the one thing the S2k lacked.
Agreed! well its still an EVO lol, I to hold the s2k quite highly among cars, The Subbie is some what of a Brute if i may say it lacks the finness of the Mitsu but a worthy opponent none the less. Best of luck with the family u have an exellent automobile in which to haul them.
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I just came form an 07 STi and all I can say is they are both great. I do miss my STi but my STi was set up good with just some basic mods. It had stage 2 power (accessport turboback and k&n drop in) stage 2 supsension (25mm front and rear swaybars, springs, endlinks, front and rear strut braces). With this setup it outperformed most cars. Handling -my sti felt more planted through corners where my evo just wants to oversteer. STi just has lots of torque and I like the idea of the transmission being pretty much bullet proof, but the evo is cheaper to mod and easier to work on. I only switched because the evo has more room in the rear for my son.
