If I would have found this site before I bought, I would have been all over your car!!

i would LOVE an S4.. > X in terms of looks, performance, awd system, looks, interior, ergonomics, looks, looks.. S4 is the most handsome car on the market right now, hands down. would definitely an option for me except I've decided to move away from awd after this.. that and if/when the RS4 comes out which would depress me insanely

Ugh, you are like the 5th person to tell me this.

Lost my job, unemployment does not cover the cost of an EVO and all it's baggage... I moved on to something better, something I can work and and repair for half the cost of an EVO and still make serious power!

I know where a lot of you guys are coming from.. When I originally set out to buy an X in 08 I got a 10% paycut in early oct '08 and got laid off permanently on late oct '08 (it was a shock to all of us) and I had to put off buying a house and a car. I ended up landing a job in feb 09, and it took me several almost a year to get back up on my feet and get my savings up to where they were before the paycut and layoff. It also helped to buy the car right after buying the house because the home loan didn't show up on my credit report and it "looked" like I had no debt at all.

Besides all of that, If I would have bought the X before the layoff, I probably would have had to default on the loan. Sh*t happens to good people...

Look at my sig.

The realization of what my lifestyle really is.........a truck lifestyle.

Too many DIY projects around the house, too many Home Depot trips (having to rent the home depot truck), too many Ikea runs (can't buy big items cause they don't fit in the car), too many camping trips (camping stuff doesn't fit in the car), too many Guadalupe river floating trips (again with the camping stuff), quite simply........the EVO's trunk couldn't handle it.

But the best part of all.........the wife has been hinting around about getting a ski boat, so I needed to get a truck to pull it.

35 grand for an evo x is not worth it. That just me.

I did not pay anything close to 35k!

While I don't think anyone will argue the uselessness of an Evo in those cases, why not just buy a used truck in ADDITION to an Evo?

I have a decent condition 1999 F-150 XLT that I paid pennies for, probably less than your mods cost, that does everything you listed. Hell, since I paid dick-all for it, I bet I do MORE with it, more nasty ****, plowing snow, mud running, rock banging, etc. Yeah, it's not a NICE truck, by any stretch of the imagination, but people's obsession with "one or the other" sort of confuses me; own both.

Clearly, if you're going to drop big cash on a ****ing NEW truck, your cash flow is going to be mitigated enough to possibly disallow for an Evo, but you can buy a functional truck for cheap.

OP, you're very observant. There are an abnormal number of Xs for sale. From our forum to Autotrader and even Cars.com. There are too many of them. It's hard to speculate why someone will get rid of their car and its a bit premature to immediately assume they cannot afford it. Things often change and people demand different things over time.

I think you hit it on the head Seth. It's about stages of life. I just let mine go this passed Thursday. It seems like everyone around me (friends, family, co-workers) are having more withdrawals than I am. I am satisfied with the decision and it will be better for me down the road. I was fortunate to be in a very favorable position as I throw down a significant amount of cash when I bought the car so I wasn't upside down or even close. It wasn't because I couldn't afford it. There are other things in my life that are a bit more important at this point. I'm relatively young and I've had the joy of owning a small handful of enjoyable vehicles at an early stage in my life. In about 2-3 years I'll resurface with ///M on my trunk lid. Curse of the moderator? Some say.

I agree with your owning both comment, but my list was just getting started. I searched for months on finding a good cheap truck but I really couldn't find anything. Either they had lots and lots of miles on them or they were so old I would be affraid trying to tow a boat because it would put the truck out of its misery. Here in Texas, trucks are every where, and most people are very hard on them, so trying to find a decent truck, that hasn't been abused, that can pull a boat is some what hard, believe it or not.

But the big kicker is, April was GMC/Chevy truck month, 0% financing plus I almost got 7000 off the truck in rebates, among other things, GMC made me an offer I couldn't refuse, so I pulled the trigger on buying the truck.

Don't get me wrong, I loved the EVO. It was the fastest car I ever owned. It was the only car I put that much money into. But thats just it, I would have continued to drop money into the car because I never saw the end of the mod list. The boost was addicting. So I checked myself into a doctor (aka GMC), got help with my problem, and now I can say I'm a recovering boostaholic.

Like the above Clark Kent quote, I guess I'm at a different stage of my life.

I'm glad I had mine for a couple of years, but I don't miss mine AT ALL. It was very capable, but it brought out the worst in me, driving aggression-wise. I think my friends and family were more shocked...I've missed cars before, but the extra money at the end of the month is nice to have. really nice.

This is one of the main reason they are getting sold, most owners like to have that extra cash. Once you buy an Evo you want to start modding it as soon as you drive off the lot. I didnt mod my X till recent thats why it doesnt seem as a big expense. Some owners just need to take it easy on spending money on the X.

However you do not find many cheap used EVO x's.

Economy. The most of the VIII's are paid off already, or most of the IX'S. So there is no reason to sell them. The X's are most of them is still owns good amount of money on the car, and the payment is high so as the insurance. This two makes it for a most people to have the car just simply too expensive.
As soon as the economy picks up for a regular joe's too, the cars will find a new owners with no problem. Most people is reserving they money, and very very caucus what they buy. The Evo is not a necessity for the most household.
In my opinion.