Been lurking on here for years, knowing I would eventually end up with an Evo, and now the time has come

Was hunting for the perfect Evo IX since the fall, and of course had a tough time finding a clean one, even had one snagged 1 hour before I arrived to look at it...

Found the perfect Evo 2hrs away in Pennsylvania, it's a Graphite Grey SE with 48k miles, car is mint... incredibly clean and bone stock! Thought it was too good to be true so I had a local Mitsu tech take a look at the car, and he told me he had never seen a 2006 so pristine and untouched. Took it home last weekend and have been grinning ever since, trying to sneak in rides any chance I can (my daily driver is the subway).

The car will be replacing my Supercharged Miata (97 M-Edition) with a handful of extras (Roll Bar, Hardtop, exhaust, intake, blah, blah...) which I've had a tremendous amount of fun with over the last 4 years. Let me know if anyone is looking for a smaller ride

Immediate plans are to get a set of star specs, some track worthy brake pads, and maybe a MR bilstein set-up. Once I'm used to (bored with) the power, I'll go with the typical bolt-ons + a tune... but for now, I feel bad messing with such a clean, mint evo!

From this:


To this:


Looking forward to learning tons while I'm here!
-j

 

Bone stock? It looks lowered.

Either way, congratulations on the purchase! I have the exact same car.

 

My first thought, as well.

Ditto.

 

might be the snow... Looked like typical ride height in person... Is there a standard measurement from hub to fender? Might have to bust the ruler out!

 

I don't think it's the snow... if both FJF and I thought the same thing, then it probably has some suspension work done to it.

 

That picture would've made it into the EvoM calendar if you had the car by then congrats on your purchase, if I didn't have a red evo, I would have a GG one

 

That is a great picture! Thanks for the new screen saver in my office...

-Brian

 

To give an idea of the stock ride height, my car above.

Agree with the other guys - great pic! Love the Miata, as well.

 

Congrats. Your gonna love it!!!

 

Thanks for the comments on the pic... When I woke up this am to see fresh snow on the ground I ran straight for the garage!

Thanks for the pic for reference... doesn't seem that far off from this other pic of my car:

 

best color on an evo imo hopefully i can find something like this soon!

 

You're right, it doesn't. Maybe it was the snow after all.

 

But was that picture from the car's previous owner?

 

congratz on the new ride

 

Nice find. Congrats!