Hello,

I was needing some advice from anyone that is willing to give advice. I know this is a EVO forum but what would be a better daily. Evo or WRX. I love both cars but cant make up my mind. Any advice is appreciated.

 

Well this is my first awd car. I see how people love to hook up their sti's wrx's and evo's not to jump on the bandwaggon but id go for an evo. The main reason why is the potential is there the wrx you have to do a little bit more to it to get it to pull as much as the evo when the evo is already quick out of the box.

Antoher thing which you have not mentioned is what model the 8,9 or 10 evo movel along with which year subbie too. Go best for whats within your budget then look at the ins and outs of weaknesses on the car,insurance etc if you dont have the money just fall back and take your time the hell with it ride in both then go from there.

 

Evo's over subbies bottom line are cheaper to mod.. You have to put much more money into a subby to get it as fast as an evo.. Like stated above what model wrx?

 

I am looking at trying to get either an evo 8 or just a 05 subaru wrx.

 

Take the EVO, more power for less mods.

 

The evo, you will not regret it.

 

I was considering the STi vs. the Evo X. If you do a search on how many used STi's out there, you will find pages to scroll through. Not so much with the Evo.

I went for the Evo taking uniqueness into account.

Plus, the guys in this forum rock. They are not trash-talking snobs like people in the other forums.

 

WRX is easier to live with when dealing with a daily driver, but the Evo is far more entertaining, even when measured against an STI. The WRX has slightly better gas mileage and is slightly less demanding in terms of maintenance, but the Evo is totally doable to the point where the difference in running costs isn't anything life-altering.

I've owned two Evos, both of which were daily driven, and my current one was purchased brand new in February 2007 and has been daily driven ever since. It's been painless, though mine is one of the few bone-stock examples still roaming the streets. I think my lifetime average mpg is about 21.5 mpg, give or take (though it would've been higher if my commute weren't as short as it is now, since the car will barely be warmed up by the time I pull into work), but I've broken the 30 mpg barrier on two occasions (though it took a ton of self-restraint in both instances).

It's easy to use, though it's only a pain when in stop-and-go, bumper-to-bumper traffic on the freeway for extended periods of time. I wish I had cruise control, but it's not a problem to not have it. Everything else is fine. I used to live in Newport Beach, where parking sucks, and I'd be able to parallel park it into fairly tight spots without ever hitting the other cars (though I'm pretty careful, and I always get out of the car and check if I think I might hit).

I work in insurance, and the rates generally suck for these cars (as I used to mess around and quote myself with various cars that were faster and more expensive such as the M3, GT-R, etc., though they were all generally less expensive to insure), but the rates for the Evos before the Xs have started to come down. You just need to find the right company, since the rates from different carriers are often far apart.

Trunk space is pretty solid too. I've been surprised at how much I can fit in there, as I generally move every year.

 

check out the top gear (british) where they pit the evo against the sti, once you watch it I think your mind will be made up.

 

It's entertaining and the end result is the same, but their models are different from ours... they've typically used the FQ models of the Evo (which are generally more powerful than ours, at least in their tests) and they handle slightly sharper due to the S-AYC, while their WRXs and STIs were using the 2.0-liters for a while (though I believe they eventually switched to 2.5-liters at some point), so those engines have a completely different power delivery than the USDM ones.

One of the import magazines has a video where they compared the 2003 Evo VIII to the 2004 STI, plus Edmunds did a video of the 2006 Evo IX SSL against the 2006 STI, so those might be closer to what the difference is between those cars.