Finally gave in and bought an Evo
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Finally gave in and bought an Evo
I finally made the switch - I was driving a 2005 Jetta GLI (mk4 - pics below) - and was at the point of either - going even bigger or trying to figure out what to do next..? I've wanted an Evo (since before Evo's were even in America) forever... and an S15... but at the moment my budget just didn't fit buying an S15 and then modding it to get it where I'd want it to be... (and it would only be a Spec S - not a Spec R - then trying to swap a V8 etc....).. so that ruled itself out pretty quickly...
Some of the mods:
Exterior : Racing Hart Cp035's (17x8 +35, +18 after spacers); Matte White wrap w/ white carbon hood/trunk & black carbon roof..etc.. and varis carbon fiber under-the-rear diffuser (custom mounted))
Engine : Built 1.8T + Gt3071R + 28Psi + LSD + Meth & basically everything else they sell for a GLI lol
Anyways on a whim I just decided what the hell - I'll post it for sale on our facebook (fanpage) ; 20 minutes later - I had a serious buyer - who was very interseted (On Friday evening) - he asked for the VIN to apply for a loan - Saturday morning he had a Bank Check in hand & a plane ticket booked to Florida. Monday rolled around and my car was being driven away, back to North Carolina.
After a week of searching (and seeing some of the most abused, beat up, badly taken care of Evos...) - Oh also being told by a "not going to say here" dealership - that I offered 20k for their $21,9XX Evo 9 SE (w/ 7X,XXX miles on it) - that I wasted my time even driving up there (because apparently my offer was ridiculous). I found this Red Evo 8 for sale with 48k miles on it. I drove up made an offer and a couple hours later I was driving home.
This is my Evolution 8
(first picture I ever took of it)
(first picture of it after it was officially mine)
These are all the pics, I have so far - Later tomorrow I am picking up a simple carbon fiber lip a friend of mine has for it - so let the modding begin
anyways just wanted to say whats up to everyone here
Some of the mods:
Exterior : Racing Hart Cp035's (17x8 +35, +18 after spacers); Matte White wrap w/ white carbon hood/trunk & black carbon roof..etc.. and varis carbon fiber under-the-rear diffuser (custom mounted))
Engine : Built 1.8T + Gt3071R + 28Psi + LSD + Meth & basically everything else they sell for a GLI lol
Anyways on a whim I just decided what the hell - I'll post it for sale on our facebook (fanpage) ; 20 minutes later - I had a serious buyer - who was very interseted (On Friday evening) - he asked for the VIN to apply for a loan - Saturday morning he had a Bank Check in hand & a plane ticket booked to Florida. Monday rolled around and my car was being driven away, back to North Carolina.
After a week of searching (and seeing some of the most abused, beat up, badly taken care of Evos...) - Oh also being told by a "not going to say here" dealership - that I offered 20k for their $21,9XX Evo 9 SE (w/ 7X,XXX miles on it) - that I wasted my time even driving up there (because apparently my offer was ridiculous). I found this Red Evo 8 for sale with 48k miles on it. I drove up made an offer and a couple hours later I was driving home.
This is my Evolution 8
(first picture I ever took of it)
(first picture of it after it was officially mine)
These are all the pics, I have so far - Later tomorrow I am picking up a simple carbon fiber lip a friend of mine has for it - so let the modding begin
anyways just wanted to say whats up to everyone here
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Nice ride bro, Enjoy. Yeah I've had the same trouble with a some of my locale Mitsu dealers. I've been trying to track down a Graphite Grey Evo MR, went to the dealer and asked them if they had any, The guy looked it up and they had two in IL somewhere. Then the guy laughed at me and gave me his card and said "its $25,000 come back and see me in like 5 years when you have that kinda cash kid." I wouldn't be looking for that car if i didn't have the cash so i guess they missed out on a sale cause the guy wanted to be a jerk. wont be going back there.
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Definitely all coming soon - Just going through all the maintenance stuff now
haha - 90% of the stickers on my Jetta are directly relative to my business - the other few are sponsors, advertisement = more money! but definitely trying to keep it simple
Nice ride bro, Enjoy. Yeah I've had the same trouble with a some of my locale Mitsu dealers. I've been trying to track down a Graphite Grey Evo MR, went to the dealer and asked them if they had any, The guy looked it up and they had two in IL somewhere. Then the guy laughed at me and gave me his card and said "its $25,000 come back and see me in like 5 years when you have that kinda cash kid." I wouldn't be looking for that car if i didn't have the cash so i guess they missed out on a sale cause the guy wanted to be a jerk. wont be going back there.
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Either way, a clean Evo is the best. It looks good now -- keep her clean.
