Yeah i will check those out when i see the car. Guy is on a business right now and comes back the 24th cant wait to see the car!!!!

 

Based on the pic it looks like some things were modified and put back to stock. The upper intercooler pipe looks a bit sketchy in terms of the couplers look like they were put back to stock and I'm not sure what the black tape around the middle was for. The motor mount beside the cams also looks like it may have been removed and put back to stock.

You can usually tell once you actually are able to see the car and drive it around. If it feels jerky and there is a lack of power, it may have been tuned before and the parts returned back to stock. Check the turbo, and if the undertray is still on the car. Most guys that modify the engine heavily just end up tossing the undertray since it takes so long to remove.

Remember stock Evo's are like finding a pink unicorn in the desert, they just don't exist these days.

Good luck.

 

I have a pink unicorn in the desert.

 

Lol, how many miles? I found a 2006 Evo9 with 9,000 miles, problem is its the GSR and no aluminum roof. Sucks because something like that holds me back from buying, I'm lookin for Evo 9 SE or MR or RS with under 10,000 miles. PM if anyone has and wants to sell paying very well!

 

Under 10 000 miles? That's insane, that would assume the owner drove it for less than 1600 miles a year ? The only Evo's close to that were the ones offered at a dealership in California. They had 3-4 brand new Evo IX's a few years ago and they were selling for 5-6 grand over the orginal MSRP, which was pretty crazy (you can google it on evoM).

I think a more feasible mileage would be around 40k as those are what most low IX's are at these days. Don't get me wrong there are a few out there with like 8-15k on them, but those ones were usually involved in a heavy build or track duty, which is why the mileage is so low.

 

No, mine is daily driven and has ~48,700 miles (which isn't bad for being my only car).

Those were at South Coast Mitsubishi. I end up there every so often for my free oil changes (plus they're within two miles of both where I work and where I live), and two of them are still there. Originally, they were selling at MSRP, which would've already been a pretty good deal (but it's obviously not as good as if you had bought them brand new back in 2006 or 2007 with the EvoM pricing), but of course, people were cheap asses and still tried to haggle when they said pricing was firm. Supposedly someone came along from the Middle East and paid top dollar for one (which had to be shipped to that person's country), and he rose the bar for everyone else, so they're definitely selling for well above MSRP. Call it crazy if you want, but if you don't want to buy it, then don't.

 

Ah, yes that's right, I remember reading in a thread somewhere that there was one purchased and shipped to the Middle East, which jacked up the price for everyone else. I know they don't care if they sell them or not, as they are becoming collector cars and someone will eventually come in there and pay top dollar for them.

Any idea which ones are left? I just remember a GG MR and a RR MR. Also any idea how much they are asking for each of them now? I remember there was a member that took photos of them with all the stickers are wrapping on the seats still, which was cool. I would expect them to be selling for around 40k+ as I heard the one they sold to the Middle East went for a fair bit.

These are going to be the classic cars of the future, along with RX7's, Supras, NSX's, STI's and GTR's.

 

That was probably me who took the pictures, or at least it could have been, since it's not as if no one else could do it, but I know I took some pictures and posted them on EvoM at someone else's request because someone wanted the VIN.

I think they may have another one (or two) offsite, but the ones in the showroom are a pristine GG IX MR and a WW IX MR. I can't verify it, but I thought I had heard that the white one has something like 100-200 miles on it (not sure what they were from, though I remember hearing that it was a promo vehicle, though that doesn't necessarily mean it was meant for test drives) while the grey one probably has very few miles on the clock.