hi everyone. ive been lurking for quite a while now in here so i decided to register.
i imported a 2003 evo 8 from the US and got it for about 14/16+++miles and it was only last year that i had it released (yes customs here are very troublesome).

anyway im here just to know all that i need to in terms of maintenance and all those stuffs.

by the way, she's my weekend cruiser as my race car is a 2005 lancer glx (have no idea if you have it in the US as well. a 1.6L 4g18) strictly for autocross and slalom racing purposes only :-)


hope to learn more about my "not-so-new" car here. my first time to own a 4wd turbo hehehe

 

Welcome, I frequent the Philippines about once a year and plan on retiring there some day. How long did it take to get your Evo over there and how was the process?

 

it was a very complicated procedure that requires A LOT of patience dealing with the customs people. took me almost 3 years to release it and get a local number plate.

 

Musta! EnjOy your stay here. You will learn a bunch of stuff here. Ingat!

 

Btw you are from subic and still had a hard time bringing your car in? Saan mo pinasok? Cagayan?

 

sir im from manila (just happened to operate the office here in subic). port of entry is manila. if entry port will be at cagayan aka "port irene" you will be given a "B" plate and that will only give you a hard time driving around the metro.

HTH.

 

Wow good to know, thanks. Just wondering though, I know I have seen evo's for sale in Manila. Why didn't you just buy one over there? Just trying to decide if it will be worth it to bring mine or just sell it and buy one there.

 

most of the evo's there are either (1) japan converted (II to IV). needless to say the conversion from RHD to LHD is quite "sloppy"; or (2) local lancer converted to evo by transplanting engine, firewall, ayc, differential, not to mention the "cut and paste" of chassis at the rear to accomodate the rear diff, etc.

yes there are at least a handfulmoriginal evos that ive seen in manila ranging from evo V to X but those arent even "for sale" and if ever they are, the asking price is ridiculously high. besides, living and operating the office inside a freeport zone has it's perks like we can import 2-3 units for personal use free of VAT though we have to pay tariff charges to have a regular registration plate ;-)

 

mint evo.......kamusta are you a member of mlph?

 

Congrats din sayo pre'

 

ahoy there!!!! mlph brader :-)

 

thank you sir. magandang umaga po :-)

 

Welcome pare. Nice pick up on the 8. Definitely an awesome car. Pam pick up din sa chicks.

 

the gf will kill me pag ginawa ko yun! hehehe

 

gratz!... wow! 3 years??? and tagal!