Beautiful car. Good luck with it. Be careful!!

 

Amazing Car, Buy It. Take your time learning how to drive it. Be safe.

 

Evo is not a car I would recommend as a first. Just sayin. Have no idea why People on this site tend to route on young drivers to get into an evo when it is really not the smart choice. Same goes for any higher hp car. I once saw a thread on here about a 16 year old wtb an evo x as his first car. The comments which followed were even more foolish than the idea.

 

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Yeah it does, I'm hoping to keep this car in immaculate condition

thanks for the input

 

I'm not going to rant about being too young or too much for your first car, blah, blah, blah.
As for advice, really take a look at the long term expenses. An Evo takes sports car tires, oil changes, gas, & maintenance. If you can't afford these without living comfortable then I wouldn't. If you go cheap on a car, to me, it's only a matter of time before it becomes a money pit.
As for driving experience, find an empty flat parking lot, push in the clutch, put the car in first & slowly let the clutch out without pressing the gas. Once it just starts to roll push the clutch back in. You'll probably stall a few times but this will make you learn the engaging point of the car. Do this a billion times & it will help when you're driving around to be a smoother driver. While I'm no expert I've had people surprised, going from 0-60 mph, that I was even shifting because of smooth transitions. Good luck.

 

After you get the hang of it, sit on a hill and clutch in/out.. it'll put some stress on the clutch but you'll learn so much from it. It's basically the ultimate test, to be able to clutch out with your left foot while braking with your right to hold the car from rolling back, get to the engagement point and let off the brake. Car should be standing still, now release it a bit more and roll forward. Clutch in, brake, and repeat. I always have people do that because even a person who's been driving a manual for a few months struggles to be able to do that.

 

Damn...Evo VI? Lucky dude.....but agreed with the above. Learning is easy if you have it in you. I've tried to teach people but you just will NOT learn if you don't have the desire. Wish I could buy a V or VI.

 

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Yeah i'm pretty lucky!

Thanks for the advice too, once i get used to driving, i will be sure to learn plenty of other techniques!

So it's decided, i shall by the car soon!

Thanks again guys!

 

ahh wish i could own one of those out here in cali. any way my evo wasn't my first car but I did learn how to drive stick shift in it. pain in the *** if you ask me but I eventually learned. I'm sure you'll learn quick.