I got it this afternoon at 2pm out in PA. It had 7 miles on it. With the drive back and some cruising I put about 230 miles on it day 1. I will have driving impressions in the morning. Time for bed, some pics for now:

 

Twanny! You got your car! Congratulations bro!

 

Damn I love that color!
Congrats man, enjoy.

 

Time to change your sig. Have fun Twan

 

wow, nice pics! congratulations on the purchase. my favorite's the one with the BBS's in motion

 

Your car looks good. Where do you live and why did you drive all that way just to go to that dealer?

 

your mr looks good - but why include a pic of yourself?

 

love that back shot

 

I cant get enough of the MR. Hows the paint quality on that dark silver? I absolutely love the color, I wonder if Mitsu upped the paint quality from the sheep shat red paint that they put on my '03. Good luck with the new ride, post as many pics as you can!

 

got to love it, very nice man

 

nice car and happy driving. Out of curiosity do you think that charcoal dark color will have visible swirl marks similar to black color cars?

 

Ok driving impressions as I promised. Keep in mind that I am coming from a Celica GTS that while handled well, needed to be rung out on the big cam 6k and over to really move anywhere. And at that point.....where was I really moving? (dynoed 169.1 to the wheels with CAI). My other ride is a 1977 vette with a crate motor (355hp 405tq). Now this thing moves.........but many times I am too scared to push it (suspension technology over 25yrs old).
So thats where I am coming from.........one good handling car with low power..........one car with great power but ****ty handling. Now onto the MR.


Aesthetics:
Love the exterior color and shifter. Love the seats, dark wing.
Hate the accesory gauges, clarity of the spedo/tach, have an squeaking noise from the top windsheild seal inside the cabin (having this looked at).

Handling:
Wow, very impressed, its on rails. It also takes bumps and road imperfections nicely. Its hard to describe. In all other cars I have owned I felt as if the suspension rebound (or lack there of) always translated somehow and angered the body. In the MR i felt as if the suspension was doin its job.........what a suspension should do. That is provide me the feedback I need, and letting the shocks take care of rest.

Power:
I drove an 03 evo about 1.5 years ago and never got into boost so thats my reference here. Also, only 240 miles on the car so I have not taken it over 4k and I have not gone more then 1/2 throttle. I have gotten into boost at half throttle around 3000rpms, feels nice. Once breakin is over.............then the fun begins.

Price:
I dont think it justifies 03 guys trading up...........but if you been waiting to pull the trigger on an Evo and waiting this long........go MR!

 

Sick car

 

All dealers in the NY/NJ/CT area that actually had an allocation for October (I was calling around the 1st week of september) wanted anywhere from 2k-5k over MSRP. From there I started my search into mass and found nothing. PA was the next state to try, and I was able to deal with a great salesman who kept me informed all the way at every step and got the car for MSRP.

I dont think so.......I actually think it will hide them like a silver would.

 

was your car on the Bellomo (as mine was) - I am still waiting for the car