Aren't quite what they used to be? There are a few left, but the rest have me checking the address bar to be sure I'm not on Honda-Tech.com.
They are the reason I got out of the Honda game in the first place LOL

ADHD moment:

Also, my phones HATES posting on this site. You should see what these paragraphs look like before I go back to change every other word.

 

I noticed an increase in people more focused on appearance mods rather than actual performance.

 

About 5years ago I really noticed the age of Evo owners feel like it dropped but as prices have gone up the age seems to be climbing when subies and muscle cars are so cheap. And now theyre pretty rough DDs so Id say Im seeing more of a trend in a good direction. If you've been around long enough, the same thing happened in the DSM world except they never really had price go up. They just got old and ****ty.

 

So what, I did some interior comfort stuff, gosh, quit pickin' on me!
Luckily in Canada only folks who wanna go fast ever brought in CT9A or older so not really any stance kinda malarky.

 

Most of the newbies I see joining are people who are having problems and are looking for help. I think the filters are there and going forward it will be a more true enthusiasts who are still interested in these cars. I agree with what Dallas was saying. There are so many other things out there that mostly you have to really want an evo to get into one now. The cost to get into one seems to be going up and the cost of keeping them on the road is also increasing as parts are becoming more scarce and expensive. For example the cost of a new ISCV is up to 400 bucks and climbing, that's not even including labor. Finding a good shop to work on them seems pretty tough too. I have friends that go to supposedly reputable shops and constantly have to take the car back because of **** not getting fixed right.

 

That describes some of the Evos I see changing hands, lately. They have been Honda'd into the ground and, without anyone out there to fix them (shops in my town aren't very knowledgeable), the owners are bailing on them. Then.. some poor sap buys it and wonders why it doesn't drive the way it should. All the kids seem to think these cars will make 1000hp and still be a DD. So, they throw random, mis-matched parts at them and make them no longer enjoyable to drive.

I'm seeing a lot of that. Many people needing work done, but no shops that know how to work them. It's fun to help... but sometimes diagnosing and teaching via internet make it really tough. I feel for those guys.

 

You can find owners like this with every car, I saw a mk4 supra just afew days ago that looked like it came straight out of a honda kids wet dream. Some completely mis-aligned aftermarket ricer bumpers, half painted with what looked like a rustoleum paint job and just mods that had no general purpose, also seen more than afew fd3s's in my area like this.

Sometimes great cars find themselves in the hands of some kid that doesn't know what they're doing. Either because the car found itself neglected/crashed and hacked up back together. But like stated above, I think there has actually been a huge improvement with competent evo owners entering the scene this last couple years, at least when it comes to the 8 and especially the 9 since prices are on the rise and newer owners are taking greater care in these cars you will start to see those hooligans get filtered out, unfortunately the same can't be said about the evo x or the wrx for example. The 8/9 has left more of an impressionable mark in the car world since its release that is just recently starting to be recognized and it seems to be leaving its old friends behind to join the higher ranks.

 

Been driving this EvO thing around over 12 years. Used to hang out at the weekly meets & the Mitsu MOD every year. Now, today, seeing an EvO on the streets of So.Cal is a rare site to behold.

Really the only EvO guys i know now, are my good friends here on the boards

Havent been to the track since this COVID thing

 

It's a different day and age. The majority are building their cars for the likes. Inclusion is a hell of a drug.

 

^ its alot of this to sadly, every car community has these owners, from Hondas to McLarens, they just wana be instafamous. The real enthusiasts are harder to spot and less attention of ****** and more about hands on. I have no social medias besides being on forums, don't even have pics of my car on my own phone. Heck you wouldn't even know I have an evo 9 unless you broke into my garage and looked but I love it to pieces have been super passionate about these cars for over 15 years already.

 

Sept 12, I finally get my fix. Shooting for one more before the end of the year. Can't wait.

LOL I guess InstaKids will be InstaKids, as evident by "@blahblahboo****" stickers all over their cars

It's interesting, to watch it all evolve.

 

US legality has raised prices of Evo 1-3s to the point where people can't buy them and treat them like disposable cars anymore, and they mostly don't do tacky/awful mods, which is nice. It's a better ownership group and there is more respect for the cars, but people still aren't willing to do any research on them and prefer to be spoon-fed knowledge. I can't comment on the CT9A stuff, but they still get crashed at an alarming rate according to Copart/IAAI auctions. When prices start to swing up, quality improves, but expect a ghost town here.

 

I can imagine. Unfortunately, Like everyone else in the world, I like the 6, with the Tommi Mäkinen model being the Holy Grail for me. I know I will never be able to afford one due to inflated pricing. I could settle for a standard 6, if I could get over the pricing....but I probably wouldn't do it. Same reason I refuse to pay $25k for a 26 year old, basket case of a GTR: I'm too cheap.

 

Same here. I rarely see Evos on the street. When I do I puts a big smile right on my stupid face.

 

Now that you guys mention it... I don't really see many around my town any more, either. Seems they are always "getting built" then never to be seen again