"RightFootDown" (rightfootdown)
10/13/2014 at 14:59 • Filed to: None
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"RightFootDown" (rightfootdown)
10/13/2014 at 14:59 • Filed to: None | 2
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Did I mention I drove a 2011 Mitsubishi Evolution X GSR this weekend? It's a great looking car but what a pile of shit. Shutting the doors sound like dropping an empty tin can. The windows motors were reluctant to do their job. The front seats offered zero adjustability other than forward, back and recline angle. The stereo was garbage with no tone or zone adjustability. The door cards and dash were all made from the same hard plastic used mold office phone handsets and the steering wheel was thin enough for my 15 mo old daughter to get a solid grip.
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Okay, the Evo is not garbage but it is obvious where Mitsubishi's head was at when developing this car. The Evolution is reasonably comfortable once you dial in the Recaro seats. Can't speak for the back seats but I'd imagine them to be no more comfortable than what you'd find in a base model Nissan Sentra. The clutch is soft enough for daily driver duty with a high engagement point. Typically I like the engagement to start low just as I release the pedal but with my driving position I found the high point acceptable.
The engine provides loads of power in the mid range from 3-5k RPM. Torque then falls off a cliff but the engine continues to pull redline. Shift and do it again. The 5-speed transmission whines ever so slightly and the interior does get quite buzzy above 5k. I don't think an ounce of sound deadening could be found on this car. In the name of weight reduction!
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Around town, the 5-speed is easy to row through the gears. With all the power in the mid range, I understand why Mitsubishi opted not to use the 6-speed. Closer gear ratios would simply be too much shifting and not benefit the power band of this engine. Cruising on the highway, I found the Evo to have plenty of passing power in 5th. At those speeds I would have liked a 6th gear if for nothing more than better fuel economy (17/23 MPG).
I may have only driven the Evo X on the highway but I did chew up and spit out four S shaped exit ramps. Good God. That is what the Evo does. I took an exit ramp that I would normally hit at 65 in my M3 at nearly 85 in this Evo… on all-season Pirelli P6 tires, no less! It was unworldly. And I had to do it again. Just when you feel the front end should be losing grip, the Evo claws for more. Every mechanical sound echoes through the cabin. Good thing these Recaro seats have hellacious bolsters.
In short, the Evolution X is ridiculous. If you live on the top of a mountain and need to get up and down it in a fucking hurry, this is your ride. All it takes is $30k.
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themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
> RightFootDown
10/13/2014 at 15:04 |
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30k + 4k in insurance per year in Michigan. I think the evo wins the "highest insurance premium to MSRP ratio" award. Maybe ferraris or lamborghinis are higher. But when I was 23 and priced it out for fun, with no tickets, no accidents, a college degree, and living in a good neigborhoo,d i got a quote of 7000$ per year. Now that I'm 25 it dropped to 4000$....
RazoE
> RightFootDown
10/13/2014 at 15:08 |
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Don't forget the Lancer Evolution is still a LANCER. AKA Corolla/Civic fighter. Of course it's going to fall apart almost immediately. That said, the engine/awd combo are AMAZING. I want an Evo IX one day.
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RightFootDown
> themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
10/13/2014 at 15:13 |
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Ouch.
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themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
> RightFootDown
10/13/2014 at 15:19 |
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For reference, 7000$ yearly for 5 years could get you a fiat 500 abarth, insurance, and gas for those same 5 years. You can literally BUY and be the owner outright, with your basic motoring costs paid for, of a subcompact italian hot hatch for the price of insurance alone on an evo in Michigan. Or a chevrolet cruze/ford focus.....maybe even a mid sized sedan? Yeah, fuck Michigan's insurance rates....
HiredDriver
> RightFootDown
10/13/2014 at 15:21 |
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As much as I bag on the interior, the driving experience in retrospect was really something else. If Mitsubishi made some minor changes to the Evo X it would be well worth the price tag. I can do with the tin can doors but at least update some other little bits, namely:
1. Softer touch interior plastics, at least up front.
2. Redesigned steering wheel with the enlarged thumb areas.
3. 6-speed manual transmission. Because 5 gears seems like such 1999.
4. Auto-dimming side view mirrors and Homelink equipped rear view mirror.
5. Keep Recaro SR-11 seats standard but offer optional power seats similar to the STI.
6. Direct Injection!
f86sabre
> RazoE
10/13/2014 at 15:27 |
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I don't think fall apart is the appropriate term. Interior refinement was never there. You just except it in order to get to what he mentioned in the last paragraph.
bob and john
> themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
10/13/2014 at 19:10 |
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they are similar to canadas, dont worry. I know your pain
Petfrog
> HiredDriver
10/23/2014 at 19:03 |
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Also, there service departments.
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Petfrog
> f86sabre
10/24/2014 at 00:06 |
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I would like more sound insulation and the rpms to be lower on the highway.
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f86sabre
> Petfrog
10/24/2014 at 11:35 |
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I've always figured it needed a 6th gear that is set up for cruise as well.