WTA: Owning a Evo VIII

[calvin9683]

If u really like it.. Get it..
I've been driving my e7 for more than 4yrs now..
It wasn't a financially wise decision dat time.. But glad I got it.. Thanks to my bunch of JB ZTH buddies for poisoning me & my gf for supporting..
In 2011, I managed to get 70% loan for 7yrs from PBB @ 5.5% p.a..
N the mthly installment was like 40% of my basic..
After 6mths of ownership, I need to take over house installment.. Was hard, but glad that I survived..
Think positively, everyone work their way up.. Which means ur earnings shall increase year by year..

Btw, mine is a daily as I'm in sales.. Bought the car at 50k++ mileage, currently at 170k++... The only thing dat broke down was radiator & AYC pump.. Still pretty much stock till now, kene kutuk during TT..

Consumption wise, town drive 6-7km/lit.. Highway cruising (120kmh) 10-11km/lit..

 

[ShadowHau]

i thought more than 10 years car cannot loan ?

 

[Notoriez]

Personally seen a 2nd Evo VIII came to my friends workshop for checkup. Owner just bought it @ 80k in 2012. Was wondering why it was so cheap that time. After he performed the check ups, all the bushes are gone case, all 4 absorbers are dead. Paint job is in bad condition but lucky for him it was accident free. Rattling noises can be heard during test drive, engine was in so so condition. Cost to change all the bushes alone is more than 3k. This is quoted without labour fee and other repairs haha.

So good luck to you TS and have fun

 

[mototo]

400-450km on a tank in an Evo is mind blowingly good isn't it?

i doubt most people here get 400km at all here

It bloody is!
However, there are some (not all... just "some"...) who seems to think a stock as rock evo is boring as batshit.

was never into chasing numbers. it quite a well engineered package and i think it suits me just nice. the bilsteins kicked the handling up a slight notch whilst retaining the same comfort. Do some track work on weekends, drop the fluids on a sunday night, refill with fresh stuff and off to work the next day in the same car.

... maybe i'm getting old.... :sleep:

 

[darthxvader]

It won't be enough. Not to scare you off, but maintenance wise if you want to keep the car in good condition will be at least another 500-1000 a month. What if something happened to the car? I would suggest you to get a house first. Don't regret later, you can always own that evo later. Once you have the money, stable financial and at least ONE property. Then go for it. I keep aside 20k just to restore back a 'good' condition car back to good condition. Remember it is almost 10 years old car. You probably get it in a 'good' condition. But don't forget, wear and tear. Be wise. Be patience.

By the way, to date, I have spent about 10k within 8 months just to make sure the car is back to perfect running condition. It is a daily driven.

 

[vr2turbo]

400-450km on a tank in an Evo is mind blowingly good isn't it?

i doubt most people here get 400km at all here

VR get 320km only, probably best is 350km per tank, but most say 6 to 7km/l and with 50liters is about that only. To get 400km and more is very good dy.....

 

[vr2turbo]

Very interesting thread. Gave me an insight on how much I would need to maintain a JDM of that tier. Still can't afford one though

Get VR can afford mah!

 

[darthxvader]

If you really want to get the car, since u currently owned a fully paid lancer. Sell it off, get an evo 6 instead:
http://www.mudah.my/2002+Mitsubishi+Evo+2+0+M+-44012651.htm

Cash. The spend the rest of your salary for the petrol, maintenance and restoring the car. I think it would be better this way. Just my opinion. You can always keep it and buy another evo in future. :)

 

[Mitevo7]

I own a Evo 7 currently bought it 6 years ago, the money i spend to maintain it almost cost me 30k, not include the regular service.
These car all is more than 10 years above, it is the wear and tear part that cost the most.
It is better you have enough spare money to stand by, because you never know when the parts is fail and cost the car break down.
Now i only drive it 3 times a week, not dare to travel long distance with it.

I heard Evo7 has many flaws when the first CT9A chassis was introduced. However, the 5 speed gearbox rumoured to be the strongest among the CT9A. Anyway thank you for your input. The E7 is one of the sexiest Evo in town, i just love the boxy from bumper.

Hmm for me I see WRXs a lot more often than Evos on the road. You just search in mudah.my now, if you search "Impreza" under Subaru then there'll be 5 pages of advertising all selling real WRXs, over 170 cars now! However if you search "Evo" under Mitsubishi, then you'd only get 3 pages or 85 cars and actually only a handful of those are real Evos and the rest are either converted Lancers, or just other Mitsubishi with Evo accessories/parts, or just totally different cars but somehow with an "Evo" in the name as well like the Triton EVO! That shows how the Evo is much more rare than WRX in Malaysia, probably because the WRX is more civilized/less hardcore like you said. See now your GF already got aches after just a quick test drive of some Evos, do you think she would not complain later if you really go ahead with it? Probably many other guys also face similar situations and hence settled for the WRX rather than have their GFs nagging later!

Just to add on:

Those included the latest version 10 of Impreza, for Mitsubishi its still very rare to see EVO X. Hahaha my GF has tough body and even she can't stand the harshness of EVO. She said it looks nice but does not ride any better than my Lancer. She liked the WRX, only the bonnet scoop annoys her. She asked why Subaru came with bonnet scoop like a horn. LOL. In the end, she is a European junkie, driving BMW E46 coupe herself.

6. Insurance. I'm not sure if 90K is the standard price for an Evo 8. I'm looking at 2005 Evo 8s going at 95K to 105K. Using the upper range:

Vehicle Price : 105,000
Downpay: 50,000
Interest: 5%
Pay Period: 7 Years
Monthly Installment = 884

Vehicle Price: 105,000
Coverage: Comprehensive
Location: West MY
Engine CC: 1.6 - 2.2
NCD: 0%
Annual Premium = MYR 3,044

*To add on: 4G63T engines... you'll get 6KM per Litre the moment you get stuck in a little traffic.

7. GPS Tracking / Anti-Theft Device: I STRONGLY suggest you get one of these. The Captor system goes up to MYR 2,500. Simpler systems are available. Additionally, if you build close relationships in the community as you can get help tracking down the car.

YOU MUST get a tracking device. The reason being LanEvos are thief magnets.

Wow 50k down payment, thats really alot. But to cut the monthly installment, no choice but to pay more down payment. What brand of GPS tracking device you recommend ?

 

[mototo]

just be wary with the cp9a's
i see plenty of CK(2wd)/CM(awd) chassis cars converted to e4/5/6 spec in mudah.
find 5 evo4/5/6 and maybe 1 is a genuine cp9a
it is much easier to convert a CK/CM to look like a CP9A because everything is bolt on. cedia to ct9a is much harder as the rear flares are part of the rear quarter panels.

and then there is the extra bracing and welds in a proper evo. Without those, you might as well spend the money and hunt for a 4b11t halfcut, mate the engine to a manual gearbox and sell off the SST to recoup some money. it has been done http://clubcj.net/viewtopic.php?t=14352

 

[Mitevo7]

If you really want to get the car, since u currently owned a fully paid lancer. Sell it off, get an evo 6 instead:
http://www.mudah.my/2002+Mitsubishi+Evo+2+0+M+-44012651.htm

Cash. The spend the rest of your salary for the petrol, maintenance and restoring the car. I think it would be better this way. Just my opinion. You can always keep it and buy another evo in future. :)

Bro ... This is not a EVO 6. This one is Lancer CK2A with cosmetics and engine swap to EVO 6 spec. Thanks your suggestion, EVO 6 is very sweet looking but i prefer modern looks of CT9A.

FYI, Evo 6 is CP9A chassis. It's much stronger than regular CK2A.

 

[Mitevo7]

just be wary with the cp9a's
i see plenty of CK(2wd)/CM(awd) chassis cars converted to e4/5/6 spec in mudah.
find 5 evo4/5/6 and maybe 1 is a genuine cp9a
it is much easier to convert a CK/CM to look like a CP9A because everything is bolt on. cedia to ct9a is much harder as the rear flares are part of the rear quarter panels.

and then there is the extra bracing and welds in a proper evo. Without those, you might as well spend the money and hunt for a 4b11t halfcut, mate the engine to a manual gearbox and sell off the SST to recoup some money. it has been done http://clubcj.net/viewtopic.php?t=14352

I have actually thought of converting my current 4B11 with ralliart engine mate with SST. But i couldn't find out the cost anyway. And from this month's Hypertune issue, there was this Inspira converted to Ralliart engine with SST gearbox, i can't figure out how he lock the SST gearbox into 2WD only, but i also didn't know whether the car is AWD or FWD.

 

[darthxvader]

Sorry..as i dont own an evo..but my point is..get it cash if your source is limited..impreza would be a good idea..WRX is getting really cheap nowadays..

 

[Mitevo7]

Sorry..as i dont own an evo..but my point is..get it cash if your source is limited..impreza would be a good idea..WRX is getting really cheap nowadays..

Yes after test driven 2 WRXs, non-STI, I'm starting to take a look on WRX. Its really easy to drive in that thing and the cabin is much liveable than an EVO. But performance wise, EVO hands down is better and sharper. This Saturday got another appointment at Old Klang Road to test another Evo IX. Let's hope for the best, this one is selling at 126k. Non-listed in mudah.my.

 

[lsm1991]

just be wary with the cp9a's
i see plenty of CK(2wd)/CM(awd) chassis cars converted to e4/5/6 spec in mudah.
find 5 evo4/5/6 and maybe 1 is a genuine cp9a
it is much easier to convert a CK/CM to look like a CP9A because everything is bolt on. cedia to ct9a is much harder as the rear flares are part of the rear quarter panels.

and then there is the extra bracing and welds in a proper evo. Without those, you might as well spend the money and hunt for a 4b11t halfcut, mate the engine to a manual gearbox and sell off the SST to recoup some money. it has been done http://clubcj.net/viewtopic.php?t=14352

can just check the codes, quite easy to check

 

[vr2turbo]

4B11T half cut should be very costly at the moment, still very new......

 

[vr2turbo]

Yes after test driven 2 WRXs, non-STI, I'm starting to take a look on WRX. Its really easy to drive in that thing and the cabin is much liveable than an EVO. But performance wise, EVO hands down is better and sharper. This Saturday got another appointment at Old Klang Road to test another Evo IX. Let's hope for the best, this one is selling at 126k. Non-listed in mudah.my.

Wah! Evo IX, that is much newer with more oomph.....

 

[Izso]

Lol she loved evo vii. But she is skeptical of the practicalibilty of the ride , especially maintenance. Ahe advise i shud test drive alot and learn more about that car before deciding. Besides she said she cant stop me from owning it, its my car btw.

After reading the whole 7 pages only this caught my attention.

A girl who loves the Evo and doesn't intervene with you purchasing cars cuz she knows it's your car... dude marry the woman. She's a keeper!

 

[darthxvader]

Yes after test driven 2 WRXs, non-STI, I'm starting to take a look on WRX. Its really easy to drive in that thing and the cabin is much liveable than an EVO. But performance wise, EVO hands down is better and sharper. This Saturday got another appointment at Old Klang Road to test another Evo IX. Let's hope for the best, this one is selling at 126k. Non-listed in mudah.my.

I don't agree. Evo is easier to mod to gain HP, Impreza's are meant for corners and longer runs(but is really hard to gain HP). Both have their pros and cons. At the end of the day, it's the driver that matters. Try STi.

 

[6UE5t]

Wah! Evo IX, that is much newer with more oomph.....

Ya but a LOT more expensive too!

After reading the whole 7 pages only this caught my attention.

A girl who loves the Evo and doesn't intervene with you purchasing cars cuz she knows it's your car... dude marry the woman. She's a keeper!

Totally agree!