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Yup, I meant as a car brand. I realize Mitsu is into everything else in the world too. They are kinda like GE, but also making cars too.
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They do suck (outside of the cars I mentioned) but I don't see them pulling the plug (at least not within the U.S.) anytime soon. I'd say four or five years at the earliest, if they don't turn things around. Luckily it may coincide with the expiration of my ten-year powertrain warranty. |
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For me personally, it didn't suit my driving style well enough. I missed rowing through gears and having a clutch to control, I regretted paying $60 a pop to fuel it for just over 200 miles, and I never quite liked how big and heavy the car felt. It is not a satisfying car to drive the speed limit in, and yeah, U-turns are nightmare level difficulty in it. Plus, 90% of the cargo room is the rear seat since they don't fold down and the trunk is just as small as its stubby little butt makes it look. For each of those reasons, the BRZ is a much, much better everyday car. I miss my Evo X, but not enough to go back to it.
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If you had gotten a GSR, would you still have gotten rid of it? |
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I actually considered trading down to a GSR, but opted against it for the reasons I mentioned above. If I had picked up a GSR at the start, I probably would've kept it, but my sense is that the manual in the BRZ is much nicer than that in the Evo, stock for stock at least. Is yours a GSR or a MR?
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I have a IX SE.
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I don't think I got above 20mpg on a GSR.
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Interesting. I thought the 4B11T was supposedly better on fuel economy.
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I own both and don't know how many times I have to say this but the Evo is not going away. There has been several announcements that the Evo will live on.
On to the current question. My Evo is a track car and uncomfortable to drive daily. Powerwise at stockish form the Evo just makes the brz look like a bitch. I LOVEy brz limited and hardly ever drive the Evo anymore especially since my brz limited has heated seats and such and it is getting cold, really cold. If I had to choose right now and had the money I would go with the Evo GSR again. If you want to save cash go with the brz, not frs, and get the limited.
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^ For which class is your Evo set up?
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I have an Evo X fq330 sst, Looking at trading it for a BRZ or GT86. Would love to hear from people that have done this. Regrets? I just feel i can have more fun in rwd as i drift and it would also be cheaper to run
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Me too. I'm trying to figure out what type of driving experience I want to have for the new few years.
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And if people keep saying that the Evo is getting cut and bla bla bla without proof I will get this thread locked. 6 months or less ago the OWNER of Mitsubishi had a press conference saying otherwise, they were just going to take a different approach with the evo ie hybrid diesel or something game changing, so unless he had a secret conference that only you were invited to please stop making up rumors.
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I traded my 08 GSR for a BRZ L and so far I'm not regretting it. I miss the AWD during the winter months and definitely the power. I was tuned on e85 making about 360whp/380wtq so the 200hp brz is SLOW but it's still just as fun! I'm also saving money on car note, maintenance and fuel economy which was a big reason for trading it. I will be going turbo/e85 on the brz so ill get to feel that power again and probably won't miss the Evo at all. Only time and mods will tell...
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