[s-cars] NAC-Drove an EVO today-nice

[Joe Pizzimenti]

My car makes so many noises, it's hard to remember what a throwout
bearing might sound like, but yeah, it's normal.
The brake feel would probably be better with different pads and SS
lines, which is what I'm sure your Avant has.
And the top end lack of oomph is easily solved with a manual boost
controller and a set of cams.  These cars love high rpm silliness, you
just have to adjust fuel trim to let it not choke to death.

Pretty accurate review though, the car's a lot of fun, despite
ensuring a tour of every courthouse in the NY area to fight speeding
tickets.  It's racism, I tell ya.

Pizzo


On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 21:47:11 -0500, manuel <manuelsanchez at starpower.net> wrote:
> Fellow Car Nutz,
> 
> Drove an EVO for the first time today and really liked it.  Criticisms I
> had read about it in the past didn't really seems to be valid in my
> opinion.  This car could definitely be a daily driver. The suspension is
> just fine compared to my H&R 29771 (S6+) setup on my pig, it was downright
> comfy I'd say.  I wonder what the new MR's tweaked Bilsteins are like
> because this car was not harsh.
> 
> That big ol beer can holder on the deck lid doesn't block too much rear
> visibilty either.  The owner told me it actually blocks out the headlights
> from cars that are behind him, so its got another function to boot.
> 
> Best part was the shifter, short and sweet, no slop.  Makes mine feel like
> an 18 wheeler. If one of the short shift kits available for our cars brings
> the feel close to what the EVO had, well, I'm just going to have to ask
> Santa for one of those this year. The one fault I could find  was probably
> a bit of throw out bearing noise. Pizzo, is this common to these cars?
> 
> Steering was very quick, you just have to fart and that thing will change
> direction.  I have a nice long uninterrupted sweeper on my way to work, I
> only had to move the EVO's wheel about a third of the distance I usually do
> in the S6.  The one thing that I didn't like was the turning radius, seemed
> larger than Ms Piggy's (and thats my only complaint really, nice).
> 
> Turbo had plenty of grunt down low, it seemed to lose its breath up high.
>  This car is very entertaining squirting around in traffic.
> 
> Brembo's are good, although I like the feel of my Big Reds better. Lock up
> came sooner, but it just must be that things just happen a little slower in
> the Avant.
> 
> Clutch was lighter than mine, take up was just fine too, no trouble taking
> off from a stop.
> 
> Cloth Recaro's were nice, although a bit too snug for my taste, and I'm not
> that wide.
> 
> Interior not so bad, but I wasn't really looking at it too much.
> 
> Don't know if the radio worked, never turned it on.
> 
> All in all good fun. I can see how someone could get a few speeding tickets
> if they are not careful.
> 
> Gotta hunt down a turn in an STI next.
> 
> Not to worry though, I still like my UrS6 Avant, they are just slices of
> different delicious pie's.
> 
> -manny
> 
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