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

[LL - NY]

What do NYS troopers have against Gold? ;-)

BTW, although no experience driving an Evo (but the RIDE
sure was fun, thanks Pizzo/Pauly!) I have driven an STi in 
anger. That car has PULENTEE of low end grunt. Of course,
with the CTS-V, you'd get the grunt with a Chebby small-block
soundtrack too.... (actually better, since it's a Z06 mill).

Bruuuup, Bruuuup, bwaaaaaahhhh....

LL - NY


On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 07:58:49 -0500, Joe Pizzimenti
<joe.pizzimenti at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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