remember, he said for a daily driver. for anyone other than a teenager or steel-kidneyed person, the suspension on the EVO is just going to be too much. get the wrx, use some of the extra cash for mods and be done with it. also, the STi is an all around better car than the EVO hands down. there can be no questioning that.

 

Even the STi and Evo, while direct competitiors, aren't really totally similar. The Evo, off the showrom floor, is more prepared for the track, while the STi is the better (relatively speaking) daily driever type vehicle. They are both VERY quick though, so it's almost a matter of which car suits your driving style rather than the car's limits.

Aside from the performance aspect though, every aspect of the cars is in the STi's favor. Better build quality, much better manufacturer rep, nicer interior materials... the whole bag. The Evo shines on the track, the STi on the street. And that, my friend is unbiased.

As for Evo vs. WRX, yeah. no contest. If they were priced the same, it would be different, but it's about 5k more for an Evo. And the things that the STi has in its favor are even more apparent in the standard WRX. It's far more refined.

 

hey.. did you guys see the newest issue of sports compact car? evoVIII vs. STi .. guess which car wins... SCC chooses the EVO over the STi. i was suprised. cause i think the STi should of won. anyways... they say the STi wins off the line. but the EVO out handles the STi... sometimes magazine dont make sense t o me... how much better can and EVO handle... and how much worse does the STi handle compared to the EVO..

i mean.. for god sakes the STi's handling can't be so much worse that it lost to the EVO. i still dont understand the magazine..

EVO: 0-60mph is 5.3 seconds. 1/4 13.4 secs

STi: 0-60mph is 4.9 seconds. 1/4 13.1

700ft.slalom speed for evo: 73.1 mph

700ft.slalom speed for STi: 70.7 mph

lap time for evo: 1:37.87
lap time for sti: 1:37.72

ok. yes these two cars are extremely close.. but at the end i see that the STi still wins in lap time and in speed. i would have chosen the STi. "it dont matter if you win by an inch or a mile, winnings winning." hehe that is a great quote to support my thesis statement. STi won by the inch and yet they chose the EVO... wtf..

 

im still buying and STi over the EVO. im going with my instincts

 

i think the reason the evo out handles the sti by an "atom" " particle" "inch" "barely much" is because the STi has way more HP and larger engine. STi really should have been number 1 in sport compact car from the way i see it. now ima read sport compact car with less enthusiasm.

handling is very important. but i mean the STi has already passed that test. that line. it handles super. all you need is speed, and thats where the STi dominates.. dumb sports compact car magazine.. they really screwed up this time. bottom line.. the eVO handling isnt much better than the sti... its a tiny tiny inzy bitzy teeny weeny better and i dont see how they chose the EVO! stupid SCC!!! hehe jk not that stupid but stupid on this issue

 

yes because the EVO has a teeny weeny intsy bitsy better handling. less hp, slower lap time. slower quarter mile. they choose the EVO!!! hell has frozen over!! hehe jk

 

On a smooth, high-speed racetrack, the Evo will post faster times. Based on that, SCC should choose the Evo. Besides, they DID do like 7 installments on project WRX... when was the last time you saw a Mitsu in that mag that wasn't from Japan?

 

yes.. but in the magazine.. the Sti posted higher lap time.. also......... yes project WRX was in SCC a lot but im saying they didnt need to finalize.. that the EVO was better than the STi. ... ban suvs.. what are u for? STi or EVO?

 

just for that. ima smoke some EVO's with the STi. muahahahahahahahahaha!!!

 

hehehe now to think of it.... muahah...im glad in a way SCC chose the EVO.. that way more people will buy the EVO... muahahahahahahahahahahaha yes buy it buy it!!! hahahahahahaahhaahahahahaaa ... hehehe... muahahahahahahahahaha....buy your EVO people!!



hehehehehehehehehehahahahamuahahahahahaaaaaaa...

 

STi. I'm not in a position to spend enough time at a racetrack to get my money's worth out of an Evo. And if I were, I'd probably start with a Miata or MR2 Spyder and drop 6,000 into it and smoke both.

 

Oh come on!! You have driven both and that's ALL you have to contribute? The Subie's more refined but they're both fun?!?!?! Geez, I could have told you that and I've never sat in either car. Come on, spill the beans.