[Kracka]

AWD cars are hardly know for their dry pavent handling abilities. Find me a near-stock suspension EVO and name the twisties. I test-drove an EVO before deciding on anything, and with Reid as my witness since he was with me, the handling was nothing to brag about. I was actually quite dissapointed that it was the best Mitsu could build at the time. I did have almost a mint condition DSM, I bought mine in bone-stock VERY good condition and always fixed the little issues that pretty much anyone but Peter or I would skip. I never short-cutted anything with that car. It was also very reliable for me, the only time it was actually out of comission was when the waterpump started leaking (pouring) coolant all over the ground. My major issue was the car never ran the same day-to-day. One day it would be fast as hell, the next, meh nothing special. The 1G interior styling is still one of my favorites today, the problem is, the quality just wasn't there. I think DSM's make great beginner cars to learn how to work on and mod vehicles since they are relatively cheap and easy to work on. Like everything else though, people mature and can only stay with one thing (whatever it is, not just cars) for so long. I had my Talon back in high school, I didn't want to finish college with it too.