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^and 'big' injectors compared to a DSM. An exhaust, mbc, and a tune turn Evos into the perfect DSMs! Evo8's can benifit greatly from a fuel pump and cams too, but I was gunning 240whp or so with my last 1G (exhaust, FMIC, cams, big16g, 650's, s-afc) and that is pretty much cakewalk in any evo. Add in the brakes/handling/seats out of the box and they're a dsmer's dream!

It was actually Anna (my wife) that said I should consider getting my evo8. I had a 2G that I was dumping $500+into per month for mods and maintenance, and I was considering getting a ~$10k Audi as a second car. Two ~$10k cars worth of maintenance, insurance, and loan payments added up to more than a single evo, and the decision was an easy one for her!

In general they're more reliable than DSM's but *only* because of their younger age. They still have a lot of the same problems and will eventually need all the TLC a dsm does.

I jumped ship to the evoX after I crashed my evo8. I had found a steal of a deal on an evoX w/ 20k on it, and it was only ~$2k more than a 60k mile evo9. In general, evo8's can be had for high $teen's, IX's for low $20's, and X's for $25-30k. Figure out what you can safely afford (including insurance), plan for a little bit of fun money (exhaust and a tune) down the road, and don't look back! Then, start looking....