Post by AKLGT on Sept 30, 2006 23:14:12 GMT -5
so i go to Carl's Jr to get some lunch and see one of my subie buddy's car outside. i decide to go in. he and another subie guy are sitting there having lunch while his STi is getting work done. i'd just come from the dealership and saw it there in the back...
so we're joking around and talking and we decide it would be fun to go and just test drive the new Evo9. why not? i wanted to know all the fuss was about because i'm not too fond of the styling or what not. so we figure we'll go over there. we had to pick up Brandon's Sti and i needed to go see if i could find the wheel lock for my rims so PHil could work on the LGT. I was driving the vibe.
Phil was having a bad day and then got even more pissy when he heard what we had planned to do.. he had to work and i was supposed to be working... sorta. we head over to the dealership and talk to one of the sales girls. very nice. i tell her i want to take the evo9 MR (nicer and 6MT) for a spin to find out about all the fuss. she looks at the vibe and probably thinking... um ok. she says, you have to pass the credit check first and get pre-approved in order to drive one. i say, ok, that's fine. i slap down my paystub from yesterday showing my monthly gross just under $9K. I ask, is that enough? She just laughed and asked what the hell I do. ;D
they run the pwk, and say ok.. away we go. Well, my Brandon left because he needed to get his tires done and we were still doing the paperwork, but my buddy, Brian (just turned 18) wanted to hitch a ride. no way he would qualify for an Evo since he has no credit and sorta has a job. The salesman drives the car off the lot until we get downtown where we swap drivers. he says it's ok to let Brian drive too, which made his day. LOL
I get in and buckle up. the Recaro leather and suede seats were very nice, held you in tight but lacked true harnesses (this will come handy later in the story), interior was a lot nicer than i thought. i make my way out of the parking lot onto the streets, it's midday and there is plenty of traffic. I find an open lane at the lights, no one in front. light turns green and i PUNCH IT! bam! 6000 rpm and shift! 6000 rpm and shift! all the way up to 6th gear.... but i slowed it way down because cops like to hang out in that area we were quickly approaching. practically NO turbo lag that i could feel. 1 and 2 pulled just as hard as my LGT but once i hit 3 and 4th, it kept going where as my LGT would be starting to slow. i take it around some corners nice and tight, we're whipping all over the place. very very nice. handled fantastic, tires stuck to the ground.
we get to another area and i pull over and let Brian drive. he wants to know how the car handles as he loves to rally (he's crazy). this is the part that everyone wished we had harnesses to hold us in the seats more.
so, he's just slaloming imaginary cones in the middle of this empty residential road... getting a feel how the car handles. i'm sliding around in my seat a little, but not too terrible. we head on out to one of the round abouts in town and we're doing figure 8's as fast as we can in traffic.... wow! car still felt like it was on the ground.
we then head back and have to switch drivers because Brian isn't really supposed to drive the car. we stop over at my office and my boss was there. he's just laughing.... when we get back to the dealership, the sales girl asks what i think. i tell her i'm very impressed, not at all what i was thinking it would be. they have 13 of these bad boys to sell and are quite motivated. i tell her, it's a little ways off in the future but i had to admit i did like the car, color, performance, etc. might have to bring the hubby for a test drive... so you never know.
really, i doubt i'd buy one, but i was thoroughly impressed for sure. i have yet to drive an STi so i cannot really compare it to a stock Sti, they will not allow you to test drive unless you BUY the car and it is now yours. i am still working on trying to con someone into letting me drive theirs.
i also want to test drive the new 07 Spec B as that's what i plan to replace the LGT with next fall at the same time we get Phil's STi. it'll be a family of subies... LOL.
so we're joking around and talking and we decide it would be fun to go and just test drive the new Evo9. why not? i wanted to know all the fuss was about because i'm not too fond of the styling or what not. so we figure we'll go over there. we had to pick up Brandon's Sti and i needed to go see if i could find the wheel lock for my rims so PHil could work on the LGT. I was driving the vibe.
Phil was having a bad day and then got even more pissy when he heard what we had planned to do.. he had to work and i was supposed to be working... sorta. we head over to the dealership and talk to one of the sales girls. very nice. i tell her i want to take the evo9 MR (nicer and 6MT) for a spin to find out about all the fuss. she looks at the vibe and probably thinking... um ok. she says, you have to pass the credit check first and get pre-approved in order to drive one. i say, ok, that's fine. i slap down my paystub from yesterday showing my monthly gross just under $9K. I ask, is that enough? She just laughed and asked what the hell I do. ;D
they run the pwk, and say ok.. away we go. Well, my Brandon left because he needed to get his tires done and we were still doing the paperwork, but my buddy, Brian (just turned 18) wanted to hitch a ride. no way he would qualify for an Evo since he has no credit and sorta has a job. The salesman drives the car off the lot until we get downtown where we swap drivers. he says it's ok to let Brian drive too, which made his day. LOL
I get in and buckle up. the Recaro leather and suede seats were very nice, held you in tight but lacked true harnesses (this will come handy later in the story), interior was a lot nicer than i thought. i make my way out of the parking lot onto the streets, it's midday and there is plenty of traffic. I find an open lane at the lights, no one in front. light turns green and i PUNCH IT! bam! 6000 rpm and shift! 6000 rpm and shift! all the way up to 6th gear.... but i slowed it way down because cops like to hang out in that area we were quickly approaching. practically NO turbo lag that i could feel. 1 and 2 pulled just as hard as my LGT but once i hit 3 and 4th, it kept going where as my LGT would be starting to slow. i take it around some corners nice and tight, we're whipping all over the place. very very nice. handled fantastic, tires stuck to the ground.
we get to another area and i pull over and let Brian drive. he wants to know how the car handles as he loves to rally (he's crazy). this is the part that everyone wished we had harnesses to hold us in the seats more.
so, he's just slaloming imaginary cones in the middle of this empty residential road... getting a feel how the car handles. i'm sliding around in my seat a little, but not too terrible. we head on out to one of the round abouts in town and we're doing figure 8's as fast as we can in traffic.... wow! car still felt like it was on the ground. we then head back and have to switch drivers because Brian isn't really supposed to drive the car. we stop over at my office and my boss was there. he's just laughing.... when we get back to the dealership, the sales girl asks what i think. i tell her i'm very impressed, not at all what i was thinking it would be. they have 13 of these bad boys to sell and are quite motivated. i tell her, it's a little ways off in the future but i had to admit i did like the car, color, performance, etc. might have to bring the hubby for a test drive... so you never know.
really, i doubt i'd buy one, but i was thoroughly impressed for sure. i have yet to drive an STi so i cannot really compare it to a stock Sti, they will not allow you to test drive unless you BUY the car and it is now yours. i am still working on trying to con someone into letting me drive theirs. i also want to test drive the new 07 Spec B as that's what i plan to replace the LGT with next fall at the same time we get Phil's STi. it'll be a family of subies... LOL.
but i also believe that to be true with any car. even the evo's up here like to blow their motors. they slap on all kinds of things but then don't add the ECM. or they don't tune it right and the car goes boom. what do you expect? 