NEW 2006 EVO Owner

[HOCKEY FREAK4]

Well today I went to South Coast Mitsubishi and bought a 2006 brand new Lancer Evolution GSR IX SE.
It is my first stick shift car and I love it. Everytime I begin driving I get a big smile on my face now. I have trouble parking because I dont want to stop driving it. I am very happy with my decision. I recommend this car to anyone who wants to have fun while driving.

[thisxguy]

congrats!

what color did you get?

are you leaning stick also or do you already know how to drive it?

[j_nizzle]

whoa, create a thread for opinions one day and then jump on the advice of others. i love it! good choice bro!

[HOCKEY FREAK4]

Thanks for the comments guys. The color is Black. I will give you guys a picture tommorow. And yes I am learning stick.

[thisxguy]

oh man. good luck. some people say its not a good car to lean on. but you'll be fine as long as you're patient and you can hold your urge to gun it and stuff O0

[smokinevo9]

congrats

[HOCKEY FREAK4]

Thanks guys.
Yeah all master the shifting in no time.
I cant gas (Although I have been tempted) it because I have to break in the engine for at least the first 2,000 miles. Which gives me time to master shifting.
How many miles did you guys use to break in your engines?

[thisxguy]

some people say 200, some say 2k, 3k, 5k, it all depends...there's actually someone who says the key is 20 (http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm)

i was going to do 3k i think but then when i saw that break in secret i changed to it when i was at at like 1,000 miles. it was fun. but i didnt really push my car until i was around 2,500

[HOCKEY FREAK4]

some people say 200, some say 2k, 3k, 5k, it all depends...there's actually someone who says the key is 20 (http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm)

i was going to do 3k i think but then when i saw that break in secret i changed to it when i was at at like 1,000 miles. it was fun. but i didnt really push my car until i was around 2,500

yeah I am going to wait about 2,500 to 3,000 miles.

[kimletrim]

Bad choice... the exhuast on the GTO is bad ass. Just playin...you made the obvious choice. Congrats!

[silvery_eagle]

shouldn't this thread be in somewhere else?
good choice and welcome to the club

[rino]

i waited about 250 miles and just beat the living shit out of the car.. 45k miles later still strong :)

[thisxguy]

yes this thread is in the wrong place

so you're the one who tried to decide between evo and gto. i'd choose the evo too! lol. gto's game mileage is the worst for sports cars i believe.

[jdmdingdong4u]

welcome to the club...now time for those pics

[trinydex]

you need this apparently

http://www.socalevo.net/forum/index.php?topic=30429.new#new

[x[corwyn]]

oh man. good luck. some people say its not a good car to lean on. but you'll be fine as long as you're patient and you can hold your urge to gun it and stuff O0


I taught Ollie my roommate how to drive stickshift in his Evo. He HATED trying to learn with my old Ranger I had. having your daily driver as a stickshift is a damned good motivator. Good luck and try to learn good habits. Burning out a stock clutch is fairly easy to do.

[trinydex]

the best motivator... the evo is the first stick shift car i've owned and i can heel toe like keiichi tsuchiya

[JOOTZ]

welcome and good choice on car and color
be safe bro



















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[x[corwyn]]

the best motivator... the evo is the first stick shift car i've owned and i can heel toe like keiichi tsuchiya


With my size 13 feet I foot and foot the brake and gas pedals. Couldn't hit the clutch if I tried to heel and toe!

But yea I learned to drive a stickshift back when I was 14 and only owned sticks. Personally I am of the mind that people need to pass their driving test in a stickshift. Any moron can pass in an Automatic. In fact quite often they do, as evidence by our freeways...

That and when I was a valet and subsequently a valet manager, I have noticed less and less people can drive stick....I started in 1992 and stopped back in 2002 and the last year was having to teach every other valet before they could be valets compared to not even taking any valets in without stick experience....

[EvolvedMCC]

congrats and welcome.

i also learned stick in my evo. i pretty much drove it home off the lot after a quick lesson from my buddy. i stalled a couple times and never grinded once, but my friend actually did while he was demonstrating to me, that punk lol.

[HOCKEY FREAK4]

Thanks guys for all the support.
I love everything about my EVO.
I am getting much better at shifting but I still have promblems on those hills though.
Pics coming soon

[HOCKEY FREAK4]

Here are some pictures of my EVO

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/9634/lancerevolution022em9.jpg
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/6481/lancerevolution023fb5.jpg
http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/589/lancerevolution024ie8.jpg
http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/7185/lancerevolution025yt3.jpg
http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/4331/lancerevolution026hd3.jpg
http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/4547/lancerevolution027cn2.jpg