Lancer Evolution Appreciation Thread

[Silent_Scone]

I think (and hope) that the 5/6 will go silly once they hit 25 years old. They're the special ones in the range, have appeal worldwide and crucially weren't available in the US.

The 8/9/10 were all available in the USA from new, and I don't think will ever get the 'R32 GTR' price effect.

A 7/8/9 will still be an appreciating asset, as more and more rust away and get broken into pieces.

Guy F was saying that he really struggles to shift anything 7+. Everyone wants the 5s and 6s.

 

[adamlstr]

And throw a rod down a wet country road and blame the limiter?

Haha. Here's my Evo ownership in numbers:

The amount of times I've launched from 0 MPH - Zero.
The amount of times I've hit the limiter in any gear - Maybe twice.

 

[gavinf91]

Guy F was saying that he really struggles to shift anything 7+. Everyone wants the 5s and 6s.

who’s guy f

 

[adamlstr]

who’s guy f

Guy Francis, an importer.

 

[Naughty Boy]

Plenty of V/VI that haven’t sold for yonks, same goes for the later models. Cracking examples of all model variants will sell for good money.

 

[Silent_Scone]

Plenty of V/VI that haven’t sold for yonks, same goes for the later models. Cracking examples of all model variants will sell for good money.

He said they just tend to sit around more. Jon said the same a couple years ago, but I guess it could be because a lot more of them are UK ones and tend to have had a hard life. Your time warp bus excluded.

 

[fixedgear]

My TME. Imported in 2017.

Last used... 2019

 

[jameswrx]

Checking some of my old evos they seemed to have died 10 years ago. Probably rust.

Was looking at pics earlier and have some of my 6 sat there in the snow, can only imagine it turned to a pile of dust after soaking up all that salt

My mate is trying to buy a non rusty Evo 5 and it’s not easy! He had a fresh import lined up with an importer, it was ready couple weeks ago. He sent me the pics through and it looked amazing in white with the orange indicators then I saw the underneath! Chap had undersealed it with black waxoil everywhere. I told my mate to leave it unless they had before pics, they did but it was rough as a badgers arse.

I did try even a wanted ad on MLR, but nothing.

 

[R3k1355]

MLR is basically a proxy for UKIP/ BP/ BNP/ etc etc etc

No wonder there was no interest in buying your car.

@Moonshot

 

[Silent_Scone]

Checking some of my old evos they seemed to have died 10 years ago. Probably rust.

Was looking at pics earlier and have some of my 6 sat there in the snow, can only imagine it turned to a pile of dust after soaking up all that salt

My mate is trying to buy a non rusty Evo 5 and it’s not easy! He had a fresh import lined up with an importer, it was ready couple weeks ago. He sent me the pics through and it looked amazing in white with the orange indicators then I saw the underneath! Chap had undersealed it with black waxoil everywhere. I told my mate to leave it unless they had before pics, they did but it was rough as a badgers arse.

I did try even a wanted ad on MLR, but nothing.

I wasn't even looking for a 5 but paid a bit through the nose for a good one, and I only really bagged that because of lockdown or I would have missed out.

 

[Naughty Boy]

Lots of Jap imports landing now with underside issues, not guaranteed to have mint underside anymore.

 

[jameswrx]

Lots of Jap imports landing now with underside issues, not guaranteed to have mint underside anymore.

Yep. They still have really bad cars over there. Isn’t it a case now of the only good cars are from down south?.

I’d imagine the US military are to blame for a lot of that. They love the imports and have a base on Okinawa, they seem to rust really bad there. A couple of the lads have YT channels and often say how bad they rust there because of the location.

 

[Naughty Boy]

Not sure tbh, I reckon the Evo has reached a milestone in age where the tide is turning - 7/10 cars going through auction look ropey as. Odd gem but they go for big bucks.

Glad I got back on the ladder when I did as I would be struggling now.

 

[Silent_Scone]

One of the sites has under-car scans now from what I saw on FB the other week.

Going to get a lot harder for some of these traders to hide things.

 

[AdDaMan]

I will soon be able to contribute to this thread. 😚

 

[adamlstr]

I will soon be able to contribute to this thread. 😚

Thought they were slow?

 

[AdDaMan]

Thought they were slow?

They are, but they are still awesome! This ones a touch quicker anyway

 

[adamlstr]

They are, but they are still awesome! This ones a touch quicker anyway

Which one you getting? In order of good-ness, good-est first, 6-5-9-8-7-3-2-1------------------------4...

 

[AdDaMan]

Which one you getting? In order of good-ness, good-est first, 6-5-9-8-7-3-2-1------------------------4...

hahaha my order of goodness goes like this....9-7-8-5-6-3-2-1------4

And im getting a 7

 

[adamlstr]

hahaha my order of goodness goes like this....9-7-8-5-6-3-2-1------4

And im getting a 7

Awesome, what are the specs?

 

[AdDaMan]

Awesome, what are the specs?

Important ones are MINT and rust free. ND forged. Big breaks will reveal all when i pick it up at w/e.

 

[gavinf91]

you lot don’t even count the 10 as an evo 😭

 

[adamlstr]

Important ones are MINT and rust free. ND forged. Big breaks will reveal all when i pick it up at w/e.

Nice, I was looking at their rod jobs earlier. Haven't driven or used mine since the Turbo shat itself in August.

 

[adamlstr]

you lot don’t even count the 10 as an evo 😭

Correct.

Like the 9th Season of Scrubs, it's best not to talk about it.

 

[AdDaMan]

Nice, I was looking at their rod jobs earlier. Haven't driven or used mine since the Turbo shat itself in August.

Oh dear how come? Smokey or catastrophic failure?

 

[adamlstr]

Oh dear how come? Smokey or catastrophic failure?

[emoji23]

 

[AdDaMan]

Decent job [emoji24]
Engine ok?

 

[R3k1355]

Perfect time for the MHI billet turbo that came recently.

 

[adamlstr]

Decent job [emoji24]
Engine ok?

Yeah, only the hot side shown any sign of breakage.



20m55s [emoji2357]

80 series going on and mapped as I type. [emoji106]

 

[Silent_Scone]

Yeah, only the hot side shown any sign of breakage.



20m55s [emoji2357]

80 series going on and mapped as I type. [emoji106]

Let us know how you get on with it mate

 

[gavinf91]

Saw this on Facebook earlier, been sat there for the last 5 years and the owner won’t sell apparently.

 

[Naughty Boy]

Might be a while until I get to use her again.

 

[adamlstr]

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Saw this on Facebook earlier, been sat there for the last 5 years and the owner won’t sell apparently.

Give it another 5 years and it'll be a puddle on the floor.

Got mine back running after having: Evo 9 Turbo, Mapped, AP Disks, and an MOT:

Haven't even driven it yet, the disks were past their best though:

Good times.

 

[AdDaMan]

Who mapped it? And what did it make?

 

[adamlstr]

Road mapped by Mark Shead to 1.4 Bar limit, should be 340-350bhp.

 

[youngarthur]

My old FQ400...M400ANW....disappeared in 2016, no taxed mot since then. Curious what might have happened to it.

 

[gavinf91]

My old FQ400...M400ANW....disappeared in 2016, no taxed mot since then. Curious what might have happened to it.

Last seen for sale at Clive’s Performance in 2017, not good!

 

[youngarthur]

Last seen for sale at Clive’s Performance in 2017, not good!

I did see rumours about Clives Performance in a newspaper, that was not good either. Shame, that was a good car.( Some of the time!.)

 

[adamlstr]

Do us a favour, go and like my comment on this:



"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery."

Cheers.

@Silent_Scone

 

[Shocker]