MattP Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 Looking at getting one of the above no particular spec etc in mind as I know very little about them and from what I can see the UK has no active Owners Club for them... So my question is this have any of you owned one or know anything about them you can enlighten me about.... Regards Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sukhy Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 Never owned one but did consider it before the Supra. http://www.lancerregister.com is where you want to start Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 I think rust can be a much greater issue than on Supra's..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 https://www.lancerregister.com/showthread.php?t=322183 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muckyman Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 I used to have an Evo, running at 355bhp. Thirsty car, and servicing every 4.5k miles Great, great fun and very capable car. Agree that lancerregister is the place you want to be for the low down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_jza80 Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 I think rust can be a much greater issue than on Supra's..... Evo's, like Imprezas and even Skylines to an extent are not as well built as our Supras, as ultimately they are based on cheap cars, the Supra is more bepoke, and what it does share are high quality components from other great cars (GS300/ Aristo, Soarer etc) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattP Posted September 18, 2018 Author Share Posted September 18, 2018 Signed up to the Lancer Register site but this looks like a mine field il buy a Corsa and accept my life is over instead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rider Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 My financial adviser used to turn up in one, a 7, but got shot after 18 months saying it was too unpredictable on mini roundabouts and he hated the service stop every 3 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattP Posted September 19, 2018 Author Share Posted September 19, 2018 They just seem to be generally rotten cars and the ones that are not are silly money for a daily beater... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bladerider Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 from what I can see the UK has no active Owners Club for them... LOL You're mad. The Lancer Register is one of the biggest clubs in the UK Has run its own Sprint Championship and has for many years had huge presence at all the UK shows. Evo's are generally good, solid, bulletproof if looked after but need quite a bit of mechanical maintenance and people that know them to do them justice. Get one and take it to Gary haywood at APT and never look back. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Not a car I have ever considered. The squeezing of massive amounts of power from a relatively small engine and silly servcing schedule put me off. Not to mention the chav element that seems to buy them and scoobys. Good luck. H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_jza80 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Not a car I have ever considered. The squeezing of massive amounts of power from a relatively small engine and silly servcing schedule put me off. Not to mention the chav element that seems to buy them and scoobys. Good luck. H. I love a nice Evo, preferably a IV, V or VI, and especially a rare one like a Mak or RS. However, as you said, all of the ones I see regularly are chavved up VIIs, VIIIs and IXs, with matt paint, rota wheels and awful sounding fartcans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bladerider Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Oh, For sure there are plenty of ruined ones, just like there used to be a ton of Supras (Skylines too) with gull wing doors, Veilside front bumpers and god awful weak fitment wheels with cheap tyres and a shopping list down the door of manufacturers that are either not on the car or at best the stickers came with a dumpvalve, gauges, and spark plugs lol There are also a lot of pretty serious Evos of all denominations that have had a lot of money spent that are very capable on road. Fewer Scoobs like that but even then we see them with a more serious kind of owner these days, now the numpties have moved back to Golfs and Fords lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 I love a nice Evo, preferably a IV, V or VI, and especially a rare one like a Mak or RS. However, as you said, all of the ones I see regularly are chavved up VIIs, VIIIs and IXs, with matt paint, rota wheels and awful sounding fartcans. I could probably have gone an Evo VI at some point in white / blue. That time has gone now though. H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattP Posted September 20, 2018 Author Share Posted September 20, 2018 LOL You're mad. The Lancer Register is one of the biggest clubs in the UK Has run its own Sprint Championship and has for many years had huge presence at all the UK shows. Evo's are generally good, solid, bulletproof if looked after but need quite a bit of mechanical maintenance and people that know them to do them justice. Get one and take it to Gary haywood at APT and never look back. J. Its a terrible forum and Evo owners are 4 pot muggles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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