WR1 Owners Club

Posted: **Thu Jan 26, 2006 8:29 pm**

I'm sure a lot of you will have seen this but i thought i'd post it for the few who hadn't.

http://www.mitsubishi-cars.co.uk/features/advertorials/New%20Lancer%20Evolution%20X%20Advertorial.pdf

Posted: **Thu Jan 26, 2006 10:47 pm**

Got one on order!

Posted: **Mon Jan 30, 2006 11:14 am**

havent seen a pic of the X before, but after seeing that one

WOW what a piece of Kit !

Just look at those rear flared arches

What a car !

Posted: **Mon Jan 30, 2006 11:15 am**

In white for me please :wink:

Posted: **Mon Jan 30, 2006 11:32 am**

reading up on it abit, it seems they have their own version of Audis DSG

which is nice.

Posted: **Sat Feb 11, 2006 9:48 am**

WR1 Bro wrote:Got one on order!

Do you ?

Question of course is how much of the showcar will make it to production.

Posted: **Mon Feb 13, 2006 3:41 pm**

Torrekens wrote:Question of course is how much of the showcar will make it to production.

That is the million dollar question - if the new car does indeed look like the showcar then I will be seriously tempted. If not then I doubt it - time for a change next time round me thinks.

Posted: **Mon Feb 13, 2006 5:23 pm**

POESY wrote:
Torrekens wrote:Question of course is how much of the showcar will make it to production.

That is the million dollar question - if the new car does indeed look like the showcar then I will be seriously tempted. If not then I doubt it - time for a change next time round me thinks.

M5 ? M6 ? 911 ? Aston ?

The more I think about it, the more I think I'm gonna go for the same style of car.

I been trying to get 5 Audi dealers this afternoon to understand I DO NOT want to order a car (RS4 in this case) without driving one first. :brick:

All the marketing :blahblah:

in the world does not convince me this might just be a shrunk A8 that goes a bit faster.

Posted: **Mon Feb 13, 2006 5:29 pm**

I really no have no idea - 911 would be nice, Viper would be fullfill a bit of a boyhood dream - who knows. Got a few years to decide yet.

Did like the new Jag XK on top gear last night too, so

Think those RS4s (the ones with the V8) are actually pritty good cars, getting excellent write ups in the press at the moment.

Posted: **Mon Feb 13, 2006 5:52 pm**

Yeah... that's what's worrying me. Several years ago I worked as free-lance car-journalist in Belgium and I still know quite a few of the guys. Which is why their good write up worries me :rofl:

As we've seen on several occasions here, cars are a matter of personal taste and circumstances.

Journalists just check if it's a nice car. But they for instance didn't like the turbolag on the scoob or the Evo whereas I love the cars for that. Hell, use the gearlever !

Note: while typing this one Audi dealer came back to me saying he'll have an RS4 on the road in a few weeks and will contact me then.

Posted: **Mon Feb 13, 2006 8:58 pm**

I think i read somewhere that the new RS4's were having a few gearbox issues in testing. No idea if it's true though.

They do look

Posted: **Wed Feb 15, 2006 7:25 pm**

They look indeed great.

I am looking forward to test one and I hope by all means that Audi did not make it a shrunk A6/A8 but that it is a V8 version of the Scoob or Evo.

Posted: **Wed Feb 15, 2006 10:14 pm**

The review on Top Gear a few weeks ago was very good.

Posted: **Thu Feb 16, 2006 9:09 am**

Back to the Evo X.

Noticed on the Evo 9, the car has like a "sound deathener" in the end of the exhaust which you can just take out by unbolting a screw underneath.

It allows you to have a car that is reasonably silent when you need to do long journeys (or when your wife uses it to commute during the week), and you can have a nice loud WRC sound when you go for a play with it !

I think this is really neat !

Posted: **Thu Feb 16, 2006 9:38 am**

Torrekens wrote:Back to the Evo X.

Noticed on the Evo 9, the car has like a "sound deathener" in the end of the exhaust which you can just take out by unbolting a screw underneath.

How do you unbolt a screw mate? With a industrial hammer drill?

Posted: **Thu Feb 16, 2006 10:05 am**

WR1 Bro wrote:
Torrekens wrote:Back to the Evo X.

Noticed on the Evo 9, the car has like a "sound deathener" in the end of the exhaust which you can just take out by unbolting a screw underneath.

How do you unbolt a screw mate? With a industrial hammer drill?

Not quite sure the drill will fit under the car to take the screw out...

Posted: **Thu Feb 16, 2006 11:58 am**

why oh why has someone taken a pic of you with a drill in your hands

:toofunny:

Posted: **Thu Feb 16, 2006 7:40 pm**

You want a pic of me with another big tool in my hand ?

Posted: **Fri Mar 17, 2006 9:09 am**

just speaking/e-mailing a freind who let me know that if you place a "refundable" deposit on the new evo x you get an invite to the launch at a track and a chance to go out in it- expected 330-360bhp

every1 down the showroom now!!

Posted: **Fri Mar 17, 2006 11:09 am**

Spike "THE LEGEND" Mike XXX wrote:just speaking/e-mailing a freind who let me know that if you place a "refundable" deposit on the new evo x you get an invite to the launch at a track and a chance to go out in it- expected 330-360bhp

Sounds like a load of rubbish to me tbh.