EVO8 + Stoplight encounter last night!!!
 

So, me and my gf are going to the mall last night, and pulling into the mall, on this long straight street that least to it, I see a Yellow Evolution. I didn't think it was an evo when it passed me so I caught him and asked my gf to look for evolution on the back. Sure enough, it wasn't a fake lancer. So, I make sure i'm next to him and we line up at the red light. I start to rev at him and he looks over and laugh. I continue (and burn a little clutch to load up the turbo so i can blow off) and he smiles. Next thing i hear is him countering my rev with a nice 5-second bouncing off the rev-limter rev. (new car buddy go easy on her eh!?) but, nonethe less, he was go. So i'm ready and he's ready and the light turns green, and my ------- god I've never seen a car launch so hard. My tires started spinning a little, and he got like 2038432084 car lengths on me before I ever caught any traction. That car was rediculously sick fast and I had my d16z6-t ass handed to me on a silver platter. I didn't even bother with second gear b/c he was so ------- far ahead it was worthless. So, I followed him into the mall lot and he waited for me at a stop sign. I complemented his beautiful car, and told him that I was rather embarrased. Nice guy, fun night. Moral of the story: Don't line up anything short of a vette or a really really fast somthing else next to an evo. That ------- thing moves. I had to share ;D

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its that ------- all-wheel drive i tell ya!! that lauch on those bad boys are sick...mad traction!!! while our hondas are there spinning away....they grip and they are ...GONE! When i have that problem i tell the guy...lets race on a roll from either first or second....the you can get a better idea of how fast they are and you are too when there is no sliding all over the place from no traction! its just the launch and the wheel spin

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all wheel drive is the ----, im getting sick of front wheel drive traction issuses, under boost

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dude, there are so many evo's on the road around here, i feel like i'm in japan. everyone is getting them, i've already seen one totalled out at my buddies import shop, he said the guy that totalled it wants a 98 gsr now?? i think he's in for a big dissappointment after driving the evo......

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Yeah I couldn't agree more. I was drooling after seeing how hard that ------- thing took off. It's unbeleiveable. And only to think, as far as that goes, the sti and ---- are even faster. My lord. Much respect for the all the new AWD / turbo cars coming out. :::bows:::

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even the base wrx (non-sti) has an amazing launch.

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Yeah but its not easy to launch an awd car my dad has a vr4 3000gt and there is a very very small sweetspot to get the perfect launch otherwise it bogs or you break somthin

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very true

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.....Very very true...

There was a red GSX eclipse with 400+hp and almost no tranny mods, and about every month an axle or driveshaft would explode onto the track.... that thing snapped its axles like toothpicks...

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i have a 92 awd talon, and launching is where the awd's shine no doubt. it was a pain in the ass to learn how to launch and u cannot drop the clutch at 5k or u gonna break something. in my case it was the transfer case. anything under 5k ur car will bog like crazy but if u learn to slip it a little then gun it when u feel the car roll u better be ready to shift into 2nd. but if u are racing from a roll awds have a pretty big disadvantage next to fwd's.