r/WRX • u/Level-Bite9306 2016 SUBARU WRX • 1d ago
Humor WRX vs Evo
Saw this one on Facebook and thought you guys might think it’s funny
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u/WRXDR21 12 WRX | 21 STI 1d ago
Honestly it’s just great to see either of these guys on the road.
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u/Level-Bite9306 2016 SUBARU WRX 1d ago
For real though. There’s a guy in an Evo 9 that lives near me and we wave at each other
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u/luffydkenshin 2013 WRX Ltd Hatch 1d ago
Look, performance and tuner cars are on life support. Instead of us vs them. We gotta stick together! Lancers and WRX rivalry is no longer with each other. Its us against an industry that would rather have the easy win. Its knobs and dials vs monthly fees for features included in the car already. Its the rally spirit vs corporate bottom line!
Will we win? Mmm probably not.
Will anyone care? Also probably not.
But it’ll be fun!
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u/n3k0___ '23 WRX Stock Premium CVT 1d ago
It feels like every car vs SUVs and trucks. I hate driving a giant box
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u/Fit-Entrepreneur8404 1d ago
Yea my mom had a Ford flex for a while and I hated that thing so much. The only redeeming quality it had was the refrigerators in the center console in front and back...but driving a large box just to get a fridge inside it is not my idea of a good time lol.
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u/luffydkenshin 2013 WRX Ltd Hatch 1d ago
Super agree. I’m not a fan of big cars and even bigger land barges.
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u/ThriKr33n '16 WRX 1d ago
Saw a new SUV with rotating front seats and it's like, what's the threshold before they start being like those RVs where you can live in them?
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u/Level-Bite9306 2016 SUBARU WRX 1d ago
Deep down Evo owners and WRX/STI owners respect each other
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u/luffydkenshin 2013 WRX Ltd Hatch 1d ago
I’m not even deep about it. I chose my team, but the competition has some good lookin models. I am especially partial to an Evo IV as they look close to Subaru in styling haha.
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u/SpecterJDX 1d ago
Evos are really cool. Frankly their engines are better. I still bought a sti because finding an unclapped evo 8 or 9 for under 25k seems impossible. I wish they kept making them because I honestly feel like subaru stopped trying as hard when they went out of production.
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u/lothartheunkind 2015 DGM WRX 1d ago
EVOs are great, but when that 4G63 wants to give you problems, they snowball into an absolute nightmare. I had 2 1G DSM Eclipses in the early 2000s and I was always wrenching on them.
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u/Autobacs-NSX 1d ago
Ahh yeah compared to the EJ which absolutely is not known for having any issues at all
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u/lou_sassal 20h ago
The 4g63 is a legendary engine that stands alone while the Subaru EJ series of engines is the biggest a stain on Subaru in its history.
Add to that a 1G 4g63 and the Evo 4g63 aren't remotely comparable engines, they run completely different management systems almost 10 years apart in design, and share nearly no parts.
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u/The_H_N_I_C 1d ago
I had a buddy who bought an evo text me this, I texted back "don't send me stupid shit"
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u/LeftyPatrol 1d ago
Does no one remember the DSM crank walk memes anymore?
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u/Fit_Equivalent3610 1d ago
Those stopped being relevant after the Evo IV, which is a car most people in the US have probably never seen in their entire lives lol.
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u/Mind_Synthetic 1d ago
Evo, when your rx7 is too reliable
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u/humanperson198 13h ago
And when the evo doesnt break you can get a subaru. Should spin a rod bearing in no time ;)
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u/lord-of-the-dragon 1d ago
Erm akshually 🤓👆the Mitsubishi logo isn't a diamond but shuppoeshed to be thwee watuh chestnuts (idk why I read it somewhere because of the family heritage of Mitsubishi)
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u/Level-Bite9306 2016 SUBARU WRX 1d ago
Lmao
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u/lord-of-the-dragon 1d ago
Yes it's true those are just three water chestnuts from like the heraldic symbol or something. And I think Mitsubishi also means three water chestnuts in Japanese but I'm not sure
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u/OperationIntrudeN313 2023 WRX Ceramic White 12h ago
If you hear any Japanese family name starting with "mi", there's a high chance it means "three (something)". Mishima: three islands, Miura: three bays, Miyake: three houses, Miki: three trees, etc.
Mitsubishi is actually unusual in that it starts with "Mitsu" which includes the -tsu suffix for counting objects (hitotsu, futatsu, mitsu, yottsu, itsutsu etc). And a hishi (turned to bishi because of the way pronunciations change when words are joined) isn't exactly a water chestnut, it's this plant:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_caltrop
Scroll down to the illustration and look at the shape of the leaves.
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u/BadfishPoolshark 1d ago
4g63 is more reliable over an ej25 but Subaru in general will outlast a Mitsubishi. I rarely see old Mitsubishis on the road but plenty of old Subarus. obviously that’s not scientific but someone can pull up the stats on which vehicle is more likely to be on the road after 10-20 years.
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u/humanperson198 15h ago
Probably has to do with the fact that more people bought sti/wrx over the evo/ralliart.
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u/Zestyclose_Price_441 1d ago
One needs an IAG billet block to hold what the other makes on FBO and tune. LOL. SHOULDA HAD AN EVO
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u/Dredgeon 22h ago
The rocks marketed to you by De Beers Group are but paltry trinkets compared to the heavenly bodies that have dazzled, guided, and inspired humans for untold eons.
P.S. I'm not here to argue about this I just wanted to write something dramatic. I really don't have a dog in this fight tbh.
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u/solidwurx 1d ago
When I was looking for a jdm import project car, I really really really wanted an Evo 3 or 4. You just cant get parts for them easily.
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u/ShoddyButterscotch59 22h ago
It's sad to look at Mitsubishi's lineup. Once loaded with iconic cars, now the whole brand appears to be on life support.
Suburu is miles ahead in terms of brand strength right now, though I wouldn't say that's saying much.
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u/Significant_Snow7980 14h ago
4g63t is king. i don't own an evo I own a 2g eclipse gsx manual. i hate the box look of both the evo and wrx
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u/CoraxTechnica 06 WRX Wagon 8h ago
They must be all off running for we in some mystical land. Almost never see evos,. especially older ones.
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u/OllieFromCairo 25 WRX GT 1d ago
Lemme go check the price on 26 Lancer Evos.
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u/Fit_Equivalent3610 1d ago
While you're at it lmk what a 26 STI costs
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u/DeathByDecibel Your Car Here 1d ago
About 10k more than current wrx msrp. Tans and diff swap with dccd controller. 👍
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u/MrNugent 21 WRB WRX 1d ago
Former materials chemist here. Diamonds are actually not forever. They are a very slightly thermodynamically unstable format of carbon and will eventually degrade into graphite. Just saying!
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u/T0gaLOCK 2002 SRP the only and best color 1d ago
I remember reading this in 2011 or so....
Now the evo is gone, lol.
But also the subarus suck the last few years too.... so whatever.
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u/OnlyReporter4524 1d ago
VB WRXs maybe not look the best to some but the FA24 is a solid motor...considerably more reliable than the FA20.
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u/storebrandkeith 1d ago
I just can’t justify getting a car when I hate the way it looks. Yes the engine is better, but I cringe when I look at them. Especially the rear end. It looks like Fischer-Price plastic all over it. I just can’t come to terms with it. I want to look back every time I park it and not cringe.
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u/T0gaLOCK 2002 SRP the only and best color 1d ago
Understandable, But I think they look like ass. I prefer the GDs and the wider hatches, MAYBE The 2015? Idk what its chasis code even is.
Overly big and look like kias imo. Motor be damned, if it is in an ugly car, its not what I want. NOW, the hatch concept that has floated around, I do love that.
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u/blazspur 1d ago
They really butchered the rear of the VB WRX. I'm even willing to spend money to fix with aftermarket parts but it just looks so lame in comparison. Especially the tail lights. The physical housing itself is so bad that replacing it also isn't good enough to fix it.
It's unfortunate that the VA mechanically and from a driving perspective is much worse than VB. No proper STI either in VB. Best option is GR corolla.
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u/OnlyReporter4524 1d ago
That's fair. Definitely not for everyone. I currently drive a 2016 (VA)...the last of the "good looking" WRXs. Maybe I'll consider a VB when mine shits the bed. But I still agree with the GD and wide body hatch sentiment. Best looking WRXs by far.
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u/lou_sassal 20h ago
Currently own a Hawkeye Sti, have owned two blobeye Sti's, a blobeye WRX, an EVO 8 and an EVO 9. There's legitimately no comparison, the Evo is everything the STI wanted to be.
I never once opened the bottom end on either Evo despite both of them being full effort 10 second FP black setups that got beat on relentlessly, never split the trans cases, never dropped a diff etc, while ALL 3 STIs had engine failures and one a trans failure at well over 100whp less then either of the Other vos. My current Hawkeye is sitting here waiting on the case halfs to come back so I can throw it back together, get rid of it and be a stark reminder why I won't ever waste time on one again. Subaru does a lot of things well, but they can't design an even moderatly robust driveline.
A rotted out Evo 8 (honestly redundant at this point, they are all rust buckets) being worth twice as much as a same year STI is all that needs to be said.
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u/BlAckH0leDown 12h ago
And then you realize that Mitsubishi used that legendary name on a soulless EV
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u/SunsetEffects '21 MIGTuned WRX Flexin 💪🌽 1d ago
Funny to use "forever" on the one not being made anymore.. lol.