Took a ride in a souped up Mitsubishi Evo VII today... yikes!

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One of my friends at work has a Mitsubishi Evo VII that is souped up to the max (350bhp or something silly) and today he took me out for a spin in Crawley on some quiet roads. Despite the power it's actually a very practical car, roomy on the inside and doesn't really look flash or attention grabbing to those who don't know what it is. The interior is functional and tidy and doesn't look like a racing cockpit compared to my other friends (also a colleague) Mitsubishi FTO. All in all its a very, very nice car looks-wise, sleek yet understated.

Anyway that's by the by, on to the performance. Let me just say I've never been in any sort of really fast car, in fact the fastest I've ever been in his mates Saab 2.0l convertible, nippy but not exactly a muscle machine.

So we got out on to quiet little stretch and he put his foot down and I xxxx you not it was like being on a jumbo jet at takeoff I was thrust back in my seat and I let out a yelp reminiscent of a four-year-old girl who's just seen her doll beheaded by her evil brother. Simply unbelievable, I have never experienced anything like it, we got up to 130 mph in what seemed like a few seconds, and while many of you are probably shaking your head about now it was so momentous I felt I had to share it.

I now have the taste for a muscle car like that and I think I will save up for two years and get my no claims bonus, then splurge on something similar.

Did anyone else feel like that when they tasted their first dose of real car speed? :D
 
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lol yeah I know full well what you mean by the whole "becoming jaded" thing, it applies to all things in life. But i'll bet getting to the jaded stage is fun. :)
 
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350bhp souped up? pah my evo daily driver does that and its pretty much standard :p

My souped up evo is now close to 500bhp!!!

lol his may be more than 350bhp, that was just a rough guess on my part. :)
 
Sp00n said:
Cool, what do you drive then, i'll have to keep an eye out :D

you seen the porsche tuner garage round here too? there are some awesome cars in the car park :D

Haha what do I drive? Renault Clio 1.4RT mate, puny little thing!

Have my heart set on a Honda Civic Type R next though, i'm going to save up for 2 years and build up a bit of NCB and then purchase a 2nd hand one for £8k or so as that seems to be the going rate for a good one on autotrader. :D
 
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