[old-skool-ford]

recently i sold my R2 GTR & bought an evo,
many people on this site advised against this move, and im happy to tell you all YOU WERE RIGHT.
dont like it at all!!!

 

[Pontio]

curious to hear why mate.. gearbox problems by any chance?

 

[leegtr]

What EVO did you get?

I have an R32 GTR and have owned an EVO 6. I thought that the EVO was a fantastic car

 

[old-skool-ford]

......

i got an EVO 4 with 62000 miles, completely standard, apart from a stupid excedy paddle clutch fitted.(which is getting changed to a standard 1)

the car is in really good order, just isnt a skyline.

evo is far too low geared, 100mph 5th gear 4500 revs, all noise, lol.
my gtr was nearly standard as well, much more refined to drive,
taller gears, smoother revving,

i will be going back to a gtr next year !!!

 

[agent-x]

an evo 4 for a r32 gtr?

you got done over mate by the sounds of it

you should have been looking at a swap for an evo 6

 

[leegtr]

oh I see.

I was never a fan of the EVO 4 to be honest from a looks point of view.

 

[old-skool-ford]

R32's

R32's in standard form are worthless at the moment, tried selling it for weeks with no interest,
no good evo 6 under £6000 any where,standard R32's £3600 - £ 5000 on this forum !

 

[Mini-E]

I had a evo 3, thought it was a great little car,did many a trackday in it and never had any major problems over the two years i had it.

 

[matty32]

evo 4 - oh dear

i had a TME 6, and ran that with my R32 for 18months or so

prefered the 6 and exported the 32.

much better everyday car, but your right, reason i didnt keep mine for more than 18months was that it wasnt a GTR, it is mostly "all noise" and the low ratio gearing is a mare if your doing mostly a roads and motorways

 

[TREG]

I wouldnt look at a Evo unless it was a 6 onwards.
I take it you got some cash and the car or your 32 needed alot of work done?

 

[Pete G]

I looked at Evos between my R33 GTSt and my R33 GTR. Wouldn't get less than a 5 as they have wider track and other improvements,- the built out wings look better as well. Being a more compact 4 door has its advantages, the Skyline is a long car and you need room to open the doors when it comes to parking, but it is much more of a GT than the evo for long distance journeys. The evo must be good fun on the bends though!

 

[matty32]

evo is great drive though,

but its not a GT-R, totally depends on what your using it for

if i only had to have one car, and it was my daily driver, id scrap the 34 and go the evo route

 

[MartyV]

TME Evo's are my favourite Evo, especially in red.

 

[matty32]

Newera Imports - home / stock / carDetails

that was mine

 

[MartyV]

I like
Hold their value too. Half considered one instead of this.

 

[old-skool-ford]

hmmm....

the evo IS good fun to drive in short bursts, more practical, & generally easier to live with day to day, it just doesn't seem as well screwed together as the gtr .
& after lusting after gtr's for years then finally owning 2 of them, im sure it was a mistake to get rid of the gtr.

 

[markpriorgts-t]

lol i remember saying in your thread the evo was to low geared compared to the skyline

 

[matty32]

the evo IS good fun to drive in short bursts, more practical, & generally easier to live with day to day, it just doesn't seem as well screwed together as the gtr .
& after lusting after gtr's for years then finally owning 2 of them, im sure it was a mistake to get rid of the gtr.

i was suprised on how "plastic" the evo was compared to the GTR

evos seem like they were put together on a budget of £5

 

[Jimbostir]

I had an evo 4 running 450lbs torque. It was great fun!