smitty
Sm'arter than the aver'age bear...!
- Location
- Frankston South, Victoria
- First Name
- Alex
- Drive
- 98 FL Galant Type S Manual, FG XR6, VY Acclaim, MQ Triton GLS
Hi all,
After creaming over the 8th gen VR4s for nearly two years (but the boss at the time got in the way), i now have no boss, and soon to have alot of disposable income, so now's the time, you'd think... alas, i also discovered the EVO 7 GTA. Both cars suit what i like, being turbulated, all-wheel-drive, and rare (never seen a single GTA on the road) and neither of them LOOK fast to the untrained eye...
My question is (after borrowing $30k or so) do i:
A) Purchase said GTA and have enough left to buy maybe some rims and a few minor go-fast mods...
or B) Spend less and get a Galant VR-4, and then throw roughly the purchase price of the car again into various bits n peices to make it both faster and more individual
Given the lesser age of the Evo, and likely fewer k's on the clock, it is a very attractive option, plus the 4G63 has alot of bolt-on stuff readily available for purchase, and a number of performance workshops are quite familiar with the cars, making future mods acheivable on a relatively lower budget.
The VR4s look alot meaner, and i think are a much more individual car. I understand they are also more luxurious (bonus!) and are probably more suitable for what i ultimately want in my next car (subtle, yet head-turning cruiser, who's bite is much worse than it's bark...). As far as mods go, after the initial outlay on the car (15k or so, give or take) i plan to spend that much again on all the good bits, but not much more will take place after that (i understand VR4s can be tricky and expensive and any further mods will require some serious saving, which i ain't too god at).
Whichever car i chose will be a weekend car only (i've the luxury of a company car that i use for work), so maintenance and running costs aren't an issue for me, neither is reliability really (if it breaks, ill just go without till it's fixed, no biggie at all).
So i'm putting it out there to you guys, i'd like to get some kind of idea on what you're opinions are, being much more educated on either car than i. Let me know what you think!
Cheers all,
Alex
P.S forgot to mention, i've driven both the vr-4 and gta before...
After creaming over the 8th gen VR4s for nearly two years (but the boss at the time got in the way), i now have no boss, and soon to have alot of disposable income, so now's the time, you'd think... alas, i also discovered the EVO 7 GTA. Both cars suit what i like, being turbulated, all-wheel-drive, and rare (never seen a single GTA on the road) and neither of them LOOK fast to the untrained eye...
My question is (after borrowing $30k or so) do i:
A) Purchase said GTA and have enough left to buy maybe some rims and a few minor go-fast mods...
or B) Spend less and get a Galant VR-4, and then throw roughly the purchase price of the car again into various bits n peices to make it both faster and more individual
Given the lesser age of the Evo, and likely fewer k's on the clock, it is a very attractive option, plus the 4G63 has alot of bolt-on stuff readily available for purchase, and a number of performance workshops are quite familiar with the cars, making future mods acheivable on a relatively lower budget.
The VR4s look alot meaner, and i think are a much more individual car. I understand they are also more luxurious (bonus!) and are probably more suitable for what i ultimately want in my next car (subtle, yet head-turning cruiser, who's bite is much worse than it's bark...). As far as mods go, after the initial outlay on the car (15k or so, give or take) i plan to spend that much again on all the good bits, but not much more will take place after that (i understand VR4s can be tricky and expensive and any further mods will require some serious saving, which i ain't too god at).
Whichever car i chose will be a weekend car only (i've the luxury of a company car that i use for work), so maintenance and running costs aren't an issue for me, neither is reliability really (if it breaks, ill just go without till it's fixed, no biggie at all).
So i'm putting it out there to you guys, i'd like to get some kind of idea on what you're opinions are, being much more educated on either car than i. Let me know what you think!
Cheers all,
Alex
P.S forgot to mention, i've driven both the vr-4 and gta before...