So i'm on my way back to work from a site, and i'm heading downtown. I'm on the phone leaving a msg for my boss traveling in the slow poke lane on 290. Next thing i know, i see xenon lights in my rear view mirror coming at me at what seems to be the speed of light. Its and Evo, flying at about 110 mph. I finally finish my msg for my boss telling him i'm headed in, and i eventually catch up to the guy in traffic.

I figured...ehh, what the heck, let see what'll happen. The Evo's in front of me and we're both doin about 40....and then traffic clears up. As he takes off, I drop down into 4th and start inching on his bumper. I start getting too close to i signal and change to lanes to the one next to him. At this point we're almost neck and neck and i'm gaining on him inch by inch. By thi time we're doing about 75 but i see more traffic ahead so i slow down. If traffic weren't ahead i would have (as it appeared) walk right on by him...but i'll never know until it happens.

I'm so confused right now...lol i'm TOTALLY stock, well except for the fact that those eyebrows i have which add 20whp. Anywho, i pulled up next to him and saw that he did have another person in the car with him, but that still dosen't add up. Ahhh well, it was fun anyway while it lasted...

 

20 whp, lol that's great.

 

he probably wasn't racing you or cared.

 

a stock evo 8 is not very powerful...225awhp stock. stock im not sure. a boosted turbo tC can walk it wasy from a roll. a heavy boosted turbo tC can walk it from a dig if its stock.

 

go tell all your friends that you almost beat a evo stock, and see what they say. i know i would laugh and point, but thats me....

 

It's because it was a Lancer not a Lancer Evolution...

 

He wasn't racing. He would destroy you so fast it would make your butt hurt. Congradulations on tailgating an innocent person. He was probably in a hurry. It happens to me all the time when I drive a fast car. . . all these posers do their fly-by when I'm just in a hurry.

 

oh!!

BURNED!

 

Agreed.... aint no way in H$ll you almost walk an Evo in a stock tC... Keep dreaming...

 

That is the lamest comparo ever. Stock for stock, we would get killed. You can't compare modded to stock.

Modded for Modded, there simply is no comparing a modded EVO and a modded tC. If you want to talk value for the dollar, you may have some kind of arguement. But in terms of sheer performance capability, it's a completely different league. Chassis flex, composure, driving characteristics, transmission. . .

The EVO block is fundamentally a MUCH stronger engine. I'm no EVO fan (I would never own one), but I'm honest.

 

QFT!!!

 

ok you know what this why i frickin hate posting on this site...i was just stating thats all i wasnt trying to start an argument i wasnt comparing anything i was simply stating a a stock evo 8 is not producing much power and a stock tC can not take it but a modded tC can. I am not saying anything about a modded evo. I was just freaking making a statement but someone always had to be a smart @$$ on this site and make things difficult! no wonder tons of people always hate on scions.

 

Sorry dude. Retrospectively, I could have worded that better. I apologize. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings.

 

And I see where you are coming from now. You forget that you can't hear the tone of what you say, since it's all text. It's easy to misread a statement (as I did). It's almost a prejudice on other posters. . . all these bogus threads about tC's beating Corvettes and Ferrari's make me wanna puke. I made a wrong assumption about you by lumping you into that category. And what you said has total validity.

 

my bad on going off buy i just tired of all the lil teenagers b.s. on here. Just like here in houston there was this @$$ in a tC making a horrible name for tC owners trying to race everyone saying he could be anyone cause he had a tC with i/h/e and everyone hated on him then tried hating on me but learned to shut up when they learned i was turbo. But its horrible with half the posters on here they think they know everything i will admit i dont know everything i know what i know so i post what i know. but half these people need to be smacked.

 

I'm in the same boat as you, which is why I tend to snap at people who talk down other cars (or appear to be doing so). It seems we see eye to eye.

 

 

like everyone said, he wasn't racing you
evo has almost twice the power of a tC
even if he was a not a good driver

average driver in a evo > professional in a tC

 

Yah that was my first thought.. probably a lancer with evo bodykit/wing =)

 

mm... I have seen those before........ but can be easily spotted w/ the drum brakes. However, I have seen some turbocharged Mirage's before!