[03ZX3drew]

So yesterday I went and test drove a 2003 Evo8. I loved the car. It pulled hard, handled great, clutch felt nice. It was just a generally nice car to drive. I was really close to getting it, but the car had a couple of things going against it. Carfax had shown a front end colision reporting "moderate" damage, which was fixed. But 3 of the wheels had significant curb rash, almost the entire lip of the wheel. The front lip was about to fall off. On the front left of the bumper, there was a huge black scuff mark, on the front right it looked like the previous owner scraped up against a pole or wall or something. The overall exterior condition of the car was pretty poor, especially for the price they were asking. It also leads me to believe that the previous owner(s) didn't take care of the car. I don't want someone elses problem. Not to mention it had 85,000 miles. Pretty high for an 03. I was almost sold on the car based off the interior though. It was mint. Black leather Recaros, sunroof. It was nice. Atleast now I know how Evos drive and handle.

So we left there and I just wanted to check out 350Zs. Not really interested in buying one, but I hear they are fun to drive. So I head up to Bill Collins to their used lot, they didn't really have anything I liked, except for an 01 SVT Cobra that just came in. I test drove that and didn't really like it. The clutch felt really heavy and I felt like I needed longer legs just to get the clutch all the way down. It was pretty fast, but didn't seem to pull as hard as the Evo. Not to mention the thing handled terribly. It was like driving a boat. I'm going to pass on it, but it was a great deal. $13,500 for an 01 Cobra w/ 56,000 miles.

So the search is still on. I'm really trying to find an Evo. Tomorrow I am going to test drive an S2000 for ****s and giggles.