driven my first evo today fq300 and i must say it didnt blow my mind! my own car is a 300bhp classic scooby and not being biased the scooby feels quicker! i also noticed how bumpy the ride is and how jerky the car becomes around town, to be honest i was considering an evo for my next car but im proud to say im sticking with the scooby range

any other scooby owners tried the evo and agree???

 

Try a MR VIII with the Bilstein Suspension, sorts the ride out.

Much prefer my VIII to my MY03 sti

 

yep agree the sus would need sorting and ive heard mark snead (madevelopments)is the man for the remap and then it would blow my mind im sure!

nice 2 see someone with both cars tho, ive only done about 20miles in the evo so i recon i have'nt experienced its full potential.

 

I swapped my bugeye for an EVO VII and to be honest I've never looked back (apart from to see the impreza getting smaller )

I would however consider an Impreza again, that is until the EVO X is released

Phil

 

I drove one of those a few years ago. My lasting memory is that it gave me back ache, something my 800 mile a week WRX never did.

The FQ320 addressed a lot of the problems with the ride.

I preferred my old WR1 to both of them though. That's why i bought one.

 

i sold my classic and bought an evo 6 gsr and think the evo is far better in all areas except my wallet

 

yeah, just had a 18,000 mile service at £400 had one 6 months before that at £260.

Petrol wise it`s better than my old MY03 STI (265bhp) and it`s got 345bhp, strange really. But it doesn`t make up for the massive service costs.

 

It's to do with the Linear power delivery.

 

Drove a 340bhp Evo 7 RS, and was considering getting rid of my 04 WRX, The only thing which I didnt like was the brakes, which felt like they where made of wood.

Also the rear diff kept banging every time I changed gear and gave it some, which would have put me off after a bit, other than that I thought it was very quick.

 

Evo v Scoob, uncharted territory this....

 

Jamied,

I had an FQ300 for 4 months after a P1.

The FQ300 was dreadful. Noisy, no character, jerky.

Went back to Subaru's after that.

 

Evo.

 

very interesting observation. that is my lasting memory of my evo 7. i swapped my my97 uk for a 400 bhp evo 7. The evo was insanely quick and had brakes and handling to match ( 362mm ap six pots/ four pot rear and cusco coilovers +every brace available). However within a couple of weeks i had developed chronic back pain to the point i had to sell the car. I do have existing back problems and the evo seats must have exacerbated the problem. However i never had a problem in my impreza. on balance my evo was too extreme for the road it was set up for the track. i am now back inn the impreza fold with a my200 type ra wrx. Whilst it is not quite the beast that the evo was it delivers 80 per cent and doesnt cripple me either. a final point the evo had twenty grand spent on it my ra is standard except he exhaust and suspension go figure.

Maz

 

Evo and Scoob might be aimed at the same market, but completely unlike each other in many respects. Had both at the same time for a few months, and, although I can think of cars I would replace the Evo with, it wouldn't be another Scoob. Not meant as a criticism, and others will obviously have the opposite view....fair enough.

 

Nearly traded my WRX in last year for a MR VIII FQ320. Great car, but I couldn't justify the servicing (intervals/costs), insurance and part prices. I know its a quicker, rarer and a better handling car but to me 80% of the time the scoob does the job and doesn't represent nearly a 50% rise in running costs. These are my thoughts and possibly might change when the EVO X comes out .

Wolfie.

 

Mark Shead is way better than Mark snead


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