Motive Road Test: White on White Crime - Blitzing the Suburbs in Mitsubishi's Lancer Evolution MR

[features@motivemag]

You've experienced this before, I'll bet. You're cruising down an empty residential road in a reasonably nice suburban town, and all of a sudden you hear a yell, or maybe even see a bag of groceries or a FedEx package coming in your general direction. And there she is, the disgruntled housewife taking a break to grab the mail between nailing the pool boy and picking the kids up from judo practice. Something about you, be it the way you jumped off the last stop sign, the color or shape of your ride, or the noise it makes, just elevated your perceived threat level to somewhere between Jehovah's Witness and pedophile, and she's letting you know you're a terrible human being. It's infuriating — no one wants to receive driving lessons from someone else's mother. My first car, a red 1972 Chevy stepside with a crate motor and three-inch duals, was prone to this for a long list of reasons topped by its tendency to take 20-mph turns on its door handles. It was annoying to say the least. But now it's time for payback. And I think I've finally found a car that'll send the Stepford wives retreating behind their marble countertops.

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[Viss1]

Quote, originally posted by features@motivemag »

food-activated pedal

Is this some new type of organic engineering or something?

[Burnedout]

I definatley plan on buying a GSR in the next few years, screw good mileage this car is just fun to drive. ( I recently test drove one )

[bzcat]

Somehow I can't see the Evo being the intimidating car that forces the Stepford wives to run behind their security gate. But the write up on the transmission is interesting.

[Voodoo.T]

There is a crazy old bat at the corner of my development. I drove by in my BMW at the posted speed limit of 15, but in first gear, so she yelled at me to slow down I shot her a look, then dumped the clutch and hooned it onto the main street right in front of her

There are always "those" types.

[Ark6]

Quote, originally posted by Voodoo.T »

There is a crazy old bat at the corner of my development. I drove by in my BMW at the posted speed limit of 15, but in first gear, so she yelled at me to slow down I shot her a look, then dumped the clutch and hooned it onto the main street right in front of her There are always "those" types.

Never had that problem, but then again I do drive a family car...

[leaftye]

That reminds of that commercial with the old guy yelling at a car to slow down....that was parked if I remember correctly.