The Evo vs. STi poll results!

The poll has closed, and the results are in. Before announcing the winner I'd like to thank the 9 people who voted. Without you it would have been nothing if not horribly biased. And now, to the results!

Coming in last place with ZERO votes is the 04-05 STi.

Better luck next time

In 4th place with ONE vote is the Evo VIII

Loved by many, voted for by almost none

3rd place goes to the Evo IX

Looks slightly better than the VIII to me, but just barely.

Coming in second is...

NOTHING!

Why?

CAUSE THERE IS A TIE FOR FIRST!

Garnering 33% of the vote each are the 06-07 STi AND the other option, which judging by the comments is the 08 STI!



What have we learned? Well, nothing to be honest. Only 9 people voted so we can't draw any real, hard, scientific conclusions.

Nothing scientific, but I can go ahead and declare that the 06+ STI's are the ultimate rally machines available in the US of A right now!

Evo vs. STi

On Utah Hondas we're having a debate about which is better, the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution or the Subaru WRX STi. We're talking about the Evo VIII & IX and the 04-07 STi's, not the Evo X and STI hatchback. The ones that are reasonably priced, and more readily available.

I'm squarely in the STi camp. I think the 06-07 STi's look better than the Evo and they sound amazing. Others say I'm wrong and say the Evo IX is the more beautiful rally box and sounds better because it doesn't "sound like a blown up Honda".

I've had the pleasure of shooting and riding in both, so I'm going to post up my favorite shots of each and then let you pick your homologization special. Feel free to explain your choice as a comment. Let the battle continue!

STi:




Evo:

The last Wide Open Wednesday of the year!...maybe

Yesterday was the last Wide Open Wednesdays of the year out at Miller Motorsports Park in lovely and scenic Erda, Utah; in addition to being the last day there will be a single day month and year until January 1 2101, the release of Beatles Rock Band and a remastered Beatles collection.

And, as with everything good that is coming to a close, the hordes came out en mass just to say they got in on it. It was a blessing in that this event was insanely popular so it'll most likely continue next summer; however, it was a curse because there was a shit ton of people and a good amount of people with cars that shouldn't be on the road (let alone a track) and/or couldn't drive worth a damn! Brody ran down a Shelby Mustang, and what looked like a bone stock DC5 ran down a '76 Corvette Stingray. There was a rusted out pile of an original Mustang and some guy in a Ford Ranchero. Cool yes, track worthy? Hell no.

But with the bad and incompetent there was plenty of awesome. A pair of E92 M3 sedans, Brody and his STI, Lance and his dumped as shit bug eye, some guy in a Corolla XRS, and the first Evo X I've seen out there (along with some others) brought the awesome. Anyway, here's some shots of the madness for you to enjoy:



I got there early and got to watch a little bit of the Grand Am cars practicing, it was pretty cool


Scratch that, it was fucking awesome! When are you gonna see race prepped Vipers, Corvettes and RX-8's going door to door for free?


Driver's meeting


This is Phil's Forester, the car that gives hope to my monster truckin shit box.


Speaking of monster trucks, Jordan brought out his WRX Wagon.


Bobbo brought out his truck, which was so very awesome on many levels


One of the levels was him taking me out on the parade lap in the truck. I have now been on the track in an Integra Type-R and an S-10 eXtreme


Keep it pimpin' pimpin'




This car get's me excited...sexually

All the awesome from the day can't be contained in this blog, so head to the flickr page and check out the other forty-nine photos.