So like i said on my last update, the S14 was going to get looked at buy a potential buyer.
He came the next day after i finished my bushings install, NOT in that Cresta like i said before. He arrived in his other car. A Toyota Aristo!
He's a very nice person all in all. His friend who came with him too. Was initially expecting awkward situations but nope. He proceeded to have a good look at the S14. Inside and out. said he liked what he saw apart from the interior missing enough gauges. Welp, not wrong on that xD
Afterwards he asked for a test drive. On which i cleared any questions he had about the car. He even asked how many times i'd drifted the car at tracks, and ofc if it has any major crash history. At both i gave honest answers. like 2 times, and no.
We took a cruise through Shibuya. Just getting a feel for the car and if it had any issues. But Mr. Koro (buyers name) wasnt comfortable enough to open the taps, because it wasnt yet his car.
Tried convincing him to not worry, but he just wont. So instead we pulled over and switched seats. Which also granted me the chance to drive my car for the last probable time
So far, Koro-san's verdict was positive. He just needed to see how the car felt under a good amount of throttle. So, i decided to show him. in the middle lane of a public street, just at the right time.
Said f*ck it and dumped the clutch, back end kicked out. Didnt last that long bc of traffic and stuff but, i hoped the power was convincing enough.
After some more driving around (and getting a bit emotional on the inside), we pulled over to the side of the road and well, i asked him if he wants it.
There was a small pause, until he said yeah he'll take it home. we then agreed on the price, he paid it then and there, and thats that. Off goes my first car, to a new, and maybe better home.
Koro-san's friend and i took a taxi back to the garage so he could take the Aristo.
2 days later..
Selling the S14 left me with a somewhat good amount of money, and well, heres what i spent some of it on.
Surprise?!
My new '06 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX...
...WAGON!
(ignore the fake MR badge)
I had it shipped from Miyagi. Got a friend working at GTnet (the guys who were selling the car), he assured me that apart from the paint, the car was in acceptable condition.
Why the plain price of 580,000 yen only then? because its a GT-A model with pretty low trim options. GT-A, meaning its an Automatic 5-speed. Do got plans for a manual swap in the future. Maybe get a trans and send the car over to MACKAY's garage (?) , because the installation isnt very common and may require some skill. Definitely possible tho, under 5k too. Lets see
Next morning..
Headed to the garage pretty bright and early to take some pics of the car
Under the hood, bone stock 4G63T. factory output would be about 265ps/270lbft. dunno how much its making at the moment.
For wheels, it came with 18" Work Meister S1's. have some dings but dont look too bad. Stock suspension, Stock Brembos front and back!
Interior, not THAT good, but not unacceptably bad either. it doesnt smell like a pile of rotten socks like my supra initially did at least
Now heres the thing, Only AJ (RocketBunnyS13) knew that i was buying the car, since Mac (Macaron_moon), is the friendly neighborhood evo afficionado, we decided we'd surprise him a bit.
i called AJ and told him to somehow drag Mac to the garage, even tho he's tired asf, and its like 8 a.m.
AJ literally sprinkled water on his face and said "WAKE THE F*CK UP YOU SLOTH, SOMEONE TRIED TO VANDALIZE YOUR EVO"
Which ofc, startled Mac through the roof. they both hopped on Kate (AJ's EK8 civic) and rushed to the garage. Only to see me waiting, right outside, leaning on the door of my own evo.
We had a good laugh over his expression afterwards. Happy? Relieved? "WTF"? it was just a mixture of things lmao.
We then decided to go for a breakfast run at burgerking. AJ rode Shotgun on my car, while Mac took his Evo X, which ofc was not vandalized at all
Being a RWD guy all this time, it definitely feels weird, yet awesome to own an AWD car finally. that too one of the iconic Evo lineup!
The automatic isnt that sluggish too. its pretty snappy actually, and power delivery isnt bad at all. Just not fun enough haha
Ｅａｒｌｙ ｍｏｒｎｉｎｇ ｃｈｉｌｌ ｄｒｉｖｅ！ わ加緯キ
Arrived at the local burgerking. and ofc after the food, its a necessity to use the parking lot for some photos!
On the way back home, Mac said he wanted to get a feel for my Wagon. Him and AJ took it
While i ofc hopped in on the X MR, driving it for the first time too!
And i gotta say, the powerband is sooo smooth on it! can tell its been maintained very well. And ofc the manual gearbox on it made me want to do the manual swap on my IX even sooner.
Right behind, the other two were trying to catch up on me flooring Mac's Evo X. Which they didnt fail at either. The IX isnt extremely far off on power.
We all had a lotta fun that morning, and all in all the Wagon proved to be a STEAL at that price. Good on me for making the purchase lmao
Anyways, that'll be all for now. Thank you for stopping by! 
