When I bought my STi8, I also test drove the Evo8 at the same time.

I said at the time and still maintain this, that out of the box, the Evo8 is a better car, no question. Slightly quicker (but minimal to be honest) but so much better on the road, much better grip levels.

The negatives for the Evo are the interior is absolutely fookin shocking, thin cheap and nasty. Where as the Scooby is quite a nice place to be. Better seat, better interior all round really.

So one out weighs the other really, they are 2 very good cars, but in my position I had to choose only 1 obviously.

What it came down to for me, was the Evo felt absolutely soulless, there was no feel to the car, the gadgets and very clever electronics did far to much for me, plus it just didn't sound anywhere near as good as a scoob. So, I plumped for the STi8.

So was I happy? Mainly yes, but when you see what some people have done with Evo's, even members on here, I have sometimes questioned it. I even went through a stage of falling out of love with the car, and to a certain degree the whole scooby scene (I'm sure some wish I had done completely ) but now, with this site getting better and bigger and falling back in love with the old scoob, the old SLaG (as it's affectionately known) makes me smile every time I start her up.

Tough choice mate to be honest. The only thing I can say 100% hand on heart. Either way, you won't be unhappy