The evo is dead

After long negotiations-with an insurance company that actually listens I'm letting the EVO go I've never been in a car that handles the way that did & with 550bhp it wasn't to shabby on the straights eighther. Some of you will be glad it's gone as its not a Scoob. 3years work & £30 k went into this car. The ins engineer could see the value & priced it about right.

Now then what to buy next?

[Scooby_Greg]

Noooooooooo. Glad you got a decent settlement amount Nige. I wonder what they'll do with it?

[Steve_PPP]

Sorry to hear that Nige, i think most of us on here loved that Evo and i'm defintely not glad its gone

German next?

[Gavsti555]

sorry for you mate but no comment lol

Gutted Nige

You KNOW that everyone liked that car, it really will be missed.

Spend the money wisely mate

[Tomma]

Was definitely a bit of a weapon, I liked it a lot!

May it rest in Peace/pieces.....!

Got any ideas on what your going to go for next?

[Juppy]

sorry to hear that mate! was a nice car!

[Scott.T]

Sorry to hear that nige, i thought things were looking up for it.

Get a Morgan next at least some of it is already made out of TREE's

Originally Posted by Scooby_Greg

Noooooooooo. Glad you got a decent settlement amount Nige. I wonder what they'll do with it?

Cat d I think.

Originally Posted by Steve_PPP

Sorry to hear that Nige, i think most of us on here loved that Evo and i'm defintely not glad its gone

German next?

maybe?

Originally Posted by Gavsti555

sorry for you mate but no comment lol

Mmmmm

Originally Posted by worzel

Gutted Nige

You KNOW that everyone liked that car, it really will be missed.

Spend the money wisely mate

I proberly wont. Should be fun though

Sad to hear mate .
Don't go German unless it's a porka , M3 will bore the pants off you inside of a couple of months .
I take it you couldn't get the car as well in a deal . Could break it for big money .

[C. J.]

not good and sad to think its not being repaired

[Ginola]

Glad you got a good price Nige,
perhaps a sorted r34? Or 996 turbo porc?

Dave

[Hongkongfooi]

Gutted for you as that car is you through and through

Originally Posted by Ginola

Glad you got a good price Nige,
perhaps a sorted r34? Or 996 turbo porc?

Dave

Wont be Datsun

Originally Posted by Hongkongfooi

Gutted for you as that car is you through and through

I know I loved it. Time to move on though.

It was the dogs dangly's

[ralliart didz]

wot a shame nige,can i have your dump valve to go on my baby evo

[Skullfudge]

Sorry to hear that Nige. I can understand how you feel as i have spent out on mine mate.

It's a shame you & I didn't get the opportunity of having the crack together somewhere.

I'm sure you will end up with something special again

Originally Posted by ralliart didz

wot a shame nige,can i have your dump valve to go on my baby evo

Of course you can mate. Just pm me your address & it's yours.

Originally Posted by Skullfudge

Sorry to hear that Nige. I can understand how you feel as i have spent out on mine mate.

It's a shame you & I didn't get the opportunity of having the crack together somewhere.

I'm sure you will end up with something special again

I hope so mate

[Kerstin]

Gutted for you, Nige. I do hope you'll find a car that you will love at least as much as you loved your EVO if not more. Wishing you all the best of luck for your search.

[chris1977]

sorry to here this Nige it was one hell of an evo with much time ,love and money invested in it good luck with what ever you buy next mate

[ralliart didz]

thanks nige pm sent

[ScoobySi]

Sad to hear this mate, that was a very nice looking car in the flesh. Looking foward to see what you pull out of the box next though.

[Lucky]

Thats a shame nige, it was a stonking car that quite honestly was on a different level, I will never forget the trip to germany in 2010 on those roads to dover, brutal overtaking!. Good luck with whatever is next.

[andy-m]

well at least you're happy with the evaluation the insurance engineer made as that could have been a big issue if he had not !

[chris wrx]

I'm sure the next one will be just as mental....

[harvey05]

pic,s

[AndyWRX]

Thats very sad news mate, i know we all used to banter about it but thats the whole scoob vs evo thing was hoping it was gonna be salvagable but at least you got a good price for it. On wards and up wards though mate, looking forward to the next project what ever you decide

Originally Posted by harvey05

pic,s

Before or after?

[harvey05]

both ive not realy seen it

Before





After

[C. J.]

Any from the rear which is what most of us saw !

[Steve_PPP]

This thread makes me sad

Originally Posted by C. J.

Any from the rear which is what most of us saw !

Ha! Ha!

[C. J.]

Originally Posted by Steve_PPP

This thread makes me sad

Think Nige should buy another one

It's bloomin sad seeing those pics .

Yep reckon we bully Nige into another one .

[SpecB]

Sad way for such a great car to go

Maybe he was just getting too old for the power

Originally Posted by BlueBugEye

Sad way for such a great car to go

That's how a great car is meant to go (with a dizzy git behind the wheel)
Some might know I had the diff controller mapped by one of the guys over on the dark side. The map was bespoke to my driving style & allowed for stupid corner speeds. it even helped with the brakes. I had three settings one for Brands one for the Nubugring & another set for rear end bias.
When in brands mode with the suspension set up correctly & 888's all warmed up the bloody thing was amassing. More like a go kart on turn in than a car.
Now people will ask "how the hell did you crash it then" I've only ever driven this car really with 888's on & I decided to try another well known brand. My own fault I didn't give them time to warm up. I also just changed my arb setting to hardest. Not thinking I was pushing on really & the combination of the above didn't help. I was so surprised it moved let alone going sideways towards a tree. Anyway onwards & I don't know about upwards as yet. Im looking though.