In this episode of Mighty Car Mods we are checking out Marty's daily.
No, it is not a Daihatsu, no, it is not a Subaru.
In fact, I think many of you will be surprised to see that it is actually in fact this...
Marty: Hello mate!
How are ya?
Moog: It's so wrong.
It's so wrong...
Marty: What is it?
Moog: It's so (excerpt)
Marty: How about Evos?
Moog: Yes, the Evo vs. 2SEXY battle was actually - (laughing) - Marty's Evo!
Marty: This is my 2009 Mitsubishi Evo 10.
It's an all wheel drive Japanese sports sedan featuring a 4 cylinder 2 liter turbocharged engine.
This is one of the last in the Evo line. There is no Evo 11 - unless you count 2SEXY.
My one features a fancy twin clutch transmission, Brembo brakes, Recaros and makes a reasonably good track car.
The Evo line has a solid history in track racing, rally, hill climbs, drag racing, and they are even used in some countries as police cars.
But this one is my daily, and it's freaking awesome!
Moog: Oh dear, Martin.
Marty: Are you prepared for the comfort?
Moog: I would sell this car..
Get over it.
I've been in this car a lot Martin.
Marty: Dude I've got an Evo, and I've got this car.
Moog: (laughing)
Marty: (singing) Touch my daily che che it's an Evo...
Moog: So Martin, here we are in your Evo 10. Uh, you guys may remember this little moment from a recent video?
Marty: It's actually quite a nice looking car.
Moog: Yeah, I thought you would like it.
Moog: And that is because both of the Evos he owns, Martin!
Marty: Yeah!
Both the Evos in various amounts of Evoness.
Moog: And you've actually owned this Evo for ages!
Marty: I have owned it for ages.
Moog: And you genuinely like it.
Marty: It's my car, man! I drive it around because I like it. I'm not going to drive something I hate!
Moog: It's so weird though!
Marty: Why is it weird?
Moog: It's so weird that you're in a Mitsu...
Marty: (interrupting Moog) Are you comfortable?
Moog: Yeah, I'm comfortable!
Marty: You got a big buckety seat!
Moog: That is it a bit slow, isn't it?
Marty: We got boost. It's slow now because we're in Sydney and there is traffic everywhere.
Which is incidentally is why I own this car
Part of the reason why I own this car is one, right now we are doing exactly what this car is perfect for
We are turtling around along 60 kilometers per hour, we are bored in traffic, and you know abutting away and whatever.
And you know I like to drive Super Gramps I like to drive as much as possible but the truth is man I get run off the road in that thing!
yea yeah
Like people see it in there right, and try to do 140 pass it try to get a selfie out the window without their seatbelt on
I find that like, a little bit discouraging
yes
And so I kind of thought you know what
I need to get something that is like a relatively sensible car, but I didn't want to get a Corolla
ok
And what I ended up with was a turbo all wheel drive Corolla
ok
It's Just, its just.. Ohh here's a green light Martin see if we can show everyone the performance.
ooh wow! (sarcastic)
reving engine sound
Uhh Martin, here's the weird thing
Moog: Uhh Martin here's the weird thing. Martin: Are you exhilarated? Are you exhilarated by that?
Uhh no!
Zero to 100 apparently in the 4's!
I don't know how they got that number?
But that's the Japanese model right, with like 100 octane fuel and stuff
Martin, here is the weird thing though, how many people out there own a Subaru, and a Mitsubishi?
None of them right?
It's a weird thing
It's like you can't go for the doggie's, and the Rabbit O's at the same time can you?
can you?
well you know
can you own a Ford, and a Holden?
Do you know what it is though?
It's also the fact that..
I mean you can... but I'm just saying
The other thing is like, you know I've got on the Mitsubishi train a long time ago with 2sexy a while ago now.
that was quite a long time ago
That's true!
And I was...
Didn't you have a Mitsubishi Starion once?
I had a Mitsubishi Cordio it was my first turbo car.
Yeah right!
So I got a small start with turbo cars which is why I started out with 2sexy as well.
but so like I was talking all this crap about Mitsubishi's and Evo's having never owned a proper one
That's what people do all the time about Honda's and Mini's
That's it! And so I didn't want to be a hypocrite
And V8's
I didn't want to be a hypocrite right and be like I know everything about Evo's and bagging Evo's without actually owning one and understanding it
And I happen to need an automatic daily you know to drive in traffic every day
The fact its stock
well thats because I'm also trying for once to just drive a stock car and keep it stock to see what thats like
And how's that working out for you?
Dude! I hate it!
Yeah good! Thats the right answer thank you very much
There are about to many people that are on the edge of their seats now mate
Would I have been more happy buying an Evo 9 for similar money?
I think the second we were on that track day you would have been all over
Yeah, Evo 9's are rad though! Aren't they, like 6, 7, 8 ,9's like they look rad and got a lot of respect from the people.
And 9's are like a razor sharp thing with all of this cool technology.
This here is just an all wheel drive Polo GTI
Isn't it?
Yeah, but slightly better than the Polo GTI
The Polo GTI had some shortcomings
I don't mean it for everyone to talk about engine stuff I just mean for your purposes thats what this car is
Uh yes!
It is the same purpose as the Polo which once every couple years its like cool I'm going to try to drive something you know normal
The Polo was cool in its own way but it was...
Was it?
nah
not really
um, but what I would say about this car that I do like
is that, I mean I've driven this car half the coast on a holiday and it just handles all of that stuff well
And being stock you don't have to worry about running out of E85 in the middle of nowhere
Those kinds of things right, that can get a bit annoying
We go Right or Left?
our left
Um those things that can be a bit annoying you just don't have to worry about in a car like this
And the truth is
Isn't the worrying about those things though that make it fun and an adventure?
well see now right....Don't you want adventure?
I guess you got Super Gramps for that
Man, you gotta let me talk about the technology
ooh really?
So right now I'm going to take off to go on this onramp
We in a smart mode now are we?
and I'm going to flick it into sport mode
and then I can go and it thinks about it and then I can
hit a thing and hit another thing and I'm like cool I've accelerated to the speed limit very quickly
and now slap it back into normal and hold this button which puts it back into D mode
then I avoid this cyclist with my sharp handling
And the I just, I cruise around...
None of this is getting those who are into modified cars excited
ok.....
thank you Martin
thank you for sharing with us all your daily
regardless of how you feel about my Evo, I recon we should battle this vs. your car
My Mini?
No
I recon my Mini would actually smoke it
Do not think it would?
Not your Mini
Tete drift battle!
Not Tete
You want to do a drift battle?
Not Tete either man, your other car
Ohh my actual car
yeah
My daily? Yeah, your daily!
vs. this?
Its time!
Really?
It's the most appropriately matched car
Really?
It has to be done man!
alright you're on, and the winner gets.. a box of gay times usual wager
box of gay times done!
done gay time!
Boom!
Next episode I will show you my daily then we will battle.... this.. robot thing
which is the flap
See both fingers in that flap pull em as fast as you can then press the button with the other hand
Then touch the big knob and the flap and then press the flick the...
I don't like how all jolts around when you start fingering it
It's um
why does it do that?
I don't feel like I've really nailed whats cool about this car I guess because there isn't really much that is cool about it?
ha ha ha (Moog laughing)
can we please use that
no seriously like, I don't want to rag on these because they are good and if you like fast cars and stuff they are good and cooler than a GTI
And from stupid gear, hang on ohh now were back in the normal mode let me put it sport mode no sport mode
hang on I just gotta change my diff nope, thats snow mode don't need that in Australia
wait that's automatic water spray I've totally made a mess of it
There is so many buttons.. there is so many buttons!
Give me a clutch and a gearstick and a tank full of ethanol and a big turbo on him
just loving life!
You got one of them mate!
I do!
In your garage at home
(Engine revving) what's it doing? Shifting gears its downshifting I didn't ask....