Am thinking exactly the same thing.
but not an evo
What have you got in mind? I have a few candidates, e92 m3, evo x, tt-rs. Or option 2 being keep the cupra as it is, and get another car like evo 8 and strip it and tune that, or a vauxhall vx220 or lotus exige. But will see once im 21.
so perhaps its time for me to think about stop throwing good money after bad and just get a evo x and throw money at that instead.
....A friend recently bought an Evo X SST on 14,000 miles for £22k. I've driven it and it's a superb car but only when you drive it very hard. Even then it badly needs a louder exhaust and lowering. When just cruising you've got time to take in the interior - It's comfortable but terribly ordinary and feels like a very average family saloon car.
It'll cost you serious money to mod it into something really tasty imo.
Well the cupra only gets driven one way, I have no real need for a car. Also all the critiscism of the evo can be laid on the cupra also.
Both need lot of money to mod into something tasty.
The 2.0T FSI when tuned right is an absolute animal..
Tuning an EVO is no easier (apart from fueling) there are just more parts readily available and its more developed as a tuned engine making it appear that way..
To get either engine to 500hp would be very similar in costs
Thing is though the evo has a better chassis and drivetrain. Im a VAG boy down to my socks, but they are just too tempermental.