Hi there -- as odd as it may seem, many of us cross-shopped these two cars! I have lots of friends with late-model Evos; I think they're wonderful cars! They drive well, and make great power with relatively little effort. In SOCAL we have way too many of them running around Fast N Furious style. 
You have to decide what's important in a car. In the spirit of transparency, I switch between three cars and a couple motorcycles -- so I'm not sure I'd have chosen the FiST as an only car; many here have, and it's considered great for commuting. I simply fell in love with driving a super light car. It's funny that we think of 2700/2800 pounds as light, but that's about as light as it gets in today's market with necessary safety equipment, etc. Yes, you really can feel the difference. It's not just power-to-weight, plenty of cars beat our FiST there too. This is the magical combination of light weight and good power.
My lightly tuned car makes me happy. I want a little bit more power, but not a lot. As others have said, it's the wrong car if you want big power. Drive one on a spirited run and you'll see why we're so excited about it.
Before I bought my Tuxedo Black FiST, I wanted white. If it had been a pearl/metallic, I'd have gone that route. I think this particular white is too much like my first generation WRX (and felt a bit like "refrigerator white"). I still like it, but not as much as the hard-to-keep-clean Tuxedo Black! Oh yeah, I've never seen the combo you're talking about -- and I doubt you will short of a special order.
This car draws comparisons to the E30 M3. If you squint your brain, you can see it too. Drive one!
Final note on the Evo -- they said last year was the "last year", too. Since the new car platform isn't ready, they'll probably say "one more year!".
You have to decide what's important in a car. In the spirit of transparency, I switch between three cars and a couple motorcycles -- so I'm not sure I'd have chosen the FiST as an only car; many here have, and it's considered great for commuting. I simply fell in love with driving a super light car. It's funny that we think of 2700/2800 pounds as light, but that's about as light as it gets in today's market with necessary safety equipment, etc. Yes, you really can feel the difference. It's not just power-to-weight, plenty of cars beat our FiST there too. This is the magical combination of light weight and good power.
My lightly tuned car makes me happy. I want a little bit more power, but not a lot. As others have said, it's the wrong car if you want big power. Drive one on a spirited run and you'll see why we're so excited about it.
Before I bought my Tuxedo Black FiST, I wanted white. If it had been a pearl/metallic, I'd have gone that route. I think this particular white is too much like my first generation WRX (and felt a bit like "refrigerator white"). I still like it, but not as much as the hard-to-keep-clean Tuxedo Black!
Oh yeah, I've never seen the combo you're talking about -- and I doubt you will short of a special order.This car draws comparisons to the E30 M3. If you squint your brain, you can see it too. Drive one!
Final note on the Evo -- they said last year was the "last year", too. Since the new car platform isn't ready, they'll probably say "one more year!".
