for tuning take it to Mark Harrison at Owen developments near Kingston Bagpuize, Oxfordshire. he was doing the FQ series for Mitsubishi and also prepped maps for their 4x4 king cab type jobs when they were losing sales to Nissan.

top bloke, knows his stuff. Dont know if they still do it but they used to build turbos for the toyota WRC team.

DD,

There's an Evo 9.5 Allegedly coming very soon then the Evo 10 late on next year, for deffo. I kid you not.

Mitsubishi and Subaru use these cars to fight it out in the Production cup in rallying so upgrades are a yearly occurrance that can have a bit of an impact on second hand prices.

Don't wanna put you off as they are great cars IMHO.

Ray.

The 911 goes 12k b4 a service. And, unless you have a mishap, they go on for ever and ever (hope I haven't just shot myself in the foot ...)
Depreciation hits hard in the first couple of years. But for anything decent, that's always going to be the case.
Why buy a Porsche when you can borrow one?
I'd go for the Evo. It's what you want. High performance cars and bikes are expensive toys. We all know that.
Buy a second hand one. See how you get on. If it's the bees knees, part ex for a new one. Now that sounds like a plan!

I've had an Evo VI, a VI RSX ( lightweight, no ABS, no soundproofing) and a VII extreme ( 400bhp, vast flames out of the back with the anti-lag switched on)

they were all thirsty as hell, but unbeatable on the twisties/ in the wet

a bit boring for track days, too much grip

don't buy a new one, get a 2 year old one and get the experience out of your system....then buy a powerful rear drive car again

oh and you'll need AP racing brakes for serious work - about 2k