Those fall under the "beat to shit" category in my book lol. These cars usually live a very hard life. Its one thing to buy a Honda with 125K miles on it and expect to daily it, its another to buy any performance based car (especially a Mitsubishi). I would only buy one with that many miles if it was a one owner car that some old guy you know has kept it stock-ish and its been well maintained its entire life. I would say 90% or more of Evolution owners only buy this car because of how well they respond to modifications and how well they perform on track. Odds are at this point that you will have a very tough time finding a low mileage, unmolested car for that little coin.
I went to go buy a used EvoIX at a car dealership back in 09' for a new daily driver on top of my other Evo. It was all stock, had 20K miles, had a clean title and one owner. I requested getting it on the lift before buying it so I could check out the underside ... it looked like the car was used for rally, the entire floor pan was covered in football sized dents. It drove pretty good and looked great up top as it had a fresh coat of paint, but upon further inspection it looks like I almost bought a retired WRC car lol. My Evo only has 55K miles on it, ~40K miles of those miles are track mile at WOT, sliding, going off track and beaten to crap. It shows pretty well up top as it has a partial wrap and I have all the stock components still, it will be returned to stock one day and be sold as another low mileage Evo on the market for $20-30K lol. This is how Evo owners do it because an Evo with $20K in mods only sells for a few thousand more than a stock one at best, so they part it out and sell it stock to recoup some money. Everything on my car was purchased from the EvoM forum "yard sales" other than my engine internals and clutch, you guys should check out how many parts are available over there and how fast things move lol.
