The SST being sh*t isn't surprising... flappy paddles = fail.
Ryan362 had a blue X and the car was awesome, and out of the box a far better drivers car than an 8/9. Of course, it was also a GSR with a good old fashioned 5spd.
That said, the gvr4 evo was never sold in the US so I kind of see their point, but it's true, they'd let some haggard mirage with a bodykit or super shitty swap done join their sh*t "because it's an evo" (which is hilariously less true than a USDM GVR4 vs. GVR4 EVO comparison, since that was bumpers, injectors, turbo and bigger fmic for the most part right?).
Frankly too many evo & newer dsm owners are very much the nissan/honda crowd of stance/bling tools. I'd rather go hang out with mustang/camaro guys who are trying to make power vs look pretty.