"Point one- the Evo VIII is AWD- hence there is no way in hell it could do any drifting "
jimster, your tellin me that you've never seen evo's drift on dry smooth asphalt? awd's can drift and in sport compact car, the one reason why they love the WRX so much is becasue of the way it progressivly slides as you applie throttle. and they love doin all kinds of drifts with it. dave coleman also test drove bozz's evo 6 and that thing was drifting smoking all 4 tires in 3rd gear!!! so i dunno, the point about yoru sayin it hard to get it go sideways. well i got a friend who got a stock wrx and all you gotta do is turn the wheel hard left then right, the car will go sideways.