The S is by far as fun as the evo, just in different ways. I had an evo, modded it to 330, sold it and got a 240 turbo, then this s2. You'll love the lightweight if you love the track and if your a good enough driver, you can get real close acceleration to the 03 stock gsr. My friend had his suspension tuned, lightly modded STI in the shop and drove his buddy's s2 for 2 days and liked it so much his sti was gone the next weekend. I personally hate gettin passed by M3's at 120 so i supercharged her.