acura RDX 4 cyl w/ turbo
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Originally Posted By: blueiedgod
Originally Posted By: BrianWC
But the one thing I would change about my V would be (besides the obvious lack of power)
Driving the girly version with the slushbox, eh?
Drive one with a manual and you will not be complaining about the power. If anyting, you will be looking for tires with better grip.
0-60 in 8 seconds for a 7 year old design (designed in 2001) in a 4 cylinder SUV is pretty impressive in my book. If I am not careful, I chip the tires in 1-2 shifts. Plenty of power to keep up with more powerful and much more expensive SUV's.
If I drive one with the manual I will be wondering why I bought an SUV with a manual.
Sorry, just not for me in that car. I know it's a sweet 5 speed but I just couldn't see it and I never even saw one on the lot of any dealers I shopped.
Lol, ah, nice to see a hondasuv.com regular check in
Been a member since 02 but kinda trailed off when people told me my V would explode from using 5W30.
Originally Posted By: BrianWC
But the one thing I would change about my V would be (besides the obvious lack of power)
Driving the girly version with the slushbox, eh?
Drive one with a manual and you will not be complaining about the power. If anyting, you will be looking for tires with better grip.
0-60 in 8 seconds for a 7 year old design (designed in 2001) in a 4 cylinder SUV is pretty impressive in my book. If I am not careful, I chip the tires in 1-2 shifts. Plenty of power to keep up with more powerful and much more expensive SUV's.
If I drive one with the manual I will be wondering why I bought an SUV with a manual.
Lol, ah, nice to see a hondasuv.com regular check in
Originally Posted By: BrianWC
Lol, ah, nice to see a hondasuv.com regular check in
Been a member since 02 but kinda trailed off when people told me my V would explode from using 5W30.
And if you think that's funny enuf Brian, just wait time some fresh posters going rah,rah on the so-called "full syn" vs "dino" oil debate, and protest against semi-syn for they are the evil blends out there (kinda like mid-grade gasoline, or the orphaned child ...something like that).
Funny how technology progress but general motoring public minds in NA isn't (and why stoddard solvent, 10-minute gratification in a can, and da clapper sells so well in this market).
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Lol, ah, nice to see a hondasuv.com regular check in
And if you think that's funny enuf Brian, just wait time some fresh posters going rah,rah on the so-called "full syn" vs "dino" oil debate, and protest against semi-syn for they are the evil blends out there (kinda like mid-grade gasoline, or the orphaned child ...something like that).
Funny how technology progress but general motoring public minds in NA isn't (and why stoddard solvent, 10-minute gratification in a can, and da clapper sells so well in this market).
Q.
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My gf just bought one of these. She was looking at a new Forester, but stubborn (cheap) dealers pushed her into a 1 year old RDX. It's an amazing vehicle, thats for sure.
There are about 3% of CR-V's out there with the stick. Rare, but we do exist. We mostly hang out at hondasuv.com
In fact, some people on Hondasuv.com replaced the 6th gear holder in the tranny with the 6th gear from TSX/Civic Si/RSX-S and enjoy 30-35 mpg on the highway, while still pulling away from traffic lights at "breakneck" speeds. lol
If you question SUV with stick, Mazda MPV, and the current Mazda5 minivans supposedly are available with stick.
Honda raced an Oddyssey with a 6 spd from TL in one of Car and driver's races, it beat pretty much every other SUV and Minivan, short of Cayenne Turbo S.
Too bad the new CR-V is not even avialable with stick in the US.
Originally Posted By: BrianWC
Originally Posted By: blueiedgod
Originally Posted By: BrianWC
But the one thing I would change about my V would be (besides the obvious lack of power)
Driving the girly version with the slushbox, eh?
Drive one with a manual and you will not be complaining about the power. If anyting, you will be looking for tires with better grip.
0-60 in 8 seconds for a 7 year old design (designed in 2001) in a 4 cylinder SUV is pretty impressive in my book. If I am not careful, I chip the tires in 1-2 shifts. Plenty of power to keep up with more powerful and much more expensive SUV's.
If I drive one with the manual I will be wondering why I bought an SUV with a manual.
Sorry, just not for me in that car. I know it's a sweet 5 speed but I just couldn't see it and I never even saw one on the lot of any dealers I shopped.
Lol, ah, nice to see a hondasuv.com regular check in
Been a member since 02 but kinda trailed off when people told me my V would explode from using 5W30.
In fact, some people on Hondasuv.com replaced the 6th gear holder in the tranny with the 6th gear from TSX/Civic Si/RSX-S and enjoy 30-35 mpg on the highway, while still pulling away from traffic lights at "breakneck" speeds. lol
If you question SUV with stick, Mazda MPV, and the current Mazda5 minivans supposedly are available with stick.
Honda raced an Oddyssey with a 6 spd from TL in one of Car and driver's races, it beat pretty much every other SUV and Minivan, short of Cayenne Turbo S.
Too bad the new CR-V is not even avialable with stick in the US.
Originally Posted By: BrianWC
Originally Posted By: blueiedgod
Originally Posted By: BrianWC
But the one thing I would change about my V would be (besides the obvious lack of power)
Driving the girly version with the slushbox, eh?
Drive one with a manual and you will not be complaining about the power. If anyting, you will be looking for tires with better grip.
0-60 in 8 seconds for a 7 year old design (designed in 2001) in a 4 cylinder SUV is pretty impressive in my book. If I am not careful, I chip the tires in 1-2 shifts. Plenty of power to keep up with more powerful and much more expensive SUV's.
If I drive one with the manual I will be wondering why I bought an SUV with a manual.
Lol, ah, nice to see a hondasuv.com regular check in
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