a CL and my Max (99auto SE). My GF's has the CL. Granted, it's not a CL-S, but before 5500 RPMs, they're the same car, except the S is heavier. Off the line, I take her everytime. To prove that it's not driver, we switched cars, and she beat me with the Max every time off the line. In the higher RPM range, I can feel her CL wanting to be an S and probably taking my stock (4spd) max with the Vtec acceleration, but it's still a race that goes to the better driver and better launch.