gonna be prelude owner

[Phily]

Hi guys long time no see!!!!!!1

i have a confession to make:
Ever since the Acura RSX type S has come out
I've been getting tempted to get that car

the only thing that's keeping me away from that car
is the design of the prelude. I still love the long sleek look
of the prelude.

But the speed on the rsx is just amazing!!!!!!

argh!!!!!!! both has 200hp
but the rsx is so much lighter!!!!!!!!!

HELP ME DECIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gang$tarr]

If you like how the RSX looks.... then i'd probably go with the RSX type S...... cause it's more refined

[ToadBoy]

To the rest of the world, I believe the RSX is called the Integra. So you really can't say it replaced the Integra. "A rose by any other name is still a rose". Too bad for the Prelude. My first car was a 1988 Prelude Si AWS. That car was bad ass. I bought it back in 1993. It ended up getting in a head on collision with a Ford Ranger. Not my fault. My car was totaled. It was a pretty safe car. The whole front end moved in about two feet. I didn't get hurt at all. Just a little dizzy.

[gang$tarr]

The RSX replaced the integra in north america. We just mean in N. America the new design integra a.k.a. RSX replaces the older integra

[ToadBoy]

Just drove the New Civic Si last week. It's a pretty fast car. It felt definitely faster then the Integra GSR. With a 160hp i-vtec motor, and being a light weight, it's fun to drive. The high rally style shifter looks funny, but feels absolutely natural. The distance from your shoulder to the shifter is about the same from the steering wheel so it doesn't require you to reach forward or pull back to get your hand to the shifter. I jumped in and drove it with no problems. The interior is very nice. Suede w/cloth seats in the front and some fake suede with cloth in the back. The fake suede is visually convincing. In person, the car looks really narrow and tall. Kind of like a scaled down mini van. Our company has already lowered the car about 1 1/2 inch. It was a big visual improvement. You'll see it at the SEMA show in Vegas. It's the white one with a bunch of g's on the side. All of the graphics are in shades of gray. You'll also see a STILLEN decal from each side of the vehicle. I can't wait till we throw this sucker in the dyno.
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[Guiddy]

Originally posted by GOD
Nope tha lude doesnt have limited slip but i think for around a G you could get one for ur lude. I dunno maybe the Type S version over in japan has one but i doubt it .

The Type-S has ATTS which is a limited slip diff to you and me!
Nice, though we rarely get the light to flicker on my mates Type-S!

[gang$tarr]

Originally posted by ToadBoy
Just drove the New Civic Si last week.

are you talkin about the hatchback??

[justin@af]

I test drove the RSX type-s and it didn't really feel all that fast. Although i did chirp third gear...The RSX is gonna be one of those cars that u see everywhere, especially since they offer a less expensive version. I'm already seeing tons of them here in FL. Thats the reason I got my prelude b/c it isn't something i will see everywhere, and now that they stopped making them i get alot of looks from people. I love my prelude.

[johnny]

I love the prelude, too. I was able to ride in Phily's and, man, is it nice. So smooth and quick. Absolutely lovely. Phily's having the time of his life in his new car. Good Lord do I envy him! lol


But I can't wait for the RSX Type R to hit our shores. It's gonna be badass, methinks.

[ToadBoy]

That's right, I drove the New 2002 Civic Si Hatchback. It's a pre-production model. Some of the interior was unfinished (the dash). The exterior is completely finished. I had to drive around in it with all of the emblems taped up so know one would know what I was driving. The steering, and clutch feel is very light like the 2001 Coupe EX, making the car easy for anyone to drive.
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[gang$tarr]

how'd you get to drive a pre-production car?!?

johnny, about the RSX Type-R... methinks too

[ToadBoy]

Companies are always giving out pre-production cars for testers, reviewers and tuners. I work for a tuning company, Stillen. Also known as Steve Millen Sportparts, Inc.

We went to Honda of North America to pick one up. They are located in Torrance, CA. We are located in Costa Mesa, CA. They're only 35 miles away. We've gotten other pre-production cars like the 2003 Altima 3.5SE, 2000 Maxima (back then when no one new what it looked liked, it was totally top secret). Most likely we'll get the 2003 350Z before anyone else. Steve Millen used to race for Nissan so I guess we get the hook ups on Nissan cars. I think the next thing we're getting is the 200SX Spec R.

:frog:

[gang$tarr]

YOU WORK FOR STILLEN!!!!! no fuckin way!!!

that is damn sweet! you're lucky, what do you do there?

[ToadBoy]

I do a bunch of things here. I guess I'm fit into the administrative employee category. I do a lot of the IT/IS here. I work with several different departments marketing, R&D, sales, accounting, and warehouse. I'm like the "jack of all trades" here at Stillen. I know sales, aftermarkent parts, cars, R&D, wrenching, computers, and accounting. On occasion I get to drive the vehicles when they need someone to pickup a new project vehicle. It is the marketing department's responsibility and sometime they ask me to help them out. I update some of the images and text to our gawdawful web site. We're trying to find a new web design company. The one that we're dealing with is incompetent.

:frog:

[gang$tarr]

cool.. we have an inside man
you can tip us off about all the cars you get to drive tell us if they're actually good or not, since you'll drive them before any of us