First race in the 3s, Acura Integra Type R Options

[jgreening]

It was this morning very early before work. The roads were deserted. My buddy has a 2000 Type R with only a comptech exhaust. We raced for about 4 blocks. In a nutshell, he killed me off the line and was ahead by almost a full car length. From about the first 1/2 block to the finish my car was faster but I lost by about 2-3 feet. 1 more block and I would have won.

This post has been edited by jgreening: Dec 23, 2004 - 4:53 PM

[junhus69]

No offense to anyone here.

I may not know as much as all of you but i do know this.
This race was 100% a drivers race. If i was going to race my cousin's husband (he has a 03 viper RT/10) i have a chance of beating him if he stalls of the line with my celica. This guy just needs to learn how to manage his power, you have a really nice car. The Integra Type R is a really nice car but its not the ****, more like a piece of **** compared to a 3s-gte powered 6gc. Practice and race him again, i garuntee you wont be able to count the car lenghts between you at the finish!!!
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I do take offense to this. Why? don't call something sh!t because its image was bastardized by the import scene. You obviously know jack about the car in question and obviously are just blowing chow to sound cool. Who the hell are you to judge something as crap when your car, shall I say, a vast majority of our cars, are nothing compared to an ITR? I don't often see Honda people talk crap about Celicas... I'm curious why some people here are so ignorant and simply say "it sucks" without any knowledge or justification... If it being a ricer car or 'common' is your reason, a slow car with fancy exterior mods is more of a ricer any day than a riced out Integra with a B18C...
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You state that i dont know anything about Hondas. I have A 2001 Acura TL as a daily driver. I have had a 02 Acura RSX from the dealer for a week when my cars tranny got reacalled and it was slow as hell. All these guys with there VETEC, well i have driven a bunch of the hondas and i have still yet to be amazed with this VETEC!. My favorite quote from one of my friends is, "Man when the VETEC kicked in i couldnt control the car man, it was so fast". This is pure bull i drive a honda everyday, get sick of it sometimes, its not as reliable as my 6gc but i go on the highway everyday and it is faster and a lot smoother.

[Kwanza26]

You state that i dont know anything about Hondas. I have A 2001 Acura TL as a daily driver. I have had a 02 Acura RSX from the dealer for a week when my cars tranny got reacalled and it was slow as hell. All these guys with there VETEC, well i have driven a bunch of the hondas and i have still yet to be amazed with this VETEC!. My favorite quote from one of my friends is, "Man when the VETEC kicked in i couldnt control the car man, it was so fast". This is pure bull i drive a honda everyday, get sick of it sometimes, its not as reliable as my 6gc but i go on the highway everyday and it is faster and a lot smoother.
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You're just making it worst for yourself man... You can't even spell VTEC right... It's pretty obvious you have little to NO knowledge about the technology so just shut it before I make you look like a dumb sh!t... There's no way you're gonna convince me short of an engine swap that a 6th gen Celica is faster, smoother, and overall better than an Acura TL or an RSX... that's just foolish.

Its really a shame that we have this discussion/controversy about hondas. yes, they are fast but they are built differently. you can get any crappy car and make it fast but i would never even ride in a fast car that is either reliable or safe. in my country the government has just decided to triple (yes tripple) the car related fines due to the many deadly accidents. And i ask you, why should everyone pay because hondas are not safe? 80% of the deadly car accidents are with hondas, very rarely with toyotas and almost never with celis. come to think of it, i do not remember i ever heard of a deadly accident with a celi.

Man... that's a terribly biased view. I don't know how life is on your island, but in the world, "accidents" are not distinguished by car make. It's a pretty pitiful argument blaming Hondas for everything. Any car can have an "accident" anytime. That's why they're called "ACCIDENTS"... That's probably the dumbest reason I've seen yet for someone to dislike Hondas. Again I say, go visit a Honda webboard and they rarely bash on Toyotas. Why is it so opposite on Toyota boards!? How can you, we, as a community, be so petty? sheesh....

This post has been edited by Kwanza26: Dec 24, 2004 - 1:47 PM