I just test drove a 1997 VTEC Prelude. I can't say I noticed any huge performance gap between it an

Maybe he just washed the engine at the car wash, and is running it to dry it
out.

 

Maybe he just washed the engine at the car wash, and is running it to dry it
out.

 

Maybe he just washed the engine at the car wash, and is running it to dry it
out.

 

Apparently on date 10 Feb 2004 03:37:15 -0800, (LovingPerson)
said:

I always abuse my cars horribly. Got to teach them who is master, I reckon.

It has amazingly little effect on tyre life, too.

I was helping someone to horribly abuse a 25 year old car yesterday, we had it
in fourth, second, handbrake on hard and then tried to start it, over and over
again. All sorts of noises, and it got especially smelly when we had it up to
about forty in second and then locked up the wheels with the throttles wide
open.

The clutch finally gave up resisting our demands and freed itself with a major
thump, but it was fun while it lasted. Goodness knows what anyone watching
would have thought we were up to.

Loads of smoke.

 

Apparently on date 10 Feb 2004 03:37:15 -0800, (LovingPerson)
said:

I always abuse my cars horribly. Got to teach them who is master, I reckon.

It has amazingly little effect on tyre life, too.

I was helping someone to horribly abuse a 25 year old car yesterday, we had it
in fourth, second, handbrake on hard and then tried to start it, over and over
again. All sorts of noises, and it got especially smelly when we had it up to
about forty in second and then locked up the wheels with the throttles wide
open.

The clutch finally gave up resisting our demands and freed itself with a major
thump, but it was fun while it lasted. Goodness knows what anyone watching
would have thought we were up to.

Loads of smoke.

 

Apparently on date 10 Feb 2004 03:37:15 -0800, (LovingPerson)
said:

I always abuse my cars horribly. Got to teach them who is master, I reckon.

It has amazingly little effect on tyre life, too.

I was helping someone to horribly abuse a 25 year old car yesterday, we had it
in fourth, second, handbrake on hard and then tried to start it, over and over
again. All sorts of noises, and it got especially smelly when we had it up to
about forty in second and then locked up the wheels with the throttles wide
open.

The clutch finally gave up resisting our demands and freed itself with a major
thump, but it was fun while it lasted. Goodness knows what anyone watching
would have thought we were up to.

Loads of smoke.

 

Think along the lines of Si engine will be revving lower, and if it's owned
by someone with a lot of pride in their car and has a technical background,
it's very likely that at the very least it's been serviced as per the
schedule, if not had interim oil changes. A V-tec car will be likely to have
stiffer suspension simply because it's a sportier model.

I'll give you another clue. THE 97 CAR IS HEAVIER, SO IT NEEDS MORE POWER TO
ACELLERATE AS QUICKLY AS A 95. Not feeling a kick in the back when the V-tec
is meant to kick in suggests to me that it's broken... Go and drive 10 or 20
97 V-tecs and the same number of 95 Si cars, and see which in general is
better. It's not unknown for cars to get worse when they're updated, but two
cars which came off the production line one after the other, built to the
same standards can drive very differently if one's perfectly maintained and
the other has had oil changes neglected and the suspension's worn.

 

Think along the lines of Si engine will be revving lower, and if it's owned
by someone with a lot of pride in their car and has a technical background,
it's very likely that at the very least it's been serviced as per the
schedule, if not had interim oil changes. A V-tec car will be likely to have
stiffer suspension simply because it's a sportier model.

I'll give you another clue. THE 97 CAR IS HEAVIER, SO IT NEEDS MORE POWER TO
ACELLERATE AS QUICKLY AS A 95. Not feeling a kick in the back when the V-tec
is meant to kick in suggests to me that it's broken... Go and drive 10 or 20
97 V-tecs and the same number of 95 Si cars, and see which in general is
better. It's not unknown for cars to get worse when they're updated, but two
cars which came off the production line one after the other, built to the
same standards can drive very differently if one's perfectly maintained and
the other has had oil changes neglected and the suspension's worn.

 

Think along the lines of Si engine will be revving lower, and if it's owned
by someone with a lot of pride in their car and has a technical background,
it's very likely that at the very least it's been serviced as per the
schedule, if not had interim oil changes. A V-tec car will be likely to have
stiffer suspension simply because it's a sportier model.

I'll give you another clue. THE 97 CAR IS HEAVIER, SO IT NEEDS MORE POWER TO
ACELLERATE AS QUICKLY AS A 95. Not feeling a kick in the back when the V-tec
is meant to kick in suggests to me that it's broken... Go and drive 10 or 20
97 V-tecs and the same number of 95 Si cars, and see which in general is
better. It's not unknown for cars to get worse when they're updated, but two
cars which came off the production line one after the other, built to the
same standards can drive very differently if one's perfectly maintained and
the other has had oil changes neglected and the suspension's worn.

 

And less of the crossposting please. I'm not sure if you read most of the
groups on this list so I've continued the crosspost...

 

And less of the crossposting please. I'm not sure if you read most of the
groups on this list so I've continued the crosspost...

 

And less of the crossposting please. I'm not sure if you read most of the
groups on this list so I've continued the crosspost...

 

Si model, I could use the extra horses. To my surprise, the 1997 VTEC

VTEC's wank, end of story.

Just out of interest, why does this oh so wonderful anechdote need to be
crossposted ?

 

Si model, I could use the extra horses. To my surprise, the 1997 VTEC

VTEC's wank, end of story.

Just out of interest, why does this oh so wonderful anechdote need to be
crossposted ?

 

Si model, I could use the extra horses. To my surprise, the 1997 VTEC

VTEC's wank, end of story.

Just out of interest, why does this oh so wonderful anechdote need to be
crossposted ?

 

So the people in alt.honda know that VTEC's are wank

 

So the people in alt.honda know that VTEC's are wank

 

So the people in alt.honda know that VTEC's are wank

 

VTEC's wank, end of story.

Surely they do already - I mean, they do actually drive the things don't
they ?

 

VTEC's wank, end of story.

Surely they do already - I mean, they do actually drive the things don't
they ?