I wasn't exactly suggesting nose-picking with the free RIGHT hand, lol.

As for your car being faster than mine, I don't doubt it, because at the moment, other than Forbidden's sh. shifter, my car is stock, but like monkey said, and I will say: it's still an auto. On the other hand, it is a prelude, and more importantly, a Honda, so I'm not gonna lash out at you, and ultimately I'm sure you didn't choose the auto over a 5 speed (because that would just be wrong), so I can't hold that against you either, but you have to understand, when I think of automatics, I think of american cars, I think of sloppiness, and I think of merging onto a highway, where when I mash the accelerator, the car slowly accelerates with a "woooooooooo" sound then finally gets the clue, kicking into a lower gear with a "weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee" sound and accelerating, 1 too many seconds after I needed it. While your car may or may not do this, I really don't care, I just hate autos, so yes, I'm a hater, but ya know what? Until someone cuts my right hand off and throws it to a pack of hungry wolves, I will NEVER buy an automatic, and even then, I won't support the buying of automatics. someone else take the soapbox before I overstay my welcome.