you arent going to get an unbiased answer around here ....

ive driven a tsi fwd and a gsx, i liked them enough but they didnt "feel" as fast... there was no question though, both of these cars were faster than my gs-r...

i can say though, i do prefer the handling qualities of my integras over either of the dsm's i drove...


a friend of mine has ~5 grand into his 1st gen TSi AWD including the cost of the car and he hit a 12.3 at the track this summer..... might be something else you want to keep in mind.

if you go to a dsm forum, they are all gonna say dsm > honda and on a honda forum, honda > dsm....

go drive them both, pick your favorite and enjoy it.

1 last word though, all of my dsm friends are always bitchin about "always havin to work on their car" or "need to tune it again" if i give em the biz about it, they say that if a honda made that much power it would need constant work, too.... but there are plenty of high power hondas around here that dont spend as much tuning time as those dsms...