1st off, fastening is not now, nor has it ever been a word... 2nd, like ol boy said, i autocross in the car, i need a 5 speed. (although with the auto i'm undefeated so far ) and get it out of your mind that accords are slow. they are slow drag cars because they're NOT DRAG CARS. set them up right and they are fast road race/autoX cars. im buying a FAST car in a couple months. i'm getting an 06 EVO IX MR when they are released. i just want a 5 speed in my accord. my civic Si and integra are both 5 speeds. i want all the cars to have manual trannies... next year around this time tho, i'm planning to swap a K24 and 6speed into the accord, then a comptech supercharger. then we'll see about the accord being slow.