Huh...?

 

Yeah, but this is like comparing apples to applesauce...one is hard, the other is flacid. :lol:

A real comparison would be of a DC5 (RSX) ITR and a JDM DC2 ITR. There was a world of difference 'tween my '97 GSR and my '98 ITR, as there would be comparing an RSX-S to a Honda Type R.

I loved the GSR's low end torque with the dual-runner manifold, I liked the sound deadening that made the interior quiet enough to talk on the cell' and made the doors go "THUNK". I liked the cruise cuntrol. I like that no punks tried to de-badge the GSR.

But, I swapped it for an 'R cuz of the lateral G's, the way the motor sounds (kinda like a Fomula 1 with a few pistons amputated)! The thing turns so well I'm only aware of thinking Left Turn and it goes... the brakes are better than on some Porsche's. I like the lack of sound deadening that ties you to every nuance in the road. I love the vastly superior fuel economy to a service loaner LS. The last is probably 'cuz I had more "foot" in the LS to make it try to go as fast as I normally drive in the R. :wink:
In 1998 I loved street racin' that guy at work one day in his new GT 'stang (after we both went thru breakin and oil change) and WHUPPED HIS FORD A**!
ops: I'm sooo embarassed at doing this on the street, but the guy was... :shock:

I like the ZAPPP! static electricity painfully arcing from my nipple to the doorframe when I climb out of the 'R on a winter day, due no doubt to sliding across the high traction cloth on the seats. :twisted:

 

On 2nd thought, I think I'll skip meeting you IRL, you sick fack ops: :lol:

 

On 2nd thought, I think I'll skip meeting you IRL, you sick fack ops: :lol:[/quote:ba94b69505]

Just jokin' kabob, I didn't really enjoy it a bit. It's just one of those quirky Type R things we all live with. Never got shocked getting out of my GSR.
With all its' compomises to comfort, I never for a second regret trading my GSR for the "R". As grandpa (Knighten) sez,"you either get it or you don't". I got it when I test drove the R in '98!

 

I got rid of my 350 horsepower 97 Eclipse Spyder GST for my 2000 ITR. I miss the strait line acceleration my DSM had, but that is it. My ITR is hands down the best car I have ever owned. The handling is simply unreal, I love when someone gets behind me on a back road, the most recent was a guy in a newer looking Trans AM. He was on my bumper until the twisties, then it was "lift and break time for him, as I walked away". I can't imagine what he was thinking when he never saw break lights from me :lol: and we have some twisty roads here in PA. My ITR handles 10 times better than my 93 Prelude SI did, and that handled 5 times better than my DSM. Of course I have some Tein HA's and adjustable upper control arms helping me out but that's it. My car sticks like nothing I have ever driven, it is unreal. Like my ITR, yeah :lol: Love it, oh yeah :lol: I vote ITR because I love mine, and everyone with an RSX still breaks their neck when they see it.....

It is very loud though....but my exhaust setup doesn't help that much either :lol:

 

iVtEC = crap :x pur unadulterating red valve covered sex is what i'm talking about :lol: