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There are many dsm owners that are quite nice (such as myself :) ). I found that when I had a honda and was turbocharging it, many dsm guys were helpful with parts, and advice. Its just the ignorent few that have these odd misconceptions that there is nothing that can match their cars. Hell, they'd probably take on skylines just because one guy beat one in a magazine test, but hey, its a dsm, so all of them must be able to do it. I like hondas, work on them, and am always on the lookout for that mythical (New England Area) crx si with zero rust, but until then, change is always good.

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my friend is on his 5th tranny and 3rd quaife... dont buy a quaife for dsm.

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only expierence i have with dsm cars was my friends 2g eclipse that puked its trans all over the highway ... it was cool, i think they are pretty cool cars but too heavy.. but then hondas have that badass floating piston design and weakass axles and dseries internals are weak as ----. but i still love my rexx.. i mean what do you expect out of a car you can buy for $900?

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i wouldnt quite say weak parts, just stupid people that dont know what they are doing.... just like FST9dRST only stupid people break the trannys on dsm, it goes the same way for honda owners they dont do things right and end up costing htem alot..

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Okay so there's this psychological principle called the "mere ownership effect." It basically means that when someone owns something, their opinion of all items just like theirs goes up, and often as a result they will cling to any information that says that dissimilar items are worse than theirs. This works with cars just like anything else. If I was 16 and my parents bought me a DSM, and it's the only car I will own for the next 5 years, I will probably do a lot of research that supports my beliefs that DSM's are the best cars ever. Same goes for Honda. Some guys have actually been open-minded enough to check out several makes of cars, rather than just cling to whatever they know. Ever know a guy who loves American muscle? Chances are, he has been that way his whole life, and a good chance his son will feel the same way if he works on dad's cars.

The extension of this principle is that guys who all own the same cars will not only point out the flaws in other cars, they will point out the flaws in their owners. "Honda ricers are such morons.... DSM owners can be such dicks." It's true, there are a lot of jerks out there, but I would be willing to bet they are ------ out evenly among all car makes. The problem with internet forums is that they are a breeding ground for attitudes like this. On the DSM forum at MachV.com, a lot of the guys thrive on collectively talking smack about Hondas. It happens here too, I just hope we can keep an open mind.

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Machv is pretty good I'm there half the time and here half the time.......not a very good place for tech questions....it always turns into an Owned discussion.

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i got my ass handed to me by a civic with a turbo and b18 swap. i thought it was realy cool to see a civic with a turbo. im running mostly stock but that was still the first honda to ever give me a beating. i also had a 93 talon with the 1.8 engine and just about every mod except a turbo and n2o and i didnt have any problem keeping up with most hondas.

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prob a few of those out there, but you arent talking about josh ottos in bel air, md are you?

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you know, just out of seeing these posts; your hating on the people who are hating on us. so doesnt that make us contradict ourselves ? i mean who cares, DSM or Honda. fast is fast period. weather it be a metro a ford cumstain or a 10 second civic, give credit where credit is due and people might respect us a lil more. btw, thats hard to say coming from a pro-honda ------- :)

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I would like to redeem DSM owners atleast a little bit. I personally am a DSM owner and happened to stumble across your DSM bashing. I love Hondas if my dad hadn't given me his Talon AWD TSI I would have gotten a Honda, all my friends have Hondas. So just b/c a few DSM owners are asses pls dont disrespect us all.