Re:Staty with honda or go DSM ???
 

DSM. FWD is a bad platform for performance.

Re:Staty with honda or go DSM ???
 

Agreed I love my civic but you have to love those old school 510 or even a 240sx.
My next car will be RWD, they are much more fun on the autocross track.

Re:Staty with honda or go DSM ???
 

Re:Staty with honda or go DSM ???
 

rwd and awd are alot more fun. But remember dsm arent the only awd cars out there

Re:Staty with honda or go DSM ???
 

yeah but subarus are gay, But I would love to have a toyota All-trac :o 8)

Re:Stay with honda or go DSM ???
 

oh sorry for the misspelling but anyway dsm is not reliable as honda but my honda got 146k on it and sum ---- go wrong with it every month i take good care of the motor just the little stuff that bother me i was gonna turbo it i got all the stuff and ready to turbo but im scare im blow it up and ill be stuck broke so ill just sell it with the kit or something and i agree FWD is not alots of fun like the rwd or awd i was going to buy an mr2 turbo but i live in mass so the snow going to kill me so awd is the way to go ...

Re:Staty with honda or go DSM ???
 

I would rather get the MR2 turbo instead of the DSM ;D

Re:Stay with honda or go DSM ???
 

dont think an awd is necessarily good in the snow. once it breaks loose, you just slide totally outta control. granted it might be a little better, but not worth justifying getting an awd car to drive in the snow, unless you go crazy with snow tires

Re:Staty with honda or go DSM ???
 

i say if you want a fast car for little cash.. and dont mind dealing with some problems every once in a while... go dsm.... mid 13's for a few hundred bucks is no joke.. especially with the 1.7 60 foot of the awd.... stay away from the FWD cars though unless you like buying tires really often.. cause all the do is lose traction

oh and get a 1G :) 6 bolt is mo' betta'

Re:Staty with honda or go DSM ???
 

I just scrolled down and posted so I might be double posting. Anyways I looked into buying a dsm so I did alot of home work on them. Turns out they do have tranny problems, and the 2nd Gens are very well known for Crank Walk. There was a bunch of other stupid problems with them also but I can't remember what they all were. And from what most people on DSM.org and dsmtuners.com say a stock 2gen will only run mid to high 15's some low 16's depending on the driver. But for about $5-6000 you could be running in the 12's ::) So I say go honda and boost it up, you'll spend less and in the long run probably have a faster car.