its nice to know hondarians in here have good attitude :) the only description dat i had from previous hondas i encountered, was like.. u guys were arrogant, driving those powerful VTEC. i think they r lots of this arrogant type out there dat led for such "can dis engine beat VTEC?" topic.
let me tell u two stories which i myself experienced, i hope u guys dont mind. one, i was on my way home using the sri hartamas strecth, i was coming from seksyen 17/eastin hotel area. i was driving slowly, when i saw two highly modified EKs on the bend towards mount kiara. i was very careful not to attract their attention, but on 3rd gear change, a very slight bov sound was heard. i myself cud barely hear the sound, so i didnt think those EKs wud ve heard it. i was dead wrong, those EKs slowed down, waiting for me to come close. i heard they dropped into 2nd (assumption was made on the speed i travelled, about 40kmh, i was still in 3rd), and waited for me to come side by side. i didnt think for once they were gonna race me, so i pulled the the right side and prepare to overtake. they were alligned in the left lane and waited to buly me. once i was by their side, the car in front gave a me a honk, showed up fornt wit his finger and revv sky high. dats not a very pleseant gesture on the road rite, so i think what the heck. teaching dem a lesson wudnt be too bad for the other road users, i nodded and we pulled. in 3rd, and in just seconds, i left dem dead, i didnt know how many length of cars, but i cant even recognised their reg numbers. their car were as small as my thumb in the side mirror, seeing them totally demolished, i slowed down but those kiasus didnt have the courtesy to be good sports. at least i gave them a thumb up, all they did were revving hard when come fast flying up the hill near the security building. yes, i know street race is illegal, but.. hmm.. i was wrong in responding to their stopid invitation, i admit dat.
two, i personally heard of this story dat an EF wit a big b16 tapau an RB20DET. WTF?? dat VTEC was highly moded and dat RB was an auto, std. come on!! furthermore, dat RB hadnt even its speedcut remove, so dis EF only fly through beyond the speed cut. and the sadest part was, this guy was tapaued by me on jalan kuching many times. of course, he didnt recognised me then (when he was talking the cork). but, tell me dis.. if i cant even match a std RB20DET, den how is dat VTEC be able to tell dat kinda story when i tapaued him more den once.
i think its guys like those i told above dat makes poeple think VTECs lovers r sumlike.. arrogant. now i see sum proof its not the whole truth :) excuse my long post, but u gotta hear others part of the story in this discussion. personally i think VTEC has a lot of potential, especially those wit hybrid blocks. do share sum more of ur stories guys :)