Yeah, I had an integra gs that redlined somewhere around 8k and wasn’t the fastest car, but the sound of that motor was intoxicating. I just miss the shorter wheelbase and more go-kart type feel more than anything.
I just google that as haven’t heard of it and wow, looks badass. I don’t have a game system and not sure the laptop will run it, but I’m checking it out. I’d have to have a dedicated chair with realistic driving position...and I will say, I can drive w the best of em...it’s my need to push and push till a wheel finally leaves the pavement in a curve...soon as it touches its game over.
Why did you go Honda and how do you like it? I love Subarus. The sound is nice and the ride just feels solid. I find this Civic to be sensitive and it wants me to be careful but a 2013 WRX I drove the other day with a heavy clutch felt like more work but just solid! Loud but good loud!
Hi DRuby...I just turned 76 March 15...so, I have to think perhaps I'm the oldest...I hope there are others older than me...I have been an enthusiast since my early youth, learning to drive a stick shift on my dad's 49 International, one ton wrecker...at age 13. I have been a gear head ever since, although I was a cop for nearly 30 years til an 18 wheeler took me out. I have been retired for over 20 years. Very active in SCCA autocross and track activities for almost 35 years...still kickin' it...
I have been teaching stick shift driver for several years...you would be surprised how many people, even into their 50s, who had never learned to drive a stick shift...and the reasons for wanting to learn now vary, but some a quite funny. One attorney, who is single, had a girlfriend who had just purchased a stick shift C7 Corvette. He was scared she may ask him to drive it...
Or, find your regional SCCA group and take that Si autocrossing...some of the most fun, and satisfying activity you can have with it, and with each event, you will find yourself getting more and more competitive, learning more about setup, and looking forward to the next event. I'm 76 and have been doing it for nearly 35 years. Prior to that, I was heavy into drag racing, not street drag racing, but racing at the strip. I just got too expensive to participate and I got into smaller, sportier cars and went autocrossing...love it, and best of all, I'm still competitive. You learn skills that can keep you alive on the highway as well...
I bought a new Corvette in 2007, Z51 package stick shift, and it was yellow...Sold it about 5 years ago to aid in building a detached garage in addition to the 3 car attached I had already. I had two Civic Si's at that time, one an 88 CRX Si, and a 91 Civic Si hatch...I built and autocrossed those cars for years, til it got so difficult to get in and out of the race seats as I grew older.
