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Old Aug 1, 2003
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i heard they were making only a few srt4s for the 2003 lineup?? is this true???
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they've been making quite a few from my understanding. More SRT4's than WRX's actually.
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Hehe. . I love how those poor people think they're gonna buy this Neon take out a couple stock Civics, feel like they are king and not get laughed at the entire way. .
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one of the turbo/swap members has got to make a vid or soemthing...
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Ok the srt-4's are nothing. Basically ya they are the fastest cars under 20g's but that doesn't mean they are "FAST". I know plenty of hooked up Honda's and Acura's that would smoke an SRT-4. And since when did Imports not always have a battle between domestics. They act like this is a new challenge?!?!? Ya right the challenge would be something more like a stang or a vette. The SRT-4 is nothing but a car that young people can buy and say. Look mommy! I put no time and effort into my car and it's faster then "SOME" imports!
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that vid got me hyped!!! heeh! i think we need to get all the turbo vic's on a vid....
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that doesnt bother me.. its only a neon.. and besides yer puttin up a turboed car against an all motor, majority of hondas arent fast but they have alot more potential then that srt people call a car
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Ok so I understand why you all are "hyped" up, but does it really matter that they are faster stock for stock...who cares, everyone knows Honda is better, and no matter how fast the SRT-4 is...remember...it's still a NEON. BTW that vid is NOT 56K friendly, thanks for the warning...NOT! I tied up my comp. for over 15 minutes trying to download that dang thing!
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Hahah Neon...

I wonder if he could beat F.I. Prelude from 2nd gear roll...

WS6 sure as hell couldnt do it...

Fucc Neon...

We got something for them...


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People actually get mad about this video????!!

If this kind of stuff offends you.. you need to check your melon. There's ALWAYS going to be cars faster than yours. Especially when you're driving a Civic.
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WE're not mad because the car is faster than a civic.

we're mad because the iraqi misinformation minister apparently produced that bs of a video.
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OK, that was kinda pointless.......
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thats a shity video, i mean i respect the guy who put it out. hes prolly got a neon and is very happy that its an actually pretty quick car compared to tons of others.

now the video is really shitty tho, i mean two races in that whole time? cmon, thats a waste of HDD space on my comp.

oh and i am not getting hyped up about all this, nor mad. i still have to find an srt-4 here in ATL that i can try to race untill i know they are slower :-D (uhm...yeah)

pooor quality vid.
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Originally posted by olympicdrinker
Ok so I understand why you all are "hyped" up, but does it really matter that they are faster stock for stock...who cares, everyone knows Honda is better, and no matter how fast the SRT-4 is...remember...it's still a NEON. BTW that vid is NOT 56K friendly, thanks for the warning...NOT! I tied up my comp. for over 15 minutes trying to download that dang thing!
Sorry about that. Its only 3.55 mb and I have 56k as well.
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it doesnt matter, its still a piece of crap neon, itll break down halfway through a race
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Originally posted by sc1golfr
it doesnt matter, its still a piece of crap neon, itll break down halfway through a race
and thats the sad thing you see..
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uhh...hahahahahahahahhahahhhahhah....i'ma laugh at this one till i die....i also wanna see this kids neon break down half way through a race.....SURE TO BLOW HIS MOTOR
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i have nothing against domestics, but some of the drivers are just as s holes.. if they were to make a real video, they should show a real car..
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thatz such a crappy video..... the srt4 is a quick car.... but..... its still got a domestic interior..... which means its ugly as ****.... not really a good comparison b/w a civic and the srt4..... unless the civic is F.I.ed.. 20 grand for a neon.... geez.... i'd rather buy a veedub GTI.... interior is better.... looks are better.....
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Originally posted by BlueTroll
the srt4 is a quick car.... but..... its still got a domestic interior..... which means its ugly as
What? You expect the interior of a domestic car to have a Euro Spec Surround sound or somethin?

I think the video was amusing. I don't particularly hate the car or favor it too much. It's good at what it does. That stock yellow Integra with the wing you see is still a Civic with special attention that went mostly under the hood.
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I thought the video was interesting. I was jammin to the beat in the background. haha But anyways, the only race I found interesting was the srt vs. wrx. Well, stock for stock on the highway there was no doubt that was going to happen. The SRT definitely puts more horsepower and torque to the wheels. I would like to see the race from a starting line between the srt and wrx, because I'm pretty sure the wrx would take it pretty good off the line. Then the SRT would be catching up gradually the whole race. This is saying nothing about modified wrx's or srt's. That's a whole other ballgame.
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^^I agree with you adam on that
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My .02? No matter what its a Neon. Nuff said.
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^ agreed
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how are we sure its a wrx.. because it sed it was.. it was prolly his friend he paid off to loose to his neon.. and if anyone ever lost to a neon.. would they post that up
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let it race an evo or an sti. we'll see who laughs about that after those races.
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Ok... I have yet to coment on the SRT, but time has come. I saw one the other day at a light. The driver was about maybe 17 years old and had the need to rev the **** out of his car while looking my way. Although the BOV sounded nice, I just couldnt help but laugh at him. Anyways... STR is basically buying a $13,000 car and putting a trubo kit on it that would cost maybe $3000 aftermarket, and then lighting another $4000 on fire to get the $20,000 sticker price. That my friends, is the SRT4. It's like buying a Geo Metro and trying to make it a NASCAR... BLAH!

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Originally posted by prawdigy
how are we sure its a wrx.. because it sed it was.. it was prolly his friend he paid off to loose to his neon.. and if anyone ever lost to a neon.. would they post that up
if you ever been in one you could tell by looking at the instrument guages. also the hood scoop is shown right there as well.
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Why are ppl even trying to beat the neon, it was made to drag, the acceleration in that car is amazing. Imports were designed for good handling, while most domestics aren't.
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Originally posted by Whyte_Lye
Why are ppl even trying to beat the neon, it was made to drag, the acceleration in that car is amazing. Imports were designed for good handling, while most domestics aren't.

Exactly! The civic, for example, is much more suited for racing around a track rather then trying to Accelerate down a drag strip. I think drag racing imports became so popular because people never new about things like autocross, and the fact that you can't "spontaniously" create an autocross track to see who's the better driver. Drag racing can be done on the spot. Of course I feel that winning at dragracing only proves who has the bigger pocket book $$$.
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