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So I was driving home from the movies with my buddy and we saw a bunch of cars in the parking lot so I decided to pull in. It was about 30 srt-4's. I walked up and tried to start a conversation and they wouldnt stop talking about how there seats hold them in when the turbo spools. I was like WTF! The turbo is spooling, why do you need to be held in. So I hit the switches and they looked at me like I was a stupid ricer (probably am) Overall I lost numerous brain cells looking at their cars, and listening to them talk about their turbos spooling.

 
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wtf... ricer... hahahah... my turbo charged d15 will smoke you... haha

 
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the collective mentality of most srt4 owners is that of a fly on a turd sandwich watching the fast and the furious.

 
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*looks at fly on a turd sandwich watching the fast and the furious* hmmmmmm

 
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This is true for the following reasons:

1. They were stupid enough to buy a Dodge
2. They dont have the funds or the mental capability to build a fast car of their own so they bit the bate with the Neon
3. They wanted a fast car that can only do ONE things.... go fast in a straight line
4. They don't care about build quality or resale value, all they wanted is a fast car so they closed their eyes on everything else

So s2k's statement may seem like a joke but in reality it isnt.

 
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for 3 and 4.

Ok, you could have ended this thread on a good note but... so they talked about there viper seats (great seats btw) holding them in when in spool, and? Yet you pull a ricer move (IMO it is) and you admit to pulling a ricer move and hit your switches infront of crowd of 30 srt4's? WTF... how dumb is that? That's like me going to a meet of 30 s2k's and saying "got torque' and doing burnouts infront of them, because there talking about there "vTEC pull"

Dude, if you don't like the car, that's fine... but respect there meet. Nobody invited you, you took it upon yourself to go and pull a ricer move, that's what gives a bad name to the civic camp, stuff like that. NO hate against the thread starter, just grow up.

 
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Exactly.

There's probablly a post on the SRT-4 forums somewhere about the ricer civic that tried to crash the meet.

This isn't much of a kill

 
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respect the meet of course. no matter what car, let the enthusiasts be.

even if they are being dumb talking about their seats and their mad g-force boost, etc. i already stated my opinion on your average srt4 neon owner.

as for their seats, they are among the crappiest i've ever sat in.

 
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Well if I was crashing their meet then hell yeah it woulda been a ricey move, but when I was going to starbucks that was right where they were meeting and just trying to have a conversation with them and they talk about there seats and ****, then no it wasnt a ricey move. If I was trying to crash their meet I wouldnt of taken the civic I woulda taken something that atleast was fast enough to handle a srt-4. But WTF are you talking about man there isnt even a similarity to doing burnouts in front of them, I hit the switches to lower the fvcking car and then to raise it again when I left, IMO not ricey, just making my car drivable since I cant drive it when its slammed.

 
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Ok, i'm not even a big SRT-4 fan, but statements like these are classic ricer. For 20k the srt 4 is a bargain sport compact, that basically no cars other than the cobalt ss can compare to for that low of a price. A Wrx is a good 5k more. I don't see anything dumb about buying a fast car, that only takes a little tweaking to make blazingly fast. The stage 1, 2, and 3 upgrades from mopar are extremely cheap for the performance gains they offer. And whoever said Viper seats are not awesome seats to have in a srt-4 definitely must have a closed mind against domestics for not appreciating how great those seats hold you in for being OEM. Therefore, I'm sure a bunch of you will retaliate saying, well it takes more skill and money to make are cars faster, (which for some reason people think this is a good thing) so I say congratulations on your purchase that requires you gobs of money to make it fast.

 
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For the seats, sit in an RSX or even a del sol some time (never mind the lack of leg room and just admire the seat), but I guess that really depends on your body build. I've driven Vipers, not a big fan of the seats for the prices tag, I think the RSX seat is far better, but that's only IMO, and we all are allowed to have them.

As for the part of SRT-4 owners being stupid, all I have to say is that I'm sure not every one is stupid, but every one I have talked to (which is probably about 10 or so) and the ones from the SRT-4 forum seem to be a low on intellectual property. None of them so far know anything about their cars, other than it spools up and has Viper seats. Again, I'm not saying all SRT-4 owners are stupid, but I have seen a trend towards most are.

I bought a civic because I wanted a car to last till at least 200,000 miles, or at least be worth something after 5 years if I wanted to get rid of it and get over 30 MPG, not because I want it to be fast. If I want a fast car for straights, I would have bought an old Camaro again or something, but I've been there done that (I ran 10.7 in the quarter), time to move on and try something harder.

Yeah, if you want to go straight very fast and do it cheap, SRT-4 is the way to go. Just don't keep it past the warranty

 
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Not bad Well Today I was in my dad's truck and was at a stop light... There was no cars on the right line of me and I was just chillin waiting for the light to turn green..the light turn green and I give it gas and am rolling around 10 mph and I hear what seems to be a muscle car..camaro maybe mustang. I look back and dont see anything but it already passed me up so I look foward and its a freakin SRT-4...I met him on the next light and he was sitting there on neutral since his car was rollin back and forth. But it sounded so mean and strong. Like a Muscle car. Speacially when he stepped on it. I also heard a WRX STI sound EXACTLY the same. Strong with a drone like it was chambered. Is it the muffler that makes that sound and if so EVERYONE should buy that muffler lol. Sound's like 2 Chamber Flowmaster's on a 5.0 with O/R H pipe...Nice

 
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Maybe you should read a little more careful before posting something thats supposed to prove somethign wrong. Please point out where in my post I said that the SRT4 isnt fast..... the whole point was that the SRT4 is fast but other aspects of it are in the toilet like the handeling, build quality and resale value.


only a handful of poeple buy Civics to make them fast.... 90% of the Civic owners buy them because they are realialble, easy to maintain, good on gas and for those who care Civics hold their resale value very well.

 
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SRT-4 don't have mufflers technically. It actually has 2 resonators, no mufflers.

You must not be thinking of the old Muscle cars I'm used to. The ones that sounded like they are about to stallout at every stop light becasue the cam just wasn't ment to go uncer 2500 RPM, that's the sound I like

 
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Well yeah those are the Original Muscle cars the 69's and crap.. My 5.0 sound's like that with my cam and everything hehe...its a 91 but makes no difference....O/R H, 2 chamber flows = teh win lol

 
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But what about the WRX STi....it sounded the same...what can he be using?

 
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Scuby's are known to sounds very "lumpy" becasue of their sideways motors and more than normal agressive cams. If you put almost any good aftermarket cat back system on a Subaru they'll sound mean like that (specially the turbo ones). I saw a Forester the otehr day that sounded like that. The STi has an even more aggressive cam, so it doesn't need much help.

 
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Nice... Cant argue with how STi's sound..much its like a muscle import ......

 
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Correction. No other cars can compare in a straight line. however, anything else, the srt4 sucks. a stock civic can even outhandle the srt4 in tight auto-x tracks.
Unfortunately we as americans have a straight line mentality. so IMO, I DO see something dumb with buying a car that just goes fast in a straight line. But that's my opinion.
They are great seats for DOMESTICS. The RSX-S and S2k both have way better seats. And that's just hondas... nevermind other import cars.
again... gobs of money to make fast in a straight line. and even then not all imports require gobs of money to go fast straight.

 
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The invidia exhaust on the S2000 produces the same effect. most are blown away when I tell them it's not a V8.

 
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at the meet I was at today, the srt there just had his entire engine rebuilt under warranty cause it broke down.

 
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Ive heard some s2000 but sound much like 350z or G35's... if your sounds like what i posted most props to ya... invidia is the name of the mufflers??? and how do Flowmaster's for imports sound? just curiouse

 
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i personally have not heard flowmasters on an import.

however, i must say, the invidia on the S2000 is the best sound import exhaust I've ever heard. incredibly deep rich tone, no tinny sound, no rattling sound, just deep rich tone. it's an amazing exhaust.

 
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i thought the srt-4 seats had an amazing amount of hug (for stock). BUT they were crappy materials, and rocks. no lumbar support. not a fan.

 
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www.flowmaster.com has a sample clip of an integra with 2.25" flowmaster. it roars, mellow/deep ish sound level at all rpms. very nice sound IMO. but its not enough to make it sound like a muscle car which some may want

as for the sound of that srt neon and the wrx with the muscle car sound, i think it could been the downpipe? ive heard an wrx with an aftermarket downpipe and it sounds very "bubbly" and mean. not same tone as pure muscle cars, but the sound of it.

 
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Eeech.... I never imagined Flowmaster on an import.... hell compared to some of the other compaines, they arent even that great for domestics.

 
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it probably was some kind of aftermarket on the SRT4. stock they sound raspy and tinny and crappy as hell.

 
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iv seen some of them that looked pretty nice actually. they are pretty damn fast, but for all intents and purposes, its a neon. one of the most UNreliable cars on the road. i dont care how fast it is...for that reason alone id never get one

there is a difference between "inexpensive" and "cheap" the srt's are simply CHEAP cars imo