Recent content by gizzard

Damn, the title of the thread had me fooled. FYI, "time attack" implies going around a road course as fast as possible. This is just drag racing.

People constantly argue about how RWD/AWD is better than FWD, but in reality, 99.9999% of those people will never drive the car to the limits. I guarantee you will never feel the different between a FWD/RWD/AWD car in a normal driving situation. But even if you claim RWD/AWD is vastly superior...

Maybe instead of just saying the RSX-S "is not that great," you can provide some concrete reasoning? Seems like you've never driven one. I can say one thing though, the RSX-S is definitely a step up from the P5 in nearly every department (except for passenger room). If you have nothing better to...

You're probably right, but I never race in a straight line. :P When my P5 was totaled (over two years after the purchase date), it still had the new car smell!

You are an idiot for street racing. I feel no remorse in saying that I will shed no tears if you are injured (or worse) while participating in such an activity.

If you want to throw out stereotypes, then in my area, everyone in SoCal driving an RSX is an AZN with close cropped/spiky hair in the "gangsta" lean driving position. Sadly, it is fairly close to the truth. Sometimes, I feel a bit embarrassed to be an Asian with short hair driving a Japanese...

I didn't finance the car and I got it for considerably less than $25K. =) Re: 2006 Civic Si - I seriously considered this car until I realized it was nearly impossible to find at MSRP in SoCal. I realize it is probably a better performing car (newer chassis, LSD), but IMO it's not worth more...

I haven't been able to drive it since I bought the car last Wednesday because I'm waiting for my insurance's new period to start on Friday. In the meantime, I'm rockin' my mom's '92 Accord. =P For those who asked, I paid about $250 under (yes, under) invoice. The only other fees that were...

No mods for now, at least until I learn to fully maximize the potential of this car. This car is much faster than my P5 (duh) so it will take me a while to learn.

Replaced my totaled 2003 Proteg5 with... A 2006 RSX Type-S! I wish I could have stayed in the Mazda family, but after test driving the RSX and Mazda3, I felt the 3 was uninspiring (not to mention service issues). The forum members have helped me a lot in my two years of owning the P5, so...

For anyone still interested, I posted pics: http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123622222&page=1&pp=15

Boston, I sent you a PM a few days ago...

Well, the insurance company told me through my attorney that the damage will cost $7000 to repair. So it's not totaled after all. I'm happy, but I don't know if my car will ever feel the same again.

No, I don't want a VW. I'm not even in the mood to shop for a new car. I'll probably just use my mom's 92 Accord till I graduate. Pics of the damage: http://homepage.mac.com/gizzard/swapspace/protege1.jpg http://homepage.mac.com/gizzard/swapspace/protege2.jpg...

My friend was in a car ahead of me. Someone else behind me saw it happen but I didn't get their information. I hit him head on, right on his left rear fender. The wheel was bent at a 45 degree angle.