Owners of 5th Gen Vti-Rs.. How do they peform?

Hi Yall,

About to purchase my first car since the last one left me for honda heaven. Had a 96 VtiR Civic (B16A).

Question: How would a Semi-Automatic Vti-r Prelude feel/peform/handle compared to the Civic (which was a manual)?

96 Vtir Civic (B16A) - 118kW Man
98-01 Vtir Prelude (H2A) - 143/7kW Semi-Auto

Can you control an Auto with vtec to rev where you want it to? etc..

Thanks Guys!! =) =)

if you want the real vtec experience, go for a manual. After all vtec is what honda's are all about :p

tip wouldnt be too bad.. just manual is a completely different experience...

Dude go manual, or you will regret it.

manual kimbi.. its better

As for your other question you'd generally fine that the civic would outhandle the prelude, but in terms of driveability and performance there is really no contest, the prelude would win hands down.

the prelude would be more classier and its a cruiser..and would beat the civic hands down anyday...girls dig it more as well :D

get a prelude..its less common..but if you want manual get the civic

i am about to buy a car and i am looking at the 5th gen prelude vtir manual and the dc2r.
i haven't even test driven the prelude or integra yet but id definetely go manual over an auto prelude.

yeah dude manual for full vtec experience :)

Slow and heavy... go manual, or find you will be left in the dust by the b16a... at least for the first few hundred metres.

-az

Thanks for the info guys... i loved the civic but cant go back to it. Also im only looking at getting the semi Auto prelude not the manual, so really only interested in how that goes.


Also im not worried about picking up chicks :D

going for tiptronic ai, i guess its prob the same as an auto except gives you the option of shifting the rev range. Anyhow, still slower than a manual.