Quote Originally Posted by someon3 View Post
I'm an absolutely noob, this's the first Honda for me. But I thought Vtec kicks in at 4krmp? I'm surely feel it flies around that mark. so pls correct me if I'm wrong too.
the cl9 ivtec kicks in at 6000rpm. Its different for every model/engine.

As far as tiny lag while starting, that is normal. I at first I thought the same when I bought this, but that is how it is.

And your car was off for a year? I hope you did a service to change the oil (+filter) and other fluids as necessary.