I don't have any rattles on mine as well, its suuuper solid. Even my buddies (who know nothing about evo's or sti's) commented on how smooth and solid the car felt. I actually came from a GDB STi amd that thing was a rattlebox, every bump and train crossing I half expected the car to fall apart, lol.

 

i am beyond excited, can't wait to get back to the states and pick up my GSR!

 

Came from a fully built 2000 Si Civic. Thing screamed, but my X makes me wanna do bad things and handles like a dream on the Autobahn. Maybe it's just the great roads in germany, but I'm not noticing too much rattle in the X. My civic however was gutted interior and way too freaking loud and rattled at highway speeds. Maybe that has tainted my opinion in a good way towards the X.

 

I had three Ludes, the last one was a 2000 5th gen non-SH. I had a friend with an SH, though. I have lots of time behind the wheel of 4th and 5th gen Ludes.

I am not meaning to sound negative toward the Lude, but the SH's ATTS is a wannabe gadget compared to the Evo X's SAYC system. The handling of the X is in a whole other league, AWD and active yaw control allow the car to have real oversteer, not just a reduction in push like the ATTS in the BB6 Ludes. While there is no VTEC sound, the acceleration difference is stark, and the Evo is much faster in every instrumented test of acceleration, handling, braking.

The best way to sum it up is that the Prelude is training wheels, but the Evo is much closer to a serious performance car. Its a natural growth stage from Prelude, and a stepping stone for a driving enthusiast before he goes on to something more serious like a GTR, Porsche, or Z06.

I hope this helps.

 

i used to have an 89 prelude si 2.0 with four wheel steering. it was the first (and only) production car to have mechanical 4 wheel steering. you could do a complete circle on a 2 lane road without doing a 3 point turn