2010 Evo X SE Registry
Dec 12, 2010, 07:06 PM
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...Had to use my cellphone as illuminator
Dec 13, 2010, 08:34 AM
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Then I test drove a G70, without knowing anything about its tranny, and it too was as much The Suck as those POS rental cars.
Still the SST seemed like the best choice for a guy who deals with enough DC Beltway traffic that I choose to drive my MDX to work instead of my manual VIII. And that broke my heart every day but not as much as my distain for my commute in a stick.
Answering your question ... the first few days I started to regret my choice. The SST was amazing technically and when doing a WOT run on an entrance ramp, but I still missed that feel of handling the shifting myself. My body could not reconcile having no clutch but dealing with the shifts myself. It was a muscle memory thing since my other car is an auto and my body quickly identifies when I should be in auto mode versus manual mode.
Then two things happened. First I drove it to work, in traffic, and I immediatly understood why I made the choice I did. I was having FUN with my car in 2 miles of stop and go traffic that was all uphill. And understand, this traffic isn't an occasional thing. It happens EVERY DAY, TWO TIMES A DAY. It is just life in DC/N. VA and driving onto a base that is overloaded to start with and now is accepting 20k more people thanks to BRAC.
Second, and this is really the key, I started to remember to shift and but forgot that I didn't have a clutch. That is to say, I actually find myself stabbing for the clutch when I have to make fast stops or pulling into a parking spot. My brain and body have made the leap, and accepted that I am driving something more than a damn automatic. Make no mistake, if this were a track car I'd probably still want a manual just for the fun of it, though I LOVE being able to shift mid corner at WOT without upsetting anything, so perhaps not.
So, a very long winded answer to your question, but frankly this was exactly the type of story I was looking for when I was on the fence with my choice. I wanted to hear from someone who didn't just say, "oh yeah well I got the SST because it is a daily driver and so I'm just accepting it as a less of two evils." I wanted to hear from someone who had really embraced the SST beyond saying, "I love it".
Dec 13, 2010, 03:45 PM
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Yeah nor other numbers found on the car 
Would it have been so hard to put a sticker or plate. Heck for all we know we're just getting random key chains based on which one a dude pulls out of a box. If it isn't even just purchase order :O
Would it have been so hard to put a sticker or plate. Heck for all we know we're just getting random key chains based on which one a dude pulls out of a box. If it isn't even just purchase order :O
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Dec 13, 2010, 03:54 PM
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Mine was October 24th, 2010
