Subaru STI beats Honda Civic in more ways than one!

[elevator farter #81]

http://www.local6.com/news/8955714/detail.html

(this is what we call "Darwin cleaning the Honda gene pool")

 

[Monique Y. Mudama]

http://www.local6.com/news/8955714/detail.html

(this is what we call "Darwin cleaning the Honda gene pool")

Is the implication of that article that the subaru driver was at
fault?

 

[Steve Jones]

Is the implication of that article that the subaru driver was at
fault?

I don't think so. In the slideshow of images, they mention it being hard
to find the subaru because the two cars never touched. However, that's
not to say the driver wouldn't be guilty of a number of crimes - street
racing, leaving the scene, etc.

Steve
http://home.wideopenwest.com/~sejones/stanleycup/cup2006/

 

[SuperPoo]

I don't think so. In the slideshow of images, they mention it being hard
to find the subaru because the two cars never touched. However, that's
not to say the driver wouldn't be guilty of a number of crimes - street
racing, leaving the scene, etc.

I can't see how he can be charged with leaving the scene-- the Subaru was
not "involved" in the accident in a physical sense.

 

[Monique Y. Mudama]

I can't see how he can be charged with leaving the scene-- the
Subaru was not "involved" in the accident in a physical sense.

That's what I was thinking.

 

[Carl 1 Lucky Texan]

That's what I was thinking.

I think some States have 'failure to render aid' or similar laws. Even
though I don't have a cell phone, likely one of those 2 folks in the STI
do, or they should've called it in from a pay phone and helped to direct
emergency vehicles to the scene. I DO NOT feel that any charges related
to speeding should be levied since there is no witnessing officer. But
there may be some type of law they violated. I'd want someone to call
the authorites to come help me ASAP.

Carl

 

[Body Roll]

Can't STI crowd pick up on cars similar to their class? Evo, M3,
Corvette, whatever.
I think racing a Civic in an STI is pathetic.

 

[Carl 1 Lucky Texan]

Can't STI crowd pick up on cars similar to their class? Evo, M3,
Corvette, whatever.
I think racing a Civic in an STI is pathetic.

Might depend on mods in the civic - but yeah, likely outclassed.

street racers - whatta ya gonna do?

Carl

 

[Body Roll]

In the twisties with the proper rubber and suspension upgrades it might
have an edge.
But dragracingwise, like in the case with the poor idiot that got
killed, regardless of the mods on the Civic even your unmodified WRX
would blow doors on it. Let alone STI. There's just no contest.
With an aftermarket turbo on a Civic you still get a one wheel drive
car vs. three wheel drive
in your case and 4wd in STI. I think Civic/RSX drivers learned long ago
that dollar for dollar they
lose.

 

[Yousuf Khan]

Can't STI crowd pick up on cars similar to their class? Evo, M3,
Corvette, whatever.
I think racing a Civic in an STI is pathetic.

I wonder if the deliberate rice-racer look of the STI make people think
it's just another hot-rodded subcompact? So some kid in a Civic with all
of the same spoilers and stripes thinks he can take on an STI because it
looks pretty similar to his own whip?

Yousuf Khan

 

[Carl 1 Lucky Texan]

I wonder if the deliberate rice-racer look of the STI make people think
it's just another hot-rodded subcompact? So some kid in a Civic with all
of the same spoilers and stripes thinks he can take on an STI because it
looks pretty similar to his own whip?

Yousuf Khan

That is one of the (2-3) reasons I didn't get an STi . Every kid in a
Mustang or a 'chipped' F150 or who-knows-what modded VW or Honda is
gonna want to pull against you. Then you've got that whale-tail that is
gonna attract the cops, maybe your car gets 'keyed' in the parking lot,
etc. It seemed like fun when I test drove it and I'm sure folks enjoy
them, but it wasn't for me. Let the youngsters have 'em. Problem is
'daddy' is likely putting them into the hands of 'junior' who has little
respect for the power and ability of the vehicle.

ymmv

Carl

 

[Body Roll]

If I had a hunior there's no way I'd shell $33k plus tax for his
transportation.
What is the "keyed" issue?

 

[Monique Y. Mudama]

In the twisties with the proper rubber and suspension upgrades it
might have an edge. But dragracingwise, like in the case with the
poor idiot that got killed, regardless of the mods on the Civic even
your unmodified WRX would blow doors on it. Let alone STI. There's
just no contest. With an aftermarket turbo on a Civic you still get
a one wheel drive car vs. three wheel drive in your case and 4wd in
STI. I think Civic/RSX drivers learned long ago that dollar for
dollar they lose.

Three wheel? What do you mean by that?

It's true that kids driving civics want to race you from the light,
but I consider this an advantage -- I accelerate just enough to get
them going, but let them pull ahead, hopefully acting as cop bait.

 

[Carl 1 Lucky Texan]

Three wheel? What do you mean by that?

It's true that kids driving civics want to race you from the light,
but I consider this an advantage -- I accelerate just enough to get
them going, but let them pull ahead, hopefully acting as cop bait.

hahaha! you are wapce!

;^)

Carl

 

[Carl 1 Lucky Texan]

If I had a hunior there's no way I'd shell $33k plus tax for his
transportation.
What is the "keyed" issue?

Someone might purposefully scratch the side of it, vandalism born outta
envy or ???


Carl

 

[Monique Y. Mudama]

hahaha! you are wapce!

;^)

I had to look that up ... I'll consider it a compliment in this
context =)

 

[Carl 1 Lucky Texan]

I had to look that up ... I'll consider it a compliment in this
context =)

I was hoping you'd catch the 'old style' emoticon.

Carl

 

[Body Roll]

Monique Y. Mudama was wondering:

Three wheel? What do you mean by that?

two rear wheels and one of the fronts on WRX
vs one of the fronts on civic (except Si that now has LSD).

Someone might purposefully scratch the side of it, vandalism born outta
envy or ???

It saddens me that the machines with the best road handling capacity
under $40k get
trashed. I saw a red Evo with some grafitti once :-(

 

[William S. Hubbard]

A good tactic. I've used it for years..on the freeway, I've done that
with Beemer drivers, sometimes for hundreds of miles,,

 

[CompUser]

No, the Civic won't ever have an edge over a WRX
in the twisties.


Some of the Honda boys who are putting
400-700 horses to the ground would smile
to hear you say that.