Well I went to the dealership I bought my SC2 from to go test drive a Redline before I go and buy one with the Competition Package (which I will have to do a lot of debating with my parents for this one). So I pull up to the lot and immediately see 2 Redlines, one blue and one silver, sitting side by side diagonally parked next to the regular QCs. I immediately slam the brakes and start drooling. The guy behind me lays on his horn and I snap back to reality and park. I go inside and am immediately greeted by the same guy that sold me my SC2. We chat for a bit, and I talk him into a test drive.
He pulls the car up to the doors and he pops the hood to put the dealer tag on. I notice the trunk lid mounting is exactly the same as my SC2 so I will easily be able to do the trunk flip mod like I have on my car now. That's just a sidenote that I'm not too worried about. So he drives it off the lot and gives it a good run, chirping up to 3rd and pulling like a madman, and does a nice little slalom thing on a backroad at like 60. That car rides like it's on rails. The handling was comparable to my friend's RSX Type-S with a full Tein suspension. He pulls into a parking lot and it’s my turn to drive. I get to start it because he accidentally left it in gear. I turn the key quick and let it go, but it didn't have that feature that everyone was talking about how it will keep trying to start even without you constantly holding the key turned. No big deal. So I go and let out too much clutch without enough gas, the car jumps then stalls. I learn from my mistake, and we're off. Now there was one thing that was bothering me the ENTIRE time I was driving. The floormat. I don't have them in my SC2, and my heel was constantly getting caught on the edge and I wouldn't let the clutch out all the way until my foot got unstuck. This was just because I’m not used to having floormats and is no fault of the Redline.
Now, to say this car is better than my SC2 is a gross understatement. The ION QC is better than my SC2. The Redline was leaps and bounds above the SC2. Now from hanging out on these forums, I knew that the tach was a few hundred rpms behind the actual engine speed, and this prevented me from nipping the limiter at all while driving. I made several trips to redline but didn’t hit the limiter at all, which surprised both me and the salesman. Now my SC2 is autotragic, but my friend’s SC2 is manual and I’ve shifted his a couple times so I was used to where his gears were. I had some trouble finding 3rd when I tried to shift quickly, I wasn’t going far enough over.
This car is freaking awesome! I am totally in love with this car. I am hoping to get a Competition Package Redline by Christmas. I’m going to need a lot of help talking my parents into this one.
He pulls the car up to the doors and he pops the hood to put the dealer tag on. I notice the trunk lid mounting is exactly the same as my SC2 so I will easily be able to do the trunk flip mod like I have on my car now. That's just a sidenote that I'm not too worried about. So he drives it off the lot and gives it a good run, chirping up to 3rd and pulling like a madman, and does a nice little slalom thing on a backroad at like 60. That car rides like it's on rails. The handling was comparable to my friend's RSX Type-S with a full Tein suspension. He pulls into a parking lot and it’s my turn to drive. I get to start it because he accidentally left it in gear. I turn the key quick and let it go, but it didn't have that feature that everyone was talking about how it will keep trying to start even without you constantly holding the key turned. No big deal. So I go and let out too much clutch without enough gas, the car jumps then stalls. I learn from my mistake, and we're off. Now there was one thing that was bothering me the ENTIRE time I was driving. The floormat. I don't have them in my SC2, and my heel was constantly getting caught on the edge and I wouldn't let the clutch out all the way until my foot got unstuck. This was just because I’m not used to having floormats and is no fault of the Redline.
Now, to say this car is better than my SC2 is a gross understatement. The ION QC is better than my SC2. The Redline was leaps and bounds above the SC2. Now from hanging out on these forums, I knew that the tach was a few hundred rpms behind the actual engine speed, and this prevented me from nipping the limiter at all while driving. I made several trips to redline but didn’t hit the limiter at all, which surprised both me and the salesman. Now my SC2 is autotragic, but my friend’s SC2 is manual and I’ve shifted his a couple times so I was used to where his gears were. I had some trouble finding 3rd when I tried to shift quickly, I wasn’t going far enough over.
This car is freaking awesome! I am totally in love with this car. I am hoping to get a Competition Package Redline by Christmas. I’m going to need a lot of help talking my parents into this one.