.....alignment can make a big difference. MY04 should check the factory alignment, I know mine wasn't great. Having my aligment done really improved highspeed cornering. I haven't felt the car being 'twitchy' per say but I will say corner limits were much lower on stock alignment. It would tend to complain at lower speeds(and understeer) Since the alignment it handles high speed corners much better(and no understeering). Have had the alignment for less than a week so I'm still pushing the limits of the new alignment.

 

It is well documented, at least pre-04, that from the factory the alignment is often very far from spec. It has been recommended that an alignment be negotiated into the price of the car to ensure it meets the factory specs.

 

BINGO!

The problem is that that your hearing (in the auto sense) can only improve with experience, unlike life where one's hearing degrades over time.

this isn't a floaty front-drive old-school caddy. those things are silent and meant to that way. that S isa HIGH-PERFORMANCE, rear-drive car capable of making some good speed in a short distance.



you can post a thousand replies on a thousand threads and people are still going to crack this car up. it's inevitable. and i concer with the concurrance above about the '00's and '01's that are selling in the high-teens to teens that are high on the new found glory of driving a fast car. insurance and accident rates are bound to climb.

 

This happened when shifting from first to second, and 35 to 40 MPH, so the motor was in VTEC, and the car was on a WET, OILY surface that also had gravel. For sake, if that doesn't reflect an error in judgement, then perhaps Russian Roulette would make an interesting Olympic Sport. Power shifting has nothing to do with putting too much power down while accelerating on a low traction surface, and it should not take a major accident for people to figure this out. I've had my spin, thank you very much, and it was NOT the cars fault. Anyone who blames the car should not be allowed back into a high performance vehicle, because THEY are dangerous.

Yes, I absolutely agree that it is crappy the way some people kick others when they are down, but having been there myself, I can say that I did as much kicking as anyone (kicking myself), and couldn't argue that I was not the one who had made the error in judgement that resulted in a spin and loss of control.

What happened here is that it was (apparently falsely) asserted that this was the third car the guy totaled. I think we'd all agree that anyone who trashes three cars in a row, by their own hand, needs to find a different form of transportation. As we have seen, that isn't the case here, and some of the comments in this thread were directed at that scenario, not any particular individual.

Those who think their car causes their accidents don't learn anything from the experience. Again, that does not appear to be the case here.

RED

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Strike
It is well documented, at least pre-04, that from the factory the alignment is often very far from spec.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by CrazyPhuD
Hmmmm....so maybe we should start a thread(and sticky) for new to RWD or the S in general.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by honda606

 

RED MX5- I was not blaming the car in this situation. However, many people do find themselves at stoplights on roads that they have not checked out before hand and do get a little heavy on the throttle. I for one NEVER do this anymore because of my previous experience. In my situation I was excelerating normally, messed up shifting and put it into gear at too high of an RPM on a poor conditioned road. I was not expecting this at all and it cost me over $4500 I later found out that one of my rear tires was 12 psi lower than the other. I did learn a valuable lesson from this and I'm 100times more careful in all situations now. I fully agree that in these situations it is the driver and not the car. I'm glad that people have the courage to post these knowing they are going to get flamed because it constantly gives us reminders to BE CAREFUL.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Ace10
you can post a thousand replies on a thousand threads and people are still going to crack this car up.

 

Edit: oops...misunderstood the above post.

Thanks for the clarification, folex.