Railton; son ripped the tranny bellhousing in half so one half still attached to motor and one half to tranny and when clutch depresses, the two halfs split and so on. So in order to just see what kind of damage occurred would mean rear drive shalf out, transfercase out, all that turbo piping, front axles, one of which I know won't come out from other fix, then tranny out all on a 14 year old car. So a possible $2000 job because I know other parts would be needed and it would take us about 10 days (in other words, all damm summer). Great car though.
Saint11; It was a fluke. Wouldn't have got it normally. Dealer says, and on
www.clubsi.com as well, the car is overpriced for target market. Namely young kids. Dealer says almost sold 5 times but insurance was killing deal for young ricer kids and older folks either hated the colour or didn't understand the merits of the car. This is Hanover after all.
Jeff1; Dealer was right on when he told me shifter takes about 2 minutes to get used to. It is perfect in this car because one sits rather high up in relation to the floor. Although, it doesn't feel that way because the roof is very high. Big time room in cabin being a hatch. The shifter quality was a huge surprise. Perfecto, IMO. Both son and I amazed at how light the clutch was.
Dealer invoice was $24,000 and small change and he was compensated by Honda for loss so he says.
Overall, excellent. Now just $26,000 to pay off!
