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Gearing is definitely huge- and FL5 gearing I think is mainly set for fun above all else. 1st you get up to like 31, 2nd 62 ish, 3rd 83ish, 4th 115h, 5th 140, 6th 180 You can easily break traction if you floor it below 3rd- 3rd will also brake traction if you are tuned or on non ideal road/temp...

FL5 will be somewhat competitive with a scatpack in a roll but it will lose. FL5 is strong in a roll for its power but 315hp stock will only go so far. Simplest rule of thumb is just look at power to weight- that will roughly tell you how good a car is at accelerating(how fun the acceleration...

The people who use phrases like "it's just a civic" simply have zero clue what they are talking about- most are probably under 18 or are simply pretend car enthusiasts. The Mustang GTD is $318,000 and people buy it, even though it's "just a mustang" a car you can get for $25,000". Companies...

I'll keep it short and simple. If you care about the driving experience, the FL5 Type R is a superior car to the M2, Nismo Z, and Darkhorse and it's not even close. The CTR is a light weight direct handling car with a shifting experience that BMW, Nissan, and Ford have never in their history...

1. Faraday cage. Keep the keys inside. Keep one at home. Keep another one in your suitcase if you take the car on road trips for when the car is parked. They're $10 on Amazon. Nobody will be copying your key. 2. OBD2 lock. Nobody will be reprogramming their own key to your car. 3. Advanced...

Just practice a little more. No need to disassemble the clutch for what is essentially a skill issue. Screwing with the shifting experience on a Honda is like replacing steak with tofu.

I can only speak for the Phearable tune from personal experience but definitely seems to be doing both- changing how much power is allowed in 1st and 2nd and also adjusting VSA. In the most extreme setting it is absurdly easy to get the entire car to rotate- when in stock form it would just...

Phearable's FL5 tune has multiple maps that have different levels of traction control that you can select on the fly if that is something you're looking for. 1 - Street1 - Base street settings with limited slip allowed. Designed for optimal traction. 2 - Street2 - More aggressive first and...

It's still by a country mile, the greatest turbo 4 in production today. You drive literally any other turbo 4 including that 416hp AMG merc and the engine runs out of breath far before the redline. CTR just pulls hard all the way to the upshift- it's a unique characteristic of this engine that...

Honda in its entire history has never made an Si or Type R that wasn't a pure driver's car and manual exclusive. They always have taken their performance offerings very seriously. Competitors put things like M or ST badges on SUVs because they are run by bean counters selling pretend enthusiast...

Could they have made a 400hp FL5? Sure could have. But Honda has a reputation of reliability to maintain Focus RS, Merc, WRX, Elantra N engines are all going to die way before the K20. Focus RS engine isn't even safe to run stock lol.

Something neat is the car actually comes with a phone holder, it's right below the USB ports.

There's your issue right there. These tires should not be regularly driven or rather driven at all in temps that cold.

Si is still a phenomenal car so don't be disappointed if you end up with it long term. It's super lightweight compared to just about anything else out there nowadays, has a great shifter, and an LSD. Modding a Type R is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more expensive than an Si. Absolutely every single...

Progress marches on. The funniest thing to me is this is faster around the ring than any Golf R they have made so far.

That's simply not true. There's plenty of posts around here showing that even Cup2 only shaves off a few seconds on a 2 minute lap vs PS4S. You would really only need something above PS4S if you are seriously racing. Casual track days and autocross PS4S is plenty.

What's the issue? PS4S is the gold standard.

Yep, it sucks because they claim "first two years of maintenance on us" by which they mean oil change and tire rotation- but in reality it means they will only do the tire rotation with the oil change, which is 15% or less on the MM. Waiting that long will mean you're putting excess wear on...

There is no point whatsoever in getting a hybrid Civic if getting something fun to drive and modifiable are your goals. You want an Si. It's lighter, has a limited slip differential, an outstanding gearbox, and many other performance oriented changes that a normal Civic does not have that make...

Type S is a watered down Type R- it doesn't in any way satisfy the same enthusiast itch and it is nowhere near as special. To answer your question, I think it's too early to tell or put a ton of faith in that article. Just have to wait and see as info comes out over time.