No need to "keep fingers crossed" for the clutch... My 2017 Si shows no hints of slippage, FWIW (and I'm definitely a more aggressive driver than average)
Nice review. I'm (still) loving mine and plan on keeping it until the wheels start falling off. 🙂
I hope the Active Sound Control thing can be turned off. Whatever idiot thought that up needs to be fired :)
A tiny bit less HP isn't that big of a deal IMO; body/chassis improvements are much more important variables in the fun-to-drive factor, at least to me, than 5 or 10 more HP.
Glad they (Honda) came back to their senses... Let's see if the Si gets one. This was one of the two things I really disliked about my (otherwise awesome!) 2017 Si, the other one being the motorized e-brake...
Thanks for posting and congrats!
Less plastic on the outside is a good thing. Wish the nose was shorter...
As for overall/"actual" looks -- I'm reserving any judgement until I actually see one in person/IRL. With the 10th gen, I was disappointed with the initial images, but it ended up looking SO much better in person (to me...