nocwage

I've experienced this myself.
I went for a cruise with a buddy who has an 05 WRX, when we were on a particularly straight section of backroad he decided to go full throttle.
My bone stock SE-R Spec-V held on just fine with no distance lost to the WRX. He couldn't pull away.
From a standstill it's a different story, his awd means he rockets ahead right away. Once we're rolling he doesn't pull further but I can't reel him in either.

I was also dissapointed how poorly the stock WRX handles in tight corners compared to my Sentra. He had to take much wider turns than I did.

Ahh the beauty of AWD's added weight.

NP6000

I once had the opportunity to race an friends '95 prelude SR-V, while I had a new (at the time) '03 wrx wagon auto.

First run I had one car length to 120km/h

Second run he launched properly and spanked me real good. like 6 or 7 car lengths.

Moral of the story. stock wrx's aren't that fast.

B6T

Automatic WRXs are at least a full second slower through the 1/4 mile then a 5-speed WRX, so that's not a good comparison.

graves

Stock WRX's aren't that quick, but a TBE and any ECU, and not too many of you would touch'em. My best run Stage 2 was mid 12's, but I left my clutch at the line, it takes a lot of practice to perfect the launch, but once you got it, its golden.

3aXap

main idea of dragracing awd cars is the jump at the begining. Without the jump they are nothing. So no surprise you beat him on a highway.

Yes and miata IS a gay car. It actualy makes me laugh even more then smart. Ughwhy would you buy that piece of , especialy for the city. Cavalier is so much more respactable then it

B6T

Plain and simple, you're en retarded. You think a Cavalier, with its almighty 115hp 2.2L pushrod four cylinder, rear drum brakes, and twist beam rear suspension, is much more respectable then a 2200lb RWD sports car with four wheel independant dual wishbone suspension and 50/50 weight distribution, whose engine can easily be boosted to 250whp. Never open your mouth again.

Blown_mx5

agreed!

And well said.


He clearly is not a real enthusist at all. For him to make such a ignorant remark is beyond me!

He prob thinks there gay cause the only veiw of them he get's are the rear tail lights!

88CeliGT

You in Cavi guys need to end yourselves. Your stupidity is getting annoying.

3aXap

lolz. man this forum is amuzing.

what 115 hp are you talking about. z24 is 150 and nowdays 2.2 puts out 140...so yeah...

This reminds me of one russian forum where a never ending fight is going on between bmw and toyota (m5 vers supra to be precise). But here its civic vs cavy. LOL!!! shows how dull canada really is.

And yeah miata is gay...freakin 2 seater cabrio

kyriian

why? just cause its a 2 seater its gay? then a boxster is gay? then a Lambo Murcielago is gay too?
sorry, but i happen to like the miata! small and cute, but tight and accurate, to the point in the corners, slow as hell, but who cares when they can eat anything up at autox?

StealthZ

lmao, yup...blown_mx5, you drive a cute car...congrats

kyriian

guys... cars have no sexuality, they are neither gay nor straight.. cars are just dam cars! is a h2 straight just cuze its big and got that whole macho image?

Blown_mx5

Just think that cute "gay car" would put buslenghts on you.

nocwage

At first I thought that this was sarcastic, especially since you misspelled respectable.. but after the second post I guess it's not.

We are talking about two cars in entirely different markets.
Even the Z24 is just a regular cheap commuter car. It cannot be held in the same category as Type-R, SiR, Spec-V etc.. let alone a SPORTS CAR like the Miata.
Cavaliers don't make much power, handling is nothing to write home about and they aren't reliable.

You might be able to make it fast, you might be able to make it handle but out of the box they are poor/average at everything. They deserve no more respect than any other car in it's class (corolla, sentra, civic, escort, focus..)

The Miata on the other hand is a very capable car, it's not the fastest in a straight line but it has all the other qualities that make a car fun. Cavaliers have NONE of those.

3aXap

i know that cavalier is an econobox and theres no reason to compare it to Type-R, SiR, Spec-V etc. Thats why you compare it to the cars in its class. and compared to them its fine.

I would prefer to drive any 4 dr car to a miata. What makes miata gay is how unpractical it is. its like a ing toy. can be only used to have fun...cavalier is at least a real car