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As an interesting aside, my fellow Auto-X friend with the '02 RSX purchased a G35 coupe 6MT about two weeks back. We ran it up to the auto-X track this last weekend and he had a problem: At 6'1" he could not put his helmet on and sit in a good driving position. The roof on this car is LOW.
I was able to get inside with my helmet without a problem (@ 5'9") and was able to take a few spins around both the Auto-X and GP courses. Very fun, particularly with the VDC turned off. Running on stock Protenzas so the rubber was sub-par to what I have been running in the Si. This car is heavy. It certainly has power to spare, and grunts out of corners very well (and let me say the "Rear Active Steering Package" is kind of neat as well), however, the weight is an issue, particularly coming off a run in my Si. My auto-X times were pretty abysmal (as I expected given first time in the car, different handling, etc.), but my GP course times were okay. The extra power in car shines on the straights on the GP track.
We need to figure out what he is going to do with the helmet issue as he goes out to the track every other weekend (and is the person who took me out to my first auto-x back in the past). I am sure he will figure something out as I know he is not giving up the track.
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