Hey now you guys can't yell at me, so I'll tell you why I like these cars.
They handle GREAT. Go to an autocross, and you'll see some ACRs kickin' some ass. In road and track, they took a stock ACR, threw some sticky hoosier race tires on it, adjust the konis to full firm, and pulled over 1 G on the skidpad! NUTS! And they're peppy: 1/4 mile in about 15.5-16.5 depending on the engine, 17 seconds for an automatic (blech). And for some reason, I'm not sure what it is in the suspension, but they're just FUN to drive.
I'm sure some of you have driven a rental one before, and yeah, those probably sucked.... but as SVX owners, you must know that it's all in how a car is taken care of. Now is when some of you will say "Oh just go sell your SVX and buy a neon (cough UNCAMITSKI cough)".
NO WAY.
I like the SVX way better than I did my neon... in some ways. I love how luxurious, comfy, exotic, and excentric the SVX is. LOVE IT. What I miss is the cheapness of parts, simple construction, and go-kart like handling. What I don't miss is one of the cheapest interiors known to man (beaten only by the chevy cavalier) that's a total rattle trap. Blech. Plus.... neons don't get ANY respect, as most of you show them... but they deserve more.
CR reports says they're unreliable, but that's BS. They had a headgasket problem from 95-97, and in mid 97 it was FIXED. They updated the headgasket and biggidy bam, no more head gasket problems.
Anyway, here's some pics of my old one, it was a 97 Coupe, SOHC, polished aluminum strut bars, KYB GR2 struts, DOHC muffler (less back pressure), 16" tsw Trophies, Yokohama A550Vs (same tires that I have on my SVX
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I'm hell bent on getting another coupe someday, gutting it, putting on sticky tires, then dropping in a 2.4 liter 4 banger from a stratus since it basically bolts right in. With a few bolt ons it'll have close to 200hp with about 230 ft lbs of torque, all in an extremely rigid chassis that weighs about 2100-2200 lbs.
FUN FUN FUN!
But yeah, they suck ass for daily driving.... well... the gas mileage is good...but other htan that... blech.
- Rob
PS: Any questions just ask