Ok guys...thanx to amir bhai(@retrograde) today i checked this steermatic beauty for the first time...
about a year ago,i nd amir bhai were in contact through fone,mails nd pw etc...amir bhai always used to say that whenever u come to isb,do meet me nd i ll show u wat steermatic has got...yesterday we got a chance to meet up for the 1st time...so i went to meet him...
we had a nice chit chat for an hour or so,but amir bhai didnt had his car so i couldnt check it...today we met up again...nd got strieght to work:)
as soon as i sat in,the 1st thing i loved the optitrom meter...its brighter nd more easily readable as compared to my idsi's....then the drive...amir bhai demonstrated the modes nd use of the buttons etc...as i dont know much about auto cars...nd to b honest,i wasnt a big fan of auto...but this one made me change my mind...the acceleration was phenominal....i was astonished to see wat a serious horse the L15 vtec engine packs in...it reaches 130-140km/h in no time...the way gears(although there r no gears) behave is also very complex nd advanced ...just after the roll on,the car behaves like a manual...does perfect shifting in a specific mode,perfect for racing...nd in one mode it did something i never though was possible,the rpm stuck on 6000,nd the car is still picking up speed...how is this done? may b amir bhai can explain better....
the bottom line is that this car was much more then my expectations....specially the acceleration.steermatic kicks a$$ of an exi nd vti pros easily...nd i hope it can give a real tough time to 05 vti manual too...
its a pity that not many ppl bought it nd honda guys had to stop production:( it doesnt go well wid cng,or else i wud hav got it right away...
Anyways,in the end...
A BIG BIG THANKS to Amir bhai for all this...he made my day:) now im an even bigger steermatic fan then ever bofore.....