Let’s close the thread and stop feeding the troll. You’re clearly not a “possible buyer”. You sure as hell aren’t a serious one. You said yourself in your first post that you’re looking elsewhere when the car isn’t even on sale and we know only snippets about it. Why should Chrispy take you...
The 1.5t in my Accord is great, but it's also 3100 pounds. I'm sure that engine would be just fine in the Sport. The main issue I see though is that he shouldn't be banned for expressing that opinion, assuming he wasn't being a total ass. Even then....
Are you time attacking trails? For the majority of off-roaders, we want to enjoy our time off-road and outdoors. We want to have fun. Not speed through it as fast as possible. Certainly not with our significant others, kids, pets, etc.
Would've been this:
Just sold it last week though. In the last month, I've found out that I got into grad school for an MBA, AND my wife is pregnant. Definitely excited, but sucks to see my fun stuff (besides guns) have to go (for now).
I have nothing against autos and would absolutely get one for my wife, who hates driving stick. Modern autos are great, but I could care less about shift speed and going fast in my off-road vehicle that's shaped like a brick.
I take issue when the auto guys put down people who want a manual...