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Crazies thing for me was that for only a few thousand more than a nice IX you can buy an X. In my case I bought an X for the same price as a much higher-mileage IX I was eyeing, but this was two years ago.

Just to echo kracka, I have a 2008 that I pushed pretty hard since I got it. I took some bad advice and pushed the stock fuel pump too far and it cost me dearly: broke a ring land at 28k miles and I 'got' to pull out the motor.

That being said, I have 18,500 miles on a stock-sleeved, .020 overbored motor with forged pistons and rods, ported head w/ dual valvesprings, medium-wild kelford cams, and a billet stock-frame turbo. The car runs full time on e85 making ~600hp. I get ~16mpg pure city driving and ~20mpg freeway, but thats e85.

I drag race once or twice a year so I change clutches more often than tires, but I drive thing every damn day, coldest days of winter and hottest days of summer, AC works as well as the snow tires and the car has technically never left me stranded.

There are a bunch of small things that can and will go wrong eventually, but with proper preventative maintenance and a little understanding that this is not a Accord I am 110% happy with the car.

SST tech has come soooo far in the last year even its crazy, guys are pushing the limit of the stock longblock and the 100% stock trans is lasting. I honestly wouldn't plan on drag racing it though, unless you plan on dumping a lot of cash into the trans. For a good, fun, comfy-ish DD, I pick the X.