Red-Line

"2Fast2Furious: Rotary Powered" (2fast2furiousfc3s) 02/17/2020 at 14:41 • Filed to: None

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Honda powered, ground effects, sport SUV?

A true icon of weird cars, I totally need one, shame I can't find basically any for sale (except one I found in Florida), trying all car sale search engines Nationwide comes up with a ton of the second gen redline which is terrible, good new is that I saw one a few weeks ago, if I see it again I might just ask to buy it from the owner.

Notchback88 > 2Fast2Furious: Rotary Powered 02/17/2020 at 14:48

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My ex-wife wanted a Vue so bad. I have no idea why, other than that her 1997 Saturn SW2 wagon was fun to drive (5-speed), reliable, and got good mileage. I don’t think she ever did get one, though. 

2Fast2Furious: Rotary Powered > Notchback88 02/17/2020 at 14:50

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It s really weird, I think the original Vue was a huge trend as I see so many of them for sale and still driving around, but I barley see any redlines, which makes sense considering it was an SUV first and a “ sports car” second, but damn if it ain't a challenge to buy a redline these days

Notchback88 > 2Fast2Furious: Rotary Powered 02/17/2020 at 14:53

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Looks like, at least according to Autotrader, there’s only six Red Lines for sale nation-wide. It’s hard to tell from the wikipedia page but the second generation looks like it still uses the Honda 3.5? According to the J35 page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_J_engine#J35S , the J35S1 is only in 04-07s. Bummer. None are for sale.

Weeeeeird. 

2Fast2Furious: Rotary Powered > Notchback88 02/17/2020 at 15:05

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Yeah it's like they've been wiped off the face of the earth

feather-throttle-not-hair > 2Fast2Furious: Rotary Powered 02/17/2020 at 15:25

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Man, i remember kinda liking these when they came out. They can’t be much faster than a ‘normal’ modern compact SUV though right? Something like the first gen RDX, or a Rav-4 from that period when Toyota said “Fuck it” and put their 260 hp engine in it.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > 2Fast2Furious: Rotary Powered 02/17/2020 at 15:53

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Some good friends of mine had a red, Honda V-6 (but not redline) one of these from new until about a year and 275k ago.  That thing had basically no maintenance beyond an occasional oil change and they drove it for over a decade without missing a beat.  It soldiered on for years after being hit while parked by a garbage truck.  It sported plenty of red racers tape to keep the water out inside from broken plastic body panels, but it still kept on going.

2Fast2Furious: Rotary Powered > feather-throttle-not-hair 02/18/2020 at 00:34

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Yeah they're rates for 250 hp form a Honda j35 to the crank, so not that fast, but faster than other compact SUVs of the time and class I guess

feather-throttle-not-hair > 2Fast2Furious: Rotary Powered 02/18/2020 at 02:29

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I guess they also had an available M/T, which admittedly is ultra cool. I actually think a huge part of the reason I hate driving SUV’s has to do with the fact that so few of them come with manuals. When I do get to drive one with a manual, i find I can much more easily enjoy the experience.

I secretly kind of want a first generation Cayenne GTS with a manual.