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- 4 September 2000
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I felt the same way, and I can't remember ever launching my other cars, even though many have the feature. I've sat shotgun in my buddies Turbo S for a couple of launches, and all I can say it that its terrifying as a passenger. I think the 0-60 time on that car is 2.2.Neither have I. Seems abusive lol
In the case of my S-Type, I kinda decided I wanted to try it, and I reasoned that if Honda engineered it, they intended it to be used, so I found an empty desert road, switched it to race mode, and with my left foot on the brake and my right foot on the gas, I gave it a go. The revs only bumped up to about 3500 rpm as I recall, and the readout said something like "launch ready." Took my foot off the brake and then warped into a different dimension. Holy crap. Someone hand me the barf bag.
Didn't really feel like it was hard on the car at all, but it was certainly hard on my inner ear. VERTIGO and lots of adrenaline. Once was enough, thank you very much. I can't imagine doing that from a stoplight...