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Well, so far my experience at Dick Ide Honda has been enjoyable, until this morning.  My salesman, Adam, and the sales manager Roberto were a pleasure to work with - they always went out of their way to make sure I was happy, so they can rest assured this write up has nothing to do with them - they are doing their jobs, and doing them well.

This morning was the 2nd time I brought my 2009 Si FA5 into the dealership to get the rev hang issue looked at.  I also let the service writer know that there was another problem - throttle lag.  This throttle lag came into existence after my ECU was reflashed with an update from Honda on Friday. This is a new issue.

We've seen hundred of threads regarding availability of 2010 Civic Si's - be it a coupe or a sedan.  It's a shame that I passed up the opportunity to get into a new Si a few months ago, they had the exact config that I wanted - a black Si coupe.  

After deciding to get out of my current car and into a new Si, both Honda dealers here in Rochester, NY could not find me ANY Si's - coupes and sedans are nowhere to be found. Rumor has it that Honda is only allocating a few Si's for the entire state of New York for 2011.  Whether or not that's true is beyond me.  

After walking around the lot impatiently, knowing that I wouldn't be happy in just a regular Civic with a 140hp engine, I noticed they had a Polished Metallic Civic Si sedan on the lot - but it was a 2009!  Due to the residual value of the car, they showed me some numbers and I quickly realized it would be a waste to lease the car, so I decided on a buy.  I really wanted to get into an Si badly.  

We would like to hear your comments about the availability of the Si's in 2011.  Why isn't Honda telling dealers how many they are allocating?  Si's sell so well anyways, are they doing this purposely to increase demand even more?  I've seen a quote on a forum once and I can't stress it more:

"Sometimes scarcity is artificially created."

Your thoughts?