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i drove one not too long ago, for what it is its pretty nice actually, and i liked the feel of the interior. i could see myself getting one for a daily when they come down a lil in price
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u drove mine jay 
like a couple days after i got it hah
and yea as for the plates, there’s the system VCTS i think it was, anyway there’s 4 plates in the intake that open and shut, only held on by one screw each, its common for the screw to come loose into the head and so does the plate, happened at idle for me, sitting in the turning lane and the car died, started it back up to hear horrid grinding/metal to metal noises
i just went and tried to find the TSB but i couldn’t find it on alldata
oh yea, there is a way to remove those plates and its not too hard, just need a MP3 ECU and modify the intake mani some