I think the gear driven cams to chain driven cams is the bigger hang up for most, it would be for me...same as newer HD's, people change to gear driven, more money, but money well spent... Manufacturers save huge with the chain driven cams from my understanding, cheap bastards! Many complaints heard on the VTEC engine, most I have read sound mostly like people afraid of change, some make sense though, sort of like the latest "ride/drive by wire" being installed on motorcycles, several people being skeptics, maybe for good reason, I don't know.