Spend the same amount of money honda owners spent on a muscle car or rwd tuner and compare :tup:

I remember watching the show a few years back on spike. They had a huge car meet, over 500 cars attended. A huge portion were civics, either hatches, coupes and/or sedans. One thing that stood out to me was one guy that spent over 25k on his motor. :eek: 25k and it was around 330hp.

Here's what I don't get... If you're going to spend money modding a car, why start with a POS econo-box grocery getter? Spend all you want on a Civic and at the end of the day it's still a ^%& Civic.:ugh2:

civic has a long history and fans of many sorts. i suppose to them it's a special car.

speaking of which, what do you guys think.

Honda Civic Type R Concept Blows Turbocharged Raspberry at USA » AutoGuide.com News

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^^nogaf they can keep it

i think the car looks okay. kinda not sure how torque steer's going to play...:ugh: at least if it was AWD..

i like the comments though... like these dreamers can really buy these cars anyway in volumes where american honda would be interested in spending the money to get it approved for the us market.

i think i read somewhere like $30K-35K for something like that... who the hell in the right mind would pay $35K for that in the US? A VERY small niche market.

thats the problem with civics in the us. the buyers are too cheap.

I drove my mom's 99 Civic for a month while my 370z was in the shop.
Only impressed by saving money on gas. lol

The concept of a Civic being a sleeper car is true, but somewhat flawed. Yes, if you dump enough money into it it can turn what was arguably one of the most boring cars into a quick, fun little car to zip around in. But to get a Civic to the point where it can take on a "big boy" and outrun it, the amount of money you would have to spend is ridiculous. For that same amount of money, you could buy a faster car and mod that. Never understood the point myself.

Now if we want to talk sleepers, I think AMC Gremlins still have access to that title. An ugly POS that most people didn't like and wouldn't even look at, but with just enough room to fit a big block V8 and the drive train to match. The 70's equivalent to getting passed by Honda Element.

now this thread and 90% of the posts in this one, is a true General forum thread.

Looks like it lost it's simplicity, which was always the big appeal to Honda's in the first place. At least the type R model.

very true. honda's slogan use to be 'honda, we make it simple.' :D

This never happens to me. I think I'm too old.

not a honda, but a chevy cobalt tried to race me... it sounded so bad with a fart can that i couldn't help but laugh

I was on my way home, a newer accord pull up next to me do the same thing. For crying out load, no I don't want to race you and your crappy car.

Today I was in my DD a 07 Prius and I pulled up next to a Black Ferrari 458. I know he was thinking "this dude wants to race" but did not want to lose to a hybrid so he backed down

I had a ups driver rev at me at the stoplight. I thought of all those packages his ppl drop off at my door and gave him a thumbs up

hondas are the only ones that want to race me

I can't believe how long this thread has gone-on for lol.

Meh, unimpressed. Dump enough money into a lawn mower and itll go like an F1 car. Reminds me of this Dbag guy I used to know when I had old my 350. The 350 was new back then, stylish, cool and very handsome. He had this 98 civic or something, he said it ran low 12's. The thing was gutted!! He had a lawn chair for the single seat, no carpet, wires hanging everywhere. What a **** box. Yes, it blew the doors off my 350, but the point is I have doors.

Honda wins in the swamp!
 

with a little imagination and money your Civic can be anything you like. :tup:

1st of all, lemme clear things up since some of you are ignorant about me and my stance on Hondas; many of you are flat out IGNORANT about Hondas. I don't wanna call you "stupid" for the sake of civil debate. Anyways, I got into the Honda/JDM scene when it was novel, esoteric....before it got "ubiquitous" or riced-out.

2nd, I caught the Honda wave right before its culmination (people building 600+ hp *on dyno* FWD Hondas pulling 9's with 140+ trap speeds) and eventual fall. This was around the late 90s. Sure, these were trailer queens that had slicks up front, stripped down its bare metal chassis, broke down after a pass, etc....But it did inspire lots of people to try to build streetable Hondas that were quick.

3rd, to say that Hondas can't have a "sleeper" status is wrong. To only claim that domestic muscle cars were the only ones designated for this, is very narrow minded. I remember, prior to the Honda/JDM craze, people used to build old school VW Beetles with their "1835 cc" motors keeping up with, if not beating, domestic V8s....Is VW not an import sleeper?...absolutely. As a matter of fact, they're the original "import craze" prior to the Honda/JDM scene. They're "cheap Porsches"...RWD, rear engine, lightweight...can be made to be really fast (if you know what you're doing).

4th, it's obvious pretty much all of you look down on the Honda thing, because it's gaudy, passé and riced out now for the most part. You just haven't come across the fast Hondas that are tastefully modded. Look at "Honda Tuning" magazine if you wanna see examples.

Lastly, I owned a 370Z. I would rather drive that than a Honda (even if it is faster in the straights)....because I'm not 20 something y.o. anymore. It's a maturity thing. My point is, Hondas (all motor, streetable) got lots of potential. You can spin it whatever way you want...But yeah, lots of immature kids drive them now, and I can understand the disdain for Honda drivers; I'm not one of these douchebags.

You don't get to get your panties in a bunch. You came in here with a street racing story about your mad tyte straight piped civic hatch that ran a blistering mid to high 13. News flash, it was still rice in 2000. :rofl2:

No need to explain yourself, dude. They're all just giving you sh!t. It is the interwebs after all.;)

i am still winning+1. :icon17:

i have 2 hondas too btw... and no it's not a maturity thing. it's more like a dd thing.

Guys, don't forget to put on your hazzards once you assume you've won the race! :D

dont they do like a final ricer flyby?

They usually do that when another guy is cruising....


"hey there goes a nissan 370z! Ima go do a flyby!"

Z-owner: "oh god, I hear a fart can... where is it?"

"Behind, they still behind you." :icon17:

don't worry, just a few more rpm's until the vtech kicks in.







Reminds me of that video where some dude in a 95ish eclipse gsx tc races against an M3. Well the M3 didn't even bother but once the eclipse launched and shifted into second, his motor blew. Parts of the connecting rod were found on top of the motor once he popped the hood. :eekdance:

You didn't address the fact that it's still a Honda and therefore sucks! :tiphat:

elan- not all hondas are bad :mad: ... well, okay maybe. :icon17:

your trolling is bad youngone... :inoutroflpuke:

Excuse me...suck for racing/modding!

it's entertrollment, mr. mu. :D

btw, i dont think you were even born when honda was selling their civics under 'honda we make it simple' so :gtfo2:




not entirely, elan. actually i enjoy driving my lightly modded honda. :icon17: it's a great car for wat it is to get around town and doing a lot of dd'ing. keeps my Z clean too. :p

lol I am older than you realize... lol

Honda makes a decent lawnmower. I mean it is nothing more than a rebadged Chinese-made Craftsman but still, it cuts grass.

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See me after class.

sub'd for the **** waving contest :superghey::supergay:

really? dang... thought my pop's honda mower was very goood....but that was more than 20yrs ago. :ugh:

I honestly think Honda engineering and innovation out performs Nissan and just about any other automotive company. I'm not saying Honda makes faster cars or better looking cars than Nissan but their level of achievements and practicality is beyond measure. They make everything from cars to motorcycles to boats to jet planes to household items.

And to say that Honda sucks based on riced out civic on the road is just pure ignorant. They even make one of the best F-1 engines. They touched upon things that Nissan never even dreamed of.