370 vs honda?!?!?!?

Chuck33079

I'm guessing that guy expected a different response than he got with his riveting tale of street racing his ricebox, huh?

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kenchan

only the weak need to flex muscle at everything...

oh, i better post this up on granpawmoses's thread.

jcosta79

I'm still trying to decipher the code he used to write his post with.

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Chuck33079

What, this?
I think it means he's a power bottom.

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jburke26

VTEC yo,

Zerocool

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

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. 25k and it was around 330hp.

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Duc_Z09

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.

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kenchan

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

Austonian

speaking of which, what do you guys think.

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

boosted ctrwtf

Zteve

^^nogaf they can keep it

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kenchan

i think the car looks okay. kinda not sure how torque steer's going to play... 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.

coolvans1988

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

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Drakonis GTR

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.

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Malm

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

Austonian

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.