its only a civic?....

[sihondasracer]

so i need to vent..this is the honda /acura forum so you all would know where im commin from...i hear this from my friend all the time.."civics arent all theyre crackd up to be."yea so theres tons of them.iown one..but exaclty what are they crackd up to be?...anyone who thinks that a civic is this road rocket 13 sec warrior is uttelry ingorant....i love civics i dont put them down..its just that i it pisses me off hear people say so much crap when they are so ignorant about cars period...i mean..a civic with b-series swap with basic boltons runs...hard..they can be those fast little road rocket cars..but you need work and money and anyone who knows something about them can agree with me...i say people need to shut up.they are ignorant ..i say more criedt to someone who runs a 12 sec 1/4 than a 5.0 or Z28..its takes far more knowlegde(or if your rich and dont know crap..more money) and time and moeny to make one fast..i truley belive it takes more skill to tune a civic honda acura sport compact period...so poeple who think civics arent all that there cracked up to be well...some of them are...and te ones tha are...well they can beat vipers, corvetts, mustangs(svt)chevelles, chargers..or so they say"real" car..um yea a civic moves back and forth.has a brake and a gas pedal,a tranny, a motor, well gee i think its a real ar...dont you...look bottom line..civics are civics...they have there own class pretty much...put them down all ya want..but hey wait for that day to come when you will be lookin at the tail lights sayin...its only a civic?

[crx hf]

Good for you

[XxLuckyLisaxX]

j/k i know what u mean bro when i used to go to the street racing chatroom would argue about this shit all day long domestic vs. imports blah blah blah who cares we each like what we like and i loooooovvvvvvveeeeeeee my car shes sexy

[EFStali]

I think the reason why people tend to put civic's down more then other cars is becuase of some poeple that buy them, and the stupid shit they do to them. I mean yea its your car, your style do as you want but when you do some stupid things to the car, and especially in the car, thats when people start to talk down on Honda's. But all cars are talked down to, its just civics tend to be talked down more then others. I mean my car is a red turtle, and when I tell my parents about what I wanna do to it to make it fast, all they say is to get a newer car, but its like they dont understand the style, and the love that I have for these cars. Its gonna take me a good amount of my USMC Sign on Bonus to get my car to where I want it to be, performance and looks wise. But all we can do is just shrug it off and forget about it.

[crx hf]

Well my dad always makes fun of me.He tells not to waste my money on parts.He says he can take me in his 93 ford Thunderbird automatic(3.8)

[CivicWarrior]

u outta kick ur dad in the nuts j/p but i know what yall mean about everyone talkin shit on civics when im at my dads house seems like everyone around jus wants 2 drive a rustang or camero and talk shit on civics, and imports in general.... i give credit were credit is due... if u drive a stock mustang 5.0 automatic and think its the shit u should be slapped with a nice handfull of chair but IMO its all about what want 2 do to ur car... to each is his own... but thats jus my

*im kinda bored and like the smilies

[crx hf]

I kinda of understand what everybody means.The bad thing about civics is that they have no torque.My mom has a GTP supercharged grand prix and you just cant compare it to any civic.No mater what you do to a civic you wont get the performance of american muscle.

[quiXilver]

It's just 'cause the civic's are slower from the factory than the carmaro's and mustangs, and they think they are the shit in there cars and they don't do much to them, I think it's the shit when I have a 4 banger beatin up on all them, then you can say woah. Sure you could drop a 350 in a camaro or mustang and be fast. But it takes a lot more to make a civic fast, so basically it's just the way you look at it. I think if a civic is beatin one of those other domestics, you can be like "what now bitch"

[crx hf]

Why would you drop a 350 in a camaro if they come stock with 350's.Oh as for stangs they come with 289's.Yeah but i agree seeing a civic beat on these gass gusslers is nice to see once in a while.

[quiXilver]

I'm talkin bout like the vsux

[crx hf]

The V6'S still pick on civics

[Civic Jim]

hehe, i always get called a grandad coz everytime u see a civic over here it is always someone over 50 who is driving it, even my girlfriend bought me "OLD GIT" boxers for fuck sake lol

[Setanta]

It's just a shopping trolley on steroids - get over it

[SiZ]

The problem is that there are too many kids out there who don't realize that a Civic is just a Civic when you buy it. A lot of them are thinking that is some rocket when they get some rims and a few bolt ons. And they drive them stupid and make other people in Civics look like morons too. I personally think that if you want a fast Civic you gotta be able to spend some dough, because as you said, its just a Civic. So to me its kinda a do it or don't type of thing. I wouldn't be so into it if I didn't have enough money to spend to make it fast, because damn are they ever slow. Have a fast Honda is not a cheap hobby AT ALL.

[intrusiondetectd]

siz you and I finally agree on something... when I first bought my EX I knew it was slow... but that didn't stop every person that was beside me at a light from revving... it only makes them look retarded. I've got a plan in the works to put a B18 into a 4th gen... but that doesn't mean I've got it in there right now, and it also doesn't mean I'm gonna take my trusty D15 out to the streets and race all the rednecks in their "american muscle" that live around here. It's the kids that give us a bad name, they take daddy's credit card to AutoZone, buy a cheap intake, a fart can exaust, clear tail lights, and shiny hubcaps and think they are starring in the next "Fast and Furious" movie by going out and trying to race everything with four wheels... and occasionally it'll come across a Focus or Escort that it can beat then he thinks he's the master street-racer. Now he could have spent most of that on putting a bigger engine or looking into turbo but when he wants extra power where does he go?!? spray! and that's what everybody thinks you have to do to make a civic fast, most dont even know about a B-series swap, most dont even know that a turbo can be added. Now that I'm making some serious cheese I can finally afford to put into a civic what it needs to be a strong runner... but it doesn't mean I'm going to take it to the streets and try to race every redneck with a truck engine crammed into their cars. I have a friend who has a chevelle, his performance plan is to put a bigger engine in his car... period... that's it... mine is to tighten up the suspension first, bring in a B18, do some headwork to it, re-build the bottom-end, and possibly look into boost options. Now who's plan looks like they gave a damn to think about what they are doing?

No mater what you do to a civic you wont get the performance of american muscle.

My advice to you is sell your civic to somebody that can appreciate it and buy a crustang and go be a master street-poser like the ricer-boy I talked about.