Honestly i think the best way to look at it is as a faster civic sport touring with the 6 speed, which makes it a compelling choice.  A couple grand more for 20+ more hp and a nice place to be when you are behind the wheel.

I think Honda fans connect with iconic nameplates on an emotional level from when they were coming of age and a ten year old model was the most exciting car they could afford. They old models occupied the same space styling and performance wise when they were new as they do now, but because use that was the fastest…

The broad powerband of the 1.5 turbo makes it surprisingly quick. The civic sport with a 6 speed hits 60 in 6.7 seconds.  For someone who has a daily driver, is in thier 30s that cat and platform offers a really nice compromise between economy and fun driving.  That would make a nice base engine for the Acura with the…

Maybe the good standard for rotting out your exhaust as quickly as possible.  Unless you have a turbo you are probably better off with nothing and a heat shield than rubbing exhaust wrap

Viper V10s were aluminum, the engine probably weighs less than the 6 that came in it, although the rest of the drivetrain probably makes up for it.  

Not just ugly, flimsy and rattly as hell.  It's maybe the only car i imagine you could improve gutting the interior for a race car.

Good luck. It’s seems like a 3.8 firebird can be had for almost nothing, I got one for free just to haul it off but anything Camaro/Firebird with a V8 is either more than a C5 Corvette or affordable but the seller is impossible to deal with.

Seriously, I autocross and we almost lost a site because the shift manager told someone not to smoke next to oxygen tanks and the guy mouthed off to him.  Worst part is the school I work at had a great parking lot and I could get approval for the club to use it but I don't want to deal with the fallout when a bunch of…

Honestly I agree. It’s horrible and he needs some punishment but at his age his brain isn’t developed in a way to understand the risks of his behavior.  Honestly letting your kids get behind the when of a car that day without supervision is a failure as a parent but that's a different discussion. 

Theses things have bottomed out in price.  Buy it, enjoy it, take care of it and in a few years walk away from it with pretty much all your money back.  Seems like a nice deal to me

The sport with the 1.5 is no longer the value it once was. I have the 10th gen sport and it made the case that for most the Si want good value or a good choice.  It looks like now the Si will be relevant because it's costly to get the 1.5 6 speed otherwise.  It would have been great to do the Si get better because the…

I don't know what school you went to but the vandalizm at the school where I teach is worse than I or anyone I know has seen.  There were always a few cases for sure but there were more in the first month than there typically are in a year, they even had to shut down one bathroom for a while.  

Agreed, my wife had one when we got married.  The warranty had so many stipulations on the transmission replacement when they finally agreed it was going out, this was after years of the transmission overheating and going into limp mode, that they wanted us to buy a 2-3k pcm or the transmission wouldn't be…

Voted NP for two reasons.  1 I have a heart, this is the RX7 body style I like and it's red.  2, I already have the assumptions things are going to break.  It's a 40 year old car and from what I can gather from people I know who run Rotary engines is similar to owning an eclipse, you fix something and then the process…

It’s a different side of the enthusiast pretension that overvalue specs, pedigree or overhead cams on performance cars and knock legitimate contenders. Cars or trucks can be better than the sum of thier parts.  A limited slip and skidplates go a long ways and to most people that suv is just as capable as a Jeep.

Even knowing the Corvette is good it's just a lot to ask knowing that ask your have to do is wait a year or two

I’m in the same boat.  Occasionally I wish I had a differential, or about 15-20 more hp but even in spirited driving on roads there is not much given up.

Honestly this generation loses some of the value. The previous generation hatches all had the 1.5 turbo and my sport hatch was around 20-21 k MSRP.  The sport was the highest level with the 6 speed other than the Si and type R.  At the current price structure I probably would buy a Kia hatch with the turbo instead.

I’m also going to throw it out there that the chase in bullet does not make up for the rest of the movie.  It is so bad, good chase but a long time to get there

I remember these when they came out.  I was a Mopar guy, excited about the hemi and liking the ram redesign.  Then this appearance package came out that reminded me of the mid/late 70s Aspen packages.  I think I saw one pulling a trailer in Montana once, but the trailer has jet skis.  Seems like the truck for those…