I love my Honda Civics, and I’ve owned more than I can remember. The 9th gen, however, was...not great, especially coming off the excellent 8th gen. It was, in my opinion, ugly, cheap, and forgettable. Even the refresh that came a year after launch couldn’t save this generation from mediocrity.

This is absolutely correct. The refresh isn’t hideous, but it took a true thing of beauty and made it less...special. I think they made it look as if it sits higher above the ground as well, though Wikipedia disagrees with me.

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Sure, your BMW is real neat, and you clearly “made it” in life. But can your buck-tooth 4-series time travel? I think not...

Duh

e-4ORCE: The marriage of android copulation and leetspeak.

Simplicity is beauty, and the OG Honda/Acura NSX has both in spades. It is the vehicular equivalent of the partner you end up marrying because they’re attractive, exciting, fun, cool, and reliable. But only with the manual transmission...the automatic is more like settling for the twin sibling that was almost as good…

GMC Envoy XUV. The proportions just felt all wrong. It fit into an awkward spot between an Envoy and Tahoe. To top it off, it was a dog of a vehicle that typified pre-bankruptcy GM hubris.

Will this be available for Kindle at any point?

My favorite is the Plymouth Neon Espresso which, as far as I can tell, is a Dodge Neon with the following significant changes:

OEM “apps” in the infotainment system. From what I’ve seen, most of them are the equivalent of Windows PC’s bloatware and worthless at best.  Give me some basic settings to adjust, keep most of it on the dash where it’s easy to access, and leave the heavy lifting to smartphone mirroring.

Any car that is well above the average of what everyone else can afford at your school. I remember a student at my high school rolled in one day in a new Porsche Boxter. It lasted all of one week until jealous teenagers decorated it with spray paint, keyed obscenities, and slashed tires.

iPod Nano. Spotify is great, but nothing beats offline connectivity when you lose cell service. I need my tunes, and the radio is no substitute being the hot garbage that it is.

My 16 year-old self totaled it in less than 8 months, and it was replaced with a 1995 Honda Civic coupe.  Needless to say, the Neon was not missed.

The Problem: My 1995 Dodge Neon Sport Coupe had this recurring issue where the key in the ignition would allow you to turn the car on and off, but it would not let you take the key out. Call it codependency, call it possessive, call it what you will; that ignition lock wouldn’t surrender that key no matter how much…

I can completely sympathize with their dilemma. I mean, where are they supposed to come up with the money for that? Between outrageous markups, finance office shenanigans, and overpriced service costs, what’s a poor dealer to do?

I’ve owned an Acura TSX (6MT), Accord Sport (6MT), Honda S2000, and a Toyota MR2 Spyder.

Lexus and Nissan are taking the battle of who can keep the floating roof a thing into the 2020’s. This, however, is a zero-sum game, because no matter which manufacturer wins, everyone still loses.

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