don't forget about the twisties speech! hahahhahaha

 

Doing that will make you syncros last longer since you're basically not using them.

 

Vtac is Whack. <----- find me on ebay..thats my account name

 

Unlike some folks here, I like the looks of the new Civic just fine. It's pretty futuristic looking, I think, like it's some sort of spaceship.

But comparing it to the 8? Sure, if you want better gas mileage, get the Civic, but I don't see how it compares to the RX8 in any other way (okay, based on what other folks are saying, it sounds like straight-line acceleration might be comparable).

 

Right on. The windshield is amazing. I love it. It really feels like a cockpit. But yes, I wouldnt really compare the two as a whole.

 

How about GTIs?
How do you guys think about that car?

 

There's no doubt the Civic Si is a good car and the sedan clearly looks better than the coupe. Not big on the interior design but the exterior looks really fresh and modern when I see it on the road. This car performs well in all categories for what it is and it's ashamed that just because its called a Civic that it comes with an immediate ricer image or whatever to some people.

 

Righteous.

 

Yea civics to have a bad image..
I let my friend drive my 8 and the entire time he was driving he couldnt stop smiling he said WOW!!

your car handles sooo gooooodd! drive my car for a week and youll see what i mean haha

what i think i like the most is it actaully has trunk space thast usable... I was thinking maybe to get a basic civic as a DD

but not the SI they over charge you up the A$$

 

Never test drove the new ones i do know that i test drove i believe a 2002 or a 2004 i think it was a 2002

anyways it was a red one with 15K miles and it was selling for 28K$!!!!!!!
Leather seats.. me my a friend and the sales person test drove it and OMG that thing had a ton of torque it put you back in your seat even with all that weight lugging it down it still accelerated with ease

i can imaging it with just one person in there

quick little thing

 

Carmax... Carmax... Carmax...

 

i cant believe this is gone on for 5 pages......

 

VW's are mad expensive because of the weakness of the dollar now. Company pretty much admitted it.

 

DUDE i went to this autox event and there was this little civic hatch

Completely gutted!
Just one racing seat!
It had fully tuned racing suspension

He was beating all these GTO's, STI's and bmws

he won first place in his group i forgot what group it was..
when we went up to him and were like what do you have under the hood he simple smiled and opened to show us his stock block.. with minor modification to his head..

he said that he could practically stay on the gas the whole time that his car was not fast. all those cars couls smoke him in the straights but his car handles FAAr superior to all the others he didnt need power int he twisties..

RULE TO BE LEARNED!

*Civics to can be tuned to handle

*It doesnt matter If rx8's cant beat every car int he straights they can probably out handle them

* Respect others decisions and dont bash them just. simply help them make a better decision next time If in your "Opinion" they did a bad one

 

shall we go for 6???

 

Yeah, I'll probably cross my Si later this year. We shall see... I may take both cars... who knows. Maybe I'll sell my RX-8 by then.

 

Werd. The Fed needs to raise some interest rates. That's mostly the reason why gas is so much, too.

 

That's only a relatively small part of it. The price of crude has gone up 5- or 6-fold since 2001.

 

yep gas is sure getting expensive.. and people do need it to get to work and etc..

i beleive gas is 3.73
for supreme down here in texas..

there was this gas station selling gas for 2.20 something a gallon it was a valero..
a church had donated 4K dollars to help out the community and lower gas prices... there were people waiting in line..

like seriously gas isnt to the point where you have to camp out as if you were waiting the arrival of a ps4 or something!

 

^ you guys got it good, here in socal it up to around 4.10 for supreme...

 

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In the end.. it's just a Civic.

 

 

i work at an Acura dealership and there are a couple of salespeople who want to race me in there SI's. I did some research online and hear is what i found:


RX-8 0-60times
5.8 0-60times.com
5.9 jackunioncorp.com
6.6 carleasingblog.com
6.3 caranddriver.com
6.6 autosmsn.com
5.9 seriouswheels.com

Average Time 6.186

Honda Civic SI
6.8 wikipedia
6.8 carreview.com
8.4 thetruthaboutcars.com
7.2 Edmunds
7.2 0-60times.com

Average Time 7.294

The RX8 is over a full second faster than the SI, and in 0-60 terms that is an eternity. The SI is not even in the same class of vehicle, granted you dont get an rx8 to drag race, but even then the results speak for themselves. Needless to say I told my SI co-workers to find one person in the world (third party) to say that there car was faster than mine and i would oblige them in a race. they have yet to come forward.

 

The RX8 is a better handling car but a comparison is only as good as the driver. I have seen many SI's eat people up on the autocross course. Both cars have their advantages and disadvantages. I just hate it when people just label FWD as lame. I know of many fast FWD track cars. Just take any circuit and look at the lap records in terms of drivetrain. The FWD cars are right up there. But, a Civic is still a Civic. In addition, interms of 1/4 mile times, I have seen tons of RX8's run low 15's with a couple k in mods. The RX8 is not and easy car to wring out. But really the comparison is bunk.

 

LOL at what this thread has become...