Honda Bashing?

[chico78]

Why does anyone bash on them? Mainly civics. Who gives a crap that everybody and their brother seems to have one. People like their civics and it makes sense to have one. They are cheap to buy, fix, mod, etc. They are one of the most reliable cars you can have. And if you do blow up an engine, no big deal, swap it for CHEAP! If you are into modding you can almost build an entire car out of aftermarket parts and the parts are readily available from all over the country. Takes very little, if anything, to make one look good. And with the right parts they are FAST. So why would you bash a car that is good in so many ways?

[81911SC]

Moved to Car Talk.

[speedminded]

If it's take very little to look good then why do most look like shit? lol!

Aftermarket parts are the same price as any other compact car.

They are one of the top two stolen import "tuner" cars.

If you truly believe everything you said why get defensive or care what others think or say?

[joseph dale]

we dont bash the cars, just the people.

[Turbodude06]

idk about the same price, civic parts are much cheaper then others......

[speedminded]

idk about the same price, civic parts are much cheaper then others......

What parts? Compared to what models/cars?

[joseph dale]

Why does anyone bash on them? Mainly civics. Who gives a crap that everybody and their brother seems to have one. People like their civics and it makes sense to have one. They are cheap to buy, fix, mod, etc. They are one of the most reliable cars you can have. And if you do blow up an engine, no big deal, swap it for CHEAP! If you are into modding you can almost build an entire car out of aftermarket parts and the parts are readily available from all over the country. Takes very little, if anything, to make one look good. And with the right parts they are FAST. So why would you bash a car that is good in so many ways?

there actually no different from any other 4cyl econobox.. you could say the same for a toyota/mazda/nissan/mitsu etc...

[K20Z1]

k swap civic isn't cheap

[oneSLOWex]

REAL parts are not cheap either....egay is stupid

[93delsol15]

im with bill anything can be cheap if you make it cheap....

[thepolecat]

I like my civic- I dont care wha others say-

Why waste time devoting a whole thread to it- no one will ever be completely happy with every car out there.

[redrumracer]

Why does anyone bash on them? Mainly civics. Who gives a crap that everybody and their brother seems to have one. People like their civics and it makes sense to have one. They are cheap to buy, fix, mod, etc. They are one of the most reliable cars you can have. And if you do blow up an engine, no big deal, swap it for CHEAP! If you are into modding you can almost build an entire car out of aftermarket parts and the parts are readily available from all over the country. Takes very little, if anything, to make one look good. And with the right parts they are FAST. So why would you bash a car that is good in so many ways?

FWD
EVERYWHERE(not unique enough)
NOT RWD
I JUST DONT LIKE THEM.

[MINI]

Yeah I rarely see a good looking honda.

[AirMax95]

The ones that are bashed are the ones that are trashed.

[quickdodge®]

Takes very little, if anything, to make one look good. And with the right parts they are FAST.

Correction. It takes A LOT to make a Civic look good these days. They can look decent, but to make it look good needs a shitload of imagination.

As far as "with the right parts" goes? Money needs to be sunk to make that car fast. Later, QD.

[Captain-Obvious™]

who cares anyway?

[quickdodge®]

who cares anyway?

I agree. If you're not building whatever car it is your building for yourself, then you're in the wrong hobby. Later, QD.

[Captain-Obvious™]

I agree. If you're not building whatever car it is your building for yourself, then you're in the wrong hobby. Later, QD.

well said sir...

[EJ25RUN]

Wasn't this discussed:

7 times in 2005
4 times in 2006
8 times in 2007
13 times in 2008
2 times in 2009


Enough is enough.

[MINI]

Wasn't this discussed:

7 times in 2005
4 times in 2006
8 times in 2007
13 times in 2008
2 times in 2009


Enough is enough.

Why the spike in 2008?

[EJ25RUN]

Why the spike in 2008?

I frequented IA more in 08 than those other years. My tally sheets were filling up on all counts that year. lol

[Mr.RedLine]

everyone bashes on civics for not looking "JDM" everyone has a different taste when they wanna hook there car up!! i for one hate body kits and neons and the stick on fender bling that Autozone like's to sell but they sell it cuz there's gonna b sum jackass out there who will put it on there civic..and besides it dont matter how much sh#T u talk about sumone's Honda not lookin JDM there still gonna make there car look how they want it to look!! its a free world fuck wat people say!!

[GTScoob]

Some of us like building unique cars, others like to look like everybody else. You can say the same for how you dress as well.

And there is nothing you can do to a civic that hasnt been done a million times before. I only bash guys that think that their civic is more than an econobox because they put turbos and whatnot onto it. And I laugh even more at the guys that try to make their Civics look even more high dollar with fancy leather interiors, puddle lights, HIDs, etc.

[chico78]

I didn't get defensive. I just asked why and stated some positives about the cars. I couldn't personally care any less about what other people think or say about a car. If I like a car, then I like it regardless of anyone eles' opinion about it.

If you truly believe everything you said why get defensive or care what others think or say?

[speedminded]

everyone bashes on civics for not looking "JDM" everyone has a different taste when they wanna hook there car up!! i for one hate body kits and neons and the stick on fender bling that Autozone like's to sell but they sell it cuz there's gonna b sum jackass out there who will put it on there civic..and besides it dont matter how much sh#T u talk about sumone's Honda not lookin JDM there still gonna make there car look how they want it to look!! its a free world fuck wat people say!!

People that refer to JDM as being a style are complete idiots. They should be required to walk around with high voltage shockers on their genitalia and every time they say it they can smell their own burning pubes and flesh.

[Mr.RedLine]

lol thats funny JDM isn't a style yur right!! its 3 letters stating if yur corner lights arent amber enough its not JDM or if yur tail lights arent JDM or all those little bullshit things that make people think its JDM and payin top dollar for it..idk if wat i said made sense idc cuz im drunk right now and this is funny to read but its becoming hard to so im gonna leave wit this last statment..i love Honda's cuz there reliable nd they save me money at QT so i can get beer!! thank you Honda for making civics and thank u PasswordJDM cuz if it wasnt for u this thread wouldnt b posted!! everyone have a great weekend im sure we will b revving motors at other badass Honda's...

[EJ25RUN]

lol thats funny JDM isn't a style yur right!! its 3 letters stating if yur corner lights arent amber enough its not JDM or if yur tail lights arent JDM or all those little bullshit things that make people think its JDM and payin top dollar for it..idk if wat i said made sense idc cuz im drunk right now and this is funny to read but its becoming hard to so im gonna leave wit this last statment..i love Honda's cuz there reliable nd they save me money at QT so i can get beer!! thank you Honda for making civics and thank u PasswordJDM cuz if it wasnt for u this thread wouldnt b posted!! everyone have a great weekend im sure we will b revving motors at other badass Honda's...

Trying to prove a point while referencing beer isn't usually a good idea.

[RL...]

FWD
4 CYLINDERS
TOO COMMON


But they are great cars, I just would never own one.

[Got Milk?]

I like my civic, the vteck spools up really nice, and it handles really good.

[RX4BRDM]

FWD
EVERYWHERE(not unique enough)
NOT RWD
I JUST DONT LIKE THEM.

My Honda is RWD.

[87 Turbo II]

Why does anyone bash on them? Mainly civics. Who gives a crap that everybody and their brother seems to have one. People like their civics and it makes sense to have one. They are cheap to buy, fix, mod, etc. They are one of the most reliable cars you can have. And if you do blow up an engine, no big deal, swap it for CHEAP! If you are into modding you can almost build an entire car out of aftermarket parts and the parts are readily available from all over the country. Takes very little, if anything, to make one look good. And with the right parts they are FAST. So why would you bash a car that is good in so many ways?

I hate them BECAUSE of the reasons you posted.

First of all, the fact that everyone has one makes them uninteresting to see modded, and less individualistic. Even really clean ones bore the shit out of me just cause I see Civics all the time.

Seconds, The cheap to buy, fix, mod, etc. is another reason it's just not interesting. It's harder to respect someone who basically bought a Lego of a car for nearly nothing and put one of the millions of readily avaliable parts that were easy as hell to track down, afford, and install.

-Takes very little, if anything, to look good- yeah, once again, no respect, you did less work, so how should I LIKE your car for that, secondly, looks are an pinion, I think most FWD cars look like shit because of their offsets and fender sizes, and wheel sizes (in proportion to car).

The fast thing goes with the respect, it was too easy to make it fast, so I don't really care.

Just to add to the list of bad things:

FWD, never really a sports car nor ever intended to be. It's a grocery getter with good MPG and it's trying to hard to live outside it's own status bracket. People just starting MAKING them something fast, and with enough support that could happen to anything.

[speedminded]

I hate them BECAUSE of the reasons you posted.

First of all, the fact that everyone has one makes them uninteresting to see modded, and less individualistic. Even really clean ones bore the shit out of me just cause I see Civics all the time.

Seconds, The cheap to buy, fix, mod, etc. is another reason it's just not interesting. It's harder to respect someone who basically bought a Lego of a car for nearly nothing and put one of the millions of readily avaliable parts that were easy as hell to track down, afford, and install.

-Takes very little, if anything, to look good- yeah, once again, no respect, you did less work, so how should I LIKE your car for that, secondly, looks are an pinion, I think most FWD cars look like shit because of their offsets and fender sizes, and wheel sizes (in proportion to car).

The fast thing goes with the respect, it was too easy to make it fast, so I don't really care.

Just to add to the list of bad things:

FWD, never really a sports car nor ever intended to be. It's a grocery getter with good MPG and it's trying to hard to live outside it's own status bracket. People just starting MAKING them something fast, and with enough support that could happen to anything.

LOLOL! The Integra Type-R obviously was never meant to be a sports car.

How about a challenge of any Mazda (other than Star/Formula) built for under $20k including the chassis vs. this Del Sol? Any road course on the east coast south of VIR down to Homestead...

[Humphrizzle]

i dont like most honda owners..

but i love my car.

[Humphrizzle]

LOLOL! The Integra Type-R obviously was never meant to be a sports car.

How about a challenge of any Mazda (other than Star/Formula) built for under $20k including the chassis vs. this Del Sol? Any road course on the east coast south of VIR down to Homestead...

damn.. every post you have is like everything i want to say.

you just say it first.

[Humphrizzle]

FWD
4 CYLINDERS
TOO COMMON


But they are great cars, I just would never own one.

sure a civic is common, but a nice looking one is rare..

i see more maximas, cobalts, tcs, neons, etc. than i do 99-00 civic Sis

[green91]

sure a civic is common, but a nice looking one is rare..

i see more maximas, cobalts, tcs, neons, etc. than i do 99-00 civic Sis

Yeah because they've all been stolen and stripped and are rotting in junk yards!!

[speedminded]

sure a civic is common, but a nice looking one is rare..

i see more maximas, cobalts, tcs, neons, etc. than i do 99-00 civic Sis

Other than a well built road race neon the cars you mentioned are scary to drive hard.

[bRiAnMcIvIcS]

Yeah because they've all been stolen and stripped and are rotting in junk yards!!

TRUE!

[Nashville]

who ever said that making a civic look unique, is a retard. its not hard to make your car look unique. just do what you want. and not what other people are doing. find a car that looks like mine..

[87 Turbo II]

LOLOL! The Integra Type-R obviously was never meant to be a sports car.

How about a challenge of any Mazda (other than Star/Formula) built for under $20k including the chassis vs. this Del Sol? Any road course on the east coast south of VIR down to Homestead...

Shut up, everyone throws the Type R in my face when I say the Civic/Integra series was never meant to be a sports car. First of all, I was talking about the 90% of this entire site driving a honda motor Co. car, 70%of which aren't driving the top end Si, Type R, S2000, or other "sporty Hondas". Secondly, the CIVIC ACCORD AND INTREGRA weren't ever designed from the bare chassis to be a sports car, the manufacturer just pours oodles of their high dollar research and development into their everyday econoboxes to come up with the Type R projects. They didn't build the Civic from scratch thinking "This chassis needs to be perfectly balanced with as little weight as possible and the highest technology braking and suspension we can afford to put in." No they're thinking "How can we make this as cheap as possible without feeling so cheap that o one likes it?" Then LATER as an AFTERTHOUGHT, Honda goes "Ya know, if we sell a few of them with engines that we develop with our F1 technology, beef up the suspension a little, and move some shit around to try and balance the car out a bit better, I bet we can impress the sports crowd a bit." As apposed to the Rx-7, Supra, Corvette, etc. which where they are designed from the very beginning on a drawing board to production to appeal to enthusiasts. This is the reason these cars have "soul" something you'll often hear about on top Gear when Jeremy drives a Ferrari.

Why can't everyone just be ok with the fact I hate Hondas? They always have to throw around the S2000 and NSX and The Type R cars. Of course there are always exceptions, but not everyone on this site is rocking a Type R.

P.S. If it weren't for the Mazda Rx-7, the Type R project wouldn't have even started. Honda Built the NSX in 1991 and raced it against the Evo, the GTR, the current Supra, and the FC chassis Rx-7 in determination that their new $90,000 car would be the fastest amungst all the current Japanese sports cars. It won, in 93when the FD came out, Honda did it again, the NSX came second only to the FD. Honda was pisssed because the FD cost 1/3 as much, so they decided to build the first Type R ever, the NSX Type R, JUST to beat the Rx-7s lap time, which they barely did by .2 seconds. Go look itup in the Type R history video.

I'm not going to touch on the Del Sol challenge because one car is irrelevant. Also that Del Sol wouldn't have ever existed if ti weren't for the success of the Mazda Miata that Honda wanted in on, only the Miata is the best selling 2 seater car of all time, the del Sol, is out of production.