Recent content by VarmintCong

Yellow or Green would have been awesome. Dark gray that looks almost black? Meh.

Some people in this thread seem to think Honda is Ford. They are not Ford, their priority is not screwing loyal customers.

4 bangers can sound good, just not turbo 4s.

I rarely see coupe Si's for sale but for some reason there's 3 right now: https://www.cars.com/shopping/results/?mileage_max=50000&year_max=2020&year_min=2020&stock_type=used&makes%5B%5D=honda&zip=01960&maximum_distance=200&models%5B%5D=honda-civic_si&sort=distance

Insurance would probably be insane, also he needs to start with something more attainable. I'd get him something cheaper but the state of the car market these days means they're literally no cool affordable cars (besides a Civic). When i was young we had a lot of choices.

We're actually considering trading the Type R for a 2020 Si, to give to my son as his first car. (he loves the 10th gen look). Since I have a company car (2026 Subaru Outback) the Type R hardly gets driven, just 2k miles after 11 months.

The moonroof in the Si takes up about 2" of headroom. I had a 2017 Sport hatch (no moonroof) before the Si, and in the Si I had to lower the seat all the way to avoid touching the roof. I'd probably not be able to wear a helmet, but I'm 6'2", you should be fine.

I've owned a 2020 Si and now a 2025 Type R. For the street i prefer the Si, but it's not a great track car with the rev hang and lack of top end, also the Type R has a lot more headroom for a helmet if you're tall. I don't do track days anymore but the Type R feels like a monster track car.

We got $6k off our 2025 Acura ADX Advance (and 1.9% financing) - trick was to look around the internet for a dealership advertising their rock bottom price, then our local dealer matched that. But it's an unpopular car. We were offered $3400 off a new CRV Sport Touring as well, so I'd think...

Our ADX thankfully has Individual mode so you can set engine sound to Comfort. The fake sound is absolutely awful in Sport mode.

10 track days (BMW Club, EMRA, COM). BMW Club's driving school at NHIS (wet skidpad, autoX etc) was the most fun though.

That is kind of my complaint about the car, it doesn't have the raw feeling of the great Hondas like the ITR, S2000 etc, and it feels a lot bigger, but it also doesn't have the comfort of the German competition, so it's kind of an in between car for me.

Yeah, my fond memories of my E36 and E46 are probably clouding my impression of newer BMWs, I'd probably be disappointed if I drove them. We did test drive an X1, it was meh. We bought the ADX instead, which I actually like better.

I sort of regret buying the FL5 - I mean I love looking at it, love what it is, but it just doesn't fit what we need, and especially doesn't fit the shitty roads where we live. But I don't think I could have understood that without owning it. My wife had so many restrictions on what we buy...

I think the Integra is getting the same $3k discount off MSRP as our ADX, but the ADX also had $3k in factory incentives and 1.9% interest, cause it's probably unpopular. Sorry shouldn't have got your hopes up. But I'd still try to buy new when buying Honda/Acura, you can get decent discounts...