Yeahā¦ thatās about what my ancient iron block, HICAS-having 300zx is with a few aluminum bits to keep the weight down. I know the 370s were on the high end of 3400 with the VQā¦ but itād be nice if they could come in under 3500. The 300 doesnāt feel bad on modern rubber and will certainly moveā¦...
Car looks a bit gross on the outside. Interior is just OK. It may well have a nearly a 100 whp advantage with reflashes compared to a reflased Si. Would be a lot of fun in 10 years if theyāre going for a song and you can find a car still stock. Much larger motor and a certainly larger turbo...
Iām interested in how the hot reflashes turn out. The different turbocharger and exhaust side VTEC might make some some higher numbers up top. We already saw how the late Sis with the lower gearing did a negligible change to instrumented tests. This looks to carry over the lower final ratio. A...
I meanā¦ I jumped ship on the 9th gen forums over to CivicX and ranted and raved how much better the GenX was over Gen9. The power train, chassis, seatsā¦ substantially better. Iāve commented over on ClubRSX tooā¦ to give folks my opinion on the differences. I also thought the RSX had some...
Yeah. I really liked the Mazda 3 I test drove in ā15 in a lot of waysā¦ but hated the āglued-on-tabletā look they had. It was the first car I test drove like that and more and more cars are going that way. Aesthetically the 9th gen Si I ended up going with that had a integrated infotainment was a...
It is interesting that there are so many overpriced 10th gens on lots right now. At some point in the next year, I have a feeling there are going to buy a batch of them for high prices and supply will start to catch up and those 10th gens are going to collect dust. The thought of someone paying...
Yep. Thatās where you essentially have to get $20k in a private party sale to equal around 18.9k for the tradeā¦ because Iāll make up that $1100 in not being taxed the $18.9 trade value when put against the value of the new car. Even if you owed the full 18.9k valueā¦even if you had zero equity...
Yeah. I contemplated getting back in one of a couple old cars I wanted and was looking last night. The last thing I need is another 20+ year old car at the moment. Sure want one though. Things that should be $2500-5000 are generally $5k-10k so fun throw-away cars are kind of hard to come by.
I...
Yeah. I thought getting 25.2k for my 4 year old, 41k mile Si was insane. Iād love to know what theyāre going to try to sell it forā¦ 28k? 30k? Theyāve got to turn a profit on it.
You had me at, āWould you get manualā¦ā
Yes.
You canāt really see the exterior color from the inside of the car. You would notice, and miss, the lack of a manual transmission however.
Iād expect, dollar for dollar, the Civic in a desirable trim may have a lower depreciation (thus higher resale) than a base Accord.
I sat in an Accord when they were new for ā17 or ā18 and didnāt like it compared to the Civicā¦ it didnāt even take a test drive. To me, theyāve blown right past...
Iāll give one a look but it wouldnāt replace the Si as the fun-slow carā¦ and Iād probably have to liquidate the 300zx. Itād be redundant with another Z car.
Iād keep the truck for truck stuff and the Odyssey and Civic as vehicles the whole family can fit in and serve similar purposes. Iāve...
There was a bump in there somewhere. I remember driving an ā02 with 227 I ended up passing on and eventually getting the first RSX. Years later my friend took for for a ride in his (then new) ā14 or ā15ā¦ maaaybe ā16 that was 260-something. 268 sounds right. My wife has test drove a newer WRX. I...
Add back the gen X missing options. Add vented seats which is something Iād love in a car and never have had. This car would never get memory power seats, but Iād pay extra for the option if it were available
Make the infotainment not follow the trend of ātablet-nailed-to-dashā and have it be...
Still realistically priced given what everything else is. Back in ā17ā¦ I got mine under invoice in the 23k-range. I have a bad feeling even if 27k is in-line with the times, finding cars under MSRP to say nothing about under invoice may be a challenge. Closer to 20k the Si was a great all around...
Yeah. That was a real heartbreaker. It was one of the few newer cars that I was interested in. I liked the older 3s I cross shopped my gen 9 against back in ā15. I just thought they were gutless. They cured the power/torque issue and then broke the car for me with auto-only.
Yeah. I test drove a CPO CTS-V Sportā¦ thinking it was going to replace the GenX. It was about 35k and they offered me 22k for the Civic at 3 years old and 30k milesā¦ when Iād spent 23.5k total.
I was so pumped and figured it was a no brainer. Car had too many issues as a CPO and, like itās...
I remember when Chevy dropped the SSs by 25% of MSRP that final year, I was interested in buying one in manual. There wasnāt one so far as I could tell w/in 400 miles for me to see. Piles of manuals. The fact it was a 4 door manual sedan with a LS3 was the whole drawā¦ suspension was good too...