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ochizon 12-14-2006 10:26 PM

Do you ever get sick of the honda thing?
 
Just curious, as a non-honda owner driver, do you ever get sick of them? I respect greatly what they can be made to do - lots of power, little weight, good gas mileage, and not too expensive - but do you ever feel like moving on to something a little different?

I ask because sometimes I go to the races, and see a few mustangs, a few camaros, a few 350z's, a few supras, a few other oddballs (like my pickup truck), and then I see a sea of civics. I see them i droves, like ants when you step on an anthill.

Do you honda guys ever roll into a hangout and think "damn, this scene is getting old...?"

Not looking to pick a fight, just honestly curious.

HMTguy 12-14-2006 10:28 PM

Re: Do you ever get sick of the honda thing?
 
No

Zeniceguycrx 12-14-2006 10:28 PM

Re: Do you ever get sick of the honda thing?
 
I dont realy like civics either, I have a CRX. and I tryed to spitch to a 90 tallon with evo engine and 24psi. it cost me 13g's in the end and then I still had to go buy a CRX again. thought about it. tried it. learned my lesson

sexyblackcrx 12-14-2006 10:31 PM

Re: Do you ever get sick of the honda thing?
 
i dabbled in other makes but always came back to the crx

W O T 12-14-2006 10:40 PM

Re: Do you ever get sick of the honda thing?
 
Ive seen a lotta people move on, or "grow up" to reliable cars and such. Trying to talk my friend into swapping a motor into her del sol but she always comes back to the conclusion " well that $2500 don on a new camry..." Well ---- you slut

Ive personally only owned 2 crx's, a 90 hatch and drove a beater ford ranger for a winter, but even that truck i drove open header with the flat black paint job

I cant see me ever leaving the OLD honda cars, let alone leaving Honda. Its all I know, Its all Im good at

Anubis_4_99 12-14-2006 10:56 PM

Re: Do you ever get sick of the honda thing?
 
i'll post all my cars i've had so far

72 datsun 510 2dr with L-20B swap

84 accord hatchback

84 RX-7 Gsl-Se

89 accord Lx-i

1990 Eagle talon Tsi boosted at 22psi on stock motor and fuel system (lasted over 5 months before i sold it still running)

1971 datsun 510 4dr, turbo L-16 boosting 12psi with 12.5:1 compression, could NOT kill that mother fucker

1990 RX-7 convertable with mild street port

1974 datsun 260Z with SBC 350 swap, hauled ass and broke alot of drivetrain parts

1994 integra with GSR swap

1986 MR2 with 5S-FE swap (dont remember year)

1966 ford pickup, had horrible rod knock but wouldnt ------ die

1972 datsun 620 pickup, blew a ------ spark plug out of the god damn head doin a cookie

1993 EG hatch with H22 swap, blew the motor after haveing it for a day, swapped in a new one and sold it 6 months later, got me 47.3 MPG

and now my 89 Si EF hatch with D16Z6 swap, turbo'd, not runnin right but soon


so far, the most reliable of all the cars have been the honda's, and the datsuns... i favor the datsuns more and wish i'd never sold my turbo 510

all and all, i like hondas, i'll probably always have at least one, and i dont think i'll get tired of them

Anubis_4_99 12-14-2006 10:57 PM

Re: Do you ever get sick of the honda thing?
 
god damn i just realized how many cars i've had... and i forgot one

1984 300ZX

Bizzar 12-14-2006 11:09 PM

Re: Do you ever get sick of the honda thing?
 
This is the reason you have more than one car. My daily car is the Hatch and I will probably die in it. Bought it new with 3 miles on it and now have over 300k on the chassis. The bank I got the loan from lost the title years ago so I can't really ever sell it. Too much trouble. My project car is a 70 Nova that has been in the works for 3 years now. You wanna talk about a money pit? That is why I love my Honda so much. Cheap, reliable, quick and fun to drive. (note I never said fast lol)

I hear what you are saying about the flocks of civics etc. My car is the oddball because I hardly ever take it to the track on a test n tune night. Nope, I go on Saturday brackets where the big boys play. Yeah, my hatch is lost in a sea of 67-69 Camaros and S-10 pickups and old school early 60's Novas.

Here's an old vid of me breaking out 4th round :( That was the season points leader and winner btw. Sorry about the ---- vid quality but you get the idea.

http://media.putfile.com/Hatch-vs-Camaro-4th-round

HMTdmc 12-14-2006 11:10 PM

Re: Do you ever get sick of the honda thing?
 
Actually their aren't a lot of honda's around here. I go to th track and it's mostly dsm's and nissans in the import crowd.
Well I spent from 8 this morning until about six this afternoon working on a turbo awd talon that had been severely fucker over by about three differant owners all of them ricers. The wiring harness was hacked up everywhere from a super afc install and removal in the past. for some reason the injector clips were cut in half so they just sat on the injectors with no snap because the snap ring part of the plug was just hacked off of all 4 injectors.

If it were mine I would get a new harness and redo the whole car but the owner is already owes us my brother inlaw 600 in labor and parts and can't afford one so I did my best. It ran but not great. Dsm's are a pain in the ass.
It's not a fair comparison because I learned on hondas but If I had that much time and a honda in the same condition it would have been running perfect today and ready for the kid to come and get his car.

It's funny how a car thats factory non turbo is more reliable and easier to work with and sort out then a car that came with a factory turbo.
No I'm not tired of hondas

J-SMITH69 12-14-2006 11:28 PM

Re: Do you ever get sick of the honda thing?
 

Originally Posted by Dmc1
It's funny how a car thats factory non turbo is more reliable and easier to work with and sort out then a car that came with a factory turbo.
No I'm not tired of hondas

only if idiots ---- with them


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