JHZR2
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The Civic Si seems like a cheap throw-away car that is sporty enough to make it a fun car as well.
Interesting that you would make this attitude public. When my friend half-jokingly said his TSX was 'disposable,' he lost all hope of getting any thoughtful car advice from me. Perhaps it's not too late to redeem yourself before your BITOG brethren?
What is the issue??? Not trying to cause a flame war of imports vs domestics or other imports or whatever, but I think there is some truth to it. I know it is the apparent case in the situation of our 94 acura integra... It is as if acura engineers figured the car was disposable, and so they chose materials which just would not ever last... because compred to our 94 toyota previa, the acura has degraded to a disposable-like car in 185k of no cost is too big service, as opposed to our previa still being like new after 207k of the same treatment.
That isnt to mention looking at other cars, such as my 83 and 85 MB, which still both have the original radiators... maybe some have been lucky, but not my experience with respect to honda plastic top radiators. Perhaps we are just lucky, but it seems to be well with our domestic cars too.
The reality is that a civic and an accord are cars designed for the masses (and lets face it, a TSX is an accord too). In fact, more or less every car these days, even cars from good engineering companies such as daimler, BMW, etc. are designed more as throw away cars and less as take them apart, replace things and keep using them type cars.
maybe Im just spoiled by w123 chassis MB cars, but it seems to me that EVERY car manufacturer is more concerned with leasing and CPO and getting new cars out and old cars recycled, than they are at building robust products. Our recent experience with Honda certainly is no different.
So I think that Metroplex is fully justified in making that sentiment public. Sorry that he doesnt cater to the "Honda can do no wrong" crowd. After all, he is the one plunking down $20k of his hard earned money, and he darn well better get what he wants and expects -if the Si is not it, then that is all the justification in the world. Im not reading into what he says, but I find that his claims are accurate, and just as reasonable and correct as somebody that would kiss their acura to bed each night.
JMH