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Talk me out of a mild mid-life crisis car... Honda Civic Si ? - cbelt3 - 02-19-2018
I love driving my beat up 2002 Honda Civic. I love shifting (5 speed) and zooming around. But it's just not that ... zoomy. And it's rusty. And has 200K miles on it. And we're getting a surprise income check next month. I'm thinking about getting a (used) Civic Si to feed my inner need for speed. I've always liked zoomy little cars... agile, enough HP to get in and out of trouble, and a nice brisk stick shift. Yeah, driving traffic is a pain in the left leg, but Cleveland doesn't have traffic like larger cities, so it's not a big deal.
There are a few 6 to 9 year old SI's in the area for less than $10K New ones are like $25K... I don't like "Tuner" nonsense... I won't put a bunch of Fast and Furious nonsense on it.
Should I ? Is there a better marque that I should look at ?
Re: Talk me out of a mild mid-life crisis car... Honda Civic Si ? - space-time - 02-19-2018
I am curious which car can go from 0 to say 40 MPH faster: a Volt or a Civic Si?
Re: Talk me out of a mild mid-life crisis car... Honda Civic Si ? - vision63 - 02-19-2018
space-time wrote:
I am curious which car can go from 0 to say 40 MPH faster: a Volt or a Civic Si?
A Civic Si. Cuz he won't zoom the Volt like he will the Civic.
Re: Talk me out of a mild mid-life crisis car... Honda Civic Si ? - Cary - 02-19-2018
There are a lot of cars that I'd look at first, before a Civic Si, if I were looking for "zoomy".
What's your budget? Are you capable/willing to do maintenance yourself? Do you have any constraints around number of seats? Would convertible work?
I personally think Mazda makes better driver cars - I'd look at Mazda 3 and/or Miata for Japanese, a used 3 series BMW - e46 or e90 - or VW GTI for German, etc.
If you like Hondas, then go that way. They are reliable.
Re: Talk me out of a mild mid-life crisis car... Honda Civic Si ? - cbelt3 - 02-19-2018
space-time wrote:https://www.zeroto60times.com/compare-cars/
I am curious which car can go from 0 to say 40 MPH faster: a Volt or a Civic Si?
Volt electric motor is all torque, of course. They look kind of similar.
Re: Talk me out of a mild mid-life crisis car... Honda Civic Si ? - Yoyodyne ArtWorks - 02-19-2018
2016 and newer Civics are much better than previous-generation models.
Re: Talk me out of a mild mid-life crisis car... Honda Civic Si ? - smacks - 02-19-2018
If a Civic Si is a "mid-life crisis car" for you, and you dig it, then go for it.
Re: Talk me out of a mild mid-life crisis car... Honda Civic Si ? - davester - 02-19-2018
What Cary said. A nine year old Civic Si is not exactly a high performance car. My office mate just picked up a low mileage 2003 BMW M3 convertible for $14k (a non-convertible or non-M3 3-Series such as my 2006 330 CI would definitely go for considerably less). Those would blow the doors off a Civic Si in any performance parameter and be way more luxurious to boot. I'd say that here are many better choices than a Civic if you want zoomy.
Re: Talk me out of a mild mid-life crisis car... Honda Civic Si ? - mattkime - 02-19-2018
All depends upon what you want to take on. I'm familiar with the VW golf scene. I went with a golf because it was _much_ more zoomy than anything else we might have considered.
Re: Talk me out of a mild mid-life crisis car... Honda Civic Si ? - chopper - 02-19-2018
Used Honda S2000.