if i get better milage, like my recent 2-3mi/gallon increase, then the 35$ i spend on a short ram air filter will most likely have paid for itself in a few weeks of working.
also, i enjoy my civic a lot, i have always been into them. sure im not wanting to race at the track but im sure a majority of sport tuners never race anyway.
it would pretty stupid for me to one day in the future decide to put together a FAST car after having never experimented in the first place. sure id like to have an expensive exhaust, headers and all the rest, but its not practical for now. im just trying to get into the sport slowly, working on the milage goal just makes any spending i make actually worth the spending to beging with.