Originally posted by brak
civics are just ecomomy cars, unless you get an Si, get a swap, or have sum serious cash modify the SOHC D-series motor. it's not worth it. ive taken everything off that ive bought for my civic, and it's just totally stock now, i feel the money is more well spent on my integra ( a car meant to be a little more sporty). and the civic is just my driver now.
nowadays its hard to just draw a line between a sports car/economical car. I disagree with you entirely buddy. Look at the mazdaspeed protege'. its just a freakin 4 door mazda compact with a turbo, factory alloys and some suspension. One of the guys here at school has one and it looks sporty as all hell. Same with the WRX...its a 4 door sedan...same chassis as the 2.5 RS, granted the AWD gives it that sport appeal, but its basically just souped up version a economy car.
Making a Civic sporty isn't that hard to do at all...
Civic get their bad name for being common. I have white 1998 ex coupe, so 4-5 other people at my school. they are reliable affordable cars. And the fact of the matter, if you see an ugly riced out car on the road, chances are high it could be a civic.