Originally posted by oc_civic
unfortunately you are brainwashed by what youve "heard" how much FIRST hand mustang exp you have??? or domestic tuning for that matter.. i have friends with daily drivable (meaning they are totaly street legal) 10 sec domestics... to this day i have never with my own eyes seen a 10 sec daily drivable civic... look im NOT saying domestics are all that.. im simply saying that they are NOT as unreliable as people think... and as far as a 5g hatch.. sure you can get it for 2500.. and how fast will that be in the 1/4? 16's... you can buy a 5.0 for 2k in good condition and it will ALREADY be right around high 14's... so you will have to throw a LOT of money at your civic JUST to get where im already at with my mustang.. then if i throw equal cash at my mustang you are back in the hole and if you try to catch up you you are that much closer to being less reliable..
edit.. you will ALL misunderstand street legal.. i mean drivable on the street.. lol NOT necisarily "street legal" as in dot/state inspection compliance