going to the ride and drive in the bay area on april 4'th
04-25-2006, 01:10 PM
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Originally Posted by 93CivicSiD16HB
But cant you just reinforce the body and suspension of an RSX to make it flex and roll less?
And wouldnt that bit of flat, immovable body for the rear and the super reinforced door (like those on the 06' RSX-S) for the front make it safer?
Also the civic coupe and sedan have different wheelbases this year, giving the coupe a bit of a longer length between the wheels.
wheelbase
Civic Sedan: 106.3
Civic Coupe: 104.3
length
Civic Sedan: 176.7
Civic Coupe: 174.8
width
Civic Sedan: 69.0
Civic Coupe: 68.9
structural stiffness typically goes like this sedan > 4 door hatchback > coupe > 2 door hatchback > convertible
04-25-2006, 07:23 PM
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Originally Posted by 93CivicSiD16HB
I dont understand why people are getting excited about 4 door sport cars?
There are more body lines, more weight, and its less safe than a solid design coupe. The only upside i see is the entrance to the back seats, but i say make them get in the pass side door?
4 doors make a car wayy too tame, also they have that rolling rear roof deal, and with the new civic its a radical change in the slope of the rear between the coupe and sedan models.
Just my two cents
There are more body lines, more weight, and its less safe than a solid design coupe. The only upside i see is the entrance to the back seats, but i say make them get in the pass side door?
4 doors make a car wayy too tame, also they have that rolling rear roof deal, and with the new civic its a radical change in the slope of the rear between the coupe and sedan models.
Just my two cents
06-20-2006, 10:08 PM
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gee, that was a worthwhile contribution. jackass.
Only a jackass would think the fit is some great car to mod out. Get a clue you moron it's a gas saving econo shitbox.
06-20-2006, 10:21 PM
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i'm not pretending it's an s2000. it's a great little car for what it is. it has raised the bar for "econo-shit-box". if you'd driven one you'd know that. yes you're entitled to your opinion. i just don't see why you'd bother to come in here with a negative attitude. seems like a waste of time to me. what a contribution.
06-20-2006, 11:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Phateless
i'm not pretending it's an s2000. it's a great little car for what it is. it has raised the bar for "econo-shit-box". if you'd driven one you'd know that. yes you're entitled to your opinion. i just don't see why you'd bother to come in here with a negative attitude. seems like a waste of time to me. what a contribution.
It hasn't raised the bar for anything, it's cheap, ugly, gutless and has useless features like the paddle shifters to market to kids who don't know shit about cars. Since you mentioned "if I ever had drove one I'd know" I'll go ahead and bite, it has horrible understeer, body rolls like an SUV and can't make it out of it's own way. Like I said in my previous post an econo shitbox.... Let's see what else did you say? Build quality? Second one sold at our dealer had the rearview mirror fall off in the customer's hand at delivery(great quality huh?!?)
Another one came back a few days later with a bad fuel pump or something, great for CSI huh? IT HAS A GREAT MP3 PLAYER THOUGH!
If you can read my posts you can see I'm a Honda technician and I have driven both the "sport" (if you can call it that) and the regular model and I'm basing my opinions of the car on my own road tests of the car. Don't assume you know it all. You know nothing about what you are commenting on, all you know how to do is call car colors coming down the road and bullshitting your way into a someone's wallet. If you believe all the BS Honda feed you at the ride and drive that's fine just don't attack me and call me a jackass because you are ignorant.
06-20-2006, 11:06 PM
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you're evaluating the car based on criteria it was never meant to fulfill. everything is relative. if you want a car that does all of those things it costs more money. THIS IS A CHEAP CAR!!! you think the fit is so bad, go drive an aveo, or even a yaris. those make our fit look like a bmw.
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06-20-2006, 11:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Phateless
you're evaluating the car based on criteria it was never meant to fulfill. everything is relative. if you want a car that does all of those things it costs more money. THIS IS A CHEAP CAR!!! you think the fit is so bad, go drive an aveo, or even a yaris. those make our fit look like a bmw.
