Just bought a Civic Hatch Sport!

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Yup that's it. I could honestly care less about tech gadgets in my cars so this setup is way more than I need. A sunroof I wouldnt mind though
I agree give me the suspesion, the power I dont need the gadgets.
Though a glove box light would be nice. LOL
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Just picked up a 2017 Civic Hatchback Sport. First time owning a Honda and am loving it so far. My other car is a dodge neon Srt4 and I was worried the Civic would feel woefully under powered but the little sucker gets up and scoots. Any other Hatchback owners around yet?
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Nice car looks like the one I just picked up. LOL good choice in color.
 

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Sweet ride. Hey I'm with you on glove box light.
This is our first new Honda. Several months ago we got a 2016 Ford Focus SE Hatchback with the sport package. The lease payments are a lot less, yet the car has More Content, except for the engine. It has the 2L engine with 160 horsepower. Enough for my wife and the suspension that I like. LOL So with 2 new similar cars from different manufacturers I am doing a lot of comparing. The Focus because it is automatic for some reason has a dinky camera comparted to the camera in the Civic Hatchback Sport, but it has the lines that turn in the direction that you are backing up. The Focus has a glove box light and foot well lights also. I know just little things. The Focus Sport has 17" Continentals where the Civic Sport has 18". Interesting take on how manufactures spec & build their cars. My wife says I am to picky, but after selling vehicles for 37 years you notice little things. LOL
 

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I got the civic hatch sport with cvt white orchid pearl last week. I also have a eg civic coupe with b20 swap, and an rx8 13b rew swap making 450whp on 17lbs of boost. That being said i needed a new car, which my lady says i won't touch, or perform another motor swap. That being said, in Florida i couldn't find any manual tranny sport models. Then I test drove the cvt. I was impressed with the cars power, instantaneous shifts, and stability. Truth is the cvt pulls at any speed or rev range. After i bought the car i was on the highway at about 75mph, thought hey let's punch it and see what's up. The car just pulled to 115 in seconds. I backed off and said wow. That was Economy mode on 87 fuel wow. Drop the cvt into sport and it throws your head back. It made me rethink what manual transmissions are for. I realized that the only thing you really want from a manual transmission is the engine drag on down shifting while braking. When the cvt is in sport mode the gear ratio is lower improving braking, but when in sport manual and paddle downshifting the braking power is at maximum coupled with the engine drag. This car has completely changed my ideas about driving. This car truely is the first time I've ever seen any car successfully marry economy and spirited driving. As soon as your of the pedal your saving gas. And trust me you'll find yourself unlawfully speeding in seconds. As hondata chimed in on this thread i agree, tires, and suspension are needed, because the untouched vehicle doesnt have power delivery issues whatsoever. If anything the power is underrated, and in my opinion the cvt is also. I didn't need a fast car as i have one already, but no car has the economy with sport attitude like this car with the cvt. I haven't driven the manual, but the videos show some strong rev hang when shifting. One video the guy reviewing even mentioned how annoying it is, and it's everytime. My b series eg shifts wonderfully, so I can only infer the clutch needs upgrading in the manual. As for my cvt, no regrets, surprised everytime i decide to put my foot down. This is not the fastest car i have, but it's already in a class of its own in terms of versatility. I can also confirm what another poster said, the ladies love this car.
 


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$500 deposit down on a Sport 6MT in Sonic Grey Pearl. Should have it by Feb 2nd. Soo Dope! $21,294 OTD.
Interesting color. In the garage at night it looks teal-ish. Sun shining on the car it looks greyish. I see green metal flakes and it looks like there may be silver and possibly gold? That sounds like a real good price. You are lucky to find a manual!
 

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I had my heart set on the White....until today I saw a Polished Metal Metallic in person...nothing screems more BAD ASS than that thing.
Picked up a PMM with Honda Sensing safety suite a few days ago. I agree that color is badass and gets attention. Hell, any Hatch would in any color, it is so polarizing which gets noticed either way.
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