exyia
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- 2017 SportTouring Hatch, 2010 EvoX SE
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Hello everyone!
I just picked up a 2017 Sport Touring Hatchback as my new daily. Enjoying it so far.
My main car is a 2010 Mitsubishi Evo X SE that has become a pretty big build - first SCCA Solo A-Street Prepared (autox for those not familiar with classing/rules), and now prepping for NASA TT2.
Kozmic Motorsports (well known in the Evo community) and Race Competition Engineering (for suspensions tuning) have been long time supporters through my endeavors. For those wanting to kill some time with more reading material, you can see what I've been through on that car through my build threads:
https://boostedforums.net/showthread.php?625-Exyia-2-0-Special-Edition-done-right!
I've run into a few hiccups in the build, so I went out looking for a daily.
I didn't need much car for my daily with a ~3 mile commute and didn't want to spend that much. I've always had a soft spot for the CR-Z and ended up finding a manual 6spd for a good deal (they depreciate like crazy). I drove 1.5 hours away to get it in the next town over from Houston (College Station)
It was only fun in that it reminded me of my high school days of driving a slow car fast was fun. I LOVED having a hatchback though. My other hobbies (airsoft being a big one) were much more fun when I had an easy hatchback to load all my stuff.
Then one day I saw two Civic Hatchbacks in the parking lot. They were definitely striking. I've always thought the 10th gen Civics should have been a hatchback with how the roof sloped into the rear, but I didn't expect the Hatchback to be so edgy. I wasn't sure if I liked or disliked it, but it caught my attention.
But being a hatchback, I decided to look into it (I never liked the Focus or Fiesta ST offerings). The more I read, the more I liked. It was fast enough to be fun, but the tech/hondasensing features had me really interested. This seemed like a car I would be completely happy with until it died (there wouldn't be any new features on a car that would make me want to upgrade after a few years). I decided it would be worth making payments on a daily I would enjoy being in everyday I can't drive the Evo.
Then I found my frustration with how Honda packages their features in trim levels. Either get the 6 speed with nothing or get all the features but drive a CVT. After test driving all of them, I decided to opt for a loaded Sport Touring. While the Sport 6MT was fun, it didn't offer anything ground breaking and I feel it would just be the next car until the next cool thing came along - while the Sport Touring had every feature I could ever want in a car regardless of class.
Finding a Sport Touring was another difficult endeavor, but ironically, the same Honda dealership I drove out to for my CR-Z had one in black. I made a deal and then drove over. The drive home made me happy with my choice - LKA and ACC really made this feel like a newer age of car compared to just driving another turbocharged 6speed manual hatchback.
Trading in the CRZ
The new Civic
I didn't take many pictures at all because I couldn't stand how it looked without window tint, so more pictures to follow.
As for plans, I think the powertrain will be more than fun enough with a few mods to be a sporty daily that doesn't feel like a compromise, with all the comfort and tech features that makes this car just enjoyable to be in. The few times I had to slog through rush hour traffic, I was the most comfortable I have ever been in a car with HondaSensing.
I just picked up a 2017 Sport Touring Hatchback as my new daily. Enjoying it so far.
My main car is a 2010 Mitsubishi Evo X SE that has become a pretty big build - first SCCA Solo A-Street Prepared (autox for those not familiar with classing/rules), and now prepping for NASA TT2.
Kozmic Motorsports (well known in the Evo community) and Race Competition Engineering (for suspensions tuning) have been long time supporters through my endeavors. For those wanting to kill some time with more reading material, you can see what I've been through on that car through my build threads:
https://boostedforums.net/showthread.php?625-Exyia-2-0-Special-Edition-done-right!
I've run into a few hiccups in the build, so I went out looking for a daily.
I didn't need much car for my daily with a ~3 mile commute and didn't want to spend that much. I've always had a soft spot for the CR-Z and ended up finding a manual 6spd for a good deal (they depreciate like crazy). I drove 1.5 hours away to get it in the next town over from Houston (College Station)
It was only fun in that it reminded me of my high school days of driving a slow car fast was fun. I LOVED having a hatchback though. My other hobbies (airsoft being a big one) were much more fun when I had an easy hatchback to load all my stuff.
Then one day I saw two Civic Hatchbacks in the parking lot. They were definitely striking. I've always thought the 10th gen Civics should have been a hatchback with how the roof sloped into the rear, but I didn't expect the Hatchback to be so edgy. I wasn't sure if I liked or disliked it, but it caught my attention.
But being a hatchback, I decided to look into it (I never liked the Focus or Fiesta ST offerings). The more I read, the more I liked. It was fast enough to be fun, but the tech/hondasensing features had me really interested. This seemed like a car I would be completely happy with until it died (there wouldn't be any new features on a car that would make me want to upgrade after a few years). I decided it would be worth making payments on a daily I would enjoy being in everyday I can't drive the Evo.
Then I found my frustration with how Honda packages their features in trim levels. Either get the 6 speed with nothing or get all the features but drive a CVT. After test driving all of them, I decided to opt for a loaded Sport Touring. While the Sport 6MT was fun, it didn't offer anything ground breaking and I feel it would just be the next car until the next cool thing came along - while the Sport Touring had every feature I could ever want in a car regardless of class.
Finding a Sport Touring was another difficult endeavor, but ironically, the same Honda dealership I drove out to for my CR-Z had one in black. I made a deal and then drove over. The drive home made me happy with my choice - LKA and ACC really made this feel like a newer age of car compared to just driving another turbocharged 6speed manual hatchback.
Trading in the CRZ
The new Civic
I didn't take many pictures at all because I couldn't stand how it looked without window tint, so more pictures to follow.
As for plans, I think the powertrain will be more than fun enough with a few mods to be a sporty daily that doesn't feel like a compromise, with all the comfort and tech features that makes this car just enjoyable to be in. The few times I had to slog through rush hour traffic, I was the most comfortable I have ever been in a car with HondaSensing.