No Toyota turbo. I guess they aren’t buying into the reliability yet. In addition none of their fully Toyota cars are fun. I haven’t driven Toyota Corolla Hatch but the Corolla in top trim with a manual tranny sucked. Most Toyota are basic transportation. My Civic Si is fun and provides some...
I agree the EX, EX-T wheels on the sedan are really bad. They are so bad that I like the wheel covers on the LX sedan more than the alloy rims on the EX. Touring sedan wheels are ok.
I think the Si and Sport Hatch rims are the best in the whole stock line up. I really want the 19” HFP wheels...
I don’t think driverless and driver cars will co-mingle well. Unless there is a separate infrastructure for driverless cars, I can’t see driverless will ever work. Who is going to pay for that?
I have a 30 mile commute each way with a mix of highway and city driving. The Si is the perfect car for this drive. Great MPG, comfortable seats, decent sound system, Apple CarPlay, and if I feel frisky and want to zip in and out of traffic it has the power to do so. It also has compliant enough...
Like others have said it depends on your goal. Just taking it easy and trying to get the smoothest rideI would agree between 2500 and 3000. If trying to get best mileage than listen to engine if the tone goes up shift it. Typically for easy driving, I am in 1st gear to about 0-10 mph, 2nd to...
Why is the EGP not a color option for the SI sedan. Aren’t all SIs manufactured at the same plant in Canada? Not that I wanted that color just seemed odd that the sedan not offered in that color.
I learned how to drive as a teenager on a manual transmission vehicle. So that was stressful, however since you are experienced driver, I can’t imagine that it would take longer than an hour or two to get it down. Plus the Si has Hill hold assist which should help with rolling back on incline...
I start my car every morning in my driveway and then walk inside make my coffee and grab other stuff. Sometimes I a very far away and car continues to idle. It does beep annoyingly when you leave with key but I don’t think it continues to beep. My guess there isn’t a limit to distance away. I...
I haven’t had any issues with shifter. It seems real nice. The only issue I had was finding sixth gear but that was probably a me issue not a transmission issue.
All I know is that I am glad I bought my car before I found this forum. I wouldn’t have purchased it after seeing nothing but...
Yes what he said. Without LSD a non Si will be a one wheel peel machine. In addition, the turbo differences will make a difference if you really want to tune.
vincent@27won, new to the Si community and modding in general. What would you recommend as a first modification to ever do. All cars I owned prior to this one, there was never a market for modification. Fairly handy guy but not a huge amount of tools in garage yet.