BLKonBLK'16
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the story of my new civic.
Last new car i had was a 06 corolla ce auto. i now drive a 90 Toyota 4x4 truck. i need a car for long trips now. i know that my current cars are too under powered to climb those nice steep grades you run into from time to time. the rental cars I've gotten, had the power I'm looking for and they were the about 200hp sedans. the cars I had it narrowed it down to, were the scion tc and the Honda accord, either one would have to be a 6 speed. few days ago i discovered that the new civic had more horsies. enough in fact that it should be close in performance to the accord. i have a new LX 6 speed in my drive way now. here is a pic of those super trick wheel covers
the review part. first off the stereo is so so. weather its the deck or the speakers i don' know but it will stay for now. as you can see the wheel covers are neat-o along with the hancook tires, combine to make......well they may need to go. i need to put more miles on them tires to see if they are cra p or not. Quite, the car is quite, but you do get some interior noise. its so quite to me that i don't see trying to improve it.
the interior quality i can't say either, i seem to think in black it looks and feels damn good. but a ivory one we sat in gave me a cheap feeling like my daughters '14 carolla. but their the same except color so go figure. room I'm 6'2 and its plenty large enough for me, seats not all the way back either. i guess between 06 and ? these got a tad bit bigger.
lets get on to that 2.0, it would be nice to think that I'd be able to just strap on tubro and be ready to play but i don't like the sounds of intergrated manifold. not that i'd add one even if needed. no matter the power it has now, I feel is going to be good enough. how does it perform behind a six speed? well you can actually feel it pull you back in the seat. but not by much. this is in comparison to a scion IM six speed (138hp) which gave me no feeling of acceleration. so far every hill or grade I've gone up has been a piece of cake did not require downshifting not even close. even the cvt rentals I had downshifted these grades. the only real test to give it now is to see how it will do speeding up to pass on those grades. how fast is it, don't race anyone you'll get beat by real fast car. it is however fast enough to be fun. about 80% the fun of my wifes' 99 miata.
i can't say much about the handling but it seems ok, nothing I'd want upgrade right away if ever?
oh i will mention i did get scratch in second without meaning to. that on flat dry pavement.
as far as the tranny itself if find it super easy shifting with no searching or anything for the gears.
i find the throws long by just a tad for performance shifting, meaning I'd like faster shifts. best shifting tranny i've ever had, really and that includes the auto's and cvt's.
de-badged for all to wonder what it is.., still need to take care of the h's
i wasn't looking for the horsepower of the SI but would have sprung for one if that what it took.
the 2.0 in here seem to put out just the right amount of power. i have no fears that when I'm stuck behind a truck on a grade, when its time to pass I won't feel I'm stressing out the engine, might not ever come out of overdrive.
first road trip is still a few weeks away then well really see.
Last new car i had was a 06 corolla ce auto. i now drive a 90 Toyota 4x4 truck. i need a car for long trips now. i know that my current cars are too under powered to climb those nice steep grades you run into from time to time. the rental cars I've gotten, had the power I'm looking for and they were the about 200hp sedans. the cars I had it narrowed it down to, were the scion tc and the Honda accord, either one would have to be a 6 speed. few days ago i discovered that the new civic had more horsies. enough in fact that it should be close in performance to the accord. i have a new LX 6 speed in my drive way now. here is a pic of those super trick wheel covers
the review part. first off the stereo is so so. weather its the deck or the speakers i don' know but it will stay for now. as you can see the wheel covers are neat-o along with the hancook tires, combine to make......well they may need to go. i need to put more miles on them tires to see if they are cra p or not. Quite, the car is quite, but you do get some interior noise. its so quite to me that i don't see trying to improve it.
the interior quality i can't say either, i seem to think in black it looks and feels damn good. but a ivory one we sat in gave me a cheap feeling like my daughters '14 carolla. but their the same except color so go figure. room I'm 6'2 and its plenty large enough for me, seats not all the way back either. i guess between 06 and ? these got a tad bit bigger.
lets get on to that 2.0, it would be nice to think that I'd be able to just strap on tubro and be ready to play but i don't like the sounds of intergrated manifold. not that i'd add one even if needed. no matter the power it has now, I feel is going to be good enough. how does it perform behind a six speed? well you can actually feel it pull you back in the seat. but not by much. this is in comparison to a scion IM six speed (138hp) which gave me no feeling of acceleration. so far every hill or grade I've gone up has been a piece of cake did not require downshifting not even close. even the cvt rentals I had downshifted these grades. the only real test to give it now is to see how it will do speeding up to pass on those grades. how fast is it, don't race anyone you'll get beat by real fast car. it is however fast enough to be fun. about 80% the fun of my wifes' 99 miata.
i can't say much about the handling but it seems ok, nothing I'd want upgrade right away if ever?
oh i will mention i did get scratch in second without meaning to. that on flat dry pavement.
as far as the tranny itself if find it super easy shifting with no searching or anything for the gears.
i find the throws long by just a tad for performance shifting, meaning I'd like faster shifts. best shifting tranny i've ever had, really and that includes the auto's and cvt's.
de-badged for all to wonder what it is.., still need to take care of the h's
i wasn't looking for the horsepower of the SI but would have sprung for one if that what it took.
the 2.0 in here seem to put out just the right amount of power. i have no fears that when I'm stuck behind a truck on a grade, when its time to pass I won't feel I'm stressing out the engine, might not ever come out of overdrive.
first road trip is still a few weeks away then well really see.