To All the Hondas I've Loved Before

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Dustyroads posted a cool thread about our car collections, and it made me get around to posting a thread about all the Honda's we've had before. I know your Type R might be your first, but for me it's the culmination of a dream since I was in high school, and the most recent in a series of five majors.

In high school I had an '89 Civic sedan. Nothing special, and it got blue emblems and an intake tube. Don't laugh - it was 1998 and I was a kid.

I college I had a '96 Civic coupe. I learned everything on this car. Over ten years I slowly made changes to it - sway bars, an intake, Ground Control coilovers on Tokico Illuminas (throwback!), rear disc conversion, etc, until it eventually benefited from an LS-VTEC swap. I had this car well out of college, and it was my daily when I started my next project. A lot of parts from it ended up on my next one. I wish I had kept this one.

I got a '96 Civic hatch because I had always wanted a hatch, and I finally had the knowledge and time and space for a dedicated project. This car has been entirely apart since I've had it - like, no two parts touching each other apart. New Midori paint (to refresh it's factory color), a B18C ITR swap, but nothing groundbreaking. Very basic little EK build but it's a fine little autocrosser/weekender, my love letter to Honda. What I figure they'd've built if they could have charged $25,000 in 1996. It's still in progress, and is my main focus even with the CTR, which is now my daily.

I had an '07 Si sedan for a hot second, I expected it to be my next long term daily before the CTR officially came to the US. Skunk2 coilovers with non adjustable shocks, and that's all I had time to put on it before I sold it on. Very nice little car, though.

Civic Type R. I'm leaving this one primarily stock, as a nice little daily driven collector car.

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Also, merge this with Dustyroads' thread if they are too similar....
 

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No no, this is different!
My parents were married in a cvcc, their license was going to expire so they found a priest at a gas station.
I drove my Dad's 83 civic delivering pizzas when I was 19.
I picked up my wife on our first date in a yellow 2002 s2000. Later we bought a (again yellow) 2008 s2000cr off the lot at a discount. I hate that I sold that car.
I raced a 93 Accord (stick) for about 8 hours of a lemons race at Thunderhill, and about 5 more at Laguna Seca.
Now we own a Type R!
I like Mazdas too.
 

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I'd have to dig for pictures but I've had:
1988 Integra LS SE (Black)
1996 Integra LS (Green)
2002 RSX Type S (Silver)
Still have:
2013 Pilot Touring (Black)
2018 Type R (Black)
 

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2001 Honda Civic EX
2014 Honda Pilot
2001 Honda prelude
2018 Honda Civic type R

I’m sensing a theme here...
 


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2001 Honda Civic EX
2014 Honda Pilot
2001 Honda prelude
2018 Honda Civic type R

I’m sensing a theme here...
Sorry forgot to mention this is the order they were purchased in.

Still have the pilot and type R. Wife made me get rid of the Lude once I got the R. Something about too many cars.
 
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Too bad about the Prelude, those are rare and rarer in good shape. I always loved the proportions on those.

I don't know why wives don't appreciate collections...
 

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Too bad about the Prelude, those are rare and rarer in good shape. I always loved the proportions on those.

I don't know why wives don't appreciate collections...
My cousin had a black Prelude SI. Loved that car but the insurance was really high back then.
Wives may not appreciate our collections but at least mine is in the Honda family (2002 Accord EX-L and now a 2015 Accord EX-L)
 

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1988 prelude si 5spd (yellow)
1991 civic hatch 4spd
1984 crx 5spd
1997 del sol 5spd
2001 Civic ex 5spd
2005 Element ex awd 5spd
2007 fit sport 5spd
2005 Element ex awd 5spd (yep, another one)
2017 Civic si coupe 6spd
2018 type r (current)
 
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1988 prelude si 5spd (yellow)
1991 civic hatch 4spd
1984 crx 5spd
1997 del sol 5spd
2001 Civic ex 5spd
2005 Element ex awd 5spd
2007 fit sport 5spd
2005 Element ex awd 5spd (yep, another one)
2017 Civic si coupe 6spd
2018 type r (current)
Elements are slept on. I mean, not like they're great trail runners or anything fast or anything, just really great in an unassuming way. 5spds are uncommon, I'm impressed you found two.
 


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My dad has owned MANY Hondas...to many too list so he is the reason why I love Honda but I bought my first one at 18 and it was a 2013 Honda civic Si and now I own the 2018 Type R
 

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Elements are slept on. I mean, not like they're great trail runners or anything fast or anything, just really great in an unassuming way. 5spds are uncommon, I'm impressed you found two.
Yeah I got lucky with the second one. The first Element was purchased brand new in 05. The second I got in '13 and was lucky to find the ex manual awd version. Bummer they stopped making them. I would totally buy another if they made them again..just never was fond of the crv though...too mainstream for me.
 

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'89 Civic DX - MT
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'00 Civic Si (first car I ever bought new & modified): JacksonRacing Supercharger, I/H/E, Ground Control Coilovers, 17" TE37's, etc.)
'06 Civic Si (HFP- brakes/rotors/springs, I/H/E, Hondata, Gram Lights etc.)
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'17 CTR - I, IC, KTuner, etc.
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Loved the '00 & '06 Si's and regret selling those. Won't make that mistake with the CTR as it represents everything I ever wanted from Honda: Type R, Hatch, Turbo K20, LSD.
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