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Totally agree. Being cognizant of where we park is paramount for us, I think.I don't have a commute so I bought a Type R, but let me provide a different perspective:
My daily before the Civic was a 2014 Fiesta 3 cyl. I bought it in 2017 for $7000. I parked it everywhere, I never washed it, and it was awesome. I snugged it in to too tight spaces that I KNEW the person next to me was going to ding my car, and you know what? I didn't care. It was awesome. I got a bunch of road tar on it once, and then I had a bunch of road tar on it. I sold it for $6500, 2 years and 20,000 miles later.
Now, driving my Type R around, I park at the back of lots. I have to drive slowly over train tracks. I have to take a lot of parking lot entryways sideways. The car isn't lowered; it's just low. I'm constantly thinking about where my car is in space and where other people are in relation to it. I'm fine with it because I get to drive a Type R, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't miss parking in the first spot I found, no matter how sketchy, downtown.
This is where it really matters. Ballin' on weekends!To be clear, on weekends I'll be driving the civic a lot.
That's exactly it. Two miles barely gets the oil flowing properly. And the engine clearly won't get to normal operating temps. Even the battery takes a hit because it's never getting much of a charge. A 2 mile trip is about the worse thing you can constantly do to a car (other than constant 1 mile trips lol).Oil dilution or not, DI or not, no ICE will do well on 2 mile commutes. It's just not good for it.