New Here 2019 Civic Si from boring Toyota Corolla

[saiko21]

Hey Guys,
I am new to this forum. Switched my old Toyota Corolla and got a 2019 Civic Si.

 

[racer]

Congrats!

 

[Neps18Si]

Nice man congrats.

 

[Browncoat3000]

Hey Guys,
I am new to this forum. Switched my old Toyota Corolla and got a 2019 Civic Si.

Welcome to the Rallye Red and Si clubs!

Night and day from the Corolla. Car and Driver once described the Corolla and Camry as “Ideal For people who think of a car the same way they do a refrigerator.”

 

[PhilF]

Good choice, moved from a refrigerator to a 4-door sports car! Your commutes will be more interesting

 

[amirza786]

Hey Guys,
I am new to this forum. Switched my old Toyota Corolla and got a 2019 Civic Si.

Hey, I love the Toyota Corolla. They last and last and last and last and just will not break down no matter how hard you try. But hey congrats!

 

[amirza786]

Welcome to the Rallye Red and Si clubs!

Night and day from the Corolla. Car and Driver once described the Corolla and Camry as “Ideal For people who think of a car the same way they do a refrigerator.”

If that refrigerator lasts you over 200K, then it's a damn good refrigerator

 

[saiko21]

If that refrigerator lasts you over 200K, then it's a damn good refrigerator

Yeah they are good. I drove that from East to West without any troubles during my travel.

Only thing is it feels boring and slow

 

[PhilF]

If that refrigerator lasts you over 200K, then it's a damn good refrigerator[/

I had a Corrola a few years ago as a rental, decent, fairly competent but utterly boring, couldn't wait to get back to my Civic (at that time a 13 EX Coupe). The ability to compare the two platforms was interesting. Drove the 13 for 80k & traded on a 16 EX-L, (both coupes) Even the guy at Enterprise apologized that he didn't have anything more " interesting " Recently rode with a friend who has & loves Camerys, had good luck with them, still kinda bland & generic feeling, having recently had a loaner Accord, was able to compare, the Accord was a nice car, Sport trim, but was still glad to get back to my Civic, just flat-out enjoy driving it. Like the size, feel, handling, pretty much everything. I think it comes down to finding a car you get overall satisfaction & enjoyment from. Everyone's clock gets wound by a different key!

 

[saiko21]

Hey, I love the Toyota Corolla. They last and last and last and last and just will not break down no matter how hard you try. But hey congrats!

I agree with you. Toyota prefers long life over power

 

[amirza786]

Yeah they are good. I drove that from East to West without any troubles during my travel.

Only thing is it feels boring and slow

They are indeed boring, but that's why they last. I bought one in 1995, and it stayed in my family until about 3 years ago when my nephew traded it in thru a program called Cash for clunkers and got $8,500 towards a Prius. I paid about $13K for it so not a bad return. It was still running good at over 200K on it, although the body was falling apart

 

[saiko21]

These days Camry feels very underpowered. We need to wait for 5min to get a response after pressing the gas pedal . Accord is way better compared to Camry in every way

 

[saiko21]

They are indeed boring, but that's why they last. I bought one in 1995, and it stayed in my family until about 3 years ago when my nephew traded it in thru a program called Cash for clunkers and got $8,500 towards a Prius. I paid about $13K for it so not a bad return. It was still running good at over 200K on it, although the body was falling apart

My car was at 185k and sold it for 3k. The rear quarter panels were getting rusty near wheel wells but the engine was perfect and lasts long with very minimal maintenance.

I hope someone starts a maintenance thread and make it sticky in this forum. I am more of a DIY guy and Toyota nation forums has a thread for all maintenance related stuff

 

[amirza786]

I have a 2006 Camry SE V6, it has the 3.3L which was the biggest engine for the Camry at the time (same engine as the Sienna), nothing boring about that car, although it doesn't handle winding roads nearly as well as my Si. It has 140K on it, has never had any mechanical issues in 12 years except a leaking power steering hose which I replaced last year. I gave it to my daughter when she started college. I love that car so much I offered to teach her how to drive a manual and trade with the Si, she has no interest in trading even though the Civic is new. This is my first Honda BTW, I absolutely love it. Hopefully it will give me the same trouble free years as my Toyotas!

 

[amirza786]

These days Camry feels very underpowered. We need to wait for 5min to get a response after pressing the gas pedal . Accord is way better compared to Camry in every way

That's more the throttle and transmission programming which is setup for fuel economy. Also these new automatic transmissions have like a million gears now (OK, the Camry has 8) and again, that is for fuel economy. Drive the Camry XSE with the 3.5L V6 and you will feel no sluggishness whatsoever. I would have bought it, but it is nearly $40K. Even used they are like $30K

You made a good choice, this is a great car, lots of fun and best of all it's economical and cheap. Hopefully we will get many years out of it

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