jhokie
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This isn't intended to be a bashing post. I’m just going to throw the reasons I traded my Civic X Si in for a 2018 WRX out there for discussion. The Si is a very good car that is a fantastic value. I’m going to start off with a couple great things about the Si.
Starting off with what the Si does really well
-This car is truly a great value for a practical and sporty car at the price point it’s selling at. In addition to that, the gas mileage for the performance is quite good.
-The Si really pulls impressively at a roll with all that torque for the weight of the car
-This car feels almost like a go-cart to me around curves. Comparable to a Miata I used to own if a Miata wasn't RWD
-I got a good trade in price that I was able to make work without losing too much at all. Honda resale value holds up!
Issues with front seat ergonomics and clutch travel
-The huge travel clutch really messed up the ergonomics of the car for me. I’m a big/tall guy with comparatively short legs, so to comfortably press the clutch in I had to sit comparatively close and lean my seat back. After a few thousand miles I felt pretty squished up to the dash.
If you have shorter legs and are considering this car I would highly recommend to think about and play with this closely.
-For a big guy, I could never get 100% quite comfortable in the seats. It wasn’t as bad as a miata that I used to have so it wasn’t an enormous issue, but it was an ongoing annoyance nonetheless.
Issues with general sportiness
-After driving the car for a while the I personally felt it was just a little short of the excitement level I wanted. For the price of the car you can’t really complain. However this ties into my next issue.
-Reports of clutch not handling increased power well turned me off from the route of keeping the car and just modding it to get where I wanted. On top of that, nobody was raving about the 3rd party clutches that were currently available (FX300, FX350 etc).
-The adaptive dampers became an issue I couldn’t stop thinking about when pondering trading this car. I do not enjoy the extra power steering, so I always used sport mode. Because of that I didn’t want to get stuck with expensive repairs to replace a part I didn’t use down the road.
-The small turbocharger kinda takes some of the breath away from this car and limits its tuning potential at the top end. Again, for the price it’s kind of hard to knock it.
-I got stuck with the all season tires instead of the summer tires I wanted because my dealership had no clue about this option.
Conclusion/Summary
If you’ve read this far thanks for reading my bit of closure on owning a Civic X Si. It certainly is a heck of a value for what you pay. If the clutch had a shorter travel or maybe even if my car had come with the summer tires I would have just kept it.
Starting off with what the Si does really well
-This car is truly a great value for a practical and sporty car at the price point it’s selling at. In addition to that, the gas mileage for the performance is quite good.
-The Si really pulls impressively at a roll with all that torque for the weight of the car
-This car feels almost like a go-cart to me around curves. Comparable to a Miata I used to own if a Miata wasn't RWD
-I got a good trade in price that I was able to make work without losing too much at all. Honda resale value holds up!
Issues with front seat ergonomics and clutch travel
-The huge travel clutch really messed up the ergonomics of the car for me. I’m a big/tall guy with comparatively short legs, so to comfortably press the clutch in I had to sit comparatively close and lean my seat back. After a few thousand miles I felt pretty squished up to the dash.
If you have shorter legs and are considering this car I would highly recommend to think about and play with this closely.
-For a big guy, I could never get 100% quite comfortable in the seats. It wasn’t as bad as a miata that I used to have so it wasn’t an enormous issue, but it was an ongoing annoyance nonetheless.
Issues with general sportiness
-After driving the car for a while the I personally felt it was just a little short of the excitement level I wanted. For the price of the car you can’t really complain. However this ties into my next issue.
-Reports of clutch not handling increased power well turned me off from the route of keeping the car and just modding it to get where I wanted. On top of that, nobody was raving about the 3rd party clutches that were currently available (FX300, FX350 etc).
-The adaptive dampers became an issue I couldn’t stop thinking about when pondering trading this car. I do not enjoy the extra power steering, so I always used sport mode. Because of that I didn’t want to get stuck with expensive repairs to replace a part I didn’t use down the road.
-The small turbocharger kinda takes some of the breath away from this car and limits its tuning potential at the top end. Again, for the price it’s kind of hard to knock it.
-I got stuck with the all season tires instead of the summer tires I wanted because my dealership had no clue about this option.
Conclusion/Summary
If you’ve read this far thanks for reading my bit of closure on owning a Civic X Si. It certainly is a heck of a value for what you pay. If the clutch had a shorter travel or maybe even if my car had come with the summer tires I would have just kept it.
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