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The new civic looks like a shrunk down crosstour smaller accord. I could never own it. The same way I know the miata is a great car I just could never own one. And I'm in a BRZ today.
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05-24-2016, 04:17 PM | #128 |
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Knowing Honda, they are going to be 5yrs late with the release. On top of that, the new S2k will be 3300lbs, 6cyl CVT starting at 38k.
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Everytime I read about the S2000's rumored revival, it makes me wish I got an S2000 instead of buying an RSX back in 2007.
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If it makes you feel better, I will probably never be able to afford a 1995 NSX without selling one of my testicles.
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I really don't want to spend money on car to just park it in the garage. I know and met people who dd nsx but I don't like idea of that either. When I was young I couldn't afford these cars and now I am older, I am getting too picky |
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05-24-2016, 10:29 PM | #132 |
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Prolly not a good mention but my S2000 is from 2007. 9 years and 156k later it runs great but things are starting to fall apart and it's starting to require lots of tedious maintenance typical for an s2000 of the age and with as high miles im sure an RSX is much easier to keep above the 150k mark.
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The biggest problem was really the oil pan, which for some reason was unbaffled whereas the 1ZZ oil pan had at least some baffling. Super easy to kill the engine from oil starvation. If you wanted to run that thing over 8000rpm regularly, the stock valves would need to be thrown out and replaced with aftermarket, and probably the oil pump gears too. The stock valves were weak would break off the stem and wreck the engine. The lift bolts also were redesigned for reliability later one. The C series transmissions were somewhat fragile too, which is another reason why K20 swaps are somewhat popular (even though you're not gaining much power for the trouble) for Elise/MR2s. You're very correct about the consumer. Consumers these days like torquey small turbos, because they make the car feel really fast when you're not pushing it. Every manufacturer is toting the big increase in torque from switching to turbo engines for a reason. The hardcore car enthusiast that likes to shift gears to access the powerband is dying out Quote:
The K series had been around for a decade by the time they had to retire the K20, that's about what you'd expect. One big reason why you only see high revving engines in supercars now is that a high revving engine usually uses shorter low gears so people don't complain about "lack of torque", but then the shorter low gears wreck your EPA certification mpg. In the real world the mpg decrease is not that big, unless the top gear is too short like a E90 M3 or S2000, and you can get around it like the American manufacturers did using custom shift schedules. For whatever reason, no one has bothered specifying shift schedules to game the numbers, I guess they figure people aren't that interested in manual transmissions anymore. In a supercar this isn't a problem because they have so much power no one is going to complain that their car is slow and needs a supercharger. Well...almost no one lol. |
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Window Power Regulator(Driver side snapped for mine and I couldn't work the windows anymore) VSA( I have the version with the early traction control, it's kinda stopped working or it's working I can't tell because the dash light no longer works, to me it's on all the time. Can't turn off for racing, oh well it's still safe, rear problem that doesn't occur often, there's not really a fix atm) Starter(My starter stopped working at about 147k, and It had to be replaced, it was an expensive replacement, the part it self was close to 600$, keep in mind this was one of the first cars to get push button start I'm guessing components were much more complicated back then) That's about it, it's been a pretty good car. The wear and tear parts really do pile up one after the other. in the past 5 months I had to replace something every month. I would like to do the whole thing all at once but I don't have that kind of money. It's a great car and I love it.
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Honda Trademarks ZSX Nameplate, Is It For A Baby NSX?
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