Honda's Gay
02-15-2005, 11:58 AM
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Good idea with the RWD, bad idea with the guapo paint job. Looks like it rolled out of some backwards *** paint shop down in Miami. For the record tho Honda's dont suck, its the people who drive them that do most of the sucking. 
02-15-2005, 02:38 PM
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This is true. Honda doesn't suck. Reliable? Heck yea! It's all I've driven as a DD outside of any "Sports" car I've owned!
In a world of "Custom" anything, nothing is all that new or inspiring anymore, I guess. To me anyways. Making a FWD econobox RWD and ugly isn't that impressive.
Like others here, I just see that and think "Damn, what kind of 7 that money could have bought!"
In a world of "Custom" anything, nothing is all that new or inspiring anymore, I guess. To me anyways. Making a FWD econobox RWD and ugly isn't that impressive.
Like others here, I just see that and think "Damn, what kind of 7 that money could have bought!"
02-15-2005, 02:59 PM
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I think I have to agree with the topic title, while the conversion is admirable, the platform to perform the conversion was a poor choice, and yes the paint job is tasteless.
In addition rotary owners are spoiled, specifically the RX-7 platform owners, we have an all around good sports car, what they lack in power stock is hardly an insurmountable obastacle to overcome, so I think our views on other cars are forever jaded, for the hardcore rotary fan anyway.
In addition rotary owners are spoiled, specifically the RX-7 platform owners, we have an all around good sports car, what they lack in power stock is hardly an insurmountable obastacle to overcome, so I think our views on other cars are forever jaded, for the hardcore rotary fan anyway.
02-15-2005, 03:13 PM
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Originally Posted by 89 Rag' date='Feb 15 2005, 04:59 PM
I think I have to agree with the topic title, while the conversion is admirable, the platform to perform the conversion was a poor choice, and yes the paint job is tasteless.
In addition rotary owners are spoiled, specifically the RX-7 platform owners, we have an all around good sports car, what they lack in power stock is hardly an insurmountable obastacle to overcome, so I think our views on other cars are forever jaded, for the hardcore rotary fan anyway.
In addition rotary owners are spoiled, specifically the RX-7 platform owners, we have an all around good sports car, what they lack in power stock is hardly an insurmountable obastacle to overcome, so I think our views on other cars are forever jaded, for the hardcore rotary fan anyway.
Yes my apprentice, what you speak is true, but they aren't just lacking power! They are an unbalanced, un-powerful, wrong-wheeldrive, ugly breed of cars...but Reliable! And great on gas! Heck, that's whats great about them!
My point is, there are cars that may not be considered "Sports" cars but at least offer RWD, or more power, or factory sport suspension + strut bars and balance, etc etc.
Why give yourself that much of a challenge? The better package comes in a nicer shell anyways!
02-15-2005, 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by toplessFC3Sman' date='Feb 15 2005, 06:30 PM
i think the "lack of power" was referring to the 7... he does own a vert (albiet a very nice one), then again so do i...
Ahh True. Yer right. As I was saying as well, its not like the majority of honda's are only missing one or 2 elements, they are watered down in every area imaginable...cept for reliability and durability, but that comes without saying...
His vert rocks, it tempts me away from the Miata possibility....
02-16-2005, 03:41 AM
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My family has owned several Hondas and I really don't see their reliability. They break at 100K just like every other car we've owned. That's why I made my dad drive a Protege instead of just getting another Civic. Now he has a nice reliable-ish car that he actually enjoys driving. His first Civic needed pretty much an entire front end at 100K and his second one had tranny problems at 75K. My sister's Prelude had more issues than I'd like to list too.
02-16-2005, 08:09 AM
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Originally Posted by UniqueTII' date='Feb 16 2005, 05:41 AM
My family has owned several Hondas and I really don't see their reliability. They break at 100K just like every other car we've owned. That's why I made my dad drive a Protege instead of just getting another Civic. Now he has a nice reliable-ish car that he actually enjoys driving. His first Civic needed pretty much an entire front end at 100K and his second one had tranny problems at 75K. My sister's Prelude had more issues than I'd like to list too.
Perhaps you got the ONE lemon of the 50,000 made that year :P
I have two friends with Honda's pushing 200k+, both on original transmissions (original clutch on one!) and running good. They needed a tune-up in the recent past but that go's without saying.
All my integra's were owned/driven from 90k-175k range, and the engine operated normally.
My friend with a 40k mile Pontiac and the other with a 40k mile Galant is another story, BOTH had problems misfiring even after a good tuneup...