@iantm: 1990 Integra LS Sedan here, S/N 000397, completely stock except I put in a CD player when the original tape deck started losing channels. 290k miles, all battered to hell, but somehow still running. I want to kill every wannabe ricer every time I find one on craigslist all riced out with the AC components gutted to "save weight", yo.
@kww: Man, if I had a F-150, an assload of meth, an airbrush and had just watched Team America World Police several times in a row, it would still look better than THAT truck.
But it's not some little dinky SOHC D-series 80, It's the B008C5R DOHC VTEC.
@High Speed Indeed: When I read that paragraph I was suddenly awash with the thought of getting my ass to Mars.
@duurtlang: Living in the area known as "Deep East Texas", it's more like The Hills Have Eyes in a beat up 82 Suburban that hasn't been registered or inspected since 86.
Personally, I would be scared shitless if Bruce Willis was after me in a blown El Camino. For that matter, I'd be scared shitless if Bruce Willis was after me in a diesel Chevette.
I'm digging the direction they seem to be taking the marque in. Hell, if it turns out as cool as this promises, maybe we should have given him Pontiac with the sale!
I think this is a pretty cool concept. Given the power levels and displacement, perhaps Honda should cut a B18 or K20 in half and power the CRZ with it instead.
What Neil Diamond song could she possibly be talking about that has anything to do with the Dukes of Hazzard? Is she talking about Neil Young? Reference to the South? OMG RACISM!
Now the South has always been rather easy to pick on, I live here so I know that we have our quirks. It seems to me that no one can mention any of the Southern states without making some kind of comment about how everyone here is stupid, inbred or some kind of racist bigot in any kind of media. All these ever-so-PC writers and whatnot apparently think it makes them cool and enlightened to make some kind of snarky, bigoted comment about the only safe group of people to make fun of, anyone south of the Mason-Dixon line. What a bunch of hypocrites. Personally, the worst racism I have ever seen came from the mouths of some northern Illinois people loudly boasting of their hatred for anyone of color in the company of all their other Caucasian friends, where no minorities were around to hear them say it.
But that's allright, those hypocritical yankees can say whatever they want to because a Southern Man don't need them around anyhow.
For Sale: 1990 Acura Integra sedan, 298k miles, 5 speed. UNCONDITIONAL NO QUESTIONS ASKED LIFETIME WARRANTY*
* On the automatic seat belts.
After untold thousands of cycles, I wish they would finally wear out so I can drive my very beat down LeMons worthy car up to the service dept. at my nearest Acura dealer and demand that they honor the warranty certificate on those seat belts. If they don't, I'll be hopping over to Consumerist and making a fuss.
I couldn't stand those belts at first, but ended up getting used to them. Whenever I get into any other car and the belts don't magically do themselves, I look like an idiot when I try to reach down to the inside corner of the seat and try to clip the belt up into the B pillar.
I only cursed them one time, when I leaned into the car's open window to turn the ignition on and those bastards cycled forward, pinning me to the A pillar with a surprisingly painful amount of torque. My GF in the passenger's seat freaked out when the car started beeping its alarm beeps and I was screaming, "FUCK! TURN IT OFF TURN IT OFF!" with my shoulders pinned. She looked more shocked than I did. That is something you only let happen once.
Looks to me like a 92-95 Civic hatchback got raped by a Boxster while the Crossfire watching somehow contributed some genetic material to the mess.
Now, who wants to see the epic drag race between this and the guy who swapped a Sherman tank engine?
What kind of douchebags are his parents? I had to keep from laughing my ass off at that ridiculous lifted GMC. What does that guy need that for? Does he tow doublewide trailer houses through a fucking swamp every day? That PMY H2 must be there because a Tahoe just doesn't scream "Hey, look at me!" enough. Can't really shit on the challenger though, as bad as I want to.
My first ride was a brown 77 Skylark (that I got in 1996) with a 231 that had bad rings in cylinder 6, which is the most pain in the ass spark plug to get to to clean the oil off of, so it always ran on 5, sometimes 4, cylinders and I thought it was the best thing that had ever happened to me.
But oh man, if that lil shithead kid had gone to school with me, we would have NEVER stopped fucking with him.
How much would it cost to drive that on the street? Would you have to register and insure it twice? To get it safety inspected, I would probably have to pay the state twice and give East Texas Bubba at the quick lube 2 30 packs of Natty Light.
Now, if you made one of these out of cars that got 36 MPG, could you divide that by 2 and say it only got 18 mpg and get 9 grand for it in the cash for clunkers program?
Bet no one ever considered that loophole.
Last week I was given an Aveo rental. In addition to it just being an Aveo, the front tires were worn unevenly and unbalanced and there was a very unsettling *THUNK!* coming from the rear that was made worse by the fact that one of the rear doors would not shut all the way no matter how hard you slammed it.
After 2 days of this customer service on the phone seemed unreceptive, so I showed up at the lot and complained loudly about it in line in front of several customers and was ever so graciously given a free upgrade to a G6 GT.
Too bad sometimes you have to show up and be a dick to get results.
By the time I had left however, they had already rented that Aveo to someone else.
Unless you can swap the "unspecified" engine from this thing into a CRX, I really don't see any reason to justify its existence.
You want a new car?
Boring but reliable?
Hyundai is cheaper.
Boring but reliable?
Hyundai is cheaper.
Dash plastic warping
Can't make small cars like Japan
Rebadging Daewoos
Can't make small cars like Japan
Rebadging Daewoos
My first D series was the lowliest of them all, the massive 70 HP 8 valve d15b8 in a 93 Civic CX Hatch. Yes, it was slow and geared excessively tall to get 47 MPG, but it got it and was fun to drive because only I knew that each and every single takeoff was WOT and shifting at redline till cruising speed. A simple light turning green presented 2 worlds, inside the car I had to drive like the Stig to keep from getting rear ended, outside all you saw was a little hatchback taking off at a somewhat normal pace.
I wish I still had that car, I got rid of it with 340k miles and never replaced the timing belt or head gasket. I just did not appreciate Prius beating economy in a light, tossable (albeit slow) car when gas was still less than a buck a gallon. Ironically, I drive an Integra sedan now and wish I had that 93 hatch to transplant my B18 into.
Call me crazy, but when I've made it I want a 68 Sedan Deville to tow an Airstream of similar vintage to every place I've ever wanted to spend more time at in North America.
