hello,
a few months ago i got my hands on a car that many buyers would love to, at least in my opinion. What I got is 02 Civic EX 4dr with a 5 speed. I knew the previous owners very well, they are very close family friends. They purchased the car brand new in 02 at took outstanding care of this civic. Needless to say they tool the car to same dealer where they purchased it for every single maintenance schedule. Every single oil change from the first at 4,000 miles up to the recent 115,000 miles is documented in order in folder, including every little small thing in between, plugs, brake pads, you name it, Tire rotation and balance every 6,000 miles, full alignment once a year. Timing belt and water pump at 105,000 miles. They even hand waxed the car twice a year once before the winter and once before the summer. Garaged every single day and washed by hand once a week. Pretty much their nothing better than than. Needless to say I drove the car many times before they asked to me if I wanted to buy it. No smoking inside, no eating it pretty much is brand new car to me.
Anyhow I have noticed that the rpms are unusual high, in my opinion. I managed to take a few pics while driving on the highway.
So my question is are those rpms normal for the mph?
The clutch is still the original, but it is not slipping whatsoever, i take off in second, third, even forth gear without a hesitation when i tested it, also they are adult drivers!

here are the pics!





Thanks!

 

Looks normal to me.

https://honda-tech.com/forums/honda-civic-2001-2005-78/ex-automatic-vs-manul-transmission-2667290/

 

thats exactly the post i was looking for, thanks man

 

No problem. Good luck with the car.

 

seems only slightly higher than what mine would be at, but yours is vtec, could be reving slightly higher for that reason, i donno.

btw, you should be wearing your seatbelt

 

ex transmissions have really short gears but its fine mine does the same thing

 

Hahaha. Yea. Thats normal, dude. Spot on.

 

Yeah the first time I drove on the interestate with my EM2 I was really confused why the rpms were so high.

 

its right where mine are, which still leads me to question why they didnt bother with a 6spd to drop it to the 2k range when on highway

 

i also wondered that, hense my dx (special ed) revs around 3500 just cruising on the highway at the speed limit (110Km/h) i have wanted to put a better final drive in but its just not worth it in the long run.

 

My point exactly, I didn't really know what the final gear ratio was on that tranny, to be honest, sometimes I really don't see a big difference between 4th and 5th gear, 6th gear would be perfect in my oppinion, will probably also push the mpg higher, not that i am worried about that.

Thanks everyone!