Hello Honda-tech members.
I jus joined a few moments ago and I'm pretty excited.
I live in Orland Park, IL south of Chicago.
I kno a few members here already, personally.

I have a question for you all.
Im at the moment deciding on two cars:
2001 Civic EX 35k miles
1999 Civic Si 50k miles

I work at a Mitsubishi in Orland Park a dood came in not too long ago traded a lightly modded Si for an Evo8. Im gettin pretty sick of my 7th gen so I'm considering.
Any opinions on what you would do?

Thanks.
Lou-


Modified by SLeePeR012 at 6:47 AM 4/10/2003

 

Well first of all, you can't load images off your hard-drive, you have to use imagastation or we-todd-racing or something else.

And, well be able to help a bit more!!!

And Welcome,

Jonathan

 

The biggest differences are the engines.

I don't know if you know.. but the Si has a totally different engine than a single cam civic.

I'd go for the Si without a doubt. That mileage bump doesn't even matter.. Honda's are extremely reliable so...

 

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go for the SI!

 

Yes, go with the si. I would not even think twice about that. Hey I live pretty close to you by the way.

 

Here's what you should do:
1) drive the EX
2) drive the Si
3) buy the Si

 

get the SI !

 

Get the SI no question about it!!!

And how did he become a member?!? what ever happened to Trial membership? I know things change here at H-T but this :scratching head:

 

welcome
Buy the Ex build it up and with a 100 shot of nitrous and earn bragging rights when you rape a Gsr

 

buy the si if you have a place to put it at night...if not, it's a lot more likely to get stolen.

 

Buy an Eg hatch
Drop a GSR in

Buy plenty of with the left over $$

Serious note Owned a 98 coupe, 98 sedan, and now a 93 hatch (All Civics)

the hatch and the GSR swap is not even complete yet

 

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damn i hope you are joking.

 

get the si and edit your post of where u work.

 

get the si. i miss mines alot
Si=

 

Si

 

Buy the Si, mod for mod it's B16A will be faster. (This coming from a D series SOHC owner, so please don't take this as a flame on D series ya'll ).

You might want to edit out where you work & stuff, too many thieves, etc......

Welcome to h-t, and good luck with whichever one you decide on

 

I'd drive both and decide what you want out of the car before making the purchase. If you're wanting to go fast, the Si would have the advantage. If you're looking for a daily driver that has cheap parts and good gas milage, go with the EX.

But if it were me and I were buying for my own motives, I'd go with the Si of course.

 

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can we say "boom!?"

 

Why not an Evo8? You were there right? Do you get a discount? How much are they? Forget either cars, their slow compared to the Evo8.

 

 

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Na Man i Wasnt joking.
My cuz runs 13.3 on a sohc non v-tec with only a 60 shot and a stock bottom end.

 

screw the si. SOHC turbo

 

Between those two cars i would definitely go with the SI.

 

Go with the Si, at the moment that platform has the most potential.

 

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thats true, but going sohc turbo would be something different than what everybody else is doing. Of coarse if i was in that position i would probably end up getting the si anyways .