My first post here as a Honda owner. I just bought a 1990 Civic Si hatchback and it's my first stick. Nice car and I'm starting to fall in love with the looks. The car is 100% stock, engine has 123,000 miles, and the owner still had the original brochure which is pretty neat.

I took it for a few spins around the neighborhood, as it had no plates yet, and had some fun. The clutch travel(?) is quite long, as the clutch grabs very low. I did stall it a few times, but I didn't expect it to be easy. The 1.6 liter did suprise me though: everytime I gave a little gas and the clutch grabbed, the car took off much quicker than I expected. I gave it a little too much gas once and had some nice wheel spin, whoops . Anyone wanna share some tips to get a newbie started off a little more smoothly?

Anyways, I did some searching before joining this forum, and I have to say the people on this board seem to be the most mature and educated Honda drivers on the internet.

 

congrats....
use the search button here a lot and u shall find answers...

welcome to the HB world

 

yeah, you should always search first ask questions later. ive spent countless hours using search

oh yeah, 4th generation hatches

 

Ive had my crx for 2 months and have driven it little
Its ******* killing me. Just little problems that keep coming up like the ****** that slashed my front tire last week or the **** that double parked me for 4 hours til the tow company came, rust fix, all my body pieces coming

Have fun, I cant wait to learn stick and get it masterred

 

good tips for driving stick...

A) combo with E-brake on starts on steap inclines...
B) Start is second and give it a lot of gas for smooth starts...

 

Im glad you made the right choice. Dont be surprised if you become obsessed like 95% of us loosers go crazy thinking about our cars.

 

welcome to the world of ef chassis madness.