Test Drove The New 06 EX
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Test Drove The New 06 EX Yep, and it wasnt all that great!!! The Engine coad read R18A1 and the engine bay looked like a van. I drove on the freeway and through some streets and it was hella slow! 
I have a 4 puck clutch on my 02 and I had a hard time adjusting back to the stock feeling clutch. Other then all that the interior is designed by nasa and it is hella roomey and very very nice lookin!! But hey this is my two cents sooooo if you have any questions about the new civic just ask... O' the sales man told me the new SI i can test drive in late January or early Febuary!!! 
I have a 4 puck clutch on my 02 and I had a hard time adjusting back to the stock feeling clutch. Other then all that the interior is designed by nasa and it is hella roomey and very very nice lookin!! But hey this is my two cents sooooo if you have any questions about the new civic just ask... O' the sales man told me the new SI i can test drive in late January or early Febuary!!! 
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Originally Posted by xkimsungminx
where do you live?? i went to the dealership in my city and they said it's gona be out in the lots by the end of this month or early december
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Dealers here in Central New York said after the new year, Jan-Feb
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Rep Power: 319 well, coming from a stock 7thgen auto to an '06 civic LX auto, I have to say they are about the same for speed, maybe a tad faster because of the increase of gears and hence smaller gear ratios. Anyway, the 7thgen auto civic where slower IMO than the manuals, so I could see how the manual would be much better.
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Originally Posted by Jrfish007
well, coming from a stock 7thgen auto to an '06 civic LX auto, I have to say they are about the same for speed, maybe a tad faster because of the increase of gears and hence smaller gear ratios. Anyway, the 7thgen auto civic where slower IMO than the manuals, so I could see how the manual would be much better.
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Rep Power: 347 So you didn't get a chance to open her up? I mean, it sounds like you didn't. The impression that I'm getting is that it has higher fuel economy becuase it is geared differently.
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Rep Power: 318 well, you can probably buy them. just not test drive them. they don't want everyone coming in just to test drive it right away. they did the same with the STi when that first came out. every dumb*ss and their friend would be going to the dealership, whether they knew how to drive or not, and want to test it out, just to say that they drove one. It'll be the same deal with the Si.
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Originally Posted by CivicsRdBest
So you didn't get a chance to open her up? I mean, it sounds like you didn't. The impression that I'm getting is that it has higher fuel economy becuase it is geared differently.
in canada...a lot of 06's i see on the road!!! not the SI cuz' we all know that's coming next month here. they have been out since late october...they're nice looking but doesn't look civic anymore imo, good thing i bought the last looking civic(05)
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Originally Posted by manahoonie
well, you can probably buy them. just not test drive them. they don't want everyone coming in just to test drive it right away. they did the same with the STi when that first came out. every dumb*ss and their friend would be going to the dealership, whether they knew how to drive or not, and want to test it out, just to say that they drove one. It'll be the same deal with the Si.
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Originally Posted by cg95660
I think that would be true if it was more expensive. But when you are pricing it around 20k instead of the 30k that the subaru was priced at. ALot of people who wanted to test drive the sti could not afford them unlike the si which most of us could afford them.
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Rep Power: 348 im not a big fan of the new civic......for the same price as the si, you could proabably get a nice used s2k. i drove an s2k a few nights ago and loved it.....i just wish that it was a little smaller
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Originally Posted by rjngo
they're nice looking but doesn't look civic anymore imo, good thing i bought the last looking civic(05)
In our civic club all the guys with ek's and any earlier models say that about 7th gens........too heavy, too fancy(LMAO), To slow....etc. 
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Rep Power: 0 With the new Civic Honda is slowly becoming Toyota (bland, reliable, more or less un-noteworthy) and Toyota of late is becoming Honda (high revving engines in the Matrix XRS, and Toyota Corolla XRS, plus prev. discontinued Celica GTS).
I can only begin to wonder what the 9th gen. will look like and whether this new R series engine will last as long as the D series did and whether the K will perservere as long as the B series.
I can only begin to wonder what the 9th gen. will look like and whether this new R series engine will last as long as the D series did and whether the K will perservere as long as the B series.
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Originally Posted by dre2600
With the new Civic Honda is slowly becoming Toyota (bland, reliable, more or less un-noteworthy) and Toyota of late is becoming Honda (high revving engines in the Matrix XRS, and Toyota Corolla XRS, plus prev. discontinued Celica GTS).
I can only begin to wonder what the 9th gen. will look like and whether this new R series engine will last as long as the D series did and whether the K will perservere as long as the B series.
I can only begin to wonder what the 9th gen. will look like and whether this new R series engine will last as long as the D series did and whether the K will perservere as long as the B series.
R18A1!!! So it seems to me they'r all ready veering away from Type R and heading towards Economy cars
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Originally Posted by 02BLKCIVIC
As I said in the beginning of this thread this morning, the engine code reads
R18A1!!! So it seems to me they'r all ready veering away from Type R and heading towards Economy cars
R18A1!!! So it seems to me they'r all ready veering away from Type R and heading towards Economy cars
what do you call the K20 then? 197hp and 30mpg. Decent power and economy.
Remember the the type-r's never used a D series engine. It was a B16 in the 6th gen and a K20 in the 7th gen. so the conclusion is, the type-r's never used the same engine as the other civics. so you cant really say honda is veering away from the type-r becuase the R series engine exist. Just like you cant say honda veered away from the 7th type-r becuase the D series exist, becuase they didnt.
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Rep Power: 812 I was also very disappointed and would not drive it again. 7thgen feels completely different. I didn't realize how slow the 8thgen auto is until i drove it, and the tranny is mushy. The si is gonna make or break honda, cause even for the casual honda lover, the base models just aren't up to par. Oh ya good job copying audi taillights.
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Originally Posted by gearbox
I was also very disappointed and would not drive it again. 7thgen feels completely different. I didn't realize how slow the 8thgen auto is until i drove it, and the tranny is mushy. The si is gonna make or break honda, cause even for the casual honda lover, the base models just aren't up to par. Oh ya good job copying audi taillights.
im not sure where the 5speed auto came from, but it might be from the 7th gen from thailand, the civic 2.0. that car had a sluggish 5 speed. even with 160hp and 5 speed auto, it wasnt much faster than the 4speed 127hp civics in terms of accerlation from 0-60 and 1/4 mile times.
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i live in florida (from tampa) but go to school in gainesville (butt-f***ing egypt) and i see a bunch of the 8th gens here driving around. the dealer here said the Si will be available in december....no idea what it drives like cuz haven't had time to test drive it.
