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Old Feb 3, 2003
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Who here has a Japanese made civic? I personally never seen one. Are they better than Ohio/Canada made ones??
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Something to do with a serial number

I remember MoHawkBoom saying his civic was made in Japan??? correct me if im wrong
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[hr]Originally posted by: mohawkboom
My civic was made in Japan...tons of problems.. on my third set of front shocks..second set of rears..car's 15months old allready been re-painted for rust, the body of my car squeekes in hard turns, there was tons of rattles..killed em all except my door lock actuators...my dash rattled..my windshield cracked for no reson in the bottom left corner...

Still like the car though..definately left a bad first impression of Honda on me tho[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG][hr]
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Dude, my uncle is Chinese. He overnighted my JDM Civic from Tokyo.
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On the vin if it starts with a j it is from Japan, a 1 is America, and 2 for I believe Mexico but not sure maybe Canada. I heard once that if the car was made in Japan it tends to have a better resale value [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/IMG]
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[hr]On the vin if it starts with a j it is from Japan, a 1 is America, and 2 for I believe Mexico but not sure maybe Canada. I heard once that if the car was made in Japan it tends to have a better resale value [hr]
really, better resale value??? does this go for all japan imported vehicles>?
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[hr]Originally posted by: HondaGuru
Dude, my uncle is Chinese. He overnighted my JDM Civic from Tokyo.[hr]

[IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG][IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG][IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG] that was a funny @$$ vid
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I haven't seen one yet!
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[hr]Originally posted by: HondaGuru
Dude, my uncle is Chinese. He overnighted my JDM Civic from Tokyo.[hr]

[IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG][IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG][IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG] that was a funny @$$ vid[hr]
hilarious! I must have seen that video and also the other one over 100x [IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG][IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG] the guys hilarious. Joe you got more of him?

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i only have those 2.
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the sedan civic r made in japan and the coupes in ohio
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Originally posted by neeedforspeeeeed
[IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG][IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG][IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG] that was a funny @$$ vid

what vid are you talkin about?
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mine's made in canada...
i think...
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Ha! If you are 'lucky' enough to have a Japanese-made civic, you're going to pay 2 or 3 times more money for replacement parts. At least that's what the dealer found when he checked something for me.
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Coupes make good use of Japanese parts. Cheaper to fix, wooT!
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