WrenchHead

So now that my truck is finally sold I am on the hunt for my first Civic. YYYAAAAAYYYY!!!!!

The local Civic site seems to be inoperational. Booooo!!!!

Is Toronto Civics down or is it just me? Both my Windows 7 and Linux OS's are givin' me nothin'.


In the meantime i've been searching here on Civic Forums for various bits of info. Looks like a good crew here. Plenty of good info. Thanks!

MindBomber

Toronto civics is pretty slow usually..

What type of civic are you looking for?

WrenchHead

Ok, good to know. I thought maybe Toronto was cursed for vehicular forums, given usual problems with GTAMC, GTAM and balhblahblah ...


I'm looking for something with ~200k (or less), manual trans, power windows, coupe or sedan, on the road for $4k. It's do-able ...

... easier if people weren't full of crap about the rotten ****box car, or would return an email/call.

All joking aside, i'm pretty easy going about it. I have little in the way of "must haves", but the power windows is proving to be a deal-killer for plenty of otherwise good finds. I don't mind buying a second/parts car for cheap with the options, but i'm really trying to save myself the work. Know what I mean!??!

MindBomber

I hear ya man!

People complain about buyers not being serious and don't allow test drives on their modified cars, but sellers will tell you anything to try and sell you the car over the phone. "Yup, totally rust free" then you show up the fenders look like swiss cheese.

If your open to 7th gen civics they're much easier to find with under 200k and I believe all models came with power windows, the only downside is that we don't have some of the inexpensive options earlier models have.

WrenchHead

Whoops, apparently I made a mid-post editing mistake. I meant to include 1996 - 2004 year. If I wasn't dead-set on having power windows I know i'd already have a car in the driveway. *shrug*

Would you care to help out a newbie and expand on the "inexpensive options" comment please?

From what i'm finding I agree with the 7th gen having power window option. Not many took the option, but it was available. Saw one in blue with a grey gut, awesome looking in the pics ... until I saw the window handle.


As a side note - I find it quite interesting that every hatchback i've seen does not have power windows. Not that i'm after a HB, but still.

iSharix

Toronto Civic sucks, if you wanna find a car for sale, try JDMRides, the people there all suck, but eh, some good stuff shows up now and then.

WrenchHead

Thank you for the heads up.

MindBomber

6th gen civics - 1996-2000, can be tuned with less expensive engines management systems and have the option of b, h, d, h, j and k series swaps. The D16y8, found in the ex model, is also capable of producing very impressive numbers. They have a double wishbone suspension, which is a definite advantage and things like rear disc swaps are a bit less expensive since the parts are compatible with integras.

7th gen civics - 2001-2055, if you want an aggressive engine build you can only tune the stock engine with k-pro and that's $1000. In addition, you can only have k and possibly soon J series engines swapped in due to emissions regulations. The advantages are they came with much more up to date interiors and electonics, including the power windows and digital gauge clusters, and they come stock with rear sway bars. The disadvatage is that we can't swap parts with cheap integras, but many rsx parts do swap over, you could upgrade to a rsx-s 19mm rear sway for around $50 and thats a huge advantage.

WrenchHead

Aaahhhh, yes, okay, got it now. I'd be more interested in suspension stuff, if anything at all. I'm not a young'n lookin' to slam my car with all kinds of mods and such. I had my drag racing days way back when and i've done enough engine tuning that I could never hook up a laptop to a car again and be juuuuuuust fine.

I'll be the guy at local meets with the "factory stock" car. Yeah, that's it. Maybe I should change my username to "Before" or something. hahaha

Decent set of wheels and adjustable coilovers would be welcome. Maybe bigger anti-sway bars, too. Nothing crazy though. I like the idea of a 6th gen si coupe really.

Thanks for that, MindBomber!

sdaidoji

iTrader: (1)

Well, I would also add that the 6th gen have the front double-wishbone suspension, plus lighter than the 7th gen counterpart. &th have the mcpherson, and heavier, so...
I do like my 7th, but the 6th seem to have more potential waiting to be unlocked. not in engine, but in cornering and overall. unfortuantely they are high mileage now and less comfort options.