It's just a Honda...

[ruger11mcrdpi]

there's probably 10% of drivers that know the difference or care anyways... I just say a civic and conversation ends. I could care less. I bought this car as a fun daily driver. No mods ever in the future, just cheap fun with a 6yr/100,000 mile warranty to boot!

[iomatic]

Went into the f-in-law's country club last week.

Had my autocross paint on my scrappy Si. I walked in, and realized that I could afford some of those M3s in the lot, and maybe even some of the Benzs; definitely the Lexus and others. But who the feck cares? Those cars aren't driven the way they should be driven, sitting pristine in those lots. I played some golf, and went home with the satisfaction that I will always be a better driver, going head to head on a track or course, than those status-climbing tools.

F that.

It's just a car.

[radiocontrolhead]

I'll be honest w/ people I show my ride to and basically tell them it's STILL a Civic but for a Civic this this is amazing!

[michinsi]

I tell people its just a civic.

[rileyrat]

I get the same thing from my WRX friends. They like to hate on a FF car because "it has no traction". Too bad they never learned about the massive HP loss in an AWD set-up.

Civics make great all around cars. You can blow by them in the 1/4 mile, shame them on road races, and still drive it to work.

[cambodianricer]

today this OLDDDD model civic hatch cut infront of me and dropped the clutch...

i was like. ok wtf, you better not kick up any rocks!

[nayilsi]

Originally Posted by rileyrat

I get the same thing from my WRX friends. They like to hate on a FF car because "it has no traction". Too bad they never learned about the massive HP loss in an AWD set-up.

Civics make great all around cars. You can blow by them in the 1/4 mile (if the civic has = power), shame them on road races, and still drive it to work.

corrected.......

although they would get the lead from dig......

[KShirza1]

well i hate to break it to you, but it is a Honda.

although i dont see that as negative in any way... mitsu as a company dreams to be even like a shadow of honda.

while every other company right now is closing doors and selling assets Honda is the only company with a 11% increase.

mitsue makes a cool EVO, but a joke as a car manufacturer. i can think of alot of other car makers that would be true to also.

honda makes the best engines in the world... from cars to planes to generators, you name it. if its got a motor in it honda makes it (maybe not everything, but at the moment i cant think of what they dont make)

there may be faster cars or better values, but non better. toyota maybe, but they dont make anything i would pay money for.

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[moonliterhythm]

It's all perception. If you were in Japan, "just-a-honda" would be a compliment.

No matter what happens, you have to be happy with your car. People can say what they want but as long as you love it, nothing else matters.

[taffy07si]

There is a HUGE, I mean HUGEEEEEE difference between car enthusiasts and people who just like cars.

Enthusiats = not judgemental and respect all make and model

poeple who like cars = thinks anything V6 or above is god.....and know jack snit about cars.

Example: a friend of co-worker of mine that I started to play frisbee golf with made fun of my car...FA5. He said you drive a honda, I thought you had a better car.....long story short, he always wants to take my car.

I remember seeing him reach for the handle above the door as I proceeded to my 8K rpms.

[duerrs]

Originally Posted by civic_si07

Also, my other friend drives a 95 328i and said the same thing. lol. I just ignore her cause she's stupid and knows nothing.

they are just jealous because they cannot afford a newer car. they just have to drive around in there 1982's. you want to get them, ask them to compare blue book values

[cambodianricer]

lol my friend with a mitu was like OMFG I HATE YOU!... and im like why? and he's like I wanted your car but I couldn't afford it!!!!

[Cam06 SI]

just got to brush it all off fellas...take the good with the bad...not everyone is going to like hondas the same way i think a majority of the v8 cars are jokes just use the statement "they cant make it better so they made it bigger" that usually shuts the majority of the haters up

[cambodianricer]

Originally Posted by Cam06 SI

just got to brush it all off fellas...take the good with the bad...not everyone is going to like hondas the same way i think a majority of the v8 cars are jokes just use the statement "they cant make it better so they made it bigger" that usually shuts the majority of the haters up

WOW! thats a good one! LOL

[Asif22]

Everyone is gonna hate. A fat gangster kid who is known as the "hamburgler"...he got caught stealing a hamburger in school haha...well anyway he was i think a 91 altima and everytime I see him he starts shit with me calling me new si a pos ...and tells me the car has a turbo and alll this crap. Some people are just stupid...Deep down you know hes a tool ....

[cambodianricer]

Originally Posted by Asif22

Everyone is gonna hate. A fat gangster kid who is known as the "hamburgler"...he got caught stealing a hamburger in school haha...well anyway he was i think a 91 altima and everytime I see him he starts shit with me calling me new si a pos ...and tells me the car has a turbo and alll this crap. Some people are just stupid...Deep down you know hes a tool ....

some guy in a 06 BMW 328i wants to race me and keeps calling me a pussy nd all this crap!

all i tell him is "only if you pay for my impound and my ticket", then ill race you !

[mischief316]

Two sides to this.
1) Well first of all many people hate on the civic (hondas in general) because they are the only ones that stick around long enough to be hated on. You see all these little riced out hondas from like 1980 something and still going strong. Some people are just ignorant. I mean i love my SI. I could of gotten something more high class, but didn't want to. I bet that a lot of us here are not just driving a CIVIC just cuz its simply affordable, but because its much more. Every time i'm driving and spot another Si i look at it like if it was the first time "daaamnn" it looks nice. And people who drive it, are more into the car than just worrying about hating.

2)And well after all it is a CIVIC. Some of us are at fault and drive our car like if it was a $50,000 investment. A lot of us civic (si) owners are just much of haters and hypocrites as anybody else. We are just as picky as everyone else. And drive our cars as bad as anyone else. Look at how we dislike the TC and TC owners, how we always see threads poping out on other cars but instead of giving them respect we are quick to bash on them.

In conclusion yes it is just a Honda (civic) but to some of us is much more. Its stupid to say that and is also stupid to worry about it. If i drove a beemer, i wouldn't feel like i feel when i see another si if i were to see another beemer and thats wat matters to me.

[cambodianricer]

^^^

nicey worded.

i actually don't hate on lots of cars, it's the drivers that start it!

[LCG20]

[quote=civic_si07;3083296]Okay, so how many people have been told that there car is "just a honda". . ./QUOTE]

Reminds me of the times people told me my 1995 Infinity G20 is "just a Sentra" (it's not).

As a side note, my G20 (at nearly 150k miles) still has better paint, fewer rattles, and a less worn interior than my 2007 Si!

[Wallyk20]

Originally Posted by civic_si07

If you would read you would see how they were 80's and 90 models, and saying how I have a bmw being a 95, I will call it shitty!

Well I own a much newer 1996 model E36 and have driven a fair share of E30's too.