Well, as a lot of you know, I moved out of California and bacfk to my home. Delaware. Upon moving here a lot of you also know I had bought an EJ2. In other words a 95 civic dx coupe. It was 5 speed all oem and had little if any at all of the bells and whistles. It wasnt the same as driving a cb7 and was a lot more of a pain. I learned quick that when buying a civic to be very careful because people assume its a Honda they can beat on it and not take care of it.
I learned the hard way with this car. The clutch went out and the head gasket blew both in the same week. At the time I was unemployed so I had to sell it for an epic loss. After selling that, I was driving my uncles oldsmobile to and from work upon getting hired at Olive Garden. Well I am now taking a taxi to and from work because the olds is no longer around due to business I am not putting on here (which im sure you guys can figure out why it isnt around from that statement)
Point being, I have been saving my money and am now in a position to buy a car. Heres the catch though. I saw my Father buy his 07 Civic ex coupe with 10k original miles on it for a price of 15 grand and it really got me thinking. Then upon talking with him about this he said its time i get a co signer and start building credit as I am 21 and will soon need some sort of credit under my belt. He also said with my car situation being the way it is, I should get a cosigner on a younger lessa bused car so i dont have a repeat of my last 4 vehicles
dumping money in repairs just to have some sort of failure in another area of the car.
Taking this advice, I started looking for a civic si. Then I stumbled upon this:
http://www.unitedautosales.com/2007-...5/Details.aspx
So, I call and they did have it in stock. So, I had a good friend of mine pick me up from work and take me to the dealership. I walk in and say, "I understand you havea civic si on the lot and was wondering if i can look and test drive it." The guy responds " we sure do let me grab the keys and ill be right out there with you" So I look at it, pop the hood check the tires etc etc. Well the test drive begins.
I had drove a few si civics like this before so I knew what to expect. And needless to say it met the expectations and then some. It had the comfort of an si, the looks and feel of an si, and more importantly it took off like an si handled like an si, and vtec didnt skip a beat. I was impressed. But walking back in to talk pricing and payments, I see this:
http://www.unitedautosales.com/2007-...9/Details.aspx
I say "hey bud before we do this how about you grab the keys to that mazda and the guy you were telling me about that knows rotaries" He did. Out came the salesman with one of his mechanics. We shook hands and asked i I had any particular questions and that he understood I knew Honda more then anything else and that he would be of help in any way possible. I pretty much asked for the 411 of the 13b 2 rotor in comparison to the k20 in the si. He proceeded to go into a bunch of wumbo jumbo that completley lost me. But, I was able to understand that the rotary revs a hell of a lot higher then the k and can make more power then the k when done right and of course vise versa.
So with that in mind I am doing my usual car inspection when i ask if I can test drive it. He says, sure hop in and lets go. He then pulled the dealer tag of the si and put it on the Mazda. Well, needless to say when he took me to the area where they let the customers get on it in the test drive, I did and HOLY SHIT. I put the pdal to the floor in first and that car just took off! the LSD worked like a champ and at 9500 RPMs the shift beep going off, the car still wanted to go. Upon throwing it into second, I noticed how much quicker and nicer it shifted and how smooth it was. Well after a couple pulls of gears 1-3 we went back to the dealership.
Upon getting back we went in and talked price and monthly payments and co signer stuff. Well after getting the whole run down on both cars and the run down on interest rate and potential interest rates I would be at, I was able to come to the conclusion that for as much fun as I had with the rx8 in comparison to the si, it was much more affordable and well within my price range as well. So my dad said he thinks the rx8 is the right choice for me.
But before i go out getting a cosigner and jumping in the car, I am doing careful and thorough research. I have heard both good and bad about the rx8 in comparison to hearing mostly good about the si. I hear that the rx8s like to flood and have as Deev would say "transmissions made of glass" How true that is? I dont know.
So I ask the most trusted car enthusiast I have stumbled upon in my years of wrenching cars. Which of the 2 do you think is the right choice and which of the 2 would you say is more reliable? Discuss.
I learned the hard way with this car. The clutch went out and the head gasket blew both in the same week. At the time I was unemployed so I had to sell it for an epic loss. After selling that, I was driving my uncles oldsmobile to and from work upon getting hired at Olive Garden. Well I am now taking a taxi to and from work because the olds is no longer around due to business I am not putting on here (which im sure you guys can figure out why it isnt around from that statement)
Point being, I have been saving my money and am now in a position to buy a car. Heres the catch though. I saw my Father buy his 07 Civic ex coupe with 10k original miles on it for a price of 15 grand and it really got me thinking. Then upon talking with him about this he said its time i get a co signer and start building credit as I am 21 and will soon need some sort of credit under my belt. He also said with my car situation being the way it is, I should get a cosigner on a younger lessa bused car so i dont have a repeat of my last 4 vehicles
dumping money in repairs just to have some sort of failure in another area of the car.Taking this advice, I started looking for a civic si. Then I stumbled upon this:
http://www.unitedautosales.com/2007-...5/Details.aspx
So, I call and they did have it in stock. So, I had a good friend of mine pick me up from work and take me to the dealership. I walk in and say, "I understand you havea civic si on the lot and was wondering if i can look and test drive it." The guy responds " we sure do let me grab the keys and ill be right out there with you" So I look at it, pop the hood check the tires etc etc. Well the test drive begins.
I had drove a few si civics like this before so I knew what to expect. And needless to say it met the expectations and then some. It had the comfort of an si, the looks and feel of an si, and more importantly it took off like an si handled like an si, and vtec didnt skip a beat. I was impressed. But walking back in to talk pricing and payments, I see this:
http://www.unitedautosales.com/2007-...9/Details.aspx
I say "hey bud before we do this how about you grab the keys to that mazda and the guy you were telling me about that knows rotaries" He did. Out came the salesman with one of his mechanics. We shook hands and asked i I had any particular questions and that he understood I knew Honda more then anything else and that he would be of help in any way possible. I pretty much asked for the 411 of the 13b 2 rotor in comparison to the k20 in the si. He proceeded to go into a bunch of wumbo jumbo that completley lost me. But, I was able to understand that the rotary revs a hell of a lot higher then the k and can make more power then the k when done right and of course vise versa.
So with that in mind I am doing my usual car inspection when i ask if I can test drive it. He says, sure hop in and lets go. He then pulled the dealer tag of the si and put it on the Mazda. Well, needless to say when he took me to the area where they let the customers get on it in the test drive, I did and HOLY SHIT. I put the pdal to the floor in first and that car just took off! the LSD worked like a champ and at 9500 RPMs the shift beep going off, the car still wanted to go. Upon throwing it into second, I noticed how much quicker and nicer it shifted and how smooth it was. Well after a couple pulls of gears 1-3 we went back to the dealership.
Upon getting back we went in and talked price and monthly payments and co signer stuff. Well after getting the whole run down on both cars and the run down on interest rate and potential interest rates I would be at, I was able to come to the conclusion that for as much fun as I had with the rx8 in comparison to the si, it was much more affordable and well within my price range as well. So my dad said he thinks the rx8 is the right choice for me.
But before i go out getting a cosigner and jumping in the car, I am doing careful and thorough research. I have heard both good and bad about the rx8 in comparison to hearing mostly good about the si. I hear that the rx8s like to flood and have as Deev would say "transmissions made of glass" How true that is? I dont know.
So I ask the most trusted car enthusiast I have stumbled upon in my years of wrenching cars. Which of the 2 do you think is the right choice and which of the 2 would you say is more reliable? Discuss.
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