370 vs honda?!?!?!?

Zteve

^^nogaf they can keep it

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coolvans1988

I drove my mom's 99 Civic for a month while my 370z was in the shop.
Only impressed by saving money on gas. lol

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Drakonis GTR

The concept of a Civic being a sleeper car is true, but somewhat flawed. Yes, if you dump enough money into it it can turn what was arguably one of the most boring cars into a quick, fun little car to zip around in. But to get a Civic to the point where it can take on a "big boy" and outrun it, the amount of money you would have to spend is ridiculous. For that same amount of money, you could buy a faster car and mod that. Never understood the point myself.

Now if we want to talk sleepers, I think AMC Gremlins still have access to that title. An ugly POS that most people didn't like and wouldn't even look at, but with just enough room to fit a big block V8 and the drive train to match. The 70's equivalent to getting passed by Honda Element.

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Malm

now this thread and 90% of the posts in this one, is a true General forum thread.

Austonian

Looks like it lost it's simplicity, which was always the big appeal to Honda's in the first place. At least the type R model.

kenchan

very true. honda's slogan use to be 'honda, we make it simple.'

Mt Tam I am

This never happens to me. I think I'm too old.

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tr0n

not a honda, but a chevy cobalt tried to race me... it sounded so bad with a fart can that i couldn't help but laugh

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DirtyDan

I was on my way home, a newer accord pull up next to me do the same thing. For crying out load, no I don't want to race you and your crappy car.

Amj2020

Today I was in my DD a 07 Prius and I pulled up next to a Black Ferrari 458. I know he was thinking "this dude wants to race" but did not want to lose to a hybrid so he backed down

zilverbullet

I had a ups driver rev at me at the stoplight. I thought of all those packages his ppl drop off at my door and gave him a thumbs up

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critical

hondas are the only ones that want to race me

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Z370Z011

I can't believe how long this thread has gone-on for lol.

SterlingDrive

with a little imagination and money your Civic can be anything you like.

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edk370

1st of all, lemme clear things up since some of you are ignorant about me and my stance on Hondas; many of you are flat out IGNORANT about Hondas. I don't wanna call you "stupid" for the sake of civil debate. Anyways, I got into the Honda/JDM scene when it was novel, esoteric....before it got "ubiquitous" or riced-out.

2nd, I caught the Honda wave right before its culmination (people building 600+ hp *on dyno* FWD Hondas pulling 9's with 140+ trap speeds) and eventual fall. This was around the late 90s. Sure, these were trailer queens that had slicks up front, stripped down its bare metal chassis, broke down after a pass, etc....But it did inspire lots of people to try to build streetable Hondas that were quick.

3rd, to say that Hondas can't have a "sleeper" status is wrong. To only claim that domestic muscle cars were the only ones designated for this, is very narrow minded. I remember, prior to the Honda/JDM craze, people used to build old school VW Beetles with their "1835 cc" motors keeping up with, if not beating, domestic V8s....Is VW not an import sleeper?...absolutely. As a matter of fact, they're the original "import craze" prior to the Honda/JDM scene. They're "cheap Porsches"...RWD, rear engine, lightweight...can be made to be really fast (if you know what you're doing).

4th, it's obvious pretty much all of you look down on the Honda thing, because it's gaudy, passé and riced out now for the most part. You just haven't come across the fast Hondas that are tastefully modded. Look at "Honda Tuning" magazine if you wanna see examples.

Lastly, I owned a 370Z. I would rather drive that than a Honda (even if it is faster in the straights)....because I'm not 20 something y.o. anymore. It's a maturity thing. My point is, Hondas (all motor, streetable) got lots of potential. You can spin it whatever way you want...But yeah, lots of immature kids drive them now, and I can understand the disdain for Honda drivers; I'm not one of these douchebags.