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Replying to: sabastian (Sep 12, 2007 4:55 pm) Quiet? Very. Even just sitting at a light, the noise level with the windows down vs. windows up is significant. pretty quiet even at cruising speeds on the freeway. Smooth? Reasonably. If you're going over kinda uneven roads, you'll definitely feel it, but on normal driving, it's great. Stiff enough to let you feel the road, but pretty smooth overall ride. 6th gear is fairly tall, in normal driving I take it from about 63 mph at 2800 rpms to ~80 mph at 3600 rpms, and 100 mph at around 4800 rpms. About the Si's rpms, remember that this engine is designed to drive with higher rpms... I normally don't let them go below ~2500, and (again in normal driving, i.e., non-vtec-fun-time ) shift at around 3500 rpms. About the i-VTEC, remember that it is ALWAYS engaged, anytime you start being aggressive with your driving (flooring it, etc.). With that said, I drive around town ALL THE TIME without kicking the VTEC into high gear... As I said above, just normal driving with reasonable shift points, that will keep the VTEC fairly quiet. Torque is pretty good at the low end (sub-2800 rpms) and the high end (6000+ rpms). In the middle it's marginal, but just fine as long as you're not loaded down with a car full of people. If you have 1-3 people in the car, you can still pull some good performance. With 4 or 5, you definitely notice an unfortunate lack of adequate torque...  ALSO... (sorry, this post is REAL long...) I test-drove the GTI before I bought my Si. Although I agree that the greater power in the GTI was nice, my main turn-offs were the price and a somewhat shoddy reputation for VW reliability over the long-term. I plan to keep my Si for at least 7-8 years or so, so as a college student, I wanted a car that would be happy and healthy over the long haul. Personally, though I look back with joy at that 'Launch Mode' of theirs, the GTI was really not what I wanted, and the SI was perfect in every respect for what I was after. Light/compact, good mileage, respectable/fun performance, and a nice appearance.
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Replying to: iomatic (Sep 12, 2007 12:21 pm) Or did you mean that I show proof that Honda still tops VW - that's as close as JD Power and Consumer Reports. |
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Replying to: kork13 (Sep 12, 2007 8:31 pm) 
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Replying to: sabastian (Sep 13, 2007 10:11 am) The reality is that when all is said and done what you should do is buy the car you like the most. Forget all the magazines and advice from friends etc.... When you sit in the car and you just really enjoy it that's the car you buy. The one you don't have any regrets buying when you drive out of the dealership. You've narrowed it down to 2 cars so buy the one you like the best, drive them a few more times and be happy with what you buy. It's really that simple. 
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Replying to: cz75 (Sep 13, 2007 10:05 am) Defects in the front suspension, bad struts, poor paint quality, easily worn/damaged interior materials, recalls for defective rear wheel bearing seals, etc Though, paint is chipping from 80mph  #$%^ I-5 construction.
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Replying to: iomatic (Sep 13, 2007 2:44 pm)
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Replying to: sabastian (Sep 13, 2007 3:06 pm) |
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so i've been part of this group since June 23 when i bought my Si sedan. as some of you have said, you developed a left front popping sound in the suspension when hitting certain bumps or road imperfections. mine started at about 1000 miles. i went to my dealer tonight and recreated the problem by driving over pavement that has a culvert drain cover over a sunken area of the road, like a street. that's the only way i ever heard the popping sound. the technician called honda. they said they are aware of the problem but have not decided how best to fix it yet since the sedan problem is a recent one as opposed to the coupe which has had the same problem. so we wait and see. otherwise, this car is a blast. but a funny thing happened to my trade-in back in June: it was an '05 Accord coupe 4 cyl with only 12,000 miles on it. it was sold a couple weeks later, and then 3 days after that, the tranny fell out of it! i never ever had a problem. too weird. guess i was meant to get rid of it, and lucky for me i did when i did.
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Replying to: iomatic (Sep 13, 2007 2:44 pm) |
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Replying to: blitzebill (Sep 13, 2007 5:59 pm) This Civic will have a tough time matching the reliability of my 95 EX coupe. That car went to 100k with only 2 problems other than normal wear (tires, battery, etc): the passenger side door pull cracked (just drove in a bigger screw with a washer) and the cupholder broke (swapped it with one taken from a junkyard for $30). Lowest maintenance of any car I've ever had. |
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