I agree with Type RB- a 1970 Camaro is a project car for an establishedperson with extra cash, looking for a car to put $20-40k into. The Civic is more suited for everyday driving, alot more economical, and cheaper to soup up if you want to race it.

I own both types of vehicles ('72 Firebird, '06 Civic, '02 Camry). My Firebird is a typical musclecar-big motor/ 400+ hp, very fast, road race suspension, CHP/ cop magnet. It will smoke or run with with just about anything on the road, but do I want to drive it every day?I take it out probably once a month and wonder how I drove this monster for 10 years.

I'll take my '02 Camry any day of the week for daily driving- it's alot more comfortable, easier on the wallet, and still able to go 80-100 on the freeway without getting noticed. The '06 is my wife's daily driver, it gets even better mileage than the Camry, and is also quick on the freeway (already got one ticket in that car[:@]).

Geno

 

I have a 72 440 dodge charger in college. I drive it 90 miles home every now and then. I bought my civic hatchbackto have some fun in while geting good mileage. The Charger, compairable to the camaro, is a money pit even with a beautiful interior and fresh big block. I bought it for 1500 and spent around 8k on it so far. I got stranded on the highway a few days ago. There is a great reliability disparity between the civic and muscle. Old cars break often unless you cough up the 40k to do everything at once.