Oh yeah..if you would not mind,in layman's terms,why would SOHC VS DOHC affect reliabiltiy? I don't know what either of those stand for. I mean,the old Dodge Darts are still running!!I don't imagine they have SOHC!!LOL!Just kidding in as far as my own ignorance humors me!

 

lol yeah. I have a 94 EX coupe with a 5 speed manual. I didn't drive a stick at the time I got it either but now I can drive it no problem! People make it sound a lot harder than it really is so they freak out. Like they freak out thinking that they can't roll back an inch the first time they're on a hill, when there's nobody behind them! I would just get a long hill that's not very steep like someone's driveway or something that's on a slant, then roll back while adjusting the throttle just right before letting off the clutch. Gradually work up to bigger hills, but you'll see what I mean about how easy it really is once you get it down.

My car actually does have quite a bit of pep for how little HP it has. I can be going 25 in say third going into a corner, then I downshift at the apex into second and gun it out of the corner. FUN! Once, I thought I should see what this thing can do, so I gunned it. Pretty soon it was 60, 65, 70, 85 MPH on a pretty short strip of road! 85 on a short road is good enough for me especially since I don't race.

Also, SOHC means Single OverHead Cam. DOHC means Dual OverHead Cam. Either one of them is reliable.

 

SOHC stands for single over head cam and DOHC stands for Dual Overhead Cam. So like u know how AEM and Spoon, and all those other big name performance part companies make lighter and virtually more awesome cam gears? Well, cam gears are for the engine. Single over head cam is only one cam gear while Dual Over Head Cam is two... so obviously DOHC is going to be more powerful than SOHC, but reliability i'm not so sure... all I know is DOHC gets less MPG (ROFL...) than the SOHC because it takes up more gas for more power. plus we're talking two cam gears here... so wouldn't it be costly to replace both of them for a DOHC? on a side note Acuras are like "upgrades" of Honda. they are a honda brand and they have some awesome cars so Acura wouldn't be bad to invest as well. Subarus are nice... but they are damn expensive if u ask me, just like the Lancer EVO generation although these cars are SWEET. can u imagine 273 ft lbs of torque? damn.... that's some hardcore accelerating.

-B

 

Love 'em and love 'em...

They are tough and reliable, but only if you take really good care of them (we get more Subarus in for regular maintainance/broken timing belts than anything else). To their credit, they are built very solidly (think Volvo) and they are sooooo simple to work on.

Well, for the extra money, they are very nice cars. The reason their gas mileage doesn't compare to other imports is that they use H-O engines.

You got it. Not only are they incredibly reliable and efficient, but like it or not, the newer models are setting the bar for companies like BMW and Audi higher than they are used to. And just a heads-up: Acura IS the make...

 

all the Acuras we have ARE hondas in Japan. no virtual about it, US is the only ones that have Acura. it feeds the American sense of self-importance we get from driving something "better". and thats not true anymore. now there is the 170 horse 'Rola XRS, so dont jump the gun on one unles you got some ish in your sohc civs. and Honda doesnt need to put out huge numbers to impress people. the cars tend to be lighter than the competition. so the performance is closer than it should be. and why doesnt the SI count?i mean i dont like the new SIs as much as the old ones, but it is still a decent little car. and it runs about the same as the 175 horse SE-R. and the older 99-00 si with the b16 LOVED mods. i dont get why you guys wont consider the si when comparing civics to the competitions best. the base model lancers and sentras are VERY comparable to civics.

 

dude saccion i'm just playing. i'm not a hater of civic SI but i don't consider them same level as civics. they are like upgrade. and corollas with 170 HP? damn... japan is getting up there.

-B

 

i see what youre sayin, its just not fair to compare the SE-R to the EXs. i mean, if you look at the same respective trim levels, they are really close, and the civ is usually lighter too, so performance is VERY comparable.

 

I almost bought a 97 200SX SE-R. Pretty nice little car and it was quick. I like mine better though!

I really wanted a Subaru 98-2001 Impreza RS coupe, but for the hard-to-find 98, the NADA value is $7,000. A bit over my budget. I had to settle for a FWD car, although I'm not a real lover of front wheel drive... It's kinda weird seeing smoke coming from the front tires while the rear ones do, well, nothing. I like 4WD or RWD! I don't know why, I just do but my Civic kinda changed my outlook on all of that!

The new Subie's are awesome. I got a ride in a new STI going full out on the street that goes around the lake. Lots of hills, turns, and a big straight. Revved it up, let the clutch out quick and lit up all four tires! As I was being sucked to the back of my seat (wow it has a lot more power than I thought!) and watching the needle quickly raise up to right around 90 MPH, I was pushed forward by heavy braking and downshifting going around a pretty heavy corner. When the tires skidded, I knew that there should be some quick counter steering and gunning the throttle to put repeated friction on the road to regain control. Sure enough. We came out of that corner so fast and flew up over the next hill going around another corner and then back to the house. That was seriously the fastest car I've ever been in. They advertised that it was a bit faster than a porche boxter, and WOW they were right! I thought that the Porche was pretty quick!

 

yeah, the se-r is one of the other FF i would/have considered. i test drove one and it was awesome. almost as fast as an si, but a lot more low-end grunt for daily driving. and comeon, its an sr20......

 

Buy a civic.