*already knowing that this message will piss some people off* >>How does it compare to a GLI? I don't know, I've never driven one.
The A2 GLIs have class. honda has... rice. I prefer to be 1 out of 100 not a 1 out of 3. But I guess if you like your rice burner than so be it. "Look everyone. I have a honda, im different and unique!" Now that all those mods have been done to this thing it will (with the right driver behind the wheel) drive about as well as a GLi. If you want to associated with that stereotype fine. Don't forget to wear your tennis visor sideways and always keep that left hand on the top of the steering wheel! You should have just bought a beater to drive around while you waited for that GLi. You would have bumped into a nice one eventually. I did. I used to have an '89 GLi for some time. It had very high mileage and was rather dilapidated. I really wanted a 90-92 GLi (mostly for the 2.0L and the bumpers) and so I decided to put up with the '89 and keep my eyes peeled for the gem. One day, about a year ago, I was at a gas station fueling up and some guy pulled up to get gas in an old classic Chevy pickup. He got out and asked me what year my car was. We started talking and he mentioned that he had a '91 for sale. :) I followed him to his house and he took me into his garage to show me one of the straightest, cleanest, smoothest running GLIs I had even been in the presence of. We talked about the car for a while and I found out that it had been rearended back in '94 and he had spent $$$$ getting the rear body panels replaced and painted and getting the trunk straightened out. He had been trying to sell it for some time and couldn't get anything for it 'cuz the title said "totaled - reconstructed" (you would never know if you weren't told) He had bought it in high school and since then had gotten into restoring old trucks and didn't want it in his garage anymore. Two weeks later I offered him $2000 and he took it. The car drives like a dream and until the left from CV cracked about a month ago. I have never had any problems with it other than the usual maint. I bought the car with 132,000k miles (damn low compared to most) The totaled part really didn't matter to me as long as the car drives right and doesn't vibrate, plus, I don't plan on ever getting rid of it. And since I only paid 2k for it, If I ever had to part with it im not out too much. anyways.. honda sucks. I have driven many. None I have liked as much as the GLi. Many a rice burner have I left in the dust. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 12:23 AM Subject: [a2-16v-list] Search for GLI has ended...Sort of > I know this wont be a popular email. > > I've been looking for a GLI with no luck, but I believe I have found a worthy > substitute. > > The car is a '89 Civic 4 door. It has a ZC engine (JDM swap) with adjustable > cam gears, a cool air intake, 1.5"(?) headers that merge into 2 2" and then a > 3" collector connected to 2" exhaust run back to the muffler. The engine is > mated to a SI trans. w/ my custom made SI axles. It also has Skunk2 > coil-overs and 16x7 rims with 205/40 series tires. > > I've had it for a month now and have done the axles and converted it from > Power Steering to a manual rack. I bought new tires and I'm waiting for my > front camber kits to arrive. > > How does it compare to a GLI? I don't know, I've never driven one. > > Jimi Polivka > '91 Passat GL > '89 Civic > > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above.
