02-04-2008, 05:11 PM
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Another year and a half has gone by. The car now has 62k miles.
Maintenance performed since last review: 2x 10w30 M1 oil changes, 2x 245/45/16 Bridgestone RE750s, replaced front brake pads.
Pros: Still a freaking blast to drive, and my payments are far outpacing depreciation. I don't see these things going for much less than $10k ever.
Cons: Starting to get a good few rattles, I can begin to see daylight through the roof, and my timing chain tensioner was loose one random day... if it ever starts acting up regularly, I'm looking at $125 and 45 minutes to replace it.
Plans: All four tires are currently toast so I'm looking at replacing those ASAP w/ 205/50/16 and 245/45/16 Yokohama ES100s. I imagine she'll need new rear pads this year, and I plan on getting some sort of leather/denim patch kit for the holes developing in the roof.
I did plan on selling it since owning two cars (and two pedal bikes and a motorcycle) for a 1.5 mile commute is absolutely retarded, but do I really want to go back to having to worry about where I park the Civic everywhere I go? Not really. I've looked at other Civics or Integras that are nicer and closer to stock, but they're just as magnetic (maybe even more?) than mine... Sigh...
At 8 years old, it's still a head-turning car and runs like a top... how can I complain? When I need utility I do have the Civic and when I need to carry more than one other person, I have Caitlin's Corolla
Another year and a half has gone by. The car now has 62k miles.
Maintenance performed since last review: 2x 10w30 M1 oil changes, 2x 245/45/16 Bridgestone RE750s, replaced front brake pads.
Pros: Still a freaking blast to drive, and my payments are far outpacing depreciation. I don't see these things going for much less than $10k ever.
Cons: Starting to get a good few rattles, I can begin to see daylight through the roof, and my timing chain tensioner was loose one random day... if it ever starts acting up regularly, I'm looking at $125 and 45 minutes to replace it.
Plans: All four tires are currently toast so I'm looking at replacing those ASAP w/ 205/50/16 and 245/45/16 Yokohama ES100s. I imagine she'll need new rear pads this year, and I plan on getting some sort of leather/denim patch kit for the holes developing in the roof.
I did plan on selling it since owning two cars (and two pedal bikes and a motorcycle) for a 1.5 mile commute is absolutely retarded, but do I really want to go back to having to worry about where I park the Civic everywhere I go? Not really. I've looked at other Civics or Integras that are nicer and closer to stock, but they're just as magnetic (maybe even more?) than mine... Sigh...
At 8 years old, it's still a head-turning car and runs like a top... how can I complain? When I need utility I do have the Civic and when I need to carry more than one other person, I have Caitlin's Corolla
I Am Mike
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.