EVO or civic...... they are not racing
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Yea, that's usually how much it's going to be if the insurance is under your name and you're under the age of 25... My cousin has an Evo 9, he picked his up brand new though and his insurance is roughly 250/mo, and that's on top of his 600 dollar car payment. Then again, he's pretty baller so it all works out.
If you really want to make it happen, find a parent or gaurdian with a good driving record, try to get the car under their insurance, and have someone with excellent credit sign for the car... Everything else, like maintenance, just be smart about it.
Well I'm not surprised there because the Honda manual tells you to run higher octane gas (91 I believe) for the B16.
OP - no one is trying to pick a fight with you about your car. We are simply making recommendations based on facts. Your car isn't some NASA certified flier with a flux capacitor that requires high octane fuel. Facts tell us that running 87 is recommended. Joe is right. Your engine has to work harder to burn higher octane fuel because it's not meant to burn it.
Some people say that the feeling that your car runs better on higher octane fuel is just in your head. Just like I/H/E makes you feel like your car is faster with the noise and wanting to believe it does. I've read this on multiple occasions and it basically comes down to this: "Spending more money on gas a week for higher octane fuel that does not give me any performance gains is stupid. But I know I'm not stupid, therefore, I should get higher octane gas because it will give me better performance".
As I said earlier and everyone else has said, if you can afford it, do up the switch.
I know what you mean, its a big change form 50 a month for the civic to 330 amonth for the EVO. Im looking at around 800 850 month for the hole sha bang. That going to make my butt alil raw but LIke everone else said If I can affored it go for it. I still have some reserch to do. This is one Part of the research.
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SO many better cars out there than the EVO. My buddy has one and I just don't have any respect for them. They looked like a riced out lancer.
Evo's aren't anything special. Quicker than a civic, but really...I laughed when I saw that you could actually get a 6" exhaust piping for it...when you really don't need that.
Evo's aren't anything special. Quicker than a civic, but really...I laughed when I saw that you could actually get a 6" exhaust piping for it...when you really don't need that.
I under stand what your saying and I agree with you to. Its eaither the EVO or a eclipse GSX. Ive had and eclipse before non turbo and I didnt like it all that much. Between the 2 Id rather have the EVO
an evo and a civic arent even in the same price range. ur gonna have to throw some cash on top. unless the guy who owns the evo is stupid and goes the trade. but that would be one up for u tho! :-) if u can get an evo, go for it.
the ones Ive been looking at are at a dealer...I was planing on (if i still do it) either trade the civic in on the EVO as dwon payment pluse some cash. Or sale the civic and take that money put tworads down payment. lol I cant get that luck if I can find someone to trade strate up. Dont get me wrong it would be nice.
I'd sell my soul and push my civic off a cliff for an evo lol...
But like a toilet made of soli gold, its just not in the cards.
But like a toilet made of soli gold, its just not in the cards.
this is never gonna happen might as well close this up... if you could even afford an evo you wouldnt be driving a eg civic with bolt ons .... its not cool to make a thread so people over the internet think you make enough to own an evo. so buy one or dont make threads about this just so everyone will side with you, because nobody would take a civic over an evo... /rant
See, I think that a Lancer is a poor-mans-EVO. But there really are better cars out there. Instead of spending 20k on a car that makes 300hp, why not build one for 20k that makes more?
I don't get why you are set so hard on this. Look into other options. Going fast is what attracted you to the EVO, I understand that. But you have other options that will get you a faster car. Even if you wanted to stay AWD, you can pick up a WRX for ~10k, and easily surpass the 300hp mark with the extra 10k left over. If you want something that just rips, you can get an LS1 Camaro/Firebird for less than 10k, and be pushing 500hp easily with the extra money you save. But you are so hard set on it being the EVO, or an Eclipse. You can easily build a better car with the money, why not do that?
And honestly dude, you need to chill out. You have received your answer 15 times in this thread. Either you can afford it, or you can't. You haven't told us yet if you can afford to pay out the ass for an overrated car, so what else do you expect us to say?
no flaming, relax. did you race on different days? different times of the year? was it at the same track? the point i was getting at is that race times can vary depending on air temp, air pressure, if it was the same track, etc. i guarantee you would have had a time difference even if you used the same fuel both times
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I know Im able to aford the insurance. But the payment and insurance not to sure. LIke Ive said before I still have research to do. LIke i said before this is one stop in my research. I could find an even better deal if I keep searching
if you even have to think about if you can afford it then you cant
the reson why I drive an eg civic is bcouse its the only one I like out of all the civics.
same track diffrent night. the numbers are pretty consistent (how every its spelld)
which numbers are consistent? air temp and pressure?
the times