My dream car: EBP EM1

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I remember back in the day, like 1999. I was 19 years old. I saw a brand new ebp em1 at the dealership, they had one of each color. The blue one was my dream car at the moment ! In 2003 I stopped in that dealerhip and asked if they could find me a 92-95 hatch, they said they'd look around at other stores and auctions. A month or so later I got a call from the salesman asking if I'd be interested a ebp em1 that was just traded. Of course I asked price, was $18,000 at the time, like 35,000 miles or so. - said yeah, fax paper work, set a date and drive the 5 hours to trade my accord. They held it off the lot, my friend was head of detail at the honda dealership. He kept it inside quite often and touched it up daily. I was on cloud 9! I actually had one of my dream cars. My own EBP EM1!! Young and dumb, couldn't a afford it. My dad ended up making the payments for 1 1/2 years, $420 car payment a month/$380 insurance a month. Totally f***ed myself. Sold the car to my friend and was upside down $3,00 on the loan. Bank loaned me enough for a super clean 92 cx and tacked on the $3000 to that loan, paid $2800 for the hatch. Leasson learned. Pay cash for cars. Now ebp em1's can be had for cheap and I WILL HAVE ANOTHER SOME DAY SOON!!
Back in '99, I was 6 or 7. I remember I picked up Need for Speed: Underground a couple of years later and that's when I started loving Honda's and idolizing the Civic Si, especially the EM1. I'm sure you can get another one. I tend to think I paid $5k for the awesome engine/trans. Probably cause it will last another umpteen years. =)
 

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Congrats, but that rear window visor isn't rare; yours is just color matched.

A good deep clay bar, wash, buff, wax will help her a lot!
 

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This is looking so nice. Clean EM1.
Thanks man.

Congrats, but that rear window visor isn't rare; yours is just color matched.

A good deep clay bar, wash, buff, wax will help her a lot!
Really? Serves me right. I'm gonna take it off sooner or later. And honestly, its gonna take a little more than a thorough washing to help her out. :(
 


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I live in an area of PA, that is known for being a playground for European cars (mostly VW's) and Mustangs. I am the only kid with one of these cars around where I live.
where do you live? i see hondas about 100x more than i see European cars and Mustangs. You must not be from the eastern half of PA
 

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Thanks man.



Really? Serves me right. I'm gonna take it off sooner or later. And honestly, its gonna take a little more than a thorough washing to help her out. :(
You'd be shocked what a good clay bar and buff will do. I know I was, and my coupe's full of little dings and dents, mostly from severe hail, and also a minor hit and run.
 

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where do you live? i see hondas about 100x more than i see European cars and Mustangs. You must not be from the eastern half of PA
In Bucks County. Northwest of Philly.

You'd be shocked what a good clay bar and buff will do. I know I was, and my coupe's full of little dings and dents, mostly from severe hail, and also a minor hit and run.
Really? I have numerous dents/scratches in the car. Clay bars fill them? I thought they were used for polishing and s***
 

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Clean ride man. Nice pick up.
 

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In Bucks County. Northwest of Philly.



Really? I have numerous dents/scratches in the car. Clay bars fill them? I thought they were used for polishing and s***
Yeeeaaaa....I never said it would fill it. I said I have the same issue on my car, and regardless of all the damage, doing those steps still makes the car look a lot better.
 

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Bucks county isnt to far from me, definitely mostly hondas from here. im outside of Reading though in Berks county which doesnt help
 

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Yeeeaaaa....I never said it would fill it. I said I have the same issue on my car, and regardless of all the damage, doing those steps still makes the car look a lot better.
Oh ok. Thanks for the info. I might go pick me up some of that stuff.
 

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Bucks county isnt to far from me, definitely mostly hondas from here. im outside of Reading though in Berks county which doesnt help
Not too far away. Bout an hour and a half. But yea, I'm the only person that I know of in my area that has an EM1, so I gotta rep hard. :cool:
 

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Just ordered a NRG Short hub, NRG Quick Release 2.0 (Blue w/ Titanium Chrome ring), Sparco Strada Steering wheel (perferated leather), Password:JDM shift boot (black w/ blue stitching), and a NRG e-brake! All for under $500!
 

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God that looks terrible, poor EM1.


I hope you clean her up really nicely though!!
 

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God that looks terrible, poor EM1.


I hope you clean her up really nicely though!!
:cry: I take it you don't like the mudflaps and the rear visior? But yea, it needs body work so f***ing bad! But since I need to replace the front end, I am gonna wait til I can afford everything at once.
 

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Repainted the wiper arms today as well as replaced the bulbs behind the gauges. So far I've done three D.I.Y. jobs successfully. Pretty proud of myself, maybe not to you all, but for me, its pretty cool.

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Dream car really? The car IS nice man.
 


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