a Frenchy guy!

[dadou1981]

hi everybody, I am French and I own a Civic VTi EK4. It is the SiR in states, isn't it?

happy to find a communauty of civic owner.

I am often on www.jpcar.net a fench forum for japanese cars.

Happy to be here and meet you

 

[anfrey]

your VTi comes with the 160hp b16a2 engine right?

 

[WiggerMan]

 

[caddy]

I thought the VTi was the jdm 1.5l vtec

 

[BioHazard the Reaper]

nah im pretty sure the VTi is the b16a2

 

[anfrey]

it depends on where in the world you are, and what market it is. there's 1.5L vtec VTi's, there's 1.6L sohc vtec VTi's, and there's b16a VTi's (not only a2, from what i've found out)

 

[dadou1981]

My engine is a B16a2

and it is very fun!

 

[Declectic]

unfortunately, here in the states all of the hatchbacks come with SOHC..

but if it were a coupe, it'd be an Si (see sig ) nice ride though..

 

[dadou1981]

???

my car don't existe in USA with B16a?

 

[Declectic]

no sir

 

[JDM James]

Originally posted by SeanJohn1802
no sir

SOHC ...

 

[civic hatch]

man why dont we get all the goddies that honda puts verywhere else, honda we want more!!!

 

[Eric55inSacCA]

what part of france u from??

 

[dadou1981]

I live near the Atlantique ocean. In Gujan-mestras. It is in the South West, 60km near Bordeaux

 

[Eric55inSacCA]

sweet, i was in france for a lil bit. got to see the end of the tour de france....i wanna go back so i can go to spain too and see where my grandpa lived

 

[anfrey]

dadou, your car (with ur engine) only exists as a coupé in the US, only available during 99-00.

i dunno what the hell honda was thinking in not releasing any VTi trim vehicles in the us

 

[Hesus]

ist not really cool that you can not get a Coupe with B16a engine in europe, and that you must feel out the "power" of the SOCH engines unless you hade made a swap

 

[anfrey]

i agree with you hesus, and i think its not really cool that you can not get a hatch with the b16a engine in the US, and that we must feel out the power of the SOHC engines.... unless we swap

lol, not f'n with you or anything, but just lettin u know i wish the same was true for the US.

here in chile, there's no performance trims of hondas coming out any more. no civic hatches, only sedans and a few coupes. we do get the new honda fit, the hr-v, and the stream as well, but that's hardly a replacement. hell, there's no new integras here! the only hot honda that gets sold here is the NSX. but why bother when u can just walk down the street to the ferrari/maserati/alfa-romeo dealership.... or over to the porsche/jaguar/volvo/land-rover dealership a couple blocks down...

or to the momo-pirelli shop with the evolutions.

 

[dadou1981]

Spain is near 140km to me, it need 1h40 for going to.

 

[Eric55inSacCA]

aweomse! he grew up in seville, but thats a lil far im sure, but then again in europe nothings too far