I think it’s even more annoying than people are into modding other FWD economy platforms, simply because civic and teg owners typically think it’s somehow cooler to mod those cars than say, a neon, when they’re all of equal suckiness.
I had a turbo maxima, which was my first car and all it did was spin tires. Sucked. But I got an A in a 4 credit hour class for doing it, and school paid for half of the parts.
I had a turbo D series that I bought pre-modded as a fucking winter car. Also sucked.
I’ll admit that a cleanly done, boosted swap on a honda hatch does catch my eye. But only if it’s on a bigger budget and not hacked, which narrows it down quite a bit to only a handfull that don’t suck.
I appreciate them for the power/weight highway heroes that they are. Would I buy/build one at this point in my life? Nope.
I like RWD because i think its more fun. Like say when you launch or do a burnout you have to try to keep control, also drifting is fun although i dont do that now with my nitto’s.
thats about the jist of things right there. personally, i think its fucking stupid to buy a wayyy high priced car for example newmans car( not making an attack, just using as a comparison), or any other car that is that caliber. why buy/ mod a car if all your going to do is take a chance on putting it into a wall/tree/guardrail. now autocross i can see yes, but unless your a die hard how often do you find yourself only pushing your car on the track. not very often. now i can see the reasoning behind civics and integras, yes just a “grocery getter” but even though i like both i’d rather take my chances in a car i paid 2k for and have 5k altogether in my build. you may think i am a bit baised, oh well… other than that i could argue the ease of building a honda/acura and make nice power for relatively cheap… but thats another arguement.
I voted modding any fwd sucks but I love my Integra. I had two stock Civics as my first two cars and now I love Honda. I will get an Nsx when I can afford one but for now an Integra will do.
Edit: A Civic/Integra with a drop and a lip is cool to me.