Yes, it's a Civic, but I don't know what they call that body style. It looks good with the aftermarket wheels and the other work they've done. Must be a rich guy, with that Montana plate!
I had an 85 Civic of that sort. I think it was a generation older than the one shown. A two door 1500 DX with manual transmission, no power anything but brakes, one of the best cars I've ever had, though as usual bought when already old and well used. It got an honest 40 plus MPG in ordinary driving, worked in snow without exotic tires, and despite its seemingly tiny size had pretty good capacity. Mine died briefly when the timing belt broke and trashed the engine, and continued for a while longer on a junkyard engine, bought cheaply because someone had robbed it of its camshaft. I bodged in the previous camshaft (supposed to be custom fitted), which worked fine for another 40 thousand miles or so, when it snapped! Off to the junkyard! That generation was one of the last with a carburetor, and this one had an absolutely mind-boggling network of vacuum devices on it, with two big boxes of little solenoids and valves. A logistical nightmare, but it never misbehaved. If I could find a minty one now, I'd buy another.
My ex wife at some point had the CRX version of this. Hers had some issue with the fuel injection. I had some fuel injection testing equipment, which I loaned her. She never used it, sold the car, and I had to go through hoops to get my tools back. A nice reminder of why exes are exes. My mom also had the "lunchbox" wagon version, a couple of years newer, also an old well used one, with four wheel drive. Those old Civics were great little cars.
they sure were... about 30 years ago, my sister had a CRX and her husband had a regular Civic... Hondas were about the highest quality and reputation in the cars sold for under 40k, at the time. I think Toyotas have taken that over for now. I doubt Ford, GM/Chevy, or Dodge will ever be even in the top 10 for quality or reputation in the under 40k. Chrysler doesn't even make a car anymore. 10 years ago, they had the 300, and the 200, not that those were under 40k or high quality or reputation though...
Yes, it's a Civic, but I don't know what they call that body style. It looks good with the aftermarket wheels and the other work they've done. Must be a rich guy, with that Montana plate!
ReplyDeleteI had an 85 Civic of that sort. I think it was a generation older than the one shown. A two door 1500 DX with manual transmission, no power anything but brakes, one of the best cars I've ever had, though as usual bought when already old and well used. It got an honest 40 plus MPG in ordinary driving, worked in snow without exotic tires, and despite its seemingly tiny size had pretty good capacity. Mine died briefly when the timing belt broke and trashed the engine, and continued for a while longer on a junkyard engine, bought cheaply because someone had robbed it of its camshaft. I bodged in the previous camshaft (supposed to be custom fitted), which worked fine for another 40 thousand miles or so, when it snapped! Off to the junkyard! That generation was one of the last with a carburetor, and this one had an absolutely mind-boggling network of vacuum devices on it, with two big boxes of little solenoids and valves. A logistical nightmare, but it never misbehaved. If I could find a minty one now, I'd buy another.
ReplyDeleteMy ex wife at some point had the CRX version of this. Hers had some issue with the fuel injection. I had some fuel injection testing equipment, which I loaned her. She never used it, sold the car, and I had to go through hoops to get my tools back. A nice reminder of why exes are exes. My mom also had the "lunchbox" wagon version, a couple of years newer, also an old well used one, with four wheel drive. Those old Civics were great little cars.
they sure were... about 30 years ago, my sister had a CRX and her husband had a regular Civic... Hondas were about the highest quality and reputation in the cars sold for under 40k, at the time.
DeleteI think Toyotas have taken that over for now. I doubt Ford, GM/Chevy, or Dodge will ever be even in the top 10 for quality or reputation in the under 40k. Chrysler doesn't even make a car anymore. 10 years ago, they had the 300, and the 200, not that those were under 40k or high quality or reputation though...