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now when I sign the paperwork they want to ad this
Chemical Package (rust/scotchgaurd/etc.) $545 -- I think this is a rip off!! Any opinions?
Extended Warranty ( 5 years/100,000 miles (I put 25k on it a year so the years aren't a problem) for $767 or something. I like this option--It is supposedly bumper to bumper, and for that price it seems like a good deal?
Any opinions? I'm gonna say no way on the Chemical Package, cause I think it's a croc, unless someone can tell me different.
Let me know...thanks.
Has anyone put a set of these on their Civic?
Will changing from an 86H to an 88H cause a problem with my car?
Any help would be appreciated.
What about a tire with 88H instead of the 86H standard on the Civic - is that type of change bad?
As for mud guards, I'd stay away from the front ones. Mine rubbed the paint off where they contacted the car.
'02 Civic DX
Greeting from VA
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Thanks,
William
02 Civic DX
20300 miles
My 2001 Civic LX sounded comparatively loud to me. Have more recent model years improved in their sound insulation?
I spent about $17.00 to fill up the tank. I am so glad that my Civic gets 34-36 mpg in my stop-and-go commute. I'd hate to imagine how much SUV drivers are paying to fill their tanks.
They're still there after I've finished, paid, and made a round trip after going to get some dinners.
It makes me feel even better when I see an Excursion or Suburban with one person driving it.
One thing's for sure, I see a lot less mid-size to large honkin SUV's now than in January. The mini-utes are still out in force.
Another note: Why have big oils profits been so record breaking as our price per gallon have been so high? Think about that one for a minute.
Wm now returns to your regularly scheduled Civic-related postings.
The LX is adequate--but the EX has ABS. Will that be safer for him? Or could it be disconcerting when used, thus limiting his braking? Can I expect to train him on using ABS so that if/when the situation arises, he'll use it fully?
Double-check with several Honda dealers (or call Honda's national phone number), but I'm sure you can cancel your extended warranty now and wait until you're approaching the end of your Civic's standard 3/36 warranty to purchase the extended warranty--if you're so inclined at that point in time (and in your Civic's reliability history).
There are good points on each side of this issue, personally, I'd wait and put the money into the bank or a mutual fund. Also, think about the exceptional reliability record of Hondas, on par with those of Nissan and Toyota. Any manufacturer can produce a lemon, but the % is very small with the big 3 imports.
Just my humble opinion!
The Sandman :-)
By 2 years, 24,000 miles you will have a better feel if you really need this coverage. You may end up selling or getting rid of the car by then, and not needing warranty.
Anyone can learn to modulate their own brakes in an emergency situation. They just have to make a consieous effort to learn, just like driving stick, rolling ones windows, or maintaining speed manually instead of cruise control. But that would be another topic.
Some enthusiasts go as far as disableing ABS to allow better control of the vehicle. Sometimes I wish my car did not have ABS, as they intrude way too often.
Just my $0.02
I would prefer he drives in traffic with an automatic, although I've been giving him 5-speed lessons since he turned 12.
ABS was something I thought necessary. If it can't be effectively taught, then how can modulating non-ABS brakes be taught? What braking techniques would you recommend?
In regular stopping you can learn to regulate the brakes on a non-ABS car. Its the emergency situations, my instinct is still to push the pedal to the floor. (I own a non-ABS Civic).
My concern is that he'll be stuck in an intersection, or coasting out of a driveway, and fail to get it in gear as traffic bears down on him.
So that's why I believe I'll have one less stress to manage if he's only got two pedals to operate. But you're right about limiting eating and phones--at least in my experience. He's tenacious enough to try to make shifting, steering, eating and phone succeed simultaneously.
(Thanks to all who have/will comment. I'd like to hear more parents' experiences.)
You should find a quiet neighborhood to let him shift up a few more gears and get a better feel for it. Thats how I was able to learn it good before my dad let me loose on the open road. But I realize you are just very concerned with his safety.
A lot of Honda buyers couldn't care less about ABS or side airbags.
I nearly lost a sale last week. It was the right model and color but the buyers found zero value in paying 250.00 estra because it happened to have side air bags.
Can't please everyone.
I'm surprised the side airbags are not more popular. People must feel that an accident will never happen to them. I've seen the value of airbags front and side firsthand as I am a firefighter part time. Seatbelts and airbags are often the difference between the walking wounded and a funeral.
When I straightened the wheels, slipped the stick into 1st, that's the moment that Satan entered the transmission. The Datsun lurched forward, and despite my hitting the brakes, accelerated until it hit one parked car and pushed it into the car next to it.
Coincidentally, the girl had told the owner of the first victim vehicle to come out and watch her teach her boy friend how to drive a stick.
We broke up some time after that incident. If only things could've worked out between us--her dad worked for State Farm.
I am not a lazy person, I work out 3-4 times a week, ride my bike, park away from the mall and walk, so I don't mind shifting my own gears, and pumping my own brakes.
As far as ABS, anyone can force them selves to pump brakes in an emergency situation. All they have to do is practice. Instead of spending a weekend in front of TV, or playing video games, take the car to a parking lot and practice speeding up and slamming on the brakes and learning the limits of your vehicle. I tend to do that with the first snow fall, because the body fogets the motions after a relaxed warm weather driving. After a few hours of practice, there is no need for the concious to control the motions, the sub-concious does it for you. Same with driving stick in traffic, I don't notice that I shift. Besides, there is nothing else to do sitting in traffic, why not shift? My logic is, if you need ABS to save you, you either were driving too fast for the conditions, or you need to work on driving skill.
Side airbags, just like the regular front airbags are useless if people don'e wear seat belts. The only thing safer than seatbelts are the 4 point harnesses, racing seats and a helmet. If a car is broadsided and the frame bent a side air bag is useless. In a rollover of the person was not buckled in the side curtain air bag is useless. In a forntal collision an unbuckled person will be more injured by the air bag than a buckled person. So, if people are so interested in safety, why not insist that manufacturer's install racing seats (like in Civic Si, or SVT Focus) and a 4 point harness, and everyone weares a helmet? Last time I checked, NASCAR and Formula 1 cars did not have air bags, and probably don't have ABS.
However, the human leg is incapable of modulating brake pressure as rapidly and precisely as a computer controlled ABS system. If you don't have ABS, its a good idea to learn the point where your brakes lock and how to control it, but it is no subsitute for a real ABS system. ABS offers better control and will keep the brakes working at their maximum efficiency.
Any clues about the '05 Civic? Will they make any interior changes? Will they ever bring the 5-door model over that's sold in England?
Demand is for larger and larger vehicles. Civic sales are decreasing due to increased sales of larger cars, not loss of market to competitors IMO. Higher and higher gasoline prices will cause a shift in priorities if gasoline hits the $3.00 per gallon mark as predicted this summer.