First off let me begin with this, sorry! I’m sorry but I just don’t understand why they call it a Sport when it’s slow as hell. I own an EX 1.5T and it’s so fun to drive (I’m sure that the Si is even more fun) but I drove a Sport today just to compare and was disappointed. When I sat in it the “sportiness” of it immediately got my attention. The leather trim seats, metal foot pedals, selecting Sport Mode and finally the paddle shifter. This was my first time driving a paddle shifter car. Needless to say, wow, holy hee haw this “Sport” is so slooow. It had the full HPD package but that didn’t make it any faster. Once again, sorry.
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2024 Civic EX 1.5T vs 2023 Civic Sport 2.0NA
Dr. Toboggan
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With cash in hand?
Don't take me seriously.
harbor freight jack & jack stands problem solved
With the yofer rice it's too low to get a low profile jack under to the front and rear jack points. Only place I can get it is the pinge welds - and I've bent 3 other jacks trying
Good deal. I’m a retired military veteran with benefits for life, so I don’t rely on the same kind of things that civilians do and I have a wife half my age for when I need excitement.
Use 2x4s and drive up on them, problem solved.
The fact that my father and brother are both ASE certified master technicians lead me to disagree with you because I’ve been in the automotive industry with them for over 40 years. A mechanic is just that, he can understand and repair something mechanical but a technician can do that and also the technical systems of today’s cars.
Your statement lets me know that you are a young man. Those of us that have been working on cars since the 1960’s remember in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s when cars were not just mechanical any more, when electronic fuel injection was new, when ABS was new and then the SRS, and so on…
That is what separates the two, a mechanic can rebuild an engine but has no idea how to diagnose and repair any of the aforementioned systems.
I think nowadays the difference (if it exists at all) is negligible. The terms are basically interchangeable, and even ASE certified techs that I've seen can't diagnose stuff properly. It's circumstantial on my end, but it took me a few different shops to find one that I actually trusted and that could correctly work on my car (don't know if I ever mentioned the incident where I my rear toe arms were put in place of the front adjustable end links)- and even then there's things that I as the car owner am just better at diagnosing.
And you got me old man tobbogan, I'm just a pipsqueak
NEW TOBBOGAN LORE! WRITE THAT DOWN!
My car is to low as well, I have a really small jack to jack it up enough to use the big boy jack
That's what I used to do until the small jack got bent up
The ramps are a million times better since they let me use the actual jack points on the front.
She’s 12???????
Doctor is winning! only thing missing is his fun car!
I’m 53, you do the math.
Yes, I agree about the terminology always changing, I remember when ground effects were what is now called a body kit, the front lip was called an air dam and people just cut the springs to lower the car. A lot of things have changed over the years.I think nowadays the difference (if it exists at all) is negligible. The terms are basically interchangeable, and even ASE certified techs that I've seen can't diagnose stuff properly. It's circumstantial on my end, but it took me a few different shops to find one that I actually trusted and that could correctly work on my car (don't know if I ever mentioned the incident where I my rear toe arms were put in place of the front adjustable end links)- and even then there's things that I as the car owner am just better at diagnosing.
And you got me old man tobbogan, I'm just a pipsqueak
As far as service, I take my cars to the dealership for anything that I can’t do or don’t want to do and I do have full coverage extended warranty on them which even includes door dings and wheel curb rash. I talked to the service advisor and found out the name of the most experienced factory trained ASE master technician in the shop and when I make an appointment for service I always request him. I’ve never had any problems with the service department at the dealership.
I went to a race at COTA in Austin, Texas and was extremely surprised to see the Ferrari and Lamborghini teams using wood boards as well.That's what I used to do until the small jack got bent up
The ramps are a million times better since they let me use the actual jack points on the front.
I’ve driven, in the past when I was overseas in the military, a BMW on the Autostrada in Italy and a Mercedes Benz on the Autobahn in Germany, but that was decades ago. Honestly, the most fun thing that I’ve driven lately was an electric cart indoors with my son racing me. I was surprised just how fast those can go. I’ve driven a gas cart indoors in Los Angeles and outdoors in Dubai but I must admit that the electric cart was more fun. I’ve never driven an electric car before but have ridden in an electric Cadillac Lyric. I seen the electric Honda Prologue at the dealership, it’s low and very wide, kind of ugly in person although it looks alright online.
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