Civic 2L Sports 2006 - feedback & pricing

[MKI4EVA]

You drive the new engine normally, don't go easy on it, who ever said to take it easy should be shot. If something breaks it would have broken anyways, just taken longer.

GM of Ford says the best way to break a new engine in is to whack a tow bar on it and tow something for a few thou...

VW says drive it like you stole it.

Seriously, just get in and drive it like you'd drive any car, forget revs, forgt speed limiting it, just turn key and enjoy.

wurd!............I did like the engine note of the K20 when I redlined it during test drive.............

oh just a note for anyone considering that light silver with dual interior 2L manual sport at parra church st...........I yanked that farker hard........sorry I had to find out what it could do........had 20km on the clock when i drove it last sat morning..........felt bad for doing it but it was the only sport manual there. Even had the glad wrap around the doors edges still.

I noticed that after 6,000rpm it went to 7,300 suprisingly quick.....hit the rev limiter a few times.

[hondarox]

Hi i'm considering buying a new car in the next few weeks.

Was wondering if i could get some feedback on the perfomance of the civic sports (auto :P).

Want to know from people who have actually purchased the vehicle and not related to honda (vested interests I would like an honest opinion.

I'm thinking of either the
- 2L civic sports auto
- Subaru 2.0i luxury pack auto
- Mazda 3 sp23 auto

I'm a bit upset that there is no black leather, and you cant choose the color of the car and the interior.. but i guess thats how they put the price down.

The reason i'm leaning towards the honda is not only the paddles :P but also that there is a 5 speed auto. Can any one comment on the power of the low end. +ve of honda also is that there is alot of extras like mp3 stacker etc. Any bad points that buyers have seen?

The Subaru - is good, there is alot of special offers (ie 2k for leather, sunroof and stamp duty etc) that puts it up with the civic. Plus AWD is something i would like to try.. fuel efficiency is crap and accelleration is pretty poor. i think 0-100 in 13 sec. also only 4 speed auto

The Mazda - Nice looking car, handles and performs well with the 2.4 engine. Not bad fuel economy for size of motor. 4 speed auto, so not that zippy. Plus need to spend more money for options such as mp3, sunroof, cruise control. (which sorta puts it on the bottom of the 3)

Would love to hear some feedback from you all.. Also any prices and other vehicles they considered before making the purchase.

Ta
HondaMon

Don't forget to test drive the Accord Euro Std also. Believe it or not it is the same price as the Civic Sport. You get a 2.4L DOHC, the life saving ESP and double wishbone suspensions on both rear and front.

[dek]

The numbers and facts should only be a filter to make the decision on the final few cars you want to test drive

Test drive them all and you will definitely be able to decide after driving them

[HondaMon]

Auto Qn. Well the civic 2006 auto compared to most cars in its class, has a 5 speed plus it has the paddles :P if you ask me 9 secs for 1-100 aint too bad for an auto..

I drive a manual and have done so for most my license. I've started to commuter alot of my job so its alot of stopping and starting etc.. so i figure the time is now for the auto :P plus when i want to change gears just pop it into paddle power mode

When i test drive the civic i will prob have a go of the accord asw well.. but the paddle power factor is what i'm talkin about ;P

i'll take it out for a test drive and put it to the real test (i'm hoping it will be responsive and have no lag factor. As a car probably wont mod it, maybe remove the sports badge (add the Vtec 2.0 one haha . I think a spoiler on the civic dont look that good. The car is so heavy as it is.. sif it will slip off the road

[aaronng]

wurd!............I did like the engine note of the K20 when I redlined it during test drive.............

oh just a note for anyone considering that light silver with dual interior 2L manual sport at parra church st...........I yanked that farker hard........sorry I had to find out what it could do........had 20km on the clock when i drove it last sat morning..........felt bad for doing it but it was the only sport manual there. Even had the glad wrap around the doors edges still.

I noticed that after 6,000rpm it went to 7,300 suprisingly quick.....hit the rev limiter a few times.

Haha, you sure did seal the piston rings pretty well on that engine. It will make the most power and not consume oil. But.... how long will it last? hehe.

[krogoth]

wurd!............I did like the engine note of the K20 when I redlined it during test drive.............

oh just a note for anyone considering that light silver with dual interior 2L manual sport at parra church st...........I yanked that farker hard........sorry I had to find out what it could do........had 20km on the clock when i drove it last sat morning..........felt bad for doing it but it was the only sport manual there. Even had the glad wrap around the doors edges still.

I noticed that after 6,000rpm it went to 7,300 suprisingly quick.....hit the rev limiter a few times.

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LOL, im assumin there was a sales rep in the car with u, how the *** did he/she take it????

[MKI4EVA]

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LOL, im assumin there was a sales rep in the car with u, how the *** did he/she take it????

He was really kool with it. I only did it because I knew we were going to get it. I wasn't going to tyre kick the poor guy. Also did it because he was a 180cm 120kg looking sales guy.

[MKI4EVA]

Anyone read the recent reviews of this car in the mags?

Seems to be favourable for a car thats heavier and slower.

What do you all think?

[.::F[L]Y::.]

wouldnt u be able to get a different ecu to get it up to spec of a type R?

[integraz]

nope its not that easy, because the engine in the new 06 civic is a totally different engine to the type r/s, and therefore its a tad harder to get power out of it.

But it is very similar to the BASE Integra engine.

However u could use a hondata which would see substainial gains in the manual civc sports. But im not sure if its out yet...
maybe 110kw atw with hondata kpro? So maybe you could hold off at STOCK type R, with a really crappy driver? LOL

[matt]

there was a new civic sport in that purple colour driving next to me on the way to work today, i thought it lookd pretty funky on the road.

[aaronng]

It's not a sports car, eventhough it has the word "Sports" in the name. I wouldn't expect Hondata to release anything for it.