Why Choose Honda? Options

[Dez]

First off I would like to inform you all that I live in West Palm Beach, Florida and I have yet to see a "hooked up" 6th Gen anywhere! I have lived here for 4 or 5 years now and seen nothing but Hondas, Mitsubishis and other assorted crappy cars come and go. My question is why do so many kids and young adults choose Hondas to hookup? I mean why make your car look exactly like everyone elses? Im sooo happy I will have the only 6th gen when I go back to graduate next year!!

[0Re0]

People choose hondas becuz of all the aftermarket support. You can spend less and still make it fast.
unlike the celicas, people get it becuz they want to be different from the rest.

[Dez]

So... I should feel good that I am different for choosing a Celica?

This post has been edited by Dez: Mar 27, 2003 - 7:56 PM

[97sccelica]

for a couple reasons

1.hondas are cheaper
2.what i call the "lemming effect"
3.big aftermarket
4.celicas were more expensive new and still are more expensive
5.celicas have a relatively small aftermarket
6.not as many celicas out there

the funniest thing ever was when i went to the local honda dealer to test drive a civic si(what a slow pile of ****) and the salesman showed me a civic ex with the factory xenon body kit and cai and exhaust, the car was already maxed out, the CR is too high to do any other real mods. but the guy kept on saying it was a "tricked out" civic. the guy was like 55-60 years old. i really really had to try hard not to laugh. and oh yeah, he kept saying 160hp for the si, i got sick of it and asked whats the torque, and he couldnt answer me, lol

yeah hondas suck

[Guest_Matthew_*]

Hondas are very cheap to make so more people buy them. My car brand new was about 23 g's so i'm told. A brand new Civic EX will cost about 15 grand. The SI you can get for 19,000.

[Cody]

While were on the Mitsu subject...do they even have Eclipses in Japan? Aren't most Eclipses shot out of a factory in Detroit? At least our cars originate from Japan.

This post has been edited by MrCodyFantastic: Mar 27, 2003 - 9:07 PM

[boosted_K2]

i take it youve never felt a honda manual tranny, makes ours feel like your rowing a boat...

[Guest_Matthew_*]

i'm confused who was that towards?

[boosted_K2]

QUOTE (igotta5S-FEturbo @ Mar 27, 2003 - 9:18 PM)

i'm confused who was that towards?

im sorry, that was directed toward dez' original post. but just a general comment

[boosted_K2]

QUOTE (MrCodyFantastic @ Mar 27, 2003 - 9:07 PM)

While were on the Mitsu subject...do they even have Eclipses in Japan? Aren't most Eclipses shot out of a factory in Detroit? At least our cars originate from Japan.

japan has the FTO instead of the eclipse.

[0Re0]

QUOTE (Dez @ Mar 27, 2003 - 5:56 PM)

So... I should feel good that I am different for choosing a Celica?

Some people tend to choose honda instead of the celi because of its performance wise. You can make a honda look nice and make it fast at the same time. 6th gen on the other hand, It looks nicer than a honda but not fast enough. If your lucky to have a JDM spec 3S-GTE, then thats even way better and way faster.

[Cody]

QUOTE (K2_Celica @ Mar 27, 2003 - 8:04 PM)

QUOTE (MrCodyFantastic @ Mar 27, 2003 - 9:07 PM) While were on the Mitsu subject...do they even have Eclipses in Japan?  Aren't most Eclipses shot out of a factory in Detroit?  At least our cars originate from Japan. japan has the FTO instead of the eclipse.

Don't they have a GTO too?

[Cody]

Nevermind...a GTO is just a 3000GT.

[neophile]

Here's what the FTO looks like if anyone was wondering

http://www.tedtracey.co.nz/car_dsp.php?stk...=2081&pphoto=00

Sorry bout not posting the pics here, but too lazy right now to download them, then upload them to imagestation, work out the right link url, then post it here

These cars (FTOs) are very common in New Zealand - but then, if a car is sold to the Japanese Domestic Market, there's at least one in NZ somewhere, since we also use Km/h, right hand drive etc, it makes it a lot easier to import them cheaply.

[hioctane]

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[macavely]

Around me this is the reason that people get hondas, they are easy. They are easy to get and easy to hook up. You don't have to look around the four corners of the planet like we do when we want aftermaket parts. Some every few people know how to hook up their hondas to make them stand out, eveyone else is just a copycat. But we are lucky we have a beautiful car that looks fast and can be made to go faster. think about this take a honda civic put 4grand under the hood and you got around 190 hp. take that 4 grand and put under the hood of our celicas and well all i have to say is 3s gte.

[97sccelica]

sorry, some how it posted again

the eclipse is America only

the fto and gto are like the 3000gt

This post has been edited by 97sccelica: Mar 28, 2003 - 1:35 AM

[Cody]

FTO:













Not bad...certainly better thant he eclipse. I like the Supra style headlights. I would have considered purchasing one if they rolled out over here. They don't have much power for a v6 though.

[Blackcelliman]

I've never seen a so called "hooked up" 6th gen in my area. I've just seen one with chrome 17's on it. I feel proud that I'm the only one around that has a 6th gen with performance parts added. I'd kinda get pee'd off if I saw just as many modified 6th gen celi's around as I see Hondas. I like being one of the unique ones.

[CelicaTEK]

hehe im gonna go off topic and say f*ck honda.

im all for toyotas and nissans. great cars, great engines.