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Originally posted by Afroney
I would agree with you that the older Civics did feel a little crappy. (I rode in an ealier model DX, and trust me that car was not comfortable.) I really like my 01 Civic though, its a great car, great fuel milage, and even has a great crash rating. Not too much of a fan of mustangs myself, the way I see them is just plain crude. The drive train for that car is not built to handle all that torque. Oh well at least mustangs dont cost a whole lot. Mustangs have constant mechanic faliures and require a ton of maintence and money. Just my opinion and experience.
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alright... you said from your EXPERIENCE... now sir.. what experience have you had with them??? whilst searching for my 2nd one i came across over 6 of them with 200K + on them...
me personally... my motor has lasted 3 owners and NONE OF THEM took care of it, 1st one blew the rear end and threw a 6 cylinder 7.5' rear in (OBVIOUSLY FROM OBEYING THE SPEED LIMIT) and gave to a cop... the cop i bought it from obviously didnt mod it to drive slow in it while being completely impervious to tickets... and then it came to me and 40K of me driving it with it being my first STICK CAR LEARNING TO RACE AND DRIVE suffered slight problems until now when the valves started sticking because it finally was overrevved 1 too many times...
I CRASHED MY BLACK CAR (SAME MOTOR IN MY RED CAR) FROM THAT DREADED 7.5" LOCKING UP ON THE HIGHWAY, AND SINCE MY BLACK CAR WAS DRIVEABLE STILL, I TOOK PRIDE IN UNLOCKING THE REAR, AND dRIVING THAT POS INTO THE GROUND FOR 10K MILES with the trunk constantly open and a gaping hole in the car..... i drove those 10K without changing the oil and damn near no shifts under 4Krpms.....
I BROUGHT THIS CAR TO 7,000 RPMS AT LEAST 10+ TIMES FROM MISSING GEARS AND THE LIKE AND IT IS A BASICALLY STOCK MOTOR.... it has lasted WELL OVER 100,000 HARD CONSISTENTLY ABUSED, oil lacking, maintenence lacking miles and you sir are a fool if you think the 302 motor is anything but good reliability wise
personally i doubt you know anything about the 302... ive seen 300K on stock internals like its nothing (mostly from working in KEY LINCOLN MERCURY)
AND YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY???? maybe because those 225hp is KEPT LOW SO RELIABILITY IS KEPT UP?? do you honestly think 225hp is alot??? no you can get 400hp out of a 302... the 225 it begins with is because they sacrifice performance for reliability..
the drivetrain does suck penis though
