Page 1 The Civic
Page 2 Past vehicles
Page 3 Cars I like/want
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August 2008: CAR SOLD!!!
May 2003: bought for $3700
Aug 2007: sold for $2850
depreciation over 4 years: only $850!!!

10-12-06: Sound system update - long overdue!
New Infinity 10" sub; Infinity 6.5" rear deck speakers; Directed Electronics Xtreme XA-8100 Amp (see bottom for specs)

Changed foglight color to yellow after one of the hyper-white bulbs burned out.

Updates to "Page 3 Cars I like/want"

I've had this Civic since May 2003. It's a Civic EX coupe with a 1.6L SOHC VTEC engine. It's my third Honda product (see page 2 for my previous cars). It's still mostly stock.

It has JDM amber corners and new red/clear taillights. I have OEM fog lights that I just had installed in August.

I might upgrade the sound system and add an alarm w/ remote start & keyless entry.

I got these wheels from a Del Sol Si. I think they were available on civics as an option. I'd like to get 'fatty fives' from a gen-3 Integra.

The view behind the Civic.

The new OEM style foglights are now installed!

The nose of the Civic.

This shot shows Bridgestone Blizzak snow tires mounted on stock steel wheels and hubcaps.

The civic in my hometown of Portland, OR.

I was doing an e-brake slide in this shot.

The car's (and my) first autocross August '04 in Minot, ND. (Can we say "body roll?")

After an autocross run.

The civic at an airport in Lakota, ND

The engine compartment showing the bone-stock D16Z6 engine.

The engine's identification plate.

The interior of the Civic.

(Pioneer DEH-P4700MP) I just got.

The current tires (Kumho Ecsta HP4 716 185/60HR14). The wear was pretty bad on the front tires just from barely a year of use. Of course, I do drive them pretty hard. UPDATE 3/28/05 These tires are cupping pretty bad (pretty bald toward the outer section). UPDATE 5/23/05 I have about 18k on these tires now. I hope they will make it to 20k (i.e. I hope I can get another road trip home out of them). Since the tires are so inexpensive ($170 plus $66 to mount/balance), and since they handle okay I think I'll get another set of them.

Under the car from front to back

Left-front wheel/suspension.

Left-rear wheel/suspension.

A closeup of the Bridgestone Blizzak snow tires. I highly recommend them if you get a lot of snow in your area.

I decided to get my car stuck in the mud one day.

Nine days after I bought the car this happened... It was the other guy's fault. It has long since been fixed.

July '05: at about 158k I just had to have the trailing arm bushings on the rear suspension replaced at $356. I wonder if that's my punishment for all of my e-brake slides? lol

specs for Amp:
Model XA-8100
Type Mono Block
Continuous power @ 4 ohm 300w x 1
Continuous power @ 2 ohm 420w x 1
Max Power Rating 800 watts
S/N Ratio 76 dB
Freq. Response 20-20KHz +/- 1dB
Damping Factor > 200
Input Sens. 200mV - 5V
Crossover type/range/slope Variable 12dB low-pass
Bass EQ Switched, +6/+12dB @ 45Hz
Protection Thermal