When mated with a 5spd tranny, it's the best Civic ever made. The automatic
is 'too big' for the engine and guzzles gas (my wife's automatic returns
8.8L/100km while my 5spd returns 6.8L/100km).

I tend to drive as if I'm on the race track and after 215,000km of abuse,
the car still drives like new. The tranny has gotten noisier, but it'd
require a sensitive ear to tell the difference.

Exterior is excellent and no rust, but the driver's cockpit looks like it's
gone through hell. The 3/9 o'clock hand position on steering wheel has worn
through to the softer (but more grippy) core. All the rubber has been worn
away from the clutch peddle to expose the metal underlay. The floor mat has
a large hole from my heavy right foot. The left edge of the seat has worn
through to expose it's spongy guts. The windshield is constantly dirty from
the thousands of tinny stone chips. Even with all the hard driving, all the
component in the engine is still original (except for spark plugs, timing
belt and water pump). Tranny is also all original.

Pars
98 DX Hatch (5spd)
2000 EX Sedan (Automatic)

"BE" <be@home.com> wrote in message
news:6VdLd.2433$cl1.2047@newsread3.news.pas.earthl ink.net...
> Just wondering if there are any known caveats regarding the Civic DX model
> year 2000
>
> Thanks...
>
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