Eric,
What a great statement you've made: a "well-built transportation appliance."
Over the last 22 years- I've had five Civics, and currently own a 2000 CX
hb. I have sold the others to family & friends, and all but the 1976 model
are still on the road humming away! I sold the '88 hb to my cousin, and it
has 350 000 miles on it!
For its designed purpose- the Civic is a near perfect, flawless vehicle.
-chris

"Eric" <say.no@spam.now> wrote in message news:4226EF92.966695DC@spam.now...
> hunkman7@excite.com wrote:
>>
>> Comparable subcompacts far outrank Civic when it comes to performance.
>> When is Honda getting its act together? Some of the competition Dodge
>> SRX, Saturn Red Line, Subaru have 200+ hp.
>
> The Civic is not a performance car. It is a well built fuel efficient
> transportation appliance. As such, it performs quite well actually. My
> '88
> Civic with 232,000 miles still gets 38-40 mpg on the freeway.
>
> Eric