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03 Dec 2005, 03:44 am
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Re: 2006 Honda Civic - Car of the Year
Brandy Alexandre wrote:
> SoCalMike <Mikein562athotmail@hotmail.com> wrote in > rec.autos.makers.honda: > > >>Pars wrote: >> >> >>>If the Si beats out the Corvette as best new sports car, It might >>>also win car-of-year with AJAC association (which is for all of >>>Canada). >> >>i was reading somewhere that the C6 is better and cheaper than the >>C5, yet its not selling as well. what gives? >> > > > It's because word leaked out that sexual security is evident by the > disproportionate length of one's car hood.  Really? Hm, I've always liked small cars.     
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04 Dec 2005, 04:06 pm
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Re: 2006 Honda Civic - Car of the Year
I was thinking about this and maybe it is because the struts are short
travel in the Civic AND have to be extra stiff because of all the engine/tranny weight. The Porsche 911, on the other hand, has a very light front end since the engine and transaxle are in the back. -- KWW '65 Beetle (Jenny the IOC) '64 Beetle (TBD the Blue Wave) "Sparky Spartacus" <Sparky@universalexports.org> wrote in message news  Uckf.78$Kf4.74@fe08.lga...> jim beam wrote: > >> TWW wrote: >> >>> "Brandy Alexandre" <brandyalx@kittylittercomcast.net> wrote in message >>> news:Xns97179A21E5928675309@129.250.170.82... >>> >>>> KWW <kwalker@nospamaircooled.net> wrote in rec.autos.makers.honda: >>>> >>>> >>>>> The one thing that bugs me about the "Car of the Year" award is >>>>> that it is for "new cars". Thus, if there are three crappy new >>>>> designs and one super excellent existing design car in a class, >>>>> the "car of the year" award goes to one of the three crappy ones >>>>> because they are newly designed. >>>> >>>> >>>> Okay you guys, quit peeing in my Cheerios. >  >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Brandy AlexandreŽ >>>> http://www.swydm.com/?refer=BrandyAlx >>>> Well, would you? >>> >>> >>> >>> From what I have read across the board, the Civic is getting very good >>> reviews. I looked over a 4-dr EX at our local dealer and liked it. I >>> will >>> be very interested to see the new SI and compare it with my Prelude. >>> >>> >> personally, i'd /not/ trade the prelude for the si unless i was only >> ever going to drive in straight lines. the si has a great motor, but >> the prelude has wishbones on all 4 corners. that's a fundamentally >> better suspension arrangement than the mcpherson garbage the bean >> counters have inflicted on the honda engineering team with the civic. >> >> don't get me wrong, mcpherson handles fine for average driving, >> freeways, etc. but if you ever drive hard, wishbone is the only >> way to go. > > Gee, the Porsche 911 series had McPherson struts up front for years > (starting when they were first shown in 1963 and still have them for all I > know). IMHO the 911's are regarded as handling pretty well.
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13 Dec 2005, 10:19 am
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Re: 2006 Honda Civic - Car of the Year
KWW wrote:
> I was thinking about this and maybe it is because the struts are short > travel in the Civic AND have to be extra stiff because of all the > engine/tranny weight. The Porsche 911, on the other hand, has a very light > front end since the engine and transaxle are in the back. Could be, I have no understanding of the details of these things.
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13 Dec 2005, 10:21 am
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Re: 2006 Honda Civic - Car of the Year
KWW wrote:
> The Renaut Aliance (Aliant?) was a "Car of the Year" and it was crap .... > don't know if the "Yugo" also received that "honor". About 20 years ago someone routinely parked a Renault in my neighborhood with "Le Piece of Shit" stenciled on its doors. I laughed every time I saw it (which was pretty often).
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