This thread has been pretty fun. It was a good excuse for me to talk about cars I like, namely Honda Civics. The 8th Generation Civic Si in particular is beloved in the Honda community because its 4-cylinder is a gem of an engine and goes to 8k RPM. Anyone who wanted some of the high-revving fun of the Honda S2000 roadster, but preferred the safety and practicality of a Civic, could get that in the Si for substantially less money than the Sk2. The low torque of the Si's K20Z3 engine, and the standard helical limited-slip differential mitigated torque steer and handling issues from the FWD powertrain layout.
The picture I posted above in Post #70 (the blue Civic Si sedan on jack stands with its nose on the ground) was a rare "Mugen" edition of the Honda Civic Si. Honda made only 1000 of these for the U.S. market. They had special Mugen badges, Mugen shift knob, Mugen alloy wheels, tuned suspension, and different exhaust than standard Civic Sis. And a big wing spoiler. Unfortunately, this made the Mugen Si a big target for thieves, who wanted the custom parts rather than the car itself.
The Mugen in the photo was parked on an open dealer lot when it was ransacked for badges, rims, and shift knob in 2008. A real shame, but kind of darkly funny in an idiotic way if captioned with the "VTEC kicked in yo", since the car clearly isn't going anywhere.
