I’m 18 and I bought one of these as my first car. It’s still my daily. Love it. When I looking at it, I asked if it had ac. The guy said, “yeah it has a 2:70” and I asked what’s that? “Roll down both windows and go 70”
My childhood was spent in the backseat of one of these as my Mom carried us around trying to make ends meet as a single mother in the 1990s. It was a reliable dog.
I remember my mom had one of the first Hondas in Nebraska, when it just said CVCC on the back. I was 4 and would ride on the center console behind the shifter, no seat belt let alone a child seat. You could do that back then. My mom didn't like it actually and everyone called it a tin can cause it rusted out in a few years.
Today I saw an 83 year old lady pull into a parking lot in one of these. She bought it brand new in 1991, all stock, 5 speed manual. She didn't want to sell it, but I find it amazing.
@@chasechildress2720 that’s completely normal in Europe. Doesn’t mean they’re heel toe shifting, just means they know how to drive a car. It’s where the term “granny shifting” comes from
@@Fosten12 granny shifting is how you’re taught to shift a manual car (clutch in, shift, clutch out). ‘Normal’ shifting, and not double clutching. You’re thinking of short shifting.
A/C, the only extra that I need. Besides an alarm of course. Who needs something else when the car is well built? Light steering, precise shifter, independent suspension, tough engine.
I want no options except AC and cruise control. Alarms fuck everything all up and go off every time you fart loud enough. Electric locks and windows? Why? It's pretty undemanding to simply lean to where the window or lock you want to operate is and operate it. Leather sucks. Electronic stuff like traction control, auto dimming mirrors, etc. is all just more crap to go wrong. I wish we could still get cars and trucks somewhat like this.
my dad had one of these when I was a little kid. I loved ridding in it, until he hit a buck on Christmas eve. totalled the car, but young me used it's corpse as a clubhouse!
I worked with a guy that bought a 2013 civic & hit 3 deer in less than 2 years. 3 trips to the bodyshop aswell. It's like the deer have a taste 4 his civic and run at it like a dog.. Or its because he lives in "east-butt-fuck" Nova Scotia.....& a pot-head.
It seems 90's Hondas in spite of cruising at ~3000 rpm are fairly quiet because of their small frontal area. Deer don't seem to hear nor fear them very well.
I love the honesty of older Honda’s. I had a 97 DX coupe and I always thought it personified the thoughtfulness of the people who designed it. Like where every other car was a PITA to work on, by design, the Civic was a joy. Things were where you’d expect them. There were just no gotchas. It was a car designed by car people which you don’t seem to find these days.
Did that thing where I "close my eyes but won't fall asleep"... wake up at 3 am, terrified, confused, WHY ARE THE LIGHTS ON, to see NEW RCR HNNNNG, *YES!!!* Pees, take my pills I forgot last night, reward myself with a Lunchable, all while pretending that I don't have upper division undergrad courses in 6 hours. *Worth it.*
I bought a 6th gen Civic DX hatchback brand new in 1996. No air, 5 speed manual. I kept it stock. I got tons of notes on the window asking for it. I sold it to a friend last year. Yes, so much 'people stories' from my 19 years of owning it. Thanks, Roman and Mr. Regular.
My 1991 emerald green DX Hatch went through family duty, 2 teenage daughters driving to high school and survived quite nicely up to 300,000 miles when the thieves got her. We still have regular "Remember our Hatch" moments. I even made a TH-cam video of remembrance called "The Green Jelly Bean - Honda 1991 Hatchback". If the thieves had stayed home that night, I would still be driving that Hatch.
9:31 I know many would look at the 2 and choose the newer Honda. But IMO the EF looks 100 times better than most modern, overly angular, poorly proportioned cars.
My first car was a '91 Civic hatch. I'm a hatchback lifer because of it. The Toyota Matrix is the modern equivalent. The double-takes I've gotten from skeptical retail employees when loading furniture into it. I've also put a full PA in it, including 2 single 15" tops, an 18" sub, mixing board and 6-space effects/amp rack. And it's the same platform as the Corolla.
In Europe there are less garages = more cars outside. Also more rain and shit weather compared to some part of The USA. So that might be why. And yeah some countries spray with salt in winter times. So Sebastian what do they use as a replacement for salt in Sweden. Or do you guys just use your snowmobiles and ski's instead :P?
Best car I've ever owned. '90 Civic DX Hatch. Bought lightly used in 93, while in the Army. I had a lot of miles on that car, many roadtrips, backseat stories, etc. It's everything you said and more, a perfect car in so many ways. Exceeded all expectations, easy to work on, nothing really ever broke, fun, and not once did I ever consider if the thing was fast enough, or had a big enough engine, or...whatever. I loved and miss it. I recall averaging nearly 40mpg on long trips...no AC and a stick!
I had the Si version of this in metallic green...that green you could only get in the early 90's. It was one of the best cars I ever owned. Back in the day when you bought a Honda and felt like you were getting more car than what you paid for. Fun times. Now I have a 2015 MINI Cooper S...and I wish those rear windows would open like my Si's did. Why did those ever go away?
could have something to do with safety becoming more and more of a concern for a standard, most vehicles had gotten rid of them by early to mid 90s because shit just goes downhill like that :/
Back in 94, our friend Ed (coincidence not intended) was the "older guy who drove" in high school while the rest of us were a year to a year and a half away. Ed drove a red ED6 and even then, riding in it, I recall feeling just a tad safer than being on a Honda ELITE surrounded by facia made from used cans of crystal pepsi. Ed was the singer in my first and last cheesy punk rock band, the bands that followed would bastardize different genres. He was a bit of a spaz who listened to Nirvana and REM at top volume through the piercing, choked treble saturated excuse for a stereo the ED6 provided while periodically knocking the loose rearview mirror back into place. He listened fanatically in the way the younger of the grunge cult millennials do today considering Curt Cobain to be their Jim Morrison. He once said he liked to go into the center of mosh pits and flap his arms while screaming "I'm a fucking pterodactyl" just to see how long he could get away with it. It's hard to find someone that in touch with their insanity in freshman year. Among my fonder memories of this car was riding home from school with my friend Travis, not in the car but hanging off the back -- choosing to put our knees on the rear bumper holding on to that rear top spoiler while Ed drove one wheel up on sidewalks in the deserted antiseptic suburban streets of cookie cutter southern California. Glad to be alive all this time later. Good times, strange memories.
I don't know why but i absolutely love the Roman's outro on this one. As ridiculously accurate as it is, the slowed tempo and his toned down voice just sounds amazing.
My friends dad owned one of these from new, same color. A 1990 CX hatch. In 2002 he saw a documentary about how kids were swapping motors into them. He did just that. He put a B16a2 with an s1 trans into it. solid motor mounts, MSD ignition, solid rear shocks. He ran a 13.9 with a Keenex box covering the Autometer tach on the dash. RIP Bob and Kevin Collins. you are both missed
This was the first 'modern' car I ever drove (with efi and decent brakes) after coming off a diet of owning, Ford Escort mk1s, a Morris 1000 (Minor) and a 1970s Datsun. The thing was a revelation!!
@Julio Lopez They are amazing cars aren't they? Amazing engineering, great to drive, reliable, durable, and affordable. I worked at a Honda store when these were sold brand new. Golden years at Honda cars.
The writing in this show is so freaking good. Mr Regular really makes me appreciate cars that I wouldn't even glance at twice in a Wal-Mart or Big-Lots parkinglot. Please keep doing what you are doing.
I was once the proud owner of a carbureted fifth generation dodge colt, born in Taiwan in 1991. It topped out at just over a hundred on its only highway run.
My first car (also my brother's first car since it was handed-down to me) was a 1988 Corolla SR5. We bought it from the 1st owner. Some middle-aged lady. She bought it with 1. Air con 2. automatic transmission Yet she didn't buy it with a passenger-side mirror or a fuel-injected engine. It seems to me that this combination of options would be complete blasphemy for any new car, or any car built in the 90s. I do miss that thing, though. "where's your mirror?" "This car didn't come with one." "What?"
My first car was a hand-me-down 1990 SR5 Alltrac wagon... you know, the kind that looked like a baby Volvo from the back. That thing had full time AWD and a stick shift, which made for lots of fun during those Northeast winters.
It's just easier to say EF. Most people don't know that all these have different chassis codes. If I say ED7 do you know what it is? Or EE2, or ED3? Let's just stick to EF and call it a day. Awesome video though, love all the EF's!!
Had a base model 91 Civic hatchback and loved it. The A/C was not only an option, it was a dealer installed option! I had it in mine as the only option, but I added on things myself later like a passenger side mirror (yup-that was optional too!) and a center console.
@@efrandsen72 The Metro was originally called the Chevy Sprint. It was designed for GM by Suzuki to GM specs. The Civic in this video is a much superior design.
Afrocanuk I Believe there are huge differences. They’re for opposite sides of the world. I just meant class wise and what the car could do on paper is about similar.
Yep, owned a 1991 DX hatch, 5 speed manual, equipped with 2 x 70 air con - 2 windows down, 70 miles per hour. Same metallic blue color, too. Paid $8 grand new, give or take. Best little car ever, I cry that no one, even Honda, has replicated this perfect magic trick. As you said, build quality was amazing, and my copy was absolutely reliable. Knock down the back sets, you can haul a 4-drawer dresser, and still shut the hatch. 8 foot long 2 x 4 would also fit with the hatch closed (required a dollop of Yankee ingenuity). Mr Regular, what this was, was a tiny truck, cleverly disguised as a 5 seatbelt, high 30’s mpg econo-box. Lack of ABS and air bags wouldn't work in today's auto marketplace, of course.
Dang it now I have a hankering for pizza. This car was the pinnacle of delivery vehicles. Cant tell you how many time I've seen these civics with a pizza hut or donatos sighs on the top. Ah child hood memories, almost brings tear to my eye.
I just got a manual 1989 Honda civic hatch for $400, it's my first car with a quarter of a million miles and i fucking love it. Very well kept in shape and works how i want it
This reminds me of my first car, and '88 mercury tracer 3 door hatchback, it was built by Mazda, it pretty much was a 323 with a sleeker body style. It had a 1.6 tbi 4 cyl & a smooth shifting 5 spd manual, cable operated clutch as well, and no power steering or AC. The engine only made 80 hp & 90 lbs/ft of torque but at a low and usable 2,500 rpm! It had a 3.78 final drive ratio so in town it was surprisingly quick and peppy, and without those extra accessories on the engine draining the power, the engine felt more powerful than just 80 hp. It was extremely reliable as well
My story of my civic... It's an '88 bought it from the second owner elderly lady that bought it new of course. It's a base model, red in color, 45000 original miles on engine, drivetrain and chassis. It needed a window and an alternator, left a note on it and bought it matching title for $100 last year. Been a great car ever since!
Its really amazing how much room there is in that car. My buddy had one and four of us big guys 200lb + each fit really comfortably on a trip to Nashville 4 hours away.
Nope, they did make a Jazz (also called a City) in the 80s. Looks fucking awesome. There was an automatic one for sale in my country for absolute peanuts (about 700eur, 786usd) and I begged my mom to buy it, but she didn't. Sad :(
That's great grandpa old though. We've got a whole family going on here. EE's S2000 has to be her edgy older cousin that listens to Creed ironically and lies saying that he drinks his coffee black to impress his Colombian girlfriend.
I had one of these! It was my very 1st car! Back in '93 I graduated High School and joined the Marines. My Grandfather, who was also a Marine, offered to buy me my 1st car as a present upon graduation from boot camp. We went to Porreco Ford and I found this little green Honda Civic Hatchback. It was a base with a 4 speed. The only options it had were the A/C and the tape deck. It was cheap and only 2 years old. Got the car for a measly 2500 and only had around 8k on it. I drove that car from PA to Fresno Oceanside California! I had the car for only 4 years before it was stolen and wrecked in San Diego back in '97 when I got out of the service. It was cheap, but she was a good little car!
Bought a ‘91 red 4-speed manual brand new for 6900 out the door. A/C was mail-ordered for around 650. Installed it myself, as it was a $1000 dealer-installed option. Added radio & K-Mart floor mats. Best seats I’ve ever had in a car, period. 40 mpg all day long. Bulletproof reliability. Invisible to cops. Great handling, fun to drive. Just don’t expect to keep up with traffic in the mountains. Sold it 2 years later with 45k on it for 6500. Bought 2 more civics over the years. This one was still the best. Currently in a V6 Accord. Love it, but it pales in value and all around fun to the ‘91 Civic. Best car I’ve ever had.
Vomit could get into the vents if someone puked on the scuttle panel(the grill under the wipers), which can happen if the car is parked outside, near a pub, & it clogged up the drainage holes so it couldn't drain away & just sat in the ventilation plenum.
Still got my blue 1991 ED6 STD Hatchback which I bought in1998. It has over 360K miles on it now and it is on its 2nd engine (D15B1). Use it as a spare car now. I made a few upgrades to it over the years: - MPFI Swap (Fuel injection system from the SI with 4 injectors replacing the 2 injector DPFI system; this involved changing the intake manifold, throttle body, injectors, distributor, ECU, adding an injector resistor and running 4 extra wires from the ECU in the front passenger foot-well) - SI instrument cluster with tachometer - SI 3-spoke steering wheel - Added Right hand side mirror (didn't have one!) - Added Cigarette lighter socket (didn't have one!) - Added Digital clock in center console vent assembly (location was previously filled by a plastic trim piece) - Changed the 4-speed STD transmission for a 5-speed DX one (also replaced shifter knob) - Changed the windshield wiper control arm to a DX one that has an interval setting and rear wiper control, changed the multi-function control box behind the fuse box to a DX one that supports the wiper interval setting. - Changed the whole rear hatch to a DX hatch that has a rear wiper & washer - Added a washer motor to the washer reservoir tank plus wiring and ran hose to the rear for the rear washer. - Installed and wired in a '94 Integra map light in front ceiling. - Hardwired in power cable for Garmin GPS (with 12V to 5V adapter) - Installed DX/SI long style center e-brake console that wraps around the gear shifter. (in total ran 10 extra wires to each door: 5 for power locks, 3 for power mirrors and 2 for power windows) - Installed a curved lower center console piece that connects the center dash console to the center e-brake console - Installed center e-brake console arm rest - Installed a AutoLoc Power Lock kit with keyless entry - Installed trunk popper that works from the keyless entry remote - Installed an aftermarket Power Window kit (window switches are installed on the center e-brake console) - With the window crank handle eliminated/removed, there was room to install Sedan style door storage pockets. - Installed OEM (sedan) power mirrors - Changed the damaged and worn out vinyl seats to blue cloth seats (front and rear) from a DX. - Changed the carpet while I was changing out the seats - Installed a cargo cover (hat shelf) over the trunk area - Installed white reverse glow gauge covers and painted gauge needles in orange reflective paint - Changed glove box to Si style that is padded on inside - Added a DX/SI trunk light - Installed a Short Ram Intake with cone type air filter - installed after market exhaust header - installed after market Cat.converter - Added a small buzzer plugged into fuse box that sounds when engine is off and headlights are on - Using converted 9005 headlight bulbs in the 9004 bulb sockets (much brighter!) Probably forgot a few things here. but it is a pretty complete list.
Friend of mine back in high school had one of those. I say "had" not because decades ago, but because its life ended, like so many other small high school cars, shortly after he uttered the words, "Watch how this car handles."
So, sorry about your friend. But I used to outrun Mustang GTs. Again sorry for your loss. The problem the 16V had was it was such a short wheelbase and the rear brakes would lock up before the front.
I think he's saying the car's life ended, not his friend's. I read it as the car was totaled when the friend hooned it. but if his friend did pass, then my condolences.
9:31 I know many would look at the 2 and choose the newer Honda. But IMO the EF looks 100 times better than most modern, overly angular, poorly proportioned cars.
@@e5hw654s7 what the hell is this? I've also seen the same duplicated comments in another video. Is it a glitch? Are bots involved? Is it a new fad to copy-paste someone else's comment?
The two weaknesses with the Honda Civics of that era, which other owners agreed with me on, was the position of the front axle CV rubber boots being next to the exhaust pipe. The high heat from the exhaust pipe made those CV boots to deform and crack in a matter of years; where, if the car operator didn't have the underside checked at times, the grease from those CV boots could drain away, resulting with the axle to seize due to lack of lubricant. The second weakness was with the brakes, which could be attributed to the car's automatic transmission, as the front brake rotors were prone to warp. I had to have mine "turned" and replaced several times over the car's lifetime.
I've recently found this channel and i have to say that this is my favorite channel on TH-cam. I wish i made more money so i could support on Patron :/. To help out how, i no longer use my phone charger box and hook up the USB to my PC. While charging even if im not in the room , i let your videos auto play as i go about my day. I drive a Scion FRS release series 1.0 and when i saw your review on the FRS im like lets see how realistic is this re..... SHEMALEPORNADDICTION!!!!!! and im just like dam hes good!
You can get a new Nissan Versa S for under 10k if you look around. Manual trans, crank windows. Just a horrific car. I almost bought one just for the novelty of buying a new car for the price of an inexpensive motorcycle and beating the hell out of it for a few years.
i had a cvt versa note was still running strong at 152k got repoed after 4 years though cause I have bad credit and i got financed at some stupid apr like 38% or something...versas n versa notes will go to 300k with little maintenance beyond oil change
Nissan is still trying to prove themselves (or well, prove themselves again... since they have gone so far downhill since the early 2000's). In 2019 though, a Versa is still a $15,000 car at sticker price, $3-4k higher than this Civic would've been today.
I had nearly this exact car in red, the only difference was it had one mirror and the 1.5l with all the glory of 72 hp. This was one of the last 4 speed manuals that could be bought on the US market and was a strange treat. The A/C never worked right even after fiddling, rust was encroaching, there were random bits of green paint from where my buddy had tried to paint it or something. He was the previous owner, his parents bought the car new and put 197,000 miles on it. I drove it for 3 years and only gave it up after I slid into the the back of a 2010 Civic and just kissed the rear bumper when it was just barely rainy. With no airbags, no ABS, and no modern structure, I decided that it was eventually going to kill me, and so I sold it to an enthusiastic kid who wanted a manual for $50 less than I paid. Loved that car, but I didn't feel like dying for the experience.
I remember watching this like half a year ago. Now I am watching this with Civic ED6 in my yard. This car is so fun, if you can find one in good condition and thinking about it. Do it. Couldn't ask for a better car, yeah, its old but its gold.
I had that same hatchback in the early 2000's. Tinted the Windows, added exhaust, installed and Kenwood system in it and drove until it broke down. Sold it to a friend and he fixed it and drove it at least another 3 years.
I'm very proud having this car. Mine's not the hatchback but a sedan with a sunroof and a spoiler. Powered by fuel-injected non-vtec D15B make around 102 hp. The cool thing about EFs is that it has independent double-wishbone suspension, which is very rare at the time.
the way mr regular says “see you next week” sounds like a teacher curtly excusing his class on a friday, after a long but interesting and satisfying lesson
I bought my wife a new red '89 Civic Si to replace her '81 Ford Escort, and it was like comparing a Nash Rambler to a Ferrari, and was a total blast to drive. Bought her a new 2000 Civic sedan and the '89 became my work car, which I drove until I bought a new 2012 Civic EX-L sedan for myself. I was always having young guys try to buy that little red pocket rocket, and as far as I know it's still going strong. They were great little cars.
I got a used one with 170,000 miles, a former company car in 1997. In america, the B1 motor was rated at 70 hp, and by 220,000 the motor was on its last legs. I found a solid B2 motor (rated at 92 hp) and a 5 speed tranny at the local junkyard, and they took my old motor and tranny in return as part of the deal. A few evenings in my neighbor's garage, along with a new alternator and I was back in business, and drove it another 40,000 milles until I got new car fever and dropped 20 grand on a new Accord. I sold my old Civic to a friend for $500 to help him out of a nasty Ford EXP, and he put another 125,000 miles on it before he sold it recently (for $500). Another fun fact is that there were actually 3 versions of the 1.5 liter motor available for that car in the US. The D15B1 was the base 70 horse motor 16 valves with a Throttle Body, the D15B2 was also 16 valves with a throttle body, and rated at 92 horsepower. There was also the D15B6, which I originally was going to swap in, It was a port injected motor, but was only 8 valves. It went into the CRX-HF models, and would have been very good on gas, but was only rated at 62 hp in the 88-89 models, and 72 in 90 and 91. I would also have had to change out the ECU and some of the wiring. The D15B2, along with the 5 speed definitely perked the car up, despite the fact that I should have gotten the PM5 ECU to replace the PM9. There were a total of 8 different versions of the motor, but the B1, B2, and B6 were the only motors made for the American market for the 88-91 model years
you get every review right, and nail the stereotypes every damn time, thank you for, well making me not feel like I'm drinking alone, again.....................hurry up and find a K car, you know what I'm saying
Man this makes me miss my 1991 Civic Si. Black on Black... I loved that car. But family, kids, bigger car needs and 189,000 miles and it was time to go. Nice review.
They are worth whatever people will pay for them. Today, they are so rare, and yet so good, that you simply won't find a clean one for sale, unless you have CRAZAY good luck. It's the best car, that you will never own.
I have had my 88 hatchback for 20 years now. It didn't start off as a 70hp base model like yours, it was the 92hp DX, 5 speed, front sway bar, and AC. But still, very light. 4 motors later, has a built '96 DX motor with a TD05 16G on 24 psi and runs on E85. Rear disc brake conversion, front Wilwood 11" rotor 4 piston set up, converted to OBD1 and using eCTune. You wanna talk about fun.... Full 91 Si interior, clean as can be. I love 4th gen civics and I'll tell you what, mine looks pretty close to stock. Just lowered 2" and a clean Honda 4th gen silver paint. I liked your video. Cheers..!
I had a 1990 Civic wagon. It was one of the best cars I have ever owned. Best manual ever! The only issue it had was brake line rusting that required them to be replaced. My Honda got nearly 40 MPG highway and around 30 to 32 in the city. It was pretty bare bones except for A/C paid for through the stereo delete option. You could rev it up and it would move along at a decent pace. Fold the back seat down and it had a surprising amount of room. Now I am feeling nostalgic for those days.
Who knows but I think the G35 is the spiritual successor to the non-turbo Skylines from back in the day. It's the same chassis on the G35 and the GTR isn't it?
thebbman I'm not sure the differences, but I know in Japan like the US there are no more Skyline GTRs, it's just the Nissan GTR. I was pretty sure that the G35 is just a rebadged Skyline 350GT. I think it's the same for the G37 and whatever came after that. But maybe there are differences.
+thebbman The G35/37 are Skylines. In USA we just call it the G35/37. But in Japan they are badged as Skylines. They are the exact same car. The GTR isn't a Skyline it just carries the GTR name and is just "the Nissan GTR" but it is NOT a Skyline. Read more here. en.wikipedia(DOT)org/wiki/Nissan_Skyline
This was my first car (1990 Honda Civic 4 speed)....what a great flashback. And I loved this car. 40 MPG easy on the highway. And yes, I had air conditioning installed in my base model as an option. It added 1200 to the price, but in humid Washington, DC, totally worth it.
I bought one of these a little over a year ago after watching your video. I knew I wanted one, but you saved me from getting an EG hatch. I love my little ED7. Thank you
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I’m 18 and I bought one of these as my first car. It’s still my daily. Love it. When I looking at it, I asked if it had ac. The guy said, “yeah it has a 2:70” and I asked what’s that? “Roll down both windows and go 70”
Did you buy it in '91? If you did, that's a seriously impressive length of time to own (and be happy with) a car.
@@deusexaethera He said he is 18 are you on ze crack my friend?
@@Saladzz: No, I was on ze exhaustion.
@@deusexaethera iz okay we all haz those dayz dont feel bad and stop inhaling ze exhaustion fumes
mine actually does have AC but i removed all of it because someone before me cut the lines
My childhood was spent in the backseat of one of these as my Mom carried us around trying to make ends meet as a single mother in the 1990s. It was a reliable dog.
ZipKickGo no it wasn’t! It was a car duhhh
Damn that hits hard. My single mother drove me around in a subie outback named fabio.
@@lunakai_360 impreza for me chief
I remember my mom had one of the first Hondas in Nebraska, when it just said CVCC on the back. I was 4 and would ride on the center console behind the shifter, no seat belt let alone a child seat. You could do that back then. My mom didn't like it actually and everyone called it a tin can cause it rusted out in a few years.
Damn, that hits close to home. Hope things worked out in the end.
Today I saw an 83 year old lady pull into a parking lot in one of these. She bought it brand new in 1991, all stock, 5 speed manual. She didn't want to sell it, but I find it amazing.
Bro an 83 year old lady driving a five spd
@@chasechildress2720 that’s completely normal in Europe. Doesn’t mean they’re heel toe shifting, just means they know how to drive a car. It’s where the term “granny shifting” comes from
@@chasechildress2720 of course. In her day an automatic was a luxury
@@skateboarding118 granny shifting means shift early and its considered slow
@@Fosten12 granny shifting is how you’re taught to shift a manual car (clutch in, shift, clutch out). ‘Normal’ shifting, and not double clutching. You’re thinking of short shifting.
But now it smells great!!
Best story ever.
I just read this when he said it. Nice timing lol
A/C, the only extra that I need. Besides an alarm of course. Who needs something else when the car is well built? Light steering, precise shifter, independent suspension, tough engine.
My mom had one of these exactly in the same color with a/c these are great and strong motors
My crazy aunt had one back in the day..the sedan style, not this style. She is a pig though.
None of my cars have ever had an alarm.
I want no options except AC and cruise control. Alarms fuck everything all up and go off every time you fart loud enough. Electric locks and windows? Why? It's pretty undemanding to simply lean to where the window or lock you want to operate is and operate it. Leather sucks. Electronic stuff like traction control, auto dimming mirrors, etc. is all just more crap to go wrong. I wish we could still get cars and trucks somewhat like this.
Airbags are nice for those times when someone else T-bones you with no warning.
Thing is, stock old Civics are so rare nowadays.
UGH
What? They are. People always "customize" them.
Go look for a CRX, Prelude, MR2, or Civic Hatch thats been well kept and hasn't been modded or beat to hell. I'll wait...
David Maglioli I doubt I'd be able to find one. People get new cars every five years or so here.
yep. there is a 1997 sir civic over here in perth Australia, mint condition all stock, and there asking 24000 lol
For some reason, it feels real good to see this Civic and Sally in a single shot.
It's like a nice little family photo.
It's crazy how much bigger Sally is compared to the Civic.
love that shot too!
As a Fit owner, it makes me smile to see the heritage of the car sitting there next to it. Silicone sally is cooler than my modded 2nd gen though.
I feel ya. That was one of those true RCR moments.
my dad had one of these when I was a little kid. I loved ridding in it, until he hit a buck on Christmas eve. totalled the car, but young me used it's corpse as a clubhouse!
the Honda not the deer
lol
Thanks for clarifying
I worked with a guy that bought a 2013 civic & hit 3 deer in less than 2 years. 3 trips to the bodyshop aswell. It's like the deer have a taste 4 his civic and run at it like a dog.. Or its because he lives in "east-butt-fuck" Nova Scotia.....& a pot-head.
It seems 90's Hondas in spite of cruising at ~3000 rpm are fairly quiet because of their small frontal area. Deer don't seem to hear nor fear them very well.
I love the honesty of older Honda’s. I had a 97 DX coupe and I always thought it personified the thoughtfulness of the people who designed it. Like where every other car was a PITA to work on, by design, the Civic was a joy. Things were where you’d expect them. There were just no gotchas. It was a car designed by car people which you don’t seem to find these days.
RegularCars not only about the stories of a car, it is full of philosophies.
if you slap a vtec sticker on that you can beat lambos
MysticBlack Really I got a Vtex is that True?
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@@sistercalhoun4444 It's a joke.
box says 10hp
Did that thing where I "close my eyes but won't fall asleep"... wake up at 3 am, terrified, confused, WHY ARE THE LIGHTS ON, to see NEW RCR HNNNNG, *YES!!!* Pees, take my pills I forgot last night, reward myself with a Lunchable, all while pretending that I don't have upper division undergrad courses in 6 hours.
*Worth it.*
Very true
I live in Ireland so it's morning now hahaha
We've all been there.
I live in Australia so we get it in the afternoon. Epic win!
Haha I wanna go Australia :( looks class
I bought a 6th gen Civic DX hatchback brand new in 1996. No air, 5 speed manual. I kept it stock. I got tons of notes on the window asking for it. I sold it to a friend last year.
Yes, so much 'people stories' from my 19 years of owning it.
Thanks, Roman and Mr. Regular.
My 1991 emerald green DX Hatch went through family duty, 2 teenage daughters driving to high school and survived quite nicely up to 300,000 miles when the thieves got her. We still have regular "Remember our Hatch" moments. I even made a TH-cam video of remembrance called "The Green Jelly Bean - Honda 1991 Hatchback". If the thieves had stayed home that night, I would still be driving that Hatch.
@Yar Nunya Do you still have it?
9:31 I know many would look at the 2 and choose the newer Honda. But IMO the EF looks 100 times better than most modern, overly angular, poorly proportioned cars.
Definitely agree with the "poorly proportioned" part. But the reason behind that is for safety, so at least there's a good reason for it.
I rather drive a good looking classic car than be safe in a boring bubble
@@elek101 You'll make a very cool looking corpse :D
Ben yes, yes we will.
I_Am_Sam Don’t forget the aero.
Honda Civic EF: Driveable vaporwave
Pretty sure LS400 is the official car of vaporwave.
Ｎａｋａｍｉｃｈｉ Ｐｒｅｍｉｕｍ Ｓｏｕｎｄ Ｓｙｓｔｅｍ
I don't know why, but when I think of vaporwave, I think of the Nissan 300ZX Z31.
AirCooledGaming Roman lost a chance to cover MACINTOSH PLUS 420 something something for this :(
Just play the intro/outro at 0.5 speed
That, and the Benz W126.
the roomiest small car i have ever been in
Mitsubishi Space Star. That fucker is small but can hold 5-6 people plus luggage
try the mk.1 mini, it's smaller, and still fits 4 adults easily.
My first car was a '91 Civic hatch. I'm a hatchback lifer because of it. The Toyota Matrix is the modern equivalent. The double-takes I've gotten from skeptical retail employees when loading furniture into it. I've also put a full PA in it, including 2 single 15" tops, an 18" sub, mixing board and 6-space effects/amp rack. And it's the same platform as the Corolla.
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hafizh pratama i own a mini moke but many dont see it as a true car
No rust? I'm amazed. I'm from EU. If you find a Honda half of the age of this one not completely eaten by rust you can count yourself very lucky
the lower states have such clean cars, no wonder so many classic muscle cars are still driving around
Northern Sweden here, we don't use that much salt, so not much rust ;)
In Europe there are less garages = more cars outside. Also more rain and shit weather compared to some part of The USA. So that might be why. And yeah some countries spray with salt in winter times. So Sebastian what do they use as a replacement for salt in Sweden. Or do you guys just use your snowmobiles and ski's instead :P?
zon3ful the civic in the video is from Maryland that's no were near the rust belt bro. Maryland is down south and doesn't have rust!
have you seen the exhaust? lol no rust...
Best car I've ever owned. '90 Civic DX Hatch. Bought lightly used in 93, while in the Army. I had a lot of miles on that car, many roadtrips, backseat stories, etc. It's everything you said and more, a perfect car in so many ways. Exceeded all expectations, easy to work on, nothing really ever broke, fun, and not once did I ever consider if the thing was fast enough, or had a big enough engine, or...whatever. I loved and miss it. I recall averaging nearly 40mpg on long trips...no AC and a stick!
"Exploding like a guy flunking out of the NoFap community." God i love these videos. Thank you RegularCars.
I had the Si version of this in metallic green...that green you could only get in the early 90's. It was one of the best cars I ever owned. Back in the day when you bought a Honda and felt like you were getting more car than what you paid for. Fun times. Now I have a 2015 MINI Cooper S...and I wish those rear windows would open like my Si's did. Why did those ever go away?
could have something to do with safety becoming more and more of a concern for a standard, most vehicles had gotten rid of them by early to mid 90s because shit just goes downhill like that :/
Back in 94, our friend Ed (coincidence not intended) was the "older guy who drove" in high school while the rest of us were a year to a year and a half away. Ed drove a red ED6 and even then, riding in it, I recall feeling just a tad safer than being on a Honda ELITE surrounded by facia made from used cans of crystal pepsi. Ed was the singer in my first and last cheesy punk rock band, the bands that followed would bastardize different genres. He was a bit of a spaz who listened to Nirvana and REM at top volume through the piercing, choked treble saturated excuse for a stereo the ED6 provided while periodically knocking the loose rearview mirror back into place. He listened fanatically in the way the younger of the grunge cult millennials do today considering Curt Cobain to be their Jim Morrison. He once said he liked to go into the center of mosh pits and flap his arms while screaming "I'm a fucking pterodactyl" just to see how long he could get away with it. It's hard to find someone that in touch with their insanity in freshman year. Among my fonder memories of this car was riding home from school with my friend Travis, not in the car but hanging off the back -- choosing to put our knees on the rear bumper holding on to that rear top spoiler while Ed drove one wheel up on sidewalks in the deserted antiseptic suburban streets of cookie cutter southern California. Glad to be alive all this time later. Good times, strange memories.
Ah, to be so old that you think the young folks would take the time to read your ramblings 😛 jk, thanks for sharing!
@@bernlin2000 There are always a few who will and for them I exist. I'm excited to know these forgotten comments are likely to outlive me.
I don't know why but i absolutely love the Roman's outro on this one. As ridiculously accurate as it is, the slowed tempo and his toned down voice just sounds amazing.
My friends dad owned one of these from new, same color. A 1990 CX hatch. In 2002 he saw a documentary about how kids were swapping motors into them. He did just that. He put a B16a2 with an s1 trans into it. solid motor mounts, MSD ignition, solid rear shocks. He ran a 13.9 with a Keenex box covering the Autometer tach on the dash. RIP Bob and Kevin Collins. you are both missed
My dad had a '91 Civic, and with that double-wishbone suspension you could really throw those things around corners.
I had one, I loved it. Commuted 50 miles to and from work. Wish i could find one again. No power steering no AC but there was just something about it
This was the first 'modern' car I ever drove (with efi and decent brakes) after coming off a diet of owning, Ford Escort mk1s, a Morris 1000 (Minor) and a 1970s Datsun. The thing was a revelation!!
it's amazing how you guys can make a 10 minute video feel like 30 seconds
I have this car to this day. 5 speed.
@Julio Lopez
They are amazing cars aren't they? Amazing engineering, great to drive,
reliable, durable, and affordable. I worked at a Honda store when these were sold brand new. Golden years at Honda cars.
D15b2
How many panties has each gear dropped?
What do you think about this car ?
@@watershed44 i have just bought one. Does it have any weaknesses ?
The writing in this show is so freaking good. Mr Regular really makes me appreciate cars that I wouldn't even glance at twice in a Wal-Mart or Big-Lots parkinglot. Please keep doing what you are doing.
I was once the proud owner of a carbureted fifth generation dodge colt, born in Taiwan in 1991. It topped out at just over a hundred on its only highway run.
My first car (also my brother's first car since it was handed-down to me) was a 1988 Corolla SR5.
We bought it from the 1st owner. Some middle-aged lady.
She bought it with 1. Air con 2. automatic transmission
Yet she didn't buy it with a passenger-side mirror or a fuel-injected engine.
It seems to me that this combination of options would be complete blasphemy for any new car, or any car built in the 90s.
I do miss that thing, though. "where's your mirror?" "This car didn't come with one." "What?"
Alright alright, it also had a tape deck. That's an option.
My first car was a hand-me-down 1990 SR5 Alltrac wagon... you know, the kind that looked like a baby Volvo from the back. That thing had full time AWD and a stick shift, which made for lots of fun during those Northeast winters.
yes...i can't imagine why anyone would wanna save on a freaking car mirror!! even if you don't use it, the look of the car is ruined without one.
I would have slapped on one of those generic side mirrors like they have at the auto parts store, one side mirror only would drive me nuts!
HAHAHAAAA! My '99 DX didn't have a passenger side door mirror, either. Drove me MENTAL.
Hey, if you ever get the chance to review a 5th Gen Prelude, please do! Great Video Bud
I've been waiting for Mr.Regular to review a Prelude for so long! Hopefully we get one soon.
SLOPTOBERFEST yea man, I wanna see what he has to say about it.
I've offered my 3rd gen to them. POP-UPS
4th gen too!
Was my favorite car :) Good times!
Just managed to pick up an ED7 from a family friend today and I had to come back to rewatch this video. Our lives are full of cyclical patterns.
It's just easier to say EF. Most people don't know that all these have different chassis codes. If I say ED7 do you know what it is? Or EE2, or ED3? Let's just stick to EF and call it a day. Awesome video though, love all the EF's!!
Garage Built Hondas heresey
Let's call it cum machine
Sell me one of yours? lol
Or just call it a civic hatch?
@@DrewLSsix nah easy to confuse with the eg and ek
"Exploding like a guy flunking out of the no-fap community."
Mr. regular, i like your videos before I watch them because im never disappointed.
Had a base model 91 Civic hatchback and loved it. The A/C was not only an option, it was a dealer installed option! I had it in mine as the only option, but I added on things myself later like a passenger side mirror (yup-that was optional too!) and a center console.
DO GEO METRO
one of the most regular of regular cars.
This car is so similar lol
@@efrandsen72 The Metro was originally called the Chevy Sprint. It was designed for GM by Suzuki to GM specs. The Civic in this video is a much superior design.
Afrocanuk I Believe there are huge differences. They’re for opposite sides of the world. I just meant class wise and what the car could do on paper is about similar.
Suzuki swift
Yep, owned a 1991 DX hatch, 5 speed manual, equipped with 2 x 70 air con - 2 windows down, 70 miles per hour. Same metallic blue color, too. Paid $8 grand new, give or take. Best little car ever, I cry that no one, even Honda, has replicated this perfect magic trick. As you said, build quality was amazing, and my copy was absolutely reliable. Knock down the back sets, you can haul a 4-drawer dresser, and still shut the hatch. 8 foot long 2 x 4 would also fit with the hatch closed (required a dollop of Yankee ingenuity). Mr Regular, what this was, was a tiny truck, cleverly disguised as a 5 seatbelt, high 30’s mpg econo-box. Lack of ABS and air bags wouldn't work in today's auto marketplace, of course.
Dang it now I have a hankering for pizza. This car was the pinnacle of delivery vehicles. Cant tell you how many time I've seen these civics with a pizza hut or donatos sighs on the top. Ah child hood memories, almost brings tear to my eye.
Delivered in mine for a few years about 4 years ago, shit was reliable and always amazing on gas. Glad to be on my 4th
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My first car was an '89 civic sedan. I delivered pizzas in it. I loved that car.
Yup I delivered Domino’s in one of these for a couple of years
I just got a manual 1989 Honda civic hatch for $400, it's my first car with a quarter of a million miles and i fucking love it. Very well kept in shape and works how i want it
How's she runnin?
I loved how RCR went from super short wacky and barely understandable to slightly longer more philosophical wacky and actually formed sentences.
This reminds me of my first car, and '88 mercury tracer 3 door hatchback, it was built by Mazda, it pretty much was a 323 with a sleeker body style. It had a 1.6 tbi 4 cyl & a smooth shifting 5 spd manual, cable operated clutch as well, and no power steering or AC. The engine only made 80 hp & 90 lbs/ft of torque but at a low and usable 2,500 rpm! It had a 3.78 final drive ratio so in town it was surprisingly quick and peppy, and without those extra accessories on the engine draining the power, the engine felt more powerful than just 80 hp. It was extremely reliable as well
My story of my civic...
It's an '88 bought it from the second owner elderly lady that bought it new of course. It's a base model, red in color, 45000 original miles on engine, drivetrain and chassis. It needed a window and an alternator, left a note on it and bought it matching title for $100 last year. Been a great car ever since!
Its really amazing how much room there is in that car. My buddy had one and four of us big guys 200lb + each fit really comfortably on a trip to Nashville 4 hours away.
What car does a pirate drive?
A Civic Type ARRRRRRRRRRR
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I'm just living
oh god that was bad
best joke ever
It's Silicone Sally's grandpa!
Nope, they did make a Jazz (also called a City) in the 80s. Looks fucking awesome. There was an automatic one for sale in my country for absolute peanuts (about 700eur, 786usd) and I begged my mom to buy it, but she didn't. Sad :(
That's great grandpa old though. We've got a whole family going on here. EE's S2000 has to be her edgy older cousin that listens to Creed ironically and lies saying that he drinks his coffee black to impress his Colombian girlfriend.
:DDDDDD damn right!
The ED6 was an 80s car though, so it's as old (1991 was its last year) :P
The CRX is the S2000's older brother that accomplished less and now smokes weed on a regular basis.
+carl dude CRX is the Civics twin brother dude
I had one of these! It was my very 1st car! Back in '93 I graduated High School and joined the Marines. My Grandfather, who was also a Marine, offered to buy me my 1st car as a present upon graduation from boot camp. We went to Porreco Ford and I found this little green Honda Civic Hatchback. It was a base with a 4 speed. The only options it had were the A/C and the tape deck. It was cheap and only 2 years old. Got the car for a measly 2500 and only had around 8k on it. I drove that car from PA to Fresno Oceanside California! I had the car for only 4 years before it was stolen and wrecked in San Diego back in '97 when I got out of the service. It was cheap, but she was a good little car!
Bought a ‘91 red 4-speed manual brand new for 6900 out the door. A/C was mail-ordered for around 650. Installed it myself, as it was a $1000 dealer-installed option. Added radio & K-Mart floor mats. Best seats I’ve ever had in a car, period. 40 mpg all day long. Bulletproof reliability. Invisible to cops. Great handling, fun to drive. Just don’t expect to keep up with traffic in the mountains. Sold it 2 years later with 45k on it for 6500. Bought 2 more civics over the years. This one was still the best. Currently in a V6 Accord. Love it, but it pales in value and all around fun to the ‘91 Civic. Best car I’ve ever had.
I had from brand new a 1990 Civic SI hatchback. even though it had only 108 hps, it was great fun. I miss that car
This civic reminds me of the one my mom had when i lived in Seattle back in 93.
Thank You Mr. Regular!!!!! This is it. This is so you. This feels like season 4 or 5. Huzzah!!!
That stop motion stuff and the slides with the words are like a return to form (:
Had one. Brand new. 1990. Fantastic car. Barcelona green. Twin carbs. 5 speed.
Seriously these Southcentral PA references make everything about this so much better
"fuel tanks exploding like a guy failing the no fap community" god youre a gold mine, rcr.
This is one of the best cars that I have ever owned. I had an 88 sedan dx 5 speed. I did the ol' mini-me swap. A b15d5 engine with a d16z6 head.
Vomit could get into the vents if someone puked on the scuttle panel(the grill under the wipers), which can happen if the car is parked outside, near a pub, & it clogged up the drainage holes so it couldn't drain away & just sat in the ventilation plenum.
But would it sit there "fresh" for so long? Sounds more like a decomposing animal to me. But it makes for a worse story.
the "reliquification of the vomit" is somewhat perplexing
But if you are outside already why not puke on the floor?
+shaft9000
Rainy or humid weather.
this is the real question
Still got my blue 1991 ED6 STD Hatchback which I bought in1998. It has over 360K miles on it now and it is on its 2nd engine (D15B1). Use it as a spare car now.
I made a few upgrades to it over the years:
- MPFI Swap (Fuel injection system from the SI with 4 injectors replacing the 2 injector DPFI system; this involved changing the intake manifold, throttle body, injectors, distributor, ECU, adding an injector resistor and running 4 extra wires from the ECU in the front passenger foot-well)
- SI instrument cluster with tachometer
- SI 3-spoke steering wheel
- Added Right hand side mirror (didn't have one!)
- Added Cigarette lighter socket (didn't have one!)
- Added Digital clock in center console vent assembly (location was previously filled by a plastic trim piece)
- Changed the 4-speed STD transmission for a 5-speed DX one (also replaced shifter knob)
- Changed the windshield wiper control arm to a DX one that has an interval setting and rear wiper control, changed the multi-function control box behind the fuse box to a DX one that supports the wiper interval setting.
- Changed the whole rear hatch to a DX hatch that has a rear wiper & washer
- Added a washer motor to the washer reservoir tank plus wiring and ran hose to the rear for the rear washer.
- Installed and wired in a '94 Integra map light in front ceiling.
- Hardwired in power cable for Garmin GPS (with 12V to 5V adapter)
- Installed DX/SI long style center e-brake console that wraps around the gear shifter.
(in total ran 10 extra wires to each door: 5 for power locks, 3 for power mirrors and 2 for power windows)
- Installed a curved lower center console piece that connects the center dash console to the center e-brake console
- Installed center e-brake console arm rest
- Installed a AutoLoc Power Lock kit with keyless entry
- Installed trunk popper that works from the keyless entry remote
- Installed an aftermarket Power Window kit (window switches are installed on the center e-brake console)
- With the window crank handle eliminated/removed, there was room to install Sedan style door storage pockets.
- Installed OEM (sedan) power mirrors
- Changed the damaged and worn out vinyl seats to blue cloth seats (front and rear) from a DX.
- Changed the carpet while I was changing out the seats
- Installed a cargo cover (hat shelf) over the trunk area
- Installed white reverse glow gauge covers and painted gauge needles in orange reflective paint
- Changed glove box to Si style that is padded on inside
- Added a DX/SI trunk light
- Installed a Short Ram Intake with cone type air filter
- installed after market exhaust header
- installed after market Cat.converter
- Added a small buzzer plugged into fuse box that sounds when engine is off and headlights are on
- Using converted 9005 headlight bulbs in the 9004 bulb sockets (much brighter!)
Probably forgot a few things here. but it is a pretty complete list.
Just bought a 89 civic Si because of this review, it's stock and I love it
Hey I have one, too! What color is yours? Mine's black!
@@hayleyredacted3557 mine is grey. 1.4 GL
"Language changes"
Yes. Yes, it does. I love you guys for avoiding prescriptivism.
86 VW Scirocco 16V
Friend of mine back in high school had one of those. I say "had" not because decades ago, but because its life ended, like so many other small high school cars, shortly after he uttered the words, "Watch how this car handles."
So, sorry about your friend. But I used to outrun Mustang GTs. Again sorry for your loss. The problem the 16V had was it was such a short wheelbase and the rear brakes would lock up before the front.
I think he's saying the car's life ended, not his friend's. I read it as the car was totaled when the friend hooned it. but if his friend did pass, then my condolences.
Kyle Scheffler
Yeah, the car. The friend turned into a real estate agent, though, so not much better.
+Harv72b Im sorry for... well... that
9:31 I know many would look at the 2 and choose the newer Honda. But IMO the EF looks 100 times better than most modern, overly angular, poorly proportioned cars.
You and someone else commented the same thing
@@e5hw654s7 what the hell is this? I've also seen the same duplicated comments in another video. Is it a glitch? Are bots involved? Is it a new fad to copy-paste someone else's comment?
The two weaknesses with the Honda Civics of that era, which other owners agreed with me on, was the position of the front axle CV rubber boots being next to the exhaust pipe. The high heat from the exhaust pipe made those CV boots to deform and crack in a matter of years; where, if the car operator didn't have the underside checked at times, the grease from those CV boots could drain away, resulting with the axle to seize due to lack of lubricant.
The second weakness was with the brakes, which could be attributed to the car's automatic transmission, as the front brake rotors were prone to warp. I had to have mine "turned" and replaced several times over the car's lifetime.
I have this exact car, but this one is much cleaner than mine. I want the shake the hand of the person that kept this car. Truly amazing.
3:54 poor souls who left this playing in the background missed the awesome bizarreness of the stop motion visuals in that segment ^^
I've recently found this channel and i have to say that this is my favorite channel on TH-cam. I wish i made more money so i could support on Patron :/. To help out how, i no longer use my phone charger box and hook up the USB to my PC. While charging even if im not in the room , i let your videos auto play as i go about my day. I drive a Scion FRS release series 1.0 and when i saw your review on the FRS im like lets see how realistic is this re..... SHEMALEPORNADDICTION!!!!!! and im just like dam hes good!
You can get a new Nissan Versa S for under 10k if you look around. Manual trans, crank windows. Just a horrific car. I almost bought one just for the novelty of buying a new car for the price of an inexpensive motorcycle and beating the hell out of it for a few years.
Yeah my mom has a automatic cvt and that thing went out under 50k miles/2 years of owning the car ! Ik this comment is 2 years old btw 😂
i had a cvt versa note was still running strong at 152k got repoed after 4 years though cause I have bad credit and i got financed at some stupid apr like 38% or something...versas n versa notes will go to 300k with little maintenance beyond oil change
Nissan is still trying to prove themselves (or well, prove themselves again... since they have gone so far downhill since the early 2000's). In 2019 though, a Versa is still a $15,000 car at sticker price, $3-4k higher than this Civic would've been today.
@@mikesuzio2566 must be nice, our versa left us stranded in the desert between Vegas and Cali
Got a 2011 Hyundai Accent 3 door brand new, advertised for $7777,
I had nearly this exact car in red, the only difference was it had one mirror and the 1.5l with all the glory of 72 hp. This was one of the last 4 speed manuals that could be bought on the US market and was a strange treat.
The A/C never worked right even after fiddling, rust was encroaching, there were random bits of green paint from where my buddy had tried to paint it or something. He was the previous owner, his parents bought the car new and put 197,000 miles on it. I drove it for 3 years and only gave it up after I slid into the the back of a 2010 Civic and just kissed the rear bumper when it was just barely rainy. With no airbags, no ABS, and no modern structure, I decided that it was eventually going to kill me, and so I sold it to an enthusiastic kid who wanted a manual for $50 less than I paid.
Loved that car, but I didn't feel like dying for the experience.
I remember watching this like half a year ago. Now I am watching this with Civic ED6 in my yard. This car is so fun, if you can find one in good condition and thinking about it. Do it. Couldn't ask for a better car, yeah, its old but its gold.
That A/C vomit story is amazing
Holy shit he finally reviewed my car. I mean yeah, this is the hatch, and I own the sedan, and yeah he reviewed the CRX before this, but still
You've obviously never heard of the Nissan Versa. It has an MSRP of $11,990 in 2016.
Mitsu Mirage is around this price, too.
He said "Well-made car..."
Fun-to-drive was also implied, too.
Actually, what he said was 'Imagine getting a brand new car today for just over 12 grand.'
Evan Streamer
My bad; I should have put all of it into the "implied" category then.
You can get Mirage for 10k basic model with some incentives and negotiating. I imagine 11k for a bargain base Versa, too. I would take the Mirage.
I had that same hatchback in the early 2000's. Tinted the Windows, added exhaust, installed and Kenwood system in it and drove until it broke down. Sold it to a friend and he fixed it and drove it at least another 3 years.
I'm very proud having this car. Mine's not the hatchback but a sedan with a sunroof and a spoiler. Powered by fuel-injected non-vtec D15B make around 102 hp. The cool thing about EFs is that it has independent double-wishbone suspension, which is very rare at the time.
"Poof! It's the 80s and crack has just been invented" 😂
My first car was a 90 Si. It was a good car
crx and civic hatches are stolen like crazy in Houston and then Integras are stolen to put those motors in the crx and civic hatch it's brutal
Kenton Miles yup,I hear ya.I keep my 92 civic si hatch close by and alarmed,same with my 2001 5 speed Prelude. Damned thieves ☹️️
hot items in Houston
of corse the crx
the way mr regular says “see you next week” sounds like a teacher curtly excusing his class on a friday, after a long but interesting and satisfying lesson
I miss my blue 91 DX hatch 5 speed. Sometimes, I come back and re-watch this video just to remember it. Oh, and also relive the good old days of RCR
this is the greatest car ever made
gayest*
It might be
As a die hard Honda fan boy, I agree.
Yes, I owned a 91 Si hatchback, back in the day and had to buy another one because of how amazing this car is.
that's a regular ass car
Mine IS an ef, it's also the si version brought straight from canada :) It also flies now that it has a b16
It's still an ED. Look at the vin
I bought my wife a new red '89 Civic Si to replace her '81 Ford Escort, and it was like comparing a Nash Rambler to a Ferrari, and was a total blast to drive. Bought her a new 2000 Civic sedan and the '89 became my work car, which I drove until I bought a new 2012 Civic EX-L sedan for myself. I was always having young guys try to buy that little red pocket rocket, and as far as I know it's still going strong. They were great little cars.
I got a used one with 170,000 miles, a former company car in 1997. In america, the B1 motor was rated at 70 hp, and by 220,000 the motor was on its last legs. I found a solid B2 motor (rated at 92 hp) and a 5 speed tranny at the local junkyard, and they took my old motor and tranny in return as part of the deal. A few evenings in my neighbor's garage, along with a new alternator and I was back in business, and drove it another 40,000 milles until I got new car fever and dropped 20 grand on a new Accord. I sold my old Civic to a friend for $500 to help him out of a nasty Ford EXP, and he put another 125,000 miles on it before he sold it recently (for $500).
Another fun fact is that there were actually 3 versions of the 1.5 liter motor available for that car in the US. The D15B1 was the base 70 horse motor 16 valves with a Throttle Body, the D15B2 was also 16 valves with a throttle body, and rated at 92 horsepower. There was also the D15B6, which I originally was going to swap in, It was a port injected motor, but was only 8 valves. It went into the CRX-HF models, and would have been very good on gas, but was only rated at 62 hp in the 88-89 models, and 72 in 90 and 91. I would also have had to change out the ECU and some of the wiring. The D15B2, along with the 5 speed definitely perked the car up, despite the fact that I should have gotten the PM5 ECU to replace the PM9. There were a total of 8 different versions of the motor, but the B1, B2, and B6 were the only motors made for the American market for the 88-91 model years
you get every review right, and nail the stereotypes every damn time, thank you for, well making me not feel like I'm drinking alone, again.....................hurry up and find a K car, you know what I'm saying
"Exploding like a guy flunking out of a no-fap community."
That ending song made me cry a bit
Man this makes me miss my 1991 Civic Si. Black on Black... I loved that car. But family, kids, bigger car needs and 189,000 miles and it was time to go. Nice review.
The last line about what cars really are has touched me, and makes me think of cars in such a different sense; since I watched this
Mythical Old Lady would be an awesome name for a band btw.
I agree.
best civic of all time.
too bad it's priced by idiots
+Rashad JDM riced*
It's ok to say priced too!! Idiots overprice them when they try to sell them. ;D
misamisatv hah, you have a point
They are worth whatever people will pay for them. Today, they are so rare, and yet so good, that you simply won't find a clean one for sale, unless you have CRAZAY good luck. It's the best car, that you will never own.
Amazing song at the end
In case you never got an answer it's I Fall In Love Too Easily
I have had my 88 hatchback for 20 years now. It didn't start off as a 70hp base model like yours, it was the 92hp DX, 5 speed, front sway bar, and AC. But still, very light. 4 motors later, has a built '96 DX motor with a TD05 16G on 24 psi and runs on E85. Rear disc brake conversion, front Wilwood 11" rotor 4 piston set up, converted to OBD1 and using eCTune. You wanna talk about fun.... Full 91 Si interior, clean as can be. I love 4th gen civics and I'll tell you what, mine looks pretty close to stock. Just lowered 2" and a clean Honda 4th gen silver paint. I liked your video. Cheers..!
I had a 1990 Civic wagon. It was one of the best cars I have ever owned. Best manual ever! The only issue it had was brake line rusting that required them to be replaced. My Honda got nearly 40 MPG highway and around 30 to 32 in the city. It was pretty bare bones except for A/C paid for through the stereo delete option. You could rev it up and it would move along at a decent pace. Fold the back seat down and it had a surprising amount of room. Now I am feeling nostalgic for those days.
I dont like Hondas ,but CRX and EF i love.
Zuze91 “I don’t like Hondas but I like Hondas”
The box said 10 horsepower!
Calling this an EF is like calling a G35 a Skyline.
Care to elaborate the difference between a G35 and a Skyline?
Who knows but I think the G35 is the spiritual successor to the non-turbo Skylines from back in the day. It's the same chassis on the G35 and the GTR isn't it?
thebbman I'm not sure the differences, but I know in Japan like the US there are no more Skyline GTRs, it's just the Nissan GTR. I was pretty sure that the G35 is just a rebadged Skyline 350GT. I think it's the same for the G37 and whatever came after that.
But maybe there are differences.
+thebbman The G35/37 are Skylines. In USA we just call it the G35/37. But in Japan they are badged as Skylines. They are the exact same car. The GTR isn't a Skyline it just carries the GTR name and is just "the Nissan GTR" but it is NOT a Skyline. Read more here. en.wikipedia(DOT)org/wiki/Nissan_Skyline
That Car Guy That's what I figured. Looks like also the Infiniti Q is also the Skyline in Japan.
This was my first car (1990 Honda Civic 4 speed)....what a great flashback. And I loved this car. 40 MPG easy on the highway. And yes, I had air conditioning installed in my base model as an option. It added 1200 to the price, but in humid Washington, DC, totally worth it.
I bought one of these a little over a year ago after watching your video. I knew I wanted one, but you saved me from getting an EG hatch. I love my little ED7. Thank you