Wow...I feel all enlightened...yeah right. Listen James, you may be a Zilvia junkie and think that you can tell all us newbies/leaky injectors that we're ingnorant, but I'm sure most of us are more experienced than you give us credit. I'm 24 and I've been working on cars for 10 years. I saw the early models of clear lenses and all that crap when it first came out and to be honest, most people didn't like them back then either. At least the people with class. Of course the magazine readers outnumber us, it's easier for those poor boys to buy a mag than a computer. Hence the cheap mods with duct tape and bubble holding them on. There's some of us that buy the mags AND talk to others on forums like Zilvia, and I see all the hype in the mags and at the car shows. And I think it's great for those guys to get their cars noticed. I have nothing against hondas, in fact the recent Import Tuner that posted the ACURA with a S-15 front end conversion pretty much shoots down your theory of only Nissan driver talking about front end conversions. And now that I think about it, I've never seen mags sell Civic conversions for the S-14, but I do see the Silvia conversion being sold for Civics and Acuras, hmmm.....interesting.
Yeah the stock 240 is slow, because it's been denied it's true calling, the SR-20. And if you compare Civics in the states to Japan's Civics they suck too! But comparing a 240 to an equal integra is a better comparison.
Sure Hondas jumped the aftermarket world ahead of Nissan, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Subaru, and Toyota, and that's the only reason why you will see the number of modded Civics larger than 240s with SR swaps, or Eclipses with turbos for that matter.
Also the things we 240 owners talk about are the same as any other car owners, it's what the car owners DO with those specific mods that makes them ricey. Get a clue. Car mods don't automatically equal rice racers....
Car styles do change, but not a fast as you may think. Last time I checked there are still Novas, and the like, cruising the streets with loud exhausts, fat tires, and lowered profiles. And late eighty-early ninety cars are still being modified and companies are still selling massive amounts of parts for these "oldies".
Oh, and I don't care if you weren't trying to insult us....you did.
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