Comments | orv: Of the sun

orv

Of the sun

Dec 03, 2011 18:32

A couple days ago I bought a 1994 Honda Civic Del Sol. This will be a replacement for the '88 Cabriolet, which was always a stopgap car and which has some issues I don't really want to put money and effort into fixing. The Del Sol is high mileage but seems to have been very well cared for; it runs and drives beautifully and was faithfully dealer- ( Read more... )

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ludux December 4 2011, 03:57:22 UTC

"before deciding he was in over his head" - that right there gets my respect.

audiwulf December 4 2011, 05:25:38 UTC

Pics?

Going from an old VW to a Honda seems like a logical proresssion for many.

c_eagle December 4 2011, 05:47:26 UTC

Ah yes, that's what we did too.... Though have the handcrank windows.. :>

orv December 4 2011, 20:30:04 UTC

Yeah, the Del Sols all have power windows. I'd prefer hand cranks but I can see why they went with power in this case -- the rear windscreen also rolls down and that'd be an awkward reach. ;)

orv December 4 2011, 20:27:33 UTC

Pics soon. It gets dark so darn early around here lately. ;)

In some ways it is a pretty logical progression to go from an A1 VW to a Civic. Both are small four-cylinder cars with go kart handling and decent (for their day) power-to-weight ratios. There's a decided step up in refinement going from a chassis designed in the 1970s to one designed in the early '90s, though. ;)