It’s typically been stated to be extra enjoyable to drive a gradual automotive quick than a quick automotive gradual, and at present’s Good Worth or No Cube Civic Si is the form of automotive that pondering was based mostly upon. Let’s see if this now-classic is priced to be shortly snapped up.
The damaged home windows idea posits that proof of minor crimes begets an atmosphere that invitations better and extra severe malfeasance. The 2004 Volvo S60R we checked out yesterday suffered from a damaged tail lamp lens as its most blatant visible flaw. And, packing almost 300 horsepower (or nevertheless many ponies it has left after 20 years) and a six-speed stick, it portended all types of deviltry on the street. A $6,000 price ticket wasn’t against the law, nevertheless, at the very least in accordance with the 85 % of you who awarded the Volvo with a Good Worth win.
Relating to sizzling hatches, the 2 longest-running nameplates are Volkswagen’s GTI and Honda’s Si. After all, issues are a bit funky right here in America, the place VW solely sells the Golf in its sizzling hatch GTI type, and Honda received’t promote the present Si within the Civic’s hatchback physique in any respect. If you would like a baller Civic and the power to go antiquing on weekends, you’ll have to step as much as the even hotter and wildly dearer Sort R.
Or, after all, you could possibly all the time go the old-school route with this 1987 Honda Civic Si three-door hatch.
The third-generation Civic entered the U.S. market in 1984, spawning not solely the Si hatchback but additionally the CRX two-seater, the funky Shuttle tall wagon, and the requisite for the period four-door sedan.
This 1987 version rocks the manufacturing facility arrest-me-red paint, however some non-standard plastic wheel covers instead of the automotive’s authentic Aero discs or telephone dial alloys. They nonetheless have a stylized “H” at their facilities, so at the very least they preserve it within the household.
Based on the advert, this Si has a powerful 216,000 miles on the clock and reveals its age and people miles within the fading of the paint (right down to the prime coat) on the roof and door tops, in addition to a damaged tail lamp lens (what, once more?) within the again. Aside from these visible blemishes, the automotive seems to be in pretty good nick.
The inside, too, has suffered by the hands of time, however like the outside, it’s a blended bag. General, it appears tidy and clear. The problems embody a Turner & Hooch-style gap within the driver’s seat vinyl, some odd puckering and a gap within the plastic on the sprint, and a lacking cowl for the passenger door speaker. One other, extra minor challenge: an aftermarket stereo head unit is resident within the sprint, which sort of throws off the entire ’80s vibe.
Per the advert, the automotive “runs and drives nice!” It’s famous that it got here from the manufacturing facility with out A/C, so no worries about having to take care of R12 right here. Energy is 91 horses, which come from the Si’s 1488 cc 12-valve fuel-injected 4. That will not appear to be rather a lot, however take into account that the little three-door Civic solely ideas the scales at only a hair over a ton. The five-speed guide on these has a reasonably lengthy throw and considerably obscure motion, however they aren’t horrible to drive. Dealing with from the torsion bar entrance and coil spring rear suspension can be vigorous and enjoyable.
Different problems with rivalry on this explicit Si embody a cracked moon roof insert that the vendor asserts doesn’t leak, and the non-operational registration, which it seems to have been beneath for the previous 4 years. The moonroof glass might be going to be a problem to exchange and the registration would possibly show an equally daunting problem if the automotive can’t move the smog take a look at ought to that be required for title switch. On the plus facet, that title is claimed to be clear and clear.
This Civic is sufficiently old to be thought of a traditional. Being an Si means it’s price contemplating as a keeper. Even in its present, considerably worn state, it could probably be a success at most any Japanese Automotive present and might be enjoyable as a weekend warrior as-is, or as a lightweight restoration mission. The hurdle to any of that’s the consideration of the automotive’s $4,500 asking worth.
What’s your opinion on that and the automotive as a complete? Does that appear like a good deal for a traditional Si? Or do the demerits outweigh this sizzling hatch’s cool issue?
You resolve!
Los Angeles, California, Craigslist, or go right here if the advert disappears.
H/T to Phillip Moore for the hookup!
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