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"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa) 02/08/2015 at 22:25 • Filed to: honda

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I am going to make you all hate this car, but it's the first car I'm actually buying and it's a damn peach so fuck yo feelings.

1998 Canadian market Honda Civic LX. 5 speed manual, D-series non-VTEC engine, block heater, steelies (hell yes steelies), and some other goodies such as...

Stolen tail lights

New shift knob, rather nice if a bit boy-racer seat covers, and an excellent short-shift kit

Cheap but decent aftermarket head unit (AUX JACK!!!). Is also already wired for an amp and sub.

Cold air intake and no battery

aftermarket projector headlamps that are incredibly fogged over, but they have both angel eyes and those weird glow-some-weird-color thing for the projector (devil eyes?)

An SS Exhaust header and downpipe. This, annoyingly, is the only part of the exhaust still on the car. The rest got stolen along with the tail lights. Bastards.

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So here's a breakdown of things I need: Battery, tail lights, some pipe to fab up a new exhaust (will use the stock muffler from the lesabre so it's quiet), and possibly some injectors because it doesn't like idling much. However, I drove it around a bit and holy SHIT after DDing the Murdersofa so much this thing is next-level quick, and the 7k redline is insane.

The interior is in pretty excellent condition, the hood has some hail damage but the paint is generally pretty good save for the roof which I'll probably rattlecan a-la Jay Lauer's 420 Blazerit, and I need to defog the headlights and figure out why the passenger side halo doesn't work.

I need to save up a few dozen more bucks for taxes, which I totally forgot about, then this shall be mine. I'm hoping to be driving it in two weeks.

Also, I fixed my Buick's electrical issues! Well, some of them. My OBD2 port blows a fuse if I plug anything into it, which also disables my garage door opener and my trunk lid actuator. Yeah, I dunno. So now after replacing three fuses I just don't plug anything in anymore.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 02/08/2015 at 22:28

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Milky > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 02/08/2015 at 22:33

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More like warm air intake!

Steve in Manhattan > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 02/08/2015 at 22:35

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That's a great first buy. And you clearly will have some fun with it.

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 02/08/2015 at 22:35

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Best of luck with it.

But I have to be honest, I hope it's cheap. That poor Civic looks like it was beat on rather mercilessly, and then stolen.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Milky 02/08/2015 at 22:39

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"short ram intake"

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! 02/08/2015 at 22:39

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It will look much better once I defog the head lamps, get tail lights on it, fix the paint on the roof, and maybe replace the hail-damaged hood. Its actually in stunningly good condition given its age. Dirt and stuff on the floor but no unusual stains to speak of. Outside is filthy because it has been sitting outside but it should clean up really well.

But yes, it's cheap.

Very cheap.

You will all know how cheap when the money officially changes hands (currently waiting for my next paycheck)

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Milky 02/08/2015 at 22:40

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Eh, more sensical than my intake in the Murdersofa. At least this one doesn't cross right over the exhaust manifold :P

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 02/08/2015 at 22:41

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this looks like it's about to fall out. just go buy a Y8 manifold and enjoy not having this silly thing.

this is what it should look like

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Steve in Manhattan 02/08/2015 at 22:43

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Thanks! My dad is skeptical of the safety of a small car but I just got word of an hours increase at work so I'll be getting my own insurance. This is the first step in getting independent of my somewhat controlling dad. I'm rather excited to start averaging 30mpg instead of 19.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 02/08/2015 at 22:52

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I'm not sure why it's all scraped up there, but believe me when I say it's in there pretty damn snug. I'll probably be powdercoating it white so it fits the black/white theme I'm going for with this, but since it works I won't be replacing it unless absolutely necessary.

Steve in Manhattan > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 02/08/2015 at 22:58

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'98, so it has 2 airbags, yes? That should make dad a bit happier.

Jayhawk Jake > Milky 02/08/2015 at 23:12

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You should have seen my CRX. Similar layout, but it just had a cone filter stuck to the end of the throttle body.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Steve in Manhattan 02/09/2015 at 07:50

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I believe it does. Honestly this car is much larger in person than the 'compact car' monkier would suggest. Then again, right before seeing it I rode in a first-gen Ford Festiva, so even a golf cart would have seemed enormous.

Steve in Manhattan > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 02/09/2015 at 18:28

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If I needed a car, I'd get whatever had the most safety equipment, within budget.