Howdy from Louisville, Kentucky.
 

I've got a '95 Civic VX that I love, 214,000 mi. and runs great. Originally I planned on putting in an H22, but I've become smitten with the little car in its original shape. Anyone else have a VX?

Yay! Another VX! I just snagged a 92 with 131k miles on ebay and will be picking it up on Monday.

https://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...BSAA%3AUS%3A31

Nice. I'd love to have another one at some point. Mine needs a little body work, but it runs great. I just did its 3rd t/belt, water pump, etc. I'm getting ready to buy some camber/toe adjusters for the rear so I can get my alignment right. I got ahold of some free 13" dunlops, so I put those on too. What year is yours? Had any trouble?

It's a 92 and i havent even seen it yet. I will let you know on Monday.

Very nice! Yeah, definately don't swap the engine out of there. They are becoming harder and harder to find with the orignal engine.

Ah. I hope it serves you well - I love mine! I was never into imports, but after 3 1/2 in a Honda dealership I had no choice but to love them. I've seen tons of them with 200k+ miles running with no trouble at all. A friend of mine has an '89 Accord LXi with well over 550k.

The money question: what kinda mileage have you been getting? :D

Is it just me or is there a trend here between Honda and fuel efficient vehicles? Nah, it's gotta just be me...

Anyway, welcome!

Well, like you, mark, I decided on the crx by going down the epa top vehicle list, :p

I haven't done very accurate experimenting, but the best I've done is 52.5 mpg on the interstate. The worst on the interstate was about 28mpg, but that was going a full tank at 90mph. I got the 52mpg going about 65. At the time, I had wider tires than I have now, they were underinflated, I had a lot of extra weight in the car and I had the wrong thermostat. Also it was cooler outside than it is now. I think if I did the same experiment again I could see 55mpg, maybe more. I recently drove to KC and back , and at 75mph with the windows up (murder without A/C!) it did about 47mpg. As far as a lifetime average I have no idea - I'm the third owner, and my driving habbits change quite a bit. I love working on the car, and after several synthetic oil changes the valvetrain looks better than it did when I got the car three years ago.

hello ive got a cx with a little work done.
you dont need any camber or toe adjusters for the rear..... you can shim out the upper control arm with washers and the front of the trailing arm is adjustable from the factory, granted there are tolerances but if your not more than 3in lower than stock the rear should be totally adjustable from the factory. how modified is your suspesion?

its in the front that the camber is not adjustable from the factory.

The factory toe adjuster bushings always sieze up though. I guess I don't NEED them, but I do want them. The car never really breaks down so I've got to keep busy somehow! The toe adjusters on my car are pretty much stuck. Last alignment I did was all in the green, but I had to say every bad word in the book to get it to line up. I want it to go nice and smooth. I never thought about using washers to change the camber - I'll give that a shot next time it's on the alignment rack. The suspension is slightly lowered, but not much. I've never measured, but I've got Tokico HPs and Tokico lowering springs ment for a four door. I'd guess I'm an inch lower than stock. Like I said, i don't really need them but now I've got the free time to get all nerdy about little stuff.

yea you should be ok. when you get around to it, make sure you remember do the camber first...

Blah, I need to get around to doing that myself, everyone is less lazy than me today.

yea i changed my oil, emptied my catch can, mildly advanced my timing and sanded all of my underhood electrical grounds.

barefoot mechanics ftw!!

I'll finish painting my rims soon.

Hey, you guys from NJ - I've wondered this for a while: how come you can't pump yor own gas there? I've never spent much time in the Garden state but I've been through once or twice.

It's illegal. I think it's health/environment/theft/jobs that has caused such a thing.

I've heard it has more to do with jobs/economy.

That's what I figure, I just listed the things as they came to mind.

it should be optional.....

If I want to steal their jobs I should be allowed to, :p

DirtyOldTown: What's that oval piston pic in your user profile from? I remember Honda playing around with an oval piston engine in a sport bike about ten or more years ago (the name of the bike escapes me at the moment...I remember that it was a 750 cc and looked amazing...I'll have to Google for it).

Is Honda still playing with the oval piston idea?

It's not the CBR, is it?

Nope, not the CBR. It was the NR750 (apparently there was an oval piston NR500 back in '79, but the NR750 in the '90s was actually produced).

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