THRILLR

So, as many of you know, I lost my MY02 to theives 2 years back.

Now, I am commuting 100 miles a day and rock a EK civic.

The car runs awesome, but I am stacking up miles and it has 187k on it currently.

The commute comes with my job, so it is not going anywhere. I travel 98% highway everyday.

So, do I get another 02-03 s2, or another newer civic?

I am probably getting engaged in the next 1.5 years, but currently do not have any debt.

So yeah, thoughts.

If i bought say an 02 for $12-13k with under 50k on it (thats reasonable right?) and I put 30k on i a year, thats max 80k, I can still sell the car for more then 9k, that isnt too bad.

OH MAN someone freaking weigh in.

CRXsir29

keep the civic for driving back and fourth to work. and also have the S for pleasure

s2k harry

^^yuppp

S~Factor

I would get a car that gets 40+ miles to the gallon. The higher the better. Got money left over? Then get the S.

mister_two

If you get an S do you have a garage for it ?

RL1924

I think you already made up your mind coming back and making that post... Unless you did the same on a civic forum you know what you want now do it!

catawalks

I just wanna let you know, I do the same thing. I do 100 miles a day commuting with my car, maybe more with driving around from school to school at work. I used to have a 08 Civic LX, and let me tell you, buying my 05 S2K with 40k miles on it was the best thing I have ever done. There is no comparison. The pure joy I get out of driving this car everyday way over shadows any sort of plus the civic had. 5 seats: pfft, I don't even have that many friends. Bigger trunk: I'm not a package delivery company, I don't need tons of space. Gas mileage: Ef that noise, I got 29-32 mpg with my driving the civic, I get 25-28 with the same driving in the S....I'll take the 4 mpg hit for the fun factor.

And remember, just because you buy one S doesn't mean you can't get a second one for track/show/turbo or whatever you really wanna do. To me the S is the perfect daily driver and I love it with a passion.

THRILLR

I do not have a garage, but do have a private parking area behind my apartment. I would obviously be getting full coverage based on my wonderful past experience of coming out to no seats, cluster, radio, shift knob, radio, steering wheel!

Can a clean, under 50k 02-03 be had for 12-13k?

Edit: Only have one parking spot, and not dealing with alternate side, or paying for two insurance(s)

Jetpilot718

I find myself in the same position as you. Except my daily is a Kia and not a Civic. Same thing happened, had my 01' taken from me for its seats and steering wheel.

Every time I see one, I miss it. How it drove, how it sounds. But the sad fact is, as long as there are ricers, your S will never be safe. Garage or no garage, eventually you have to park the S somewhere. It only takes them minutes to break in and steal the seats again.

And sadly, this is what keeps me from getting another one. Knowing that it will just be a matter of time before some other lowlife ricer slashes my top to steal a set of seats, that IMO, aren't really anything special to begin with.

If the Honda culture didn't suck so much, I'd consider another one. But it does, so I wont.

NYCS2

Just remember the feeling when you walked out to your car and had a nice slash in the top and thiose pretty seats were gone. EF that...