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Thoughts on this oil analysis from Blackstone? Should I be concerned? This was the 2nd oil change at 7300 miles.

2022 Civic Si with about 7500 miles. I noticed oil residue near the front of the engine block near were the transmission and block meet up. I sprayed down the area with simple green and hosed off the area. Started the car and let sit for awhile. Low and behold it looks like I have an oil leak at...

KTuner starter 21. It provides a noticeable bump in hp and torque. I'm looking at possibly doing the Two Step Stage 1 at some point. -Jamie

Great story and similar to mine. I originally had a '97 Integra GSR, 7th generation Accord (5 speed), then bought a 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee with the 5.7. The Jeep was comfortable and made all of the right noises, but fuel economy was so-so and I missed the handling of my previous Hondas. When I...

Thanks a bunch for posting this. Whoa! Does anyone buy a paper shop manual anymore?

The only time I ever lubricate the sliding pins on a brake caliper is when I do the pads. If you don't track your car regularly or drive your car off road (not likely), I can't imagine the boots which cover the pins would be compromised. A simple visual brake inspection would reveal if the boots...

Agree with all of your points. A mild tune really wakes the engine up if you are so inclined. The chassis tuning really is a great compromise between great handling and streetability. I have about 6k miles on mine and still love driving it every day. -Jamie

IMO Honda did a great job at finding a balance between comfort and performance handling with the 11th gen Si. It does suck that we don't have adaptive dampers the 10th gen Si had but I like the simplicity of a simple shock/spring setup. I attempted to do a conservative drop (~1 inch) with the...

Congratulations on your new car!

Great write up. Your assessments of the pros and cons are mostly shared with the new Civic community. Enjoy the ride!

Wow! Thanks for creating this spreadsheet. It's easy to compare the different trim levels and looking forward to seeing the Type-R data added at some point! -Jamie

I definitely think it's a factor. Safety crash regs probably share and equal amount of blame. I know if I was still driving around my old '89 CRX, I'd be a bit concerned about a collision with some of the behemoths on the road today.

This has been very much a trend for the past 30 years. Increasing crash safety regs and fatter people have made cars much larger than they used to be. The new Civics are pretty large cars now but fortunately they don't drive like large vehicles.

Quick update on my quest for a conservative drop but with stockish spring rates-I installed the 10th gen Swift Spec R springs and liked the handling but I had some notable "clunkiness" from the front end in slow parking lot speeds. So much so that I put the stock springs back on and makes me...

Yesterday I took the Si to the Blueridge Parkway for a relaxing drive with a little spirited driving mixed in. I picked the BRP outside of Roanoke, Va. and drove the rest of the parkway length to Afton, Va. which is technically mile zero. Total length of my drive on the parkway was about 100...

Anyone remember the Falken Azenis which were ubiquitous with the Honda/Acura crowd in the early 2000's? Talk about LOUD...

Looks great!

Glad I could help you! You may want to make sure you can mount a speaker to where the deck panel mounts to the metal frame of the trunk. I'm not sure if it's a separate piece from Bose/Non-Bose systems. Best of luck!

Ah! Now I understand. I took some pictures of the rear deck: Ah I understand now! I took a few pictures of the rear deck. As you can see, there is no obvious access panel for the speaker. The speaker is offset slightly to the right (from the trunk perspective) and fires through the panel...

Hi Tim, I own a '22 Civic Si with the same Bose system as your sedan but don't have access to my car to take a picture. I don't think there is an access panel on the back deck part of the interior rather you gain access to the speaker from the trunk. It's very obvious as to which speaker it is...