The 1991 Honda Civic Si Was an Early Hot Hatchback

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Doug DeMuro

Doug DeMuro

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@DougDeMuro
@DougDeMuro 4 жыл бұрын
THIS... is the last nice Civic from this era in existence. I'm thrilled I got to review it!
@rafay148
@rafay148 4 жыл бұрын
Review a 2020 Nissan Altima
@mesicek7
@mesicek7 4 жыл бұрын
Civic bingo was nice aswell
@misterakt
@misterakt 4 жыл бұрын
im glad you were able to document it for all of us to enjoy
@kevs2good133
@kevs2good133 4 жыл бұрын
RY Vids why would he want to review a trash can.
@ProjectEurobeat
@ProjectEurobeat 4 жыл бұрын
Please review the first gen Mazda Mazda 5! Very quirky car. I'm sure you will love it! 😁👍 Btw great videos!
@endeavor8850
@endeavor8850 4 жыл бұрын
Finally, a car that can compete with doug’s outfit.
@penelopeboivin3191
@penelopeboivin3191 4 жыл бұрын
Cheap, bland, and iconic
@rubberbandmandestruction390
@rubberbandmandestruction390 4 жыл бұрын
Trust the Proccess
@jxsxph8671
@jxsxph8671 4 жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5WonZRoYt1gm8U
@penelopeboivin3191
@penelopeboivin3191 4 жыл бұрын
@jxsxph dude why
@Alexanderhamilton87
@Alexanderhamilton87 4 жыл бұрын
Exactly but it’s really one of the reliables pned
@puff5074
@puff5074 3 жыл бұрын
I'd honestly be ok with cars looking like this today. Functional, clean, affordable, plenty of modding capability. It's just perfect
@julienbee3467
@julienbee3467 3 жыл бұрын
And fun
@CrapeCraft
@CrapeCraft 2 жыл бұрын
until you get in a crash
@luhryan8185
@luhryan8185 2 жыл бұрын
Nah it’s a shit box
@BlueVibe
@BlueVibe 2 жыл бұрын
@@luhryan8185 for the 90s it was good and fun
@sole__doubt
@sole__doubt Жыл бұрын
Thats exactly what I see when I see a hatchback, but I think we are a small minority.
@raybbj
@raybbj 4 жыл бұрын
I can't believe how clean that interior is. No cigarette butts or McDonalds french fries in between the seats !!
@tjrocker
@tjrocker 4 жыл бұрын
Lol
@Chris-ug6bs
@Chris-ug6bs 4 жыл бұрын
No kidding!! A buddy of mine used to rent cars to Kurt Cobain from Nervana. He would turn in Porches with hotdogs, soda cans (wink wink) and popcorn all over the place.
@rogersmj
@rogersmj 4 жыл бұрын
I thought those came standard
@Krezo200
@Krezo200 4 жыл бұрын
Chris 315 nurwayna*
@LDantinhas
@LDantinhas 4 жыл бұрын
What do French people have to do with fries between the seats ? There’s fried French people between the seats in American cars ?
@davids8aff
@davids8aff 3 жыл бұрын
He's reviewing million dollar cars and I'm more interested in this.
@JakeandElwoodBlues
@JakeandElwoodBlues 3 жыл бұрын
Because we can actually relate to this.
@KingreX32
@KingreX32 3 жыл бұрын
Probably because these are cars we can actually afford.
@blakecopeland7079
@blakecopeland7079 3 жыл бұрын
Bruh I might have a chance to get the one in the neighbors yard. Thts the only reason I'm watching this
@AnonAnon-qi4ts
@AnonAnon-qi4ts 3 жыл бұрын
No doubt, just watched the F40 vs. Carrera video and this is cooler to me.
@OneKauz
@OneKauz 3 жыл бұрын
Yep I want this
@jd3330
@jd3330 4 жыл бұрын
There’s something about older cars that are in pristine condition and stock.
@Erix7810
@Erix7810 4 жыл бұрын
I love it. I call them ‘survivor cars’.
@henrlima87
@henrlima87 4 жыл бұрын
I love them also
@backyardbuck6362
@backyardbuck6362 4 жыл бұрын
My Foxy gets their heads turning every time I take her out. Foxy is my 89 Firebird Formula with ttops. Jet black in excellent condition. Mel McDaniel's song "baby's got her blue jeans on" I just sing the song and say , Lord have mercy Foxy's got her ttops off. 🎶🎵🎵💘
@ehiracheta
@ehiracheta 4 жыл бұрын
I agree. I'm thinking of shopping for one just to look at it and step back in time.
@mattbeck3933
@mattbeck3933 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah. Even if they have an aftermarket stereo head unit that’s way better sounding that the original...it just cheapens it to me, even if the rest is bone stock.
@d0718
@d0718 4 жыл бұрын
It’s so weird that this “utilitarian” and “basic” design looks way better to me than most modern designs
@bilbobaggins4710
@bilbobaggins4710 4 жыл бұрын
You're delusional
@xavier712
@xavier712 4 жыл бұрын
Yep!
@sacleocheaterz
@sacleocheaterz 4 жыл бұрын
Simple and clean. A far cry from today's civic.
@eugeneog4546
@eugeneog4546 4 жыл бұрын
I believe this body is the best design of any hatch. I had one, got it free, gave it away with just under 300,000 on the dial. Forget those back seats, fold the back seats down, and you have a ton of cargo room. Visibility is a treat. Who needs a grill when a simple, stylish wedge will do. And, you can't kill them if you try. My beater powered from Ashland, OR to Salt Lake City via the twisty back roads, and blazed across Utah's Salt Flats at the 85mph speed limit, pedal to the metal. It did not protest a bit!
@onometre
@onometre 4 жыл бұрын
I don't think the rear looks very utilitarian, really. It's definitely stylized.
@Erix7810
@Erix7810 4 жыл бұрын
“This car has nothing more than what is necessary.” I miss cars like that.
@phantomdrac
@phantomdrac 4 жыл бұрын
Like I want my phones: NO BLOATWARE..👍🏼
@sexagesimalian
@sexagesimalian 4 жыл бұрын
I miss my '92 Civic DX. Nicknamed "Wondercar" because it was a wonder it ever got up hills, but it was great. Manual transmission. Manual windows. Manual steering. Ran like a champ. Had it nearly 20 years before I was car #3 in a 4-car pileup.
@iWerli
@iWerli 4 жыл бұрын
this is why ive owned 5 cars, all of which being Acura Integras. its the perfect balance in my opinion. im addicted to integras lmfao
@bradford_shaun_murray
@bradford_shaun_murray 4 жыл бұрын
1:29 except horsepower
@YasumotoUS
@YasumotoUS 4 жыл бұрын
@@iWerli You and me, both. Love the Integra (have had two) and sure wish that Acura would take the current Civic Hatch and make it about 2/3 the potency of the Type-R with just a bit of simply luxury for a modern day Integra. Funny thing and not surprising: every former Integra owner I know loved their time with the model.
@DomPatek
@DomPatek 3 жыл бұрын
God I miss the bare bones simplicity and reliability.
@gergoantal1066
@gergoantal1066 3 жыл бұрын
Yup, basically that's the charm of Honda.It's not super fast (stock), but it's fun, very easy to modify, and very reliable.
@julienbee3467
@julienbee3467 3 жыл бұрын
I have the 1.4 GL of 1991, it's a lot of fun everyday
@baetsimpson
@baetsimpson 3 жыл бұрын
The Mirage is probably the modern equivalent to this, despite how much Doug hates it. That or the Fit.
@julienbee3467
@julienbee3467 3 жыл бұрын
@@baetsimpson what brand is the Mirage ?
@baetsimpson
@baetsimpson 3 жыл бұрын
@@julienbee3467 Mitsubishi, they seem to hold up alright
@GlennC789
@GlennC789 4 жыл бұрын
Honda in the eighties and early nineties was obsessed with visibility, and it showed in all their designs. A big part of the reason they moved to double wishbone front suspension was that it allowed for a much lower hoodline than struts, and road tests constantly praised the way the hood just fell away in front of the driver's vision, so it looked like there was nothing but road in front of you. Narrow pillars and huge glass area completed the formula. To me this is almost a perfectly designed car, artfully utilitarian. I'd trade any of my cars for it in a second. And contrary to modern conventional wisdom, 108hp is plenty to have fun with in a small light car like this. For one thing, you can actually drive the thing.
@Jesse__H
@Jesse__H 4 жыл бұрын
Amen, Glenn. Artfully utilitarian ... that's a design philosophy I can get behind.
@mayuravirus6134
@mayuravirus6134 4 жыл бұрын
And it cane with manuals don't forget that
@ChunkyBunny2
@ChunkyBunny2 4 жыл бұрын
@@Jesse__H sign me up too.
@PetersPan24
@PetersPan24 4 жыл бұрын
What do you have available for trade?
@richardmartin1419
@richardmartin1419 4 жыл бұрын
Honda's obsession with a low scuttle for the sake of visibility was a minor fly in the ointment of their otherwise harmonious working relationship with the UK's Rover Group. When the two companies were jointly developing the European Honda Concerto and Rover R8 200/400 on a variation of this Civic's platform, Rover's engineers kept pushing for a higher scuttle and deeper flanks to make the cars appear less top-heavy.
@hayosiko9119
@hayosiko9119 4 жыл бұрын
Doug: mclaren hypercar Me: Doug: old civic Me: oh hell yeah now thats what im talking about
@seans9125
@seans9125 4 жыл бұрын
huh😺
@LilEpicMealTime
@LilEpicMealTime 4 жыл бұрын
Fuckin facts
@Enidx10
@Enidx10 4 жыл бұрын
Couldn’t have said it better myself
@MrBooster999
@MrBooster999 4 жыл бұрын
Gay
@alexander1485
@alexander1485 4 жыл бұрын
@@MrBooster999 PREPARE FOR DOCKING PROCEDURE
@Digitalevo2011
@Digitalevo2011 4 жыл бұрын
Love that he puts as much effort into this car as he does a 1 million dollar car.
@s0nnyburnett
@s0nnyburnett 4 жыл бұрын
Unmodded old Civics are even rarer.
@crazymofo5478
@crazymofo5478 3 жыл бұрын
There is something magic about lightweight civics from the 80s and 90s you feel one with the car and the road and you feel every pebble on the road through the steering wheel gas pedal and brakes. Its so light every corner or turn or curve is another chance to have fun. Eager cars that constantly reward you and literally make you happier.
@JSAFIXIT
@JSAFIXIT 8 ай бұрын
​@Daniel-mw7pu I've owned both. The fit is a good car, but it's much more tame feeling. They are unbelievably reliable and the name works great, because you can fit A LOT of stuff in them.
@AL-SH
@AL-SH 4 жыл бұрын
This little Honda is an icon. It represents an era when Honda and Acura were at their peak, pumping out amazing, practical, reliable, somewhat fun to drive cars in every couple years.
@Raymo2u
@Raymo2u 4 жыл бұрын
This and the next generation (92-95) hatch are some of the best normal cars in my opinion.
@terryorcutt8739
@terryorcutt8739 4 жыл бұрын
And, the interior materials in these Hondas put most all domestics of the period to shame.
@timothykeith1367
@timothykeith1367 4 жыл бұрын
Recently Honda announced that they were stopping production of two door Civics as the sales were poor.
@bilbobaggins4710
@bilbobaggins4710 4 жыл бұрын
@@terryorcutt8739 last forever
@CRAPO2011
@CRAPO2011 4 жыл бұрын
@@terryorcutt8739 the dash design was on par with bmw simple and driver focused
@cwbetb
@cwbetb 4 жыл бұрын
One of my first cars I owned...and still own. Hard to let it go. Such a fun little go kart, and it gets better with mods.
@cwbetb
@cwbetb 3 жыл бұрын
@user name agree they are pretty much bullet proof, just change the timing belt and keep it away from salt
@brewcrew574
@brewcrew574 3 жыл бұрын
Drove my buddys a few times and go cart was exactly how i described the car at the time. Pretty bullet prof to because he beat the sh!t out of it and it just kept going
@julienbee3467
@julienbee3467 3 жыл бұрын
@@cwbetb mine has had the same belt for 30 years but it will be replaced this year
@julienbee3467
@julienbee3467 3 жыл бұрын
Which version do you have ?
@cwbetb
@cwbetb 3 жыл бұрын
@@julienbee3467 was a dx
@Colbybartley
@Colbybartley 4 жыл бұрын
I’ve literally never seen one of those not modified. I love those old ass steelies
@drunkpolack7612
@drunkpolack7612 4 жыл бұрын
🤮
@christopherhamilton5557
@christopherhamilton5557 4 жыл бұрын
There were plastic wheel covers that came with the car... this one has had them removed. Such a cool car. I loved mine back in the day...
@markm0000
@markm0000 4 жыл бұрын
Fun note. The 2002 Dodge Ram 1500 has a 20” spare steelie. It’s so nice I want to get a truck just to have a set of those in high gloss grey.
@ChrisWalksFast
@ChrisWalksFast 4 жыл бұрын
Love those wheels so much. Early Miatas have similar ones which I love too
@Astke
@Astke 4 жыл бұрын
@@christopherhamilton5557 well anything was better than 1990 hub caps.
@pinoy413
@pinoy413 4 жыл бұрын
Cool trick is when the car is off, key is out, clock is "off", you can still check the time by pushing that flap that covers the time adjustments and holding it down. The clock will then light up, release it and it turns off. Another cool EF "trick"
@Fury_BlackWolf
@Fury_BlackWolf 4 жыл бұрын
That was a function that was still there on the 5th generation.
@baddestburrito
@baddestburrito 4 жыл бұрын
Love that this feature is shared with the NSX! Haha
@kyliandc9276
@kyliandc9276 4 жыл бұрын
This is also available on the EG and Prelude as far as i know
@soupisgoodfood42
@soupisgoodfood42 4 жыл бұрын
You just know that's a quirk Doug would have gone crazy over if he knew about it.
@MysteriousSteve1234
@MysteriousSteve1234 4 жыл бұрын
You can do this with the Integra too
@Paracosm
@Paracosm 4 жыл бұрын
This is the most Doug Demuro looking car
@UNGIHA
@UNGIHA 4 жыл бұрын
nah it's not big enough
@Paracosm
@Paracosm 4 жыл бұрын
Doctor's Music looks like him though
@christopherpedersen1820
@christopherpedersen1820 4 жыл бұрын
Nah, I had an '86 civic station wagon and that is a much more doug looking car. Probably one of the nerdiest looking cars in the world, but honestly it was a really good car.
@zest01
@zest01 4 жыл бұрын
He also fits the Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser and the Ford Bronco pretty good.
@zest01
@zest01 4 жыл бұрын
watergod 83 Doug’s climbing mountains in his Mercedes G Wagen. He looks nice near the Bronco and he liked it too by making a review of it.
@f1fan001
@f1fan001 4 жыл бұрын
Had a base model, best car I've ever owned. Half of it's life the yearly maintenance per annum was zero dollars. Sold it 17 years old with 240,000 kms for a thousand bucks. Also when you fold the rear seats down the cargo cover sits perfectly on the near flat floor. I miss it a lot.
@metalforever12085
@metalforever12085 4 жыл бұрын
Do you regret selling it?
@christheodoridis982
@christheodoridis982 4 жыл бұрын
Bought mine 10years ago for $500 with 160.000km. Now has 240k no problems at all. Just put gas in it an go. Really lovely to drive, great little fun car ! Don't think i'll ever sell it...
@9.5.9.5
@9.5.9.5 3 жыл бұрын
Kinda sad if this is the best car you've had.
@Ksh7571
@Ksh7571 3 жыл бұрын
@@9.5.9.5 best is subjective man, it’s quality for what it is, it’s not trying to be something it’s not, and it’s fucking bulletproof. Obviously there are better performing, more luxurious cars. However, nothing touches the value of having something like this.
@gergoantal1066
@gergoantal1066 3 жыл бұрын
@@9.5.9.5 Kinda sad that you think the only "best car" someone can have is some expensive piece of shit that breaks all the time, because oooh "luxury"
@johncrawford8859
@johncrawford8859 4 жыл бұрын
I see he found one without a 12” exhaust on the back.
@jxsxph8671
@jxsxph8671 4 жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5WonZRoYt1gm8U
@penelopeboivin3191
@penelopeboivin3191 4 жыл бұрын
Or a gigantic one that is bigger than the car and sounds like a chainsaw
@straightbusta2609
@straightbusta2609 4 жыл бұрын
All of them have been fitted with fartcan exhausts
@oliverdelgado6952
@oliverdelgado6952 4 жыл бұрын
A unicorn
@AdamIsUrqed
@AdamIsUrqed 4 жыл бұрын
My exhaust tip seeking missiles (patent pending) have finally met a dudebro shitbox they can't hit.
@Alecks418
@Alecks418 4 жыл бұрын
Doug: "Obviously you want to hear the story about how this car came to exist" Me: I mean, sure go on
@Lanomode
@Lanomode 4 жыл бұрын
My very first car was an '89 Civic Si. Looked exactly like this, but with a little different color scheme inside. I loved everything about it and it is definitely what sparked my love of cars. Like most of these cars and most teenagers though, I added MASSIVE 16" rims, lowered it (tastefully), and went with stiffer roll bars and sway bars, an intake and exhaust too. I loved everything about this car. Thanks Doug for reviewing it!
@Henchman1977
@Henchman1977 4 жыл бұрын
Couldn't put storage and left side in rear because of fuel filler door/piping.
@AxxLAfriku
@AxxLAfriku 4 жыл бұрын
I HATE people that HATE other people. I get a lot of HATE comments on my amazing videos and I HATE it. Please don't spread HATE. Do I have to HATE you too, dear ian
@Henchman1977
@Henchman1977 4 жыл бұрын
@@AxxLAfriku Hate isn't a helpful emotion. Maybe just take me off your Christmas card mailing list?
@bluetoes591
@bluetoes591 4 жыл бұрын
@@AxxLAfriku Uhhh....what does that have to do with this comment?
@bluetoes591
@bluetoes591 4 жыл бұрын
@mipmipmipmipmip Might have been a fire safety choice.
@Sheridantank
@Sheridantank 4 жыл бұрын
@@AxxLAfriku You're so weird. Are you okay dude?
@histriamagna1014
@histriamagna1014 4 жыл бұрын
Exactly the kind of humble cars we need today.
@CRAPO2011
@CRAPO2011 4 жыл бұрын
These were not considered bargain basement cars back in 1990 , hondas would routinely sell at nearly MSRP.
@MinoritiesRlazy
@MinoritiesRlazy 4 жыл бұрын
Not a lot of people know this about Doug but he regularly beats his wife
@histriamagna1014
@histriamagna1014 4 жыл бұрын
@@MinoritiesRlazy What ? C'mon man. Hard accusation...
@kevinnorris6558
@kevinnorris6558 4 жыл бұрын
Oshe Shango You had to be beaten to learn respect?
@histriamagna1014
@histriamagna1014 4 жыл бұрын
@Von_Nightmare_ Luciferian Thnx. It is an old slavic / indoeuropean symbol of prosperity and eternity combined with oak leaves. Nothig nazi about it. Perun forbid !
@kalanajasenthuliyana
@kalanajasenthuliyana 4 жыл бұрын
She's well looked after. Respect to the owner from a Honda fan.
@bradford_shaun_murray
@bradford_shaun_murray 4 жыл бұрын
1:56 cool little car.
@mbienek
@mbienek 3 жыл бұрын
This was a family Civic for us back in the day - so this video was great to watch and reminisce, thanks Doug! Some notes: the backseat cubby could only fit on one side since the driver's side had the fuel filler line, the dual exhaust in the video seemed original (can't speak to the muffler in this tested model, but on acceleration, this one sounded very similar to our original), and it also came with the wheel covers as another standard feature over the less expensive Civics.
@damnbunni
@damnbunni 4 жыл бұрын
The reason the seatbelts were on the doors is that legally, those were "automatic seatbelts". The 'emergency release' decal on the brake is because you were SUPPOSED to leave them fastened all the time and open the door and get out with the belt stretched way over. It was a mechanically simpler version of the 'seatbelt that whirrs along the door'.
@JimHardee
@JimHardee 4 жыл бұрын
Came here to say this.
@terryorcutt8739
@terryorcutt8739 4 жыл бұрын
This is why I cringe when millennials review cars of this era. Not to mention, he couldn't really be bothered to properly research the model/engine/transmission offerings for that era Civic before doing the video.
@thescalz
@thescalz 4 жыл бұрын
Yes! "Passive Restraint" were becoming the law of the land - like air bags - but these seatbelts were a less expensive way to do it until air bags became required.
@sucktastico
@sucktastico 4 жыл бұрын
Came here as well to point this out. Glad someone did first. Man - we have to be of an age to remember that. I hated those - always like sitting into a spider web or something...
@rikidiki8940
@rikidiki8940 4 жыл бұрын
Doug shouldnt review older cars as he never really cares to do any real research always comparing things to new cars.. Like HA HA it has 90hp or look a tach was an option holy shit... Like yeah all of the cars were that way back in the 80s early 90s
@AlfaGiuliaQV
@AlfaGiuliaQV 4 жыл бұрын
Stil timelessly good styling of the back end. Clean, straight lines. Nice proportions between taillights and surrounding metal, large rear glass hatch. From the rear this is one of the tidiest designs ever made. Same goes for the sedan version. The red middle section ties up the lightclusters so neatly into a continuous bar element.
@xukenny1002
@xukenny1002 4 жыл бұрын
yes, agree 1000%. this model (hatch, coupe& sedan) are timeless designs imo. would love to own one and make some mods on it, like some project car.
@Krauser1226
@Krauser1226 4 жыл бұрын
Agreed. Early 90s Japanese cars in general are perfect examples of everything you've said. My first car was a 1993 Camry and it's another car you can still see on the road that still looks great for all of the same reasons. This Civic Si is awesome and, as a sucker for 2 door hatchbacks (current Mk7 GTI 2 door owner myself), I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't want one of these if given the chance.
@нико-р2х
@нико-р2х 3 жыл бұрын
I'll always prefer the hatchback, I personally think it looks beautiful
@jakeozzy4776
@jakeozzy4776 2 жыл бұрын
And the crx is even better
@CCK-jd8nc
@CCK-jd8nc 4 жыл бұрын
This car was stolen 5 hours after filming this video Edit: this was a joke. It didn’t get stolen. I’m just saying that these have a **tendency** to get stolen
@93mlo
@93mlo 4 жыл бұрын
For real?
@PetesCreativeRecycling
@PetesCreativeRecycling 4 жыл бұрын
@@93mlo very likely as the 80s and 90s Honda Civics are still to this day the most stolen cars on the road.
@lvcevnt7966
@lvcevnt7966 4 жыл бұрын
lmao
@AW_2000
@AW_2000 4 жыл бұрын
Except it wasn't lmao, I follow him on Instagram
@thelittleguysoutoftexas421
@thelittleguysoutoftexas421 4 жыл бұрын
Told my wife IM surprised it hasn’t been stolen and stripped and would in a heart beat around any city left alone. I don’t think she believes me
@manavlakhani4612
@manavlakhani4612 4 жыл бұрын
I would never want Doug to check my exams keeping in mind the scores he gives
@indranilchakrabarty4196
@indranilchakrabarty4196 3 жыл бұрын
So true !!!! This Doug is chintzy !!!!
@ADAPTATION7
@ADAPTATION7 3 жыл бұрын
Exactly. This is a 30 year old model and he's comparing it to more contemporary cars. Obviously this Civic can't compete with them in terms of safety features and power. Neverthless, the Civic Si really was a very well built car. Look at how easily accessible the spark plugs are. No frills but no headaches either.
@indranilchakrabarty4196
@indranilchakrabarty4196 3 жыл бұрын
@@ADAPTATION7 I like new cars only. This is an old technology car. No electric hybrid technology. No apple and android. No electric parking brake. No vehicle stability assist and traction control. No autonomous braking
@ElusiveTy
@ElusiveTy 3 жыл бұрын
@@ADAPTATION7 That's the whole point of his channel. He reviews all cars compared to all cars.
@spookyindeed
@spookyindeed 3 жыл бұрын
Well he did say this 2 door hot hatch was more practical than every 4 door sedan he has ever reviewed.
@invincible.456
@invincible.456 4 жыл бұрын
_"Very little body roll, cuz there's really not all that much body to roll"_
@vproduction
@vproduction 4 жыл бұрын
Thats a fkn best one in the video
@adriankyleabaja9271
@adriankyleabaja9271 4 жыл бұрын
so it's just a roll
@themusicchannel4301
@themusicchannel4301 3 жыл бұрын
Lol
@bambloozr9951
@bambloozr9951 3 жыл бұрын
Isetta proves that statement false
@snmthecloser
@snmthecloser 4 жыл бұрын
Douglas, you mock the PGM-FI sticker in the engine bay, but you have clearly forgotten that in 1991, Honda’s proprietary electronically programmed direct fuel injection system was still quite a new innovation, especially for the economy class. The system relied on a piezoelectric sensor which took a measurement of air quantity, and calculated proper fuel injection with the assistance of performance maps. It had a fully integrated self-diagnostic system as well. This was new and innovative at the time, and was most certainly worth highlighting with its own unique branding and decal.
@QuakeGamerROTMG
@QuakeGamerROTMG 4 жыл бұрын
Next he will make fun of them for putting a VTEC logo on their 90's engines "pfft Honda don't you know that variable valve timing is a common technology?"
@MrDuncl
@MrDuncl 4 жыл бұрын
Here in the UK Fuel Injection basically meant Sporty back then My 1988 Nissan Sunny Coupe had a Carburettor. Only the top of the range ZX model got fuel injection. The same with every other manufacturer; Honda, VW, Ford, Vauxhall, Peugeot, Strange that my current car a VW Golf Estate / Wagon has Fuel Injection, a Turbo, and Paddle Shifters, yet isn't considered to be Hot. Admittedly Power to Weight is probably worse than this Honda.
@DougDeMuro
@DougDeMuro 4 жыл бұрын
I mock them for using alphabet soup acronyms and sticking it on the engine as if anyone who buys this car will care. Not for the technology itself. Which I think is clear in the video :)
@QuakeGamerROTMG
@QuakeGamerROTMG 4 жыл бұрын
"It makes you think it's some new special technology they put in this engine to make it way better but then you look and see that it stands for "programmed fuel injection". It's not really special at all they've just given it a weird acronym to make it seem special" Comes across to me as "haha stupid Honda, fuel injection isn't a fancy technology worth advertising" when it absolutely was but life goes on I suppose
@H.E.R.e
@H.E.R.e 4 жыл бұрын
Doug DeMuro No one knew what VTEC was back then yet they still slapped a giant VTEC logo on the engine of some Honda’s. What’s your point
@AshitanoJonas
@AshitanoJonas 4 жыл бұрын
Yet another Porsche 911 - I sleep Honda Civic Si - real shit??
@nekto34
@nekto34 4 жыл бұрын
Right! He seems to review Porsche products every week. I see Porsche video - I skip. I'm a weird car enthousiast.
@Astke
@Astke 4 жыл бұрын
@@nekto34 I really like Porsches, but video's on them just bore me because so many people are doing expensive cars in general. I much prefer lower end or normal car videos.
@mrbubbles720
@mrbubbles720 4 жыл бұрын
「Ashita no Jonas」 AWAKEN
@mareczuczek
@mareczuczek 4 жыл бұрын
Ayeee
@holasoyalejandro9822
@holasoyalejandro9822 4 жыл бұрын
no
@anonymuse6346
@anonymuse6346 3 жыл бұрын
I owned the base base model. It was my first car. Didn’t come with a radio or passenger side mirror. It was bulletproof!
@MGXsport
@MGXsport 4 жыл бұрын
There's no rear seat storage on the left because that is where the fuel filler tube goes.
@dogshmog
@dogshmog 4 жыл бұрын
Yea I thought it was funny that the reason for the missing cubby was plainly visible during his rant of there being no cubby.
@TheEqualizer1
@TheEqualizer1 4 жыл бұрын
The PGM-FI was a technological advancement at that time when compared to everyone else’s carburators. He should call his channel “Doug’s ignorance’
@TableEnMousse
@TableEnMousse 4 жыл бұрын
I had one of those. I loved it so much. Destroyed it in a 68MPH frontal collision. Then someone else also rammed us in the back at 68MPH. It got CRUMPLED. My heart got crumpled too, but it saved me and my girlfriend's life so I'll be forever grateful. Thank you Honda. Off to buy an EJ9 Civic today to replace the Prelude I bought to replace the EF. I hope it'll be even remotely as fun as this car was.
@tonazinostoubax2966
@tonazinostoubax2966 4 жыл бұрын
❤️
@Big-man-aman
@Big-man-aman 4 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry for your loss
@Cypress_green
@Cypress_green 4 жыл бұрын
How does the ej9 compare?
@dil6969
@dil6969 4 жыл бұрын
That's incredible. I'm glad you and your GF are okay. Getting crashed into is my biggest fear driving my 90s tin-can. I'm thankful for my modern daily driver.
@5150Swordfish
@5150Swordfish 4 жыл бұрын
@@dil6969 Just wear your seatbelt. A friend of mine had an 88' Accord and was thrown out of the car. Single car accident, his fault, but no belt. For the most part their good. I threw a 94' off the side of the road @ 70mph. Walked away.
@richardnavarrete6512
@richardnavarrete6512 4 жыл бұрын
"This car only has the necessities" And it's beautiful
@BizzLeVrai
@BizzLeVrai 4 жыл бұрын
I miss car like that.
@TucsonDude
@TucsonDude 4 жыл бұрын
No A/C apparently.
@richardnavarrete6512
@richardnavarrete6512 4 жыл бұрын
@@TucsonDude that's a big yikes for those of us in the southwest haha
@kimjongdavidsothesexymugba1138
@kimjongdavidsothesexymugba1138 4 жыл бұрын
@Oscar Patino It's beautiful and simple.
@kdm784
@kdm784 4 жыл бұрын
@14:55 Those are not really shallow "cubbies" They were designed for JDM Gathers Speakers to be mounted there. Oh how I miss my 91 Si.
@m.e.345
@m.e.345 4 жыл бұрын
..actually, if they made a car like that today, I would buy it.
@opencarry3860
@opencarry3860 4 жыл бұрын
Me too!
@audvidgeek
@audvidgeek 4 жыл бұрын
base model Toyota Yaris
@TekuTaurus
@TekuTaurus 4 жыл бұрын
Mitsubishi Mirage
@alanlopez4677
@alanlopez4677 4 жыл бұрын
Honda Fit is as close as we can get now.
@RotchildFrancoisJr
@RotchildFrancoisJr 4 жыл бұрын
It’s electric, but the Honda E captures the same essence as this car imo
@AreaofInterestTV
@AreaofInterestTV 4 жыл бұрын
You know what, You can read the CIVIC backwards as CIVIC 🥂
@photovi
@photovi 4 жыл бұрын
I read it as CMC
@tobycripe8385
@tobycripe8385 4 жыл бұрын
You, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar.
@MC_MMV
@MC_MMV 4 жыл бұрын
That’s interesting- I’ll check your channel out
@AreaofInterestTV
@AreaofInterestTV 4 жыл бұрын
@@tobycripe8385 🤣🤣🤣🔥🔥
@AreaofInterestTV
@AreaofInterestTV 4 жыл бұрын
@@MC_MMV 😜🙏❤
@imanonymous335
@imanonymous335 4 жыл бұрын
If doug was a rapper, his name would be 2 shirtz
@itcantrainallthetime9886
@itcantrainallthetime9886 4 жыл бұрын
Or 2 shits
@neuronmind
@neuronmind 4 жыл бұрын
Sleazy "D"
@beccabalint9938
@beccabalint9938 4 жыл бұрын
stolen comment
@zeroelus
@zeroelus 4 жыл бұрын
Will he make this tracks instead of diss tracks?
@safetytfh
@safetytfh 4 жыл бұрын
2quirks
@teslaphan
@teslaphan 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Doug! This was awesome, I am now able to show my son this is what Daddy had when I was younger. I wish I kept my White 89 Si, it had 350,000 km's when I sold it. Kicking myself now, it was original except the radio :)
@antraxxslingshots
@antraxxslingshots 4 жыл бұрын
That interior shape with 190k Miles? Holy smokes....amazing...and there is no storage cubby back-left because Fueltank-filler.
@RetroAmateur1989
@RetroAmateur1989 4 жыл бұрын
they are known to be able to do many times that.
@FreewayBrent
@FreewayBrent 3 жыл бұрын
That car looks like it was garaged. Very well taken care of from the looks of it.
@joshmoore7300
@joshmoore7300 3 жыл бұрын
My 91 civic has 157k on it
@Russell_Huston
@Russell_Huston 3 жыл бұрын
447 k miles...she's retired now. Still smile about that car. Best automotive investment I ever made.
@absolutelynonameslef
@absolutelynonameslef 3 жыл бұрын
@@RetroAmateur1989 but they are not known to do so many miles while staying so clean and pristine looking.
@quikspecv4d
@quikspecv4d 4 жыл бұрын
I bet a CRX in good condition would be almost impossible to find also. I would love to see Doug review one.
@bk83082
@bk83082 4 жыл бұрын
There's more out there than people realize. I see them for sale all the time for cheap and have owned several. 85 prelude 2.0 Si, 87 accord Lx-i hatch, 88 CRX Si all clean and stock and purchased within the last 5 years. There's a first gen integra coupe with a 5 speed that's teasing me right now but I need to resist.
@krismichalsky
@krismichalsky 4 жыл бұрын
I have one that is almost as clean as the one Doug did this video on....
@scca-lz1hp
@scca-lz1hp 4 жыл бұрын
I just sold my 89 CR-X Si and this video made me miss it so much. Mine had 67k miles and was definitely one of the only bone-stock CR-Xs I had ever seen
@kiking9260
@kiking9260 4 жыл бұрын
fr
@terryorcutt8739
@terryorcutt8739 4 жыл бұрын
To find an '88-91 CRX Si that's not engine swapped, stanced, or completely rusted out is impossible in the Midwest.
@erikyt2
@erikyt2 4 жыл бұрын
The seatbelts were on the door to comply with US regulation which required "passive restraints". This meant Airbags in more expensive cars, but for the Civic/Sentra/etc it meant attaching the seatbelt to the door so occupants could get in and out while leaving the seatbelt buckled. This is why the warning label with instructions on how to unlatch the belts--it was all about government compliance.
@seans9125
@seans9125 4 жыл бұрын
Do you like my cat 🐗
@BamaE92
@BamaE92 4 жыл бұрын
Was about to write this but you beat me! Good ole’ 80s and 90s motorized seatbelts existed to meet the “passive restraint” rule too.
@tren133
@tren133 4 жыл бұрын
But doesn't "passive restraint" mean at least one part of the belt has to be connected to the other side of the seat? This design is not passive at all because you can just leave it unbuckled and hanging from the door. The early 90s motorized belts are always connected to the other side of the seat, which was why they made them motorized, so they will move out of the way when you open the door to let you get in or out easier.
@erikyt2
@erikyt2 4 жыл бұрын
@@tren133 you can, in fact, leave it buckled and get in and out. The belts are super long. I'm not arguing that this was effective--or that people did this. Most people buckled and unbuckled to get in and out--this scheme was only to comply with the law as Honda could argue that their instruction was to leave it buckled unless there was an emergency--which is why the labels instructing occupants how to unbuckle in case of emergency. The law was ahead of the price point for SRS airbags. I remember paying $500 for an optional airbag on a Sentra. Here is the quote from the owner's manual (p. 15) @ justgivemethedamnmanual.com/honda/1991-honda-civic-hatchback-sedan-owners-manual/; "[Hatchback] Wearing the Front Seat Belts The automatic ("passive") lap/shoulder belt systems with emergency locking retractors are designed to lock only during a sudden stop or impact. Otherwise, they allow you some freedom of movement in the seat. NOTE: The motion sensing lock mechanisms for the front belts are located in each door. Therefore, if a door is opened too quickly, the belt may lock and the door cannot be opened further. If this happens, close the door and open it again more slowly. Enter the car and close the door completely. If a door is not completely closed, the warning lights in the ceiling and in the instrument panel will come on and the beeper will sound when the ignition switch is turned on (see page 17). The driver's seat should be moved to a comfortable distance from the steering wheel. Sit straight up and well back in the seat. The seat belt should fit snugly against your body. The shoulder portion of the belt should go over your shoulder and across your body to evenly distribute the belt's restraining force. Check that the lap portion of the belt is positioned low on your hipbone and below your abdomen. This way, if the car is involved in an accident, you will be less likely to slide under the seat belts. If the belt is too near your neck and throat, move toward the center of the seat. Never drive the car with the doors ajar. The front doors must be closed completely for the front seat belts to function properly.
@rrs_13
@rrs_13 4 жыл бұрын
@7:22 A tear dropped from the corner of my eye, as Doug made me internalize car interiors will never be as "direct" and zero-bullshit as cars from this era were. This was a car, not less than it needed to be, but not more than it is supposed to be. No intelligent assistants, no shrieking buzzers because you forgot to zip up your fly, no 3 airbags for every bone in the human body, no consoles refrigerators, massage chairs.... It was simply and geniously a car. God I love the 80s/90s era of automobiles.
@AdamG1983
@AdamG1983 4 жыл бұрын
911: "Pfftt...." '91 Civic: "Go on...."
@sdcowboy85
@sdcowboy85 4 жыл бұрын
These are the types of reviews that I love from your channel. I couldn't care less about Ferrari or Lambo reviews. This is actually interesting.
@12ealDealOfficial
@12ealDealOfficial 4 жыл бұрын
I agree. Regular Car Reviews is generally a more entertaining channel in that regard, though Doug's personality is why I still watch him.
@bobow4075
@bobow4075 4 жыл бұрын
I hate when car reviewers only review high end cars, like what's the purpose in me watching this?
@clifforddomingo8773
@clifforddomingo8773 4 жыл бұрын
The world’s rarest car is a stock Honda Civic. 😁
@katekara7083
@katekara7083 4 жыл бұрын
Has the wrong seats in it. So its modified already.
@aquilesvailo4786
@aquilesvailo4786 4 жыл бұрын
Seriously, I see exotics cars almost daily near my house. A stock Civic from the '90s is almost impossible.
@jeriahgarrett2144
@jeriahgarrett2144 4 жыл бұрын
@@aquilesvailo4786 you will damn near never see a bone stock civic they are dinosaurs
@ellisjackson3355
@ellisjackson3355 4 жыл бұрын
Three years ago a saw a completely stock, minty clean, white 2nd gen CR-X with antique plates on it.
@jeanlessage7560
@jeanlessage7560 4 жыл бұрын
Kate & Kara well it’s a CDM Integra type R seat, we didn’t get recaros here in Canada
@nickcrothamel6116
@nickcrothamel6116 4 жыл бұрын
Doug: Before I get started Me: *aggressively spams arrow key*
@antichrist4485
@antichrist4485 3 жыл бұрын
Exactly cars and bids my ass
@Icedcoffee03
@Icedcoffee03 4 жыл бұрын
19:52 Doug casually driving away from a nuke going off in the background.
@Esteb858
@Esteb858 4 жыл бұрын
@Doug DeMuro at 8:32 you talk about the clock but didn’t mention it’s most quirky feature! Even with the ignition completely turned off and the key removed you could still turn on the clock to view the time by pressing in that little door that covers the buttons to adjust the time. That “cover” also acts as a button itself!!! How quirky is that?!?!
@rolandotirador1565
@rolandotirador1565 4 жыл бұрын
My '99 Integra did that still then! *miss that car*
@ellisjackson3355
@ellisjackson3355 4 жыл бұрын
My 91, 90, and I think the 98 Integra did that too
@isaacatini9624
@isaacatini9624 4 жыл бұрын
I never liked Honda until i drove this....i literally fell in love...the manual shifter and leg room for tall drivers was pleasant
@joelness
@joelness 4 жыл бұрын
It's crazy how roomy these little 80s hatchbacks are. I had some early GTIs and it was the same story. People wondered how I fit (6'5"), not realizing that my car had more space than their bigger sedan/SUV.
@cibdizzy
@cibdizzy 3 жыл бұрын
i like how this dude has the same enuthusiasm for a honda civic as a ferrari . good shjt man
@Real_MisterSir
@Real_MisterSir 4 жыл бұрын
Doug: "The term go-kart is so overused" Also Doug: *Is the person who uses that term most often
@bushtruck
@bushtruck 4 жыл бұрын
Just started my channel where I take trucks into the mountains and bag on them. I just wanna make people laugh.
@Kacpa2
@Kacpa2 4 жыл бұрын
Its incredibly mint, who saved it from imminent destruction by ricers and and rust? That person is a hero :)
@enforcement2
@enforcement2 4 жыл бұрын
"In fact, it's so mint that I had to enjoy a tasty mint ice cream whilst sitting in it, listening to some fine classical music from this hardened little radio and gazing up and out of the sunroof." (An imaginary quote born seemingly from spontaneous inspiration but, in a further sense, from an appreciation for a particular recent past obviously.)
@paulsz6194
@paulsz6194 4 жыл бұрын
The original owner must have been middle-aged when he bought it new. Probably a wnd car to get him to work & back. Not often do you find an almost 30yr old car with only 187K on it!
@masked3207
@masked3207 4 жыл бұрын
There is something I love about an old car’s simplicity
@lo2088
@lo2088 4 жыл бұрын
Hey Doug. This car brought me some good memories. I owned a 1991 1.3lr Toyota Starlet. And til this day, it was the funniest car I’ve ever driven. Fast for its size and quite sharp on turns. Perfect to drive on hilly roads. The previous generation was also really fun to drive. Unfortunately I crashed it in one of my long nights out drifting with the boys and I still miss driving it.
@creepinwhileyousleepin
@creepinwhileyousleepin 4 жыл бұрын
Early 90's honda interiors are my comfort food
@knifetoucher
@knifetoucher 4 жыл бұрын
COVID hit everyone hard, even Doug went from reviewing Porches to old Civics.
@Tool0GT92
@Tool0GT92 4 жыл бұрын
I'd rather watch an old Si review than another 911
@psk313
@psk313 4 жыл бұрын
@@Tool0GT92 exactly
@MitsubishiEvo1234
@MitsubishiEvo1234 4 жыл бұрын
LMAO
@J_shiine
@J_shiine 4 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣
@BobMonkeypimp
@BobMonkeypimp 4 жыл бұрын
I didn't realise that Doug reviewed entrances to houses.
@bradb2141
@bradb2141 4 жыл бұрын
I’m surprised you don’t actually know the seatbelt history of door mounted belts. They are meant to be buckled all the time. That’s why there is the emergency release label. You should have tried leaving the belt buckled and opening the door and sitting into the seat and close the door and then reverse, open the door with the belt buckled and get out without unbuckling. As that is how the belt was designed to be used. They did this instead of adding an airbag or just using the motorized shoulder harness. GM used door mounted belts a lot.
@alphatrion100
@alphatrion100 4 жыл бұрын
Doug knows very little about cars for a "car journalist"
@jonc4403
@jonc4403 4 жыл бұрын
And nobody ever actually left them buckled, because they were incredibly annoying. Most people bypassed the sensor in the buckle too.
@Staatus_Quo
@Staatus_Quo 4 жыл бұрын
Came here to mention this. Glad some other people remember this. I believe the Lumina and Beretta had the same feature.
@emotionz3
@emotionz3 4 жыл бұрын
The Accord from this era had the retractable seatbelt. I loved it, even if it was pretty much unneccessary since you still had to buckle the lap belt. But it was easier to buckle 'half' of a seatbelt. My friends Ford Tempo had retractable belts too. I never saw these broken, which was interesting because it seemed like something that would break.
@greghassett579
@greghassett579 4 жыл бұрын
Yes, the seat belts were meant to stay buckled to meet the passive restraint requirement mandated by the gov’t . Of course, no one kept the belts buckled all the time and subsequently, the spring loaded recoil system would fail. Had to get my drivers side belt spring replaced on the mini me version, the CRX.
@paulmezhir8354
@paulmezhir8354 3 жыл бұрын
I had four mid-late 80s Hondas. My favorite was a white 1989 Si hatchback. Air conditioning was the only option. I had a killer Yamaha sound deck with Polk Audio speakers and a Sony disc changer in the cargo area. It was an awesome car....the low dashboard and huge glass area made the car feel so incredibly spacious.
@enigmaPL
@enigmaPL 4 жыл бұрын
To be fair, to get the "speed" out of these, you had to be in the top of the rev range, at all times. That's when these Honda engines made their power. Anything low-down was tuned to be efficient and "torquey". Whereas the HP was near the top. It was part of the fun too, as it sounded like you were going a million miles an hour. Basically foot to the floor at all times, and the thing is, these cars can handle that just fine. They were meant to. The Japanese themselves hooned these things in the early 90's on their highways.
@jmccann6735
@jmccann6735 4 жыл бұрын
Midnight Club was also hooning their Supras and Skylines at over 200 on the same highways 🤪
@loganmai1812
@loganmai1812 4 жыл бұрын
Jarik McCann and somehow it still wasn’t as cool as this
@baddestburrito
@baddestburrito 4 жыл бұрын
Don't forget the double wishbone suspension, which actually lets this little thing corner better than a Porsche GT3.
@carlosoliveira-rc2xt
@carlosoliveira-rc2xt 4 жыл бұрын
You forgot to mention going downhill with the wind to your taillights and the pizza roof sign removed.
@carlosoliveira-rc2xt
@carlosoliveira-rc2xt 4 жыл бұрын
@@baddestburrito You're insane.
@GoWalk22
@GoWalk22 4 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised he didn't mention the one and only visible Si sticker on the car.
@Brotschnider
@Brotschnider 4 жыл бұрын
And the fact it’s a sticker so you can easily peel it off to make it look like a normal civic lol
@TechWizMaster
@TechWizMaster 4 жыл бұрын
@@Brotschnider Or...order one on ebay to put on your CX LOL XD
@Brotschnider
@Brotschnider 4 жыл бұрын
Tech Wiz Master you can lol then It would be a replica
@detailsmw5995
@detailsmw5995 4 жыл бұрын
Several GM cars of this era had the same seatbelt design. It was done to meet passive restraint regulations at the time. Manufactures either had to have passive seatbelts or airbags. Passive belts were a cheaper alternative because many cars during this era were not originally designed to have airbags. In theory you could keep the seatbelt fastened and still open the door and enter or exit. Hence the passive feature.
@joshbacon8241
@joshbacon8241 4 жыл бұрын
Presumably this passive restraint regulation was to prevent the front occupants from being ejected from the vehicle in the event of a crash?
@sootmann
@sootmann 4 жыл бұрын
@Crooked Skate Supply Co By this year, all cars in the U.S. had to have passive restraints for the front passengers in some form: airbags, motorized seatbelts, or door-mounted belts like these. Even the Ferrari Testarossa had motorized belts for some years. www.red-headed.com/images/testarossa_seatbelts.jpg Airbags got cheap enough, quick enough, that passive belts were only a thing for a couple years.
@therealcarlmarti
@therealcarlmarti 4 жыл бұрын
@Crooked Skate Supply Co Anything without an airbag would either have these or the motorized belts post-1990.
@joshbacon8241
@joshbacon8241 4 жыл бұрын
Brian Ashe I’m guessing the intended purpose of this passive restraint mandate was to prevent the front occupants from being ejected from the vehicle in the event of a crash?
@Guy_de_Loimbard
@Guy_de_Loimbard 4 жыл бұрын
@Crooked Skate Supply Co Those were the ones that had the motorized shoulder belt that would whir back into place and garrote you after you closed the door. Every federalized car of that era had at least one of these three features: door-mounted outer belt points, motorized shoulder belt, or driver-side airbag.
@ClearAlera
@ClearAlera 3 жыл бұрын
I had a 1992 Toyota Tercel when I got my drivers license. Very similar in that it had no horsepower but it was fun to drive anyway because it weighed about as much as a piece of paper. This review was a fun nostalgia trip because all of the trim and the "no frills" design were so similar. Manual windows, manual locks, manual transmission, etc. The thing I remember most about it though were the black vinyl seats that would burn your ass off in the summer. Good times :)
@vasekvi
@vasekvi 4 жыл бұрын
The reason those seatbelts are like that is because they were supposed to be "automatic". At the time, automakers had to have those motorized seatbelts that ran along the top of the window, or a solution like this. So you leave the seatbelt buckled in, and when you open the door, you just slide into the belts. When you close the door, you will already be buckled in. Hence the "emergency release", as the seatbelts were not intended to be unbuckled. Also, I am surprised you missed the little button that allows you to display the clock with the ignition off. I believe you have pointed this out on another car, perhaps the acura legend.
@justpassnthru
@justpassnthru 4 жыл бұрын
You are correct about the belts. Doug seems to miss factual details a lot more often lately.
@fleecystheking
@fleecystheking 4 жыл бұрын
This is true, and I’d add that it was the official alternative to mandatory airbags, before those became the norm. It was intended to get people to buckle up. Some manufacturers used motorized seatbelts to achieve the same result, Mandatory airbags became the norm soon after and those weird seatbelt arrangements went away.
@boringstuff3463
@boringstuff3463 4 жыл бұрын
Acura nsx also said that with clock
@faukx2435
@faukx2435 4 жыл бұрын
Fun fact about the seatbelts: They were intended to be PASSIVE RESTRAINTS! The idea was that you would leave the seatbelt buckled and just open the door and get out. Obviously this was ridiculous. It was way easier to just unbuckle the thing. But it could be done and it was more elegant than the motorized-track contraptions found on other cars of the era. That's why there are the "Emergency Release" stickers. Per the owners manual: "Emergency Belt Release: The front belts should remain permanently latched. However, an emergency release button is provided as shown." (And there is a picture of the seat belt buckle.)
@JamesPhieffer
@JamesPhieffer 4 жыл бұрын
I really wish Doug would do a little more research or, you know, talk to some of us who were around... 🙄
@faukx2435
@faukx2435 4 жыл бұрын
@@JamesPhieffer I think Doug does a pretty good job of balancing quantity vs. quality. If he did that kind of research on every video we'd only get like one a month. It's just fun watching him react to these cars, so I won't nitpick. (But if we are gonna nitpick. This would be an ED, not an EF. (An ED7 I believe.))
@haziqhashim2618
@haziqhashim2618 4 жыл бұрын
Is this a US spec only thing or all the EF civics got it ?
@redrum2204
@redrum2204 4 жыл бұрын
@@haziqhashim2618 us only. My Canadian market one didn't have it.
@FlintIronstag23
@FlintIronstag23 4 жыл бұрын
I had a '91 Nissan Sentra with the same kind of seatbelts. You were supposed to keep them permanently latched and they would stretch way out when you opened the door. I never used them that way though.
@niklasrose9050
@niklasrose9050 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Doug for this review - which has brought back many wonderful memories. My first car was a 1990 Civic (European Spec - with the seatbelts mounted on the b-pillar, build in Japan), 1.5l 90hp, 13" wheels (175/70 R13), and it was a wonderful car. Due to the low seating position, the center of gravity was so low that the cornering abilities were extremely good, even without a rock-hard suspension and extra-wide tires. With the 90PS engine, I got the speedometer to the limit (210 km / h ~ 131 mph) on the Autobahn. In Europe, the model was also offered with the 1.6l i-VT (VTEC) engine, which developed 150 hp, but needed very high revs (~7.000 rpm) for full power and was not much livelier than the normal 1.6l at low revs.
@kronjp
@kronjp 4 жыл бұрын
I had the integra version with the vtec in Japan. It was a lot of fun to rev it out. Miss the simplicity of cars of that era.
@joeymesa4952
@joeymesa4952 4 жыл бұрын
my first car was a 91 civic hatch standard model. Came with AC which i had converted to r134 and converted the stock engine to fuel injection. Really loved it and ended up swapping the engine for a JDM GSR B18C, lowered on coilovers and had integra GSR fat five wheels. Added little bits to it like the si steering wheel, del sol seats, 4 door civic sedan gauge cluster and different stereo.......good times!
@ryans6280
@ryans6280 Жыл бұрын
Dude! I had fat fives on my 91! One of the best stock wheel designs ever
@MrKeyboardCommando
@MrKeyboardCommando 4 жыл бұрын
I don't know about anybody else, but if a car like this was available today, I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
@RicardoRodriguez-qb8kn
@RicardoRodriguez-qb8kn 4 жыл бұрын
Manual used Honda fit Should be less than 10k
@eyesurgeon69
@eyesurgeon69 4 жыл бұрын
Much more interested in this than a review of the latest Lambo.
@Erix7810
@Erix7810 4 жыл бұрын
Me too!!!
@niklasrose9050
@niklasrose9050 4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely! Not only because this was my first car, it is just much more interesting to see what cars used to be back in the days. I would like to see more reviews like this instead of the next 20 similar boring SUVs.
@geraldgoodiii6993
@geraldgoodiii6993 4 жыл бұрын
THISSS is the car I dreamed of when I was in highschool And the CRX Si
@bwgti
@bwgti 4 жыл бұрын
CRX Si is still pretty cool - pretty sure they are all trashed though.
@vb44
@vb44 4 жыл бұрын
I haven’t seen a CRX in years.
@camzula86
@camzula86 4 жыл бұрын
I had a blacked out crx si. I miss it so much.
@NitsujWrenches
@NitsujWrenches 4 жыл бұрын
I had a 1990 Civic LX, and I could only dream of a CRX Si.
@peterkrol
@peterkrol 4 жыл бұрын
There was a clean low mileage CRX SI on BAT last year, it sold for about $12k.
@billstathakos
@billstathakos 4 жыл бұрын
honestly, the best and most fun gen civic i ever owned, Also, those pop out rear windows made air flow amazing. no A/C needed.
@mcrehwaldt
@mcrehwaldt 4 жыл бұрын
Yup. I put thousands of miles on my base model with no AC! You HAD to open those windows!
@christopheraleman4959
@christopheraleman4959 4 жыл бұрын
Greatest car I ever owned. I miss it so much lol
@markwegner6100
@markwegner6100 2 жыл бұрын
My '77 Mazda GLC had those windows too.
@loza14
@loza14 3 жыл бұрын
It’s such a flashback! We owned a civic (not SI of course, a basic one) when I was a kid. Loved watching it.
@corredorx
@corredorx 4 жыл бұрын
"cause there's really not all that much body to roll" man this called PERFORMANCE!!!
@ben_the_fren8269
@ben_the_fren8269 4 жыл бұрын
you can barely see out of the backseat windows of today’s cars
@patrick280zx
@patrick280zx 4 жыл бұрын
Ya new cars are very cramped inside and there roofs are very small too and older cars have taller roofs so more visibility.
@TheRguru1
@TheRguru1 4 жыл бұрын
My 2012 civic literally has a bar running through the middle of the rear window.
@kevinnorris6558
@kevinnorris6558 4 жыл бұрын
Pat 280ZX Yeah, I sat in the backseat of my friends new Honda Accord and my head was touching the roof. I didn’t have that issue in the back seat of my friends 2006 Camry.
@CRAPO2011
@CRAPO2011 4 жыл бұрын
@@kevinnorris6558 The sloped "coupe" roof has cut down rear headroom in most sedans. Just like many have long trunks but too shallow for a large cooler = really annoying
@liamhash5222
@liamhash5222 4 жыл бұрын
Actually, the reason that the seatbelt is on the door is, you’re supposed to leave it buckled in down at the emergency brake and it would let you get in and not have to worry about buckling the seatbelt when you get it. It’s an early version of passive restraints like the motorized ones in the mid 90s
@mikeyoung00
@mikeyoung00 4 жыл бұрын
In fact, Honda did this to avoid having to do either those motorized seat belts or those newfangled and very expensive air bags. Per new US safety regs, those were your choices.
@benchattin
@benchattin 4 жыл бұрын
I had a 1996 Oldsmobile Ciera with the door-mounted belt. I attempted to get in the car with the belt already buckled but it was extremely awkward. It was much easier to just buckle the belt once you're in the car.
@madmax96
@madmax96 4 жыл бұрын
Cars of that era needed a passive restraint. The idea was to keep it buckled and slide in under it when the door opens. As mentioned, GM cars had this too. Other cars like Ford had the electric seatbelts instead (my 89T-bird had it) It was a stop gap until airbags could be fitted to the cars in later model years.
@austinpfoster
@austinpfoster 4 жыл бұрын
Yep... came to the comments for this... My '94 Mercury Cougar had this style of seatbelt. (Mounted to the door, non-electric like this Civic... Though it also had airbags, of course.)
@JungleScene
@JungleScene 4 жыл бұрын
for JDM and honda fans, this car gets a 10 on cool factor, because its so clean.
@JecuskyGarrett
@JecuskyGarrett 4 жыл бұрын
It's such a cool car that it gets stolen alot.
@candidosilva7755
@candidosilva7755 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah only jdm fans.) I love civics
@johnlam4470
@johnlam4470 3 жыл бұрын
My very first car I owned, a 89 Black Honda Civic Si (w/air cond), I got as a present for university. I loved it and still my favorite car I've owned atleast 20 others since, it's the perfect fun/value vehicle I remembered the mods I put in as a young would be tuner, a HKS exhaust, HKS mushroom air filter, and of course a pull out cd/tuner deck with bazooka subwoofers, those were the days!
@michaelestela3153
@michaelestela3153 4 жыл бұрын
"There's very little body roll because there really isn't all that much body to roll."
@evideonic
@evideonic 4 жыл бұрын
I was looking for this comment 👌
@enforcement2
@enforcement2 4 жыл бұрын
"Not baaahhd."
@AkilaAriyathilaka
@AkilaAriyathilaka 4 жыл бұрын
You forgot " - Daddy Doug"
@enforcement2
@enforcement2 4 жыл бұрын
An exuberantly idiotic kind of admiration apparently corrupted by questionable pornography has what to do with the relatively humorous quotation at the top? It was a rhetorical question, so nevermind.
@jeepjoseph9036
@jeepjoseph9036 4 жыл бұрын
@@enforcement2 what?
@aviator158
@aviator158 4 жыл бұрын
The seatbelts are mounted on the doors so they're "automatic" to avoid the need to have air bags. EF civics sold in Canada have normal seatbelts.
@robertblanchard6196
@robertblanchard6196 4 жыл бұрын
In Canada it had 15" wheels with hubcaps and 118 hp '
@CRAPO2011
@CRAPO2011 4 жыл бұрын
Wasn it "si r "
@ebob1967
@ebob1967 4 жыл бұрын
A few cars from back then had that arrangement with the seat belt. The idea was that you just kept it buckled all the time and when you slid into the car and closed the door, you were buckled in. I do not think many people used it that way, though. My aunt had a Chevy Beretta back then that had the same thing.
@indenturedLemon
@indenturedLemon 4 жыл бұрын
same in Asia, we have the seatbelt on the pillar
@mikerinck8523
@mikerinck8523 4 жыл бұрын
I totally agree with this. I watched an old motor week of an 80s accord coupe and it had the seatbelts on the doors too that you were meant to leave buckled all the time too. They were actually using them in the always buckled mode too. It explains the warning label by the parking brake too.
@lmedicplays44
@lmedicplays44 4 жыл бұрын
Probably the most iconic civic ever
@kotarojujo2737
@kotarojujo2737 4 жыл бұрын
this or civic EG
@Rockytop548
@Rockytop548 Жыл бұрын
I had a 91 Civic hatchback DX as my first car. It was a blast to drive but being 16 I put rims and stereo in it. This was a fun video to watch
@toadworks7
@toadworks7 5 ай бұрын
@@Rockytop548 I’m 16 rn and this is my first car. It’s cool to see that a lot of people had this as there first
@joro407
@joro407 4 жыл бұрын
Doug: "Acceleration 0-60 is 7.5 seconds." Me a poor European: Wow, thats pretty quick Doug: "Acceleration 1 / 10" wtf
@xavier712
@xavier712 4 жыл бұрын
That’s not too bad today, it was pretty swift for the time🤔
@PetesCreativeRecycling
@PetesCreativeRecycling 4 жыл бұрын
You poor Euro diesel guys get like 0-100kph in the 14 seconds range, which was normal for the VW Rabbit.
@carpenter3461
@carpenter3461 4 жыл бұрын
@UCfhgjTiZZeWYvlOiuIBNU6w at least we're not dieing of asthma from all the poorly regulated diseals in Europe 😂😂
@spavatch
@spavatch 4 жыл бұрын
In fact it was nowhere near 7.5. Probably more like 8.5 at best.
@theejoeylee
@theejoeylee 4 жыл бұрын
A respectable 0 to 60 in 91 .That's about what a 1991 SHO 5 speed would do. And the mustang gt of the same year. ( 2 of my friends in highschool in the 90s were brothers. One had a sho..one a mustangs GT same year. )They raced all the time .The sho was faster.
@charleetuner
@charleetuner 4 жыл бұрын
'91 was the year I graduated HS and I can't tell you how many of these flooded the student parking lot
@Dankcatvacs
@Dankcatvacs 4 жыл бұрын
really? spoiled rotten kids!
@CRAPO2011
@CRAPO2011 4 жыл бұрын
In hs if anyone had a newer civic it was a base model cx haha
@Lex-Rex
@Lex-Rex 4 жыл бұрын
You go to Beverly Hills 90120 High School or something? I graduated in 89 and all I used to see in school parking lots were rusted and primered out Camero and Mustangs, and of course the paneled station wagon and your typical economy cars. One person had a sweet 200 SX.
@LazerLord10
@LazerLord10 4 жыл бұрын
As if civic prices weren't high enough. I joke (slightly).
@AlphaJDM
@AlphaJDM 4 жыл бұрын
Yea, I was deciding whether I should rebuild my 90 hatch or get another one and start over, Doug made my decision for me
@djrek521
@djrek521 4 жыл бұрын
theres a guy on offer up right now with this year civic and its cleaner than this one he want $5000 for it
@CRAPO2011
@CRAPO2011 4 жыл бұрын
@@djrek521 5,000 is a steal for a clean si. Saw one that was showroom condition that went for about 15,000 underbody was still factory shiny
@noeyedeer4227
@noeyedeer4227 4 жыл бұрын
😂 10k for this hahaha gotta be kiddin
@CRAPO2011
@CRAPO2011 4 жыл бұрын
@@noeyedeer4227 Old Hondas are going up in value, yes many see these as an old econo box but there are quite a few people willing to shell out real money for rust free low mileage examples.
@snusmumriken232
@snusmumriken232 3 жыл бұрын
Owned a perfect condition red base sedan model with 90k mi (!) that was a hand me down from my grandparents. I loved that car so much. The design inside and out is timeless, visibility unparalleled, cabin was so pleasing and no-nonsense. Very gutted when it met an undignified end getting ripped off in a parking lot. I miss you, little red car.
@anisena16
@anisena16 4 жыл бұрын
A digital clock: absolutely nothing Doug DeMuro: Ah, a Japanese clock!
@maddoxoliver2418
@maddoxoliver2418 4 жыл бұрын
Why did I picture Doug high af saying that?
@zilfondel
@zilfondel 4 жыл бұрын
Not all cars had clocks back then...
@straightbusta2609
@straightbusta2609 3 жыл бұрын
CLOCK.
@kalmtraveler
@kalmtraveler 3 жыл бұрын
I had a 91 Civic DX sedan around 2001 and it took me weeks of scouring local yards to find a clock with the little door still attached. The hinge plastic is very fragile so even back then most of them were missing the door. Props to the owners of this classic!
@anisena16
@anisena16 3 жыл бұрын
@@zilfondel almost all cars had clocks back then. Even in the 60s.
@bilgetonyukuk5530
@bilgetonyukuk5530 4 жыл бұрын
8:56 "Clock button changer door" in German is "Uhrzeiteinstellungstastenklappe".
@KaleunMaender77
@KaleunMaender77 4 жыл бұрын
What Germans don't have compound words for isn't worth a compound word!
@takahashi111
@takahashi111 4 жыл бұрын
Teacher: make a 1000 word text in German! Students: FUCK!
@Bartonovich52
@Bartonovich52 4 жыл бұрын
Germans: Let’s take all of the words and make a *SUPERWORD!!*
@sieve5
@sieve5 4 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: There are K24 mounts and all wheel drive mounts for this civic lmao.
@loganmai1812
@loganmai1812 4 жыл бұрын
And those are disgusting, sorry not sorry.
@deaf2819
@deaf2819 4 жыл бұрын
OMG VIDEOS !!!! VINE COMPS, TOP 10s AND MORE why are they disgusting? It almost seems like you don’t know what the OP is talking about. My apologies if you do.
@aura2d
@aura2d 4 жыл бұрын
@@loganmai1812 ??? what
@alexander1485
@alexander1485 4 жыл бұрын
@@aura2d he likes little tiny engines making no power driving just teh front wheels instead of all the wheels
@emotionz3
@emotionz3 4 жыл бұрын
The AWD Civic is about as cool as an AWD 323. Even with a Turbo and AWD they are slow and incapable of making reliable power. Those early AWD systems broke around 200ft lbs. This is why every Civic you ever saw at a drag strip was FWD, often with welded diffs, 30mm axles and unstreetable clutches. A friend of mine in Canada had a Mazda Protege AWD, basically the same car, and it was slow as a dog but mostly reliable. The AWD system was open diff front and back so it didn't really offer much over a limited slip FWD setup would...
@misuiu64
@misuiu64 4 жыл бұрын
I loved my red 1990SI. I drove it 11 years commuting 160 miles roundtrip. I watched this video for the memories. .
@julienbee3467
@julienbee3467 3 жыл бұрын
Did you have any trouble with it or spares to changé ?
@misuiu64
@misuiu64 3 жыл бұрын
@@julienbee3467 Not really. At 200,000 miles it did start to burn oil. At 230,00. I replaced it with another SI. It did come with a small spare. I did have to use it once, no problem.
@julienbee3467
@julienbee3467 3 жыл бұрын
@@misuiu64 thanks. I have the 1.4 GL version
@AscendedHazard
@AscendedHazard 4 жыл бұрын
Ah, a car that is as aged as Doug's cargo shorts
@TSSR93
@TSSR93 4 жыл бұрын
That’s the fastest sunroof I’ve a ever seen.
@diablocls55
@diablocls55 4 жыл бұрын
The sunroof in my brothers 97 civic EX opens pretty damn fast I was surprised 😂 both of the power windows came off track lol he can only use AC or sunroof for air circulation
@CameronsCars
@CameronsCars 3 жыл бұрын
When
@TSSR93
@TSSR93 3 жыл бұрын
@@CameronsCars 6:05
@azesniping7155
@azesniping7155 4 жыл бұрын
Other car KZbinrs: This is... Doug: THVVISSSS IS A...
@VramanNoodles
@VramanNoodles 4 жыл бұрын
Smh
@mattfraser9
@mattfraser9 3 жыл бұрын
This was my first car, had it in white and kept it in immaculate condition. Same scenario, bought from the first owner who was getting older at 170K miles. I sold it for more than I bought for in 2011 to get an RSX Type-S. I'll always miss it due to sentimental value. I am now in a 10th Gen. Si and am thrilled to have come full circle.
@lambosteve1000
@lambosteve1000 4 жыл бұрын
Fuel injection in the 80s when tons of cars if not all were carbs was special by that time period...boy have times changed
@axelvazquez9385
@axelvazquez9385 4 жыл бұрын
Uh ... nah. Also this is a 91 hatch.
@emotionz3
@emotionz3 4 жыл бұрын
Initially fuel injection (effectively electronic carburation\throttle body injection) was pretty terrible for power, but was good for emissions and reliability\maintenance. As soon as engines went to port fuel injection (widespread adoption by the late 80's) carburated equivalents of engines almost always made less power, especially with 4-cylinders.
@Kev27RS
@Kev27RS 4 жыл бұрын
@@axelvazquez9385 It was sold between '87 and '91. It's an 80s car.
@joe6096
@joe6096 4 жыл бұрын
Carburetors were gone on most cars by '87. The last car sold in North America with a carburetor was a 1994 Isuzu pickup, but GM, Ford, Chrysler, Honda and Toyota all ditched carbs starting in the 1970s and the only carbed cars GM had left by '87 was the last of the rear drive G-bodies (Regal/Cutlass Supreme/Grand Prix). Ford was done with carbs by '85. Their 231 and 302 went FI in '86. The last Honda with a carburetor was the lowest end Civics and Accords in 1987. Mid and high end Civics and Accords all had FI starting in '85.
@daftnord4957
@daftnord4957 4 жыл бұрын
sort of a fun fact is the last aircooled VW vans were fuel injected
@The_sinner_Jim_Whitney
@The_sinner_Jim_Whitney 4 жыл бұрын
21:09- lies. That is EXACTLY what I want. Crank windows, manual locks, manual seats, manual mirrors, manual transmission... I want AC and cruise control. Hell, I can add aftermarket cruise. I don't even want carpet.
@MjekuMati
@MjekuMati 4 жыл бұрын
Right? I don’t want so much complicated stuff on my car. It makes them cost 40,000 and impossible to repair for a normal person.
@bob15479
@bob15479 4 жыл бұрын
I want AC, cruise, and a body with modern crash dynamics.
@The_sinner_Jim_Whitney
@The_sinner_Jim_Whitney 4 жыл бұрын
Mark Brand I don't even want that. I drive defensively, and new crash stuff is the reason even 'lightweight' 'sports' cars are bloated pigs that regular people can't work on very easily.
@LGinux
@LGinux 4 жыл бұрын
@@The_sinner_Jim_Whitney Preach brother.
@brentvance3958
@brentvance3958 4 жыл бұрын
I have a Ford Fiesta and it has A/C and cruise but nothing else. Bluetooth is standard. Crank windows. No power door locks and 10 air bags.
@diablabokchoi
@diablabokchoi 4 жыл бұрын
Those cubbies in the back are for HONDA’s stereo speakers if purchased through options. 👍🏾🍁🔥🇨🇦
@sheldonspiggle7199
@sheldonspiggle7199 4 жыл бұрын
My car has that option.. But I have never seen a non a/c si car before, I wonder how many of them were made like this.
@110380michael
@110380michael 4 жыл бұрын
I thought so.
@93hokie
@93hokie 4 жыл бұрын
My DX had that option as well. 2 rear speakers.
@93hokie
@93hokie 4 жыл бұрын
Again I said DX. I think I meant LX. Mid trim.
@H.E.R.e
@H.E.R.e 4 жыл бұрын
93hokie93 lx was only a sedan. Dx is the mid trim of hatchbacks when it comes to United States idk other countries tho
@ManuelRibis
@ManuelRibis 3 жыл бұрын
I had it, and I miss it so much! Doug, did you know, that there was a limousine version of that? Honda made it possible to TURN ON AND TURN OFF the 4 wheel drive, just with a long ratchet extension. You can also remove the rubber air intake at the air filter box to hear the motor "breathing" - I miss my honda so much! I had 7 of them. All rusted away in the rear left wheel area.
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