You guys... always slamming Civics.
I too came from the Civic family, a very old family. I used to own (bought from a previous girlfriend) a 1980 Civic HB (2nd gen Civic) and had an absolute BLAST with the car. AutoX and Road Rally w/e's were a must for a while with that car. Plus, what ever I did to her she responded to positively. She only seemed to get better and never, EVER complained. Making more power in that car truly did improve mileage too. I did have to switch to pure premium after the distributor/timing mod but to go from 28-32 mpg in normal driving it was worth it, especially when I had my foot in it ALL THE TIME back then.
These cars are largely forgotten, but the Mazda I have now still runs only a close second to that car. what can you say about a small, short car that only weighed a ton with me and full tank of fuel on-board?
And my girlfriend? She replaced it with a then new '87 HB that wasn't nearly as much fun, nor did it last as long.