Frizzle86 Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 Hi, well i have a few questions about the Unique Honda (civic) Del Sol. First let me fill you in on my situation. Next month I will be graduating college, and I have a job already lined up. I currently drive a Manual 5spd 2000 Cougar, its a nice car but, it sucks up too much gas for a daily driver (19MPG city) and there are a few problems that have come up with the car recently and has become quite the annoyance. Besides with the extra cash i will have comming in and living at home with the parents i figure i could buy a early C5 Corvette for a nice weekend toy. The problem is that one can not afford 2 carpayments, and 2 cars that aint so great on gas for a daily commute. So i plan to save up around 4-5K and sell the cougar, buy a fairly nice but cheap daily driver/commuter (easy on gas, and insurance). Save up some more $ then for a down payment on the vette with in about a 6 months or so. The Del Sol, is a unique car. It looks nice, and from what i have read gets good gas milage. I am looking at the Si for the better MPG and HP combination. This car needs to be reliable, able to handel a total of 50 miles a day of a daily commute a combination of highway and city driving. Most importantly it must be comfortable, in cold weather and drive nicely in the snow. I live in South East PA so our winters are not the worst but aint too pleasent either. So is the Del Sol a good car for me, or am I looking at the wrong car? (btw preformance in terms of, extreme mods mean little. Thats what my vette is for ;)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRG7 Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 depending on your insurance company, the del sol might be considered a "sports car". it's listed as one on my insurance... but then there are insurance companies that only list it as a civic. either way, the insurance won't be comparable between the del sol and corvette. i live in new york, around the pa, nj area... i use the del sol si as my daily driver... i don't drive it much in the winter, but it does alright stock in the winter. mine's lowered 2.5" on 16's as well, so it's a little worse in the winter now. as for gas mileage, it's a honda, so that pretty much tells you what you need to know. comfortable? it depends on your size. my sister complains about driving my del sol, she feels it's too small for her and she's about 5'8-6'0... however, my brother who's at least 6'0 doesn't complain too much about it. the seats are the most comfortable stock honda seats available as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercutio Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 I wouldn't normally bring it up but... Civic del Sol = Civic of the sun in spanish so a hot climate for the T-top might be preferable, but not neccessary. The only disadvantage is that they seat two, just like the vette. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frizzle86 Posted April 28, 2004 Author Share Posted April 28, 2004 thanks for the reply. I am not sure what my insurance company will list the Del Sol as. Right now i pay about 2k every 6 months for my current car. I am think I will have to pay around 800-1k every 6 months due to the fact I will own the car outright and have minium coverage. In terms of comfort, i am 6ft 1 inch tall fairly wide shoulders from playin sports in college. I am not so concerned about actualy fitting inside (I guess I'll find out when i go to 'test drive' one in terms of fit), but if the Heater works well. I know my 88 Shadow took forever to warm up, now my coug only takes 3 mins, which is very nice during freezing temps. I know the car is light, and that makes it eaiser to slide in bad weather. But say in 3-4 inches of snow can i still get down the road, to work? 2 seater is not important to me, if i want to carry things i'll barrow my dads F150. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercutio Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 I was mostly talking about people, but I guess im used ot being a kid and having o taxi my friends around, heh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolf877 Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 Oh the car is marvolous in the winter and gets good gas milage. I have driven the car every where. In a typical day I drive the car 60-80 miles and still gas up once a week. Not counting the weekends. For the car being driven in winter well I live at Minneapolis Minnesota which we get lots of snow. It's small so you think you will slide all over but no, infact I have never slid on that car well except when I drove it on a lake. I drove a 95 Jetta for the winter and that car was all over the rode. I have driven the Del Sol through 6-10 inches of snow. So yes it's great in winter. By the way the heater works real good also. I espcialy like the vent by the leg thigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddySol Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 I have an Si...and did lil' maintainance to the sucker, and the thing just passed 200k. Run the car 50 highway miles a day. And prolly fill up at least three-four times a week...I'm such a leadfoot and often travel out to L.A. after work, which is not that close to the O.C. I'd say that's pretty reliable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRG7 Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 as for heat, del sol heat is amazing... usually can't turn it past 1 in the winter time because it's too hot otherwise... as for warm-up time, just a few minute warm-up while you're inside getting ready is usually suffice. there's plenty of room for storage in the car as well, and the trunk can fit quite a bit... and two seaters are great for NOT having to be people's "taxi" lol... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercutio Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 Don't I know it. I wanted an FD, but can't afford one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackdelsol Posted May 17, 2004 Share Posted May 17, 2004 I just got my del sol s, so whatever you can derive from my experience I know not. The s is not as fast as the si, but it gets great gas mileage. I have not driven it in the winter as of yet, so that will be an interesting experience. I am considering lowering it an inch or two, so that might diminish its winter capabilities. It is fun though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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