RE: Shed Of The Week: Honda Civic VTI Aerodeck

[Brompty]

I love everything about this Shed: the colour, the carpets and seats, the engine - with a brace no less - and the weird angles some of the photographs have been taken. Won't buy one though...

[MajorMantra]

Good shed, awful colour, worse ad.

[Adamski69]

Didn't read the ad earlier.. WhereTF did they get the performance figures? I genuinely like mine and dearly wish it could match that!!

[vtec420]

I have one as my shed. Rollbar + mg zs suspension + p72 ecu + JDM dc2 4-1 manifold + dc2 airbox. 41,000 miles. Tip runner;fiesta st killer; dog n bike carrier. It's so ugly it's sexy. Flogging it soon as just want a change.

[Matt Bird]

J4CKO said:

Adamski69 said:

J4CKO said:

Seeing that doesn't make me want it, just makes me want a takeaway delivery.

Hey, at least it would get to you quick...

Our local Kebab emporium is very quick, a chubby girl delivered our food one night not long ago and I expressed my amazement that it had arrived so quickly, like 15 mins or less to make, package and deliver four meals, whilst she was stood on the doorstep I could hear a noisy-ish engine being revved and it was her driver turning round at the end of the road, she answered my amazement at the delivery speed by saying "We can do it as we deliver in a sports car", I thought I would wait to see if my Large Chicken kebab had been delivered in a Caterham, Elise or an S2000, er it looked suspiciously like a knackered MG ZR with mismatched panels, dents and "Lexus" lights, I was taken nostalgically back to 2002 when every pimply herbert had a ZR and drove like a tit, I didnt engage her in the traditional debate as to what constitutes a Sportscar as normals find that a bit weird, even if she was on very shaky ground.

Funny you should say that!

http://www.pistonheads.com/regulars/ph-fleet/honda...

[Quail]

I had a VTI Aerodeck for a couple years. I loved it; very unassuming, although definitely not fast by modern standards.

Hilarious lift-off oversteer in my 100K example. Mine was bulletproof - I was a student when I owned it so it went totally neglected. It never gave me any real issues.

I moved on to an Accord Type-R afterwards, which was another level of VTEC-hilarity.

Edited by Quail on Friday 6th November 22:23

[Mr Tidy]

Err, it's a Hucking Fonda FFS - spoonerisms are so helpful avoiding the PC B*****KS!!

Why would anyone need to get to the tip so quickly (other than to dump the "car").

[carpetsoiler]

"...but name us another family wagon that will be as reliable and quick (at the same time) as this, and as good an all-rounder, for an even grand or less."

E36 328i Tourings are still dirt cheap, mine cost me £750 before I started laying into it.

I have no doubt that you could find an A4 1.8T Avant for a similar price, and that'll be just as quick/practical.

The Honda does have a strange appeal to it, but I certainly prefer the hatch/coupé equivalents... one of those with a B18 in it would be just perfect.

[RoverP6B]

Can I just gloat (again) over my £595 E39 535i shed? 99,975 miles at collection, and apart from springing a top hose off and breaking a window regulator, a year on it's been utterly faultless.

[the_hood]

I toyed with the idea of buying the hatchback version of the VTi when they were still in production. I ended buying a VTi Coupe a few years later.
The interior looks horribly dated now and the colour isn't doing it any favours either.

[Axionknight]

RoverP6B said:

Can I just gloat (again) over my £595 E39 535i shed? 99,975 miles at collection, and apart from springing a top hose off and breaking a window regulator, a year on it's been utterly faultless.

No, you may not - ps off.

[anonymous-user]

RoverP6B said:

Can I just gloat (again) over my £595 E39 535i shed? 99,975 miles at collection, and apart from springing a top hose off and breaking a window regulator, a year on it's been utterly faultless.

Great estate car...oh wait

[s m]

Adamski69 said:

The original car when new ran on Bridgestone Potenza RE080'S, Still got the original tyre on my spare wheel, unused. Very simila tyre to what they ran on the DC2 Integra TYPE R I think but may be corrected on that. Point is that they were sticky. Can't get them anymore so after a few false starts ended up with a compromise of all round performance and wear in Falken ZE912'S now ZE914'S. Just in case anyone was shopping for tyre's for one...;)

Your memory serves you well Adamski

[RoverP6B]

yonex said:

Great estate car...oh wait

True, they didn't do a 535i Touring, I've a battered 520iT for the odd occasion when I need a tailgate and folding seats...

[scottracing]

couldnt believe when i logged on to have a look at pistonheads, to find the car I bought as shed of the week
I had it valeted today and its looking great, the bodywork is great even the rear arches are mint.
I needed a bigger car rather thsn the crx or my classic mini as we've had a baby, my original plan was to stick a roof rack on the mini for family duties

The seller was a chip shop owner who sells cars on the side, pretty sound guy in reality and there was plenty of paperwork and service history.
A little disappointed with the steering feedback and how much noisy pedal I need to give it, but at least the missus can drive it too.
Got a few subtle mods planned,but it will allow me to take the crx of the road and do the sills and replace the arch.All in all for a sensible family wagon its great.

[scottracing]

[MaxA]

Excellent sheddery. A real find in my view!

[jontbone]

RoverP6B said:

Can I just gloat (again) over my £595 E39 535i shed? 99,975 miles at collection, and apart from springing a top hose off and breaking a window regulator, a year on it's been utterly faultless.

Bargain of the century, an absolute steal at £600. My father-in-law would sell internal organs for that, he's wanted one for years.

As for the Aerodeck, I find it strangely appealing. It looks pony but with 8500 redline and 0-60 in 8secs I think its a fantastic shed if you need a cheap practical runabout. I'd have it myself if I could justify it. Often find myself searching for bargain Prelude 2.2 vti's too...

[carpetsoiler]

KimJongHealthy said:

£750 E36 328i will likely have a terminal problem you discover 15 miles from the seller. I owned A4 1.8T (quattro) and the only time I saw it doing over 30mpg was when I was engine braking downhill..

Civic wins as a practical, quite reliable and cheap to run banger.

I bought that £750 328i in October 2012 and I'm still driving it now. It didn't need any major work for the first 6/7 months of ownership, and the only reason I laid into the clutch was because I couldn't abide the dual mass flywheel on it. I have no doubt that it would've been fine if left alone.

The A4 must've been broken- they're usually good for mid-30s if not tweaked.

Civic is a good contender, but not the *only* choice out there if you're after something remotely practical and quick. That was my point.

[carinaman]

scottracing said:

Nice photo. Are you going to do the ZS180 rear ARB mod?