For Sale: Aerodynamic Civic. HEAVILY MODDED.
 

Yup, that's right she's for sale.
I need a truck for my little organic farming venture, and the civic's been sitting around the driveway too much lately.
So, if anyone of you folks want a cheap project car that you won't have to feel bad about making any uglier, this is it.

I've achieved 72.8mpg with this car, and I'm not to terribly skilled a driver. Here in Missouri my mileage has been worse, but you can still expect to get into the 55-60mpg range in the summer. Once you get back out of state, to more hypermiler-friendly non-ethanol gasoline, you can fully expect the MPG's to go up. (see my fuel-log in my profile for details)

The stats:
1994 Honda Civic CX
1.5L SOHC (non-vtec) engine (same as CRX HF)
5-speed manual transmission (same as VX)
317,000 miles.
Drivers and Passenger airbags
Interior is in very good shape for it's age.

New parts within the last 18 months:
2 new tires
Deep cycle battery
water pump
head gasket
timing belt
alternator belt

Mods (at least all the ones I can remember):
Engine kill switch
Deep cycle battery
Voltmeter
Integrated battery charger
MPGuino
Engine block heater
Hot air intake
Radiator fan "on" indicator light
Dash-mounted grille-opening-control
Smooth wheel covers (on front wheels)
Rear wheel skirts
Grille block
Mirror delete with interior "blind spot" mirrors
Full boat tail
Partial rear belly pan
Side skirts

I'm hoping to get this car to someone else who'll enjoy it as much as I have, an I'm only wanting to get back what I initially put into it, an entire $1000.

So if you've any interest, let me know.

-Andrew

*edit* - I totally forgot the pics.

So here they are:

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Wow! Someone's got a chance to get a real performer for $1k.

Good luck, Andrew. Hope someone here picks it up.

If it wasn't so far away i might be interested. It would be fun to see what you get for mileage with a VTEC in it.

justin

Student loan, anyone???
 

Oh, man! Someone loan me 1000 bucks until I get out of school!!!

...if I wasn't already so deep into my credit cards I'd use them! :D

EDIT: Did you get tired of the front air dam getting smacked???

Someone's going to get a great bargain. Wish I had the extra cash at the moment. But hey, if you ever need a farm-hand over the summer (not sure where you'll be doing the it) I live in Columbia. Good luck :)

I see the potential for AerocivicII for the next person that buys this. Good luck on the sale Andrew.

Well, I didn't so much get tired of the airdam. I wish I still had it, but it had an unfortunate interaction with a rutted driveway in which it got completely ripped off.

Sadly, I didn't have enough remaining ABS to make another one.

why are you selling it just to get a truck? i've hauled and towed with my civic and still got 39mpg, twice what the ford ranger that my parents have gets.

Agreed. Europeans haul travel trailers with small cars.

I can't exactly go to the municipal compost facility and have them load up my civic. That and hauling straw bales, veggies to the farmers market and all of that. I'm all for people cutting down on truck use (I'm looking for a little 4cyl 2wd toyota, not a big full-size truck), but a car just won't cut it on the farm.

i wish you good luck on your sale


your thread was one of the things that let me to this site

its just one of those things that make this place "ecomodders"

i hope whoever gets it continues to post updates


(i was also wondering what happened to the front dam, thanks for clearing it up)

Its most of the way there. All you would need to do is complete the belly pan, add rear wheel and muffler boattails, front and rear wheel spoilers, inner side skirts, front wheel well skirts, and a nosepiece with integrated driver adjustable radiator inlet, and you'll have a close match for my car. Just imagine, 90+ mpg cruising at 65mph on the interstate and people everywhere taking pictures of your car. It could be yours for a grand.

$1000 is a great price. I hope whoever buys it appreciates the work you put into it.

I soo wish I had the room in the garage for this. Alas, I have no room for another car, I don't even have room for a car with a boattail, lol.

Someone in MN near me buy this so I can help them work on it and live vicariously through them.

Hmmm...
I DO have a brother who lives in MPLS. He's even down here visiting the family for a week or two...

Darn! I wish I lived closer! Only $1000. I wonder if you wait for the gas prices to go up again (which they are), if you couldn't get more. Especially if you advertised the gas mileage!

Come to think of it, I wonder if it would even fit in my garage with the boattail.

there ya go! sell it to him and have him drive it back and get a hold of me. I even have a spare D15Z1 that we can throw in there and get him 100+ mpg.

We can't "really" afford it, but I even got my wife's blessing! BUT - Columbia, MO is over 2,000 miles from western Washington. Too much... just... too... much...

Weren't you in northern California last year? My wife would have been OK to drive down there... oh - so close.

But just for the sake of information: anything that is wrong with it? (My wife made me ask... :rolleyes:) What items would need replacing in the next 10,000 miles for example? Tire tread depth? Brakes? Clutch? How often was the oil changed? Previous owners?

The next owner will be a lucky person... good luck finding a new home for your ride. :thumbup:

Mine is just a tad over 15 feet long, about the length of a mid-sized SUV. If you can fit a Ford Explorer in your garage, a boattailed Civic hatchback will fit.

Andrew: I'll blog this up and put it on the front page next week if you haven't sold it.

wow....I thought it said Columbia, MD you were about to have a sale.

glws it is a great deal for a civic even with mods or without

If it's sold yet, I may be considering a road trip to pick up this baby! ;)

I cant believe I never saw this...Only 1k? I want.

I'll trade you my neon for it ;)

Someone please bring this to Hybridfest Green Drive Expo so we can sell it!
I'm sure someone would want to buy it.

At the very least the ecomodder booth should have some print outs identifying that it's for sale!

I am sure we can do that much, though Andrew might not want to drive the 9 hours up there :)

It would be interesting seeing the only two boattailed Civics in existence side by side at Green Drive Expo.

I PM'd andrew to tell him to come, who knows if he'll have time though. I will also offer to drive him back down to Columbia if the car sells at the show :)

available still ?

I live in Charlotte, NC and I'll buy it!

Aerocivic
 

Did you sell this great car?

Don Buckshot
Roeland Park, Ks (Kansas City)

Did you sell your car? Is it street legal?

Thank you in advance,

Craig McManus
334-828-1024

Whatever happened to the car!?!?!?

I read over 35 pages of mods and then discussion of sale... all bringing me to a big stinky dead ending thread :(

heey question sorry i know it's TOOOOTALLY off topic but i'm new to the forum i notice the little green things that say how far above the EPA rated MPG you are I was wondering how you get those under your posts

Please use the search engine or look around first. The answer to your question is one of the stickies in the Forum News and Feedback subforum. Please do not multiply posts when you don't have to.

Hi, any news of the car ,
I donated my 5 door, manual '92 metro in 2003 and am still sorry

Updates?

OMG I got excited........

then I read the date of the first post......

Major letdown :(

After reading this entire thread, just wondering who bought the car? And what state?