alfred wrote:
> Thanks, I kind of thought that would help. I have been told that a manual is
> better in the snow than without, but never tested it to see if that is true.
>
> Another thing I wanted to know about is the premium gas requirement for the
> Si. How set in stone is this? I am curious because its really just a 2.0 4
> cyl

just a 2.0 4 cyl??? it puts out 100hp per liter!!! a crown vic takes
4.6 liters to get the same 200 hp. now, given the math, which motor is
more likely to need the high octane gas???

> and i cant figure out why they require premium for it and if I used
> regular unleaded what would happen?

high compression requires high octane to prevent detonation.

>
> Thanks,
> Al
>
>
>
> "Gordon McGrew" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Sat, 5 May 2007 06:06:34 -0700, BlackGT2000
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> The new civics do have very low ground clearance. If you plan on
>>> driving through anything more than a couple inches I don't think it
>>> would be advised.
>> If you drive it in the city, I doubt there will be much problem as
>> long as you have good snow tires. I drive my GS-R in pretty heavy
>> snow and it does better than about 90% of the cars out there. Good
>> snow tires make a world of difference.
>>
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