2006 Honda Civic Si Road Test
This thing is loud, it's obnoxious, and it's perfect for me. I jest, I jest. It's not exactly perfect for me, but it's so much like me that I had to get that off my hairy chest right away. Those were my primary first impressions, which remain relatively unchanged at the end of a week-long stint, but I learned how to extract almost every ounce of go-juice from this torqueless wonder. Yeah, 197 horsepower is all well and good, but 139 lb-ft of torque? I think I used to drive a riding mower that had more torque. Okay, I exaggerate, but the inflated horsepower, low torque and boy-racer muffler means you're in for a lot of loud, heavy-footed clutch drops and a lick of spinning rubber before the limited slip differential kicks in and launches you away from traffic.