A bit of background - I'm a Honda fan, enthusiast, die hard, fan boy, etc.... whatever you want to call it. If it's Honda, I like it. I got my first Honda, a 1990 Civic Si, when I was 14 years old, some 14 years ago actually! Since then, I've loved Honda and have always owned a Honda. I went through a whole bunch of them in HS... always chasing what I thought I needed, or just changing things up. After some time and maturing, I've realized it isn't about having this or that to post about it online, or to aim for "perfection" in a sense that if you don't have a set of $2500 wheels, then it isn't good, or the paint needing to be immaculate to feel accepted. That's something I've always thought I needed, but now I realize I don't. You just need to have fun throughout the process - hunting down the chassis, picking parts, installing, and racing. One aim = fun! The form comes from the function and through this you can have fun.
In 2010/2011 I purchased a 92 EG from a local junkyard with seized up D15. I put another D15 in it and ran around like that for awhile and it was my daily. Eventually, I swapped a JDM GSR B18C in it from Hmotorsonline. I was into drag racing a lot (and still enjoy it), but then I did a track day (after my life was changed doing 2 laps on the Nurburgring on a vacation) in 2012 and the experience of that really stuck with me. Some time passed and I actually ended up selling that car once I purchased a 2015 Chevy SS (Holden Commodore SSV) earlier this year. My dad bought one too and after I drove his I thought I should buy one, so I did haha. It was a nice experience but it never felt right to me, I just belong in a Honda. I did one track day in the SS and while it was a blast, I just got tired of how expensive the car was so I put it up for sale, and it sold about a month later.
Which brings us to now. A few weeks ago I purchased a decent condition 1993 Honda Civic VX hatchback. This will be the car that I feel I can bring to life all the ideas of what makes a fun car to me, in my favorite Honda chassis made.
At a rest stop in PA, somewhere along the way to pick up the car, 10 hours from where I live. This is my daily 2007 Civic Si.
On the way back now, straight through... about 22 hours total trip.
Back home the day after.
So what is h-garage? It's just a name I came up with for kinda the "zone" I go into when working on and planning the modification process for the car. It's a place where people can come together and share their thoughts, offer help and advice, and just have fun doing it. h-garage can be anywhere you're working on your car.
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