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I am selling my Honda Civic VX because it will not pass CA smog testing due to a cracked exhaust manifold. The exhaust manifold is California-specific and is unique to the VX and CX Civics which makes the part relatively rare, and as a result I've been unable to find a replacement part; the manufacturer has discontinued it, no aftermarket company offers it, and I was unable to find any used replacements.

You may have better luck or more patience finding a good CA-specific manifold. Or, since there are many other Civic engines that would fit into the VX, you could swap in a different engine. The VX is very light (300lbs lighter than the Si HB) that with a different engine it would perform really well. Yet another option would be to take it out of state; the non-Cali parts (new and used) are much more abundant.

The previous owner was the original owner and used it to commute ~100 miles per day on the freeway. The car still runs great; last timing belt change was at 300,000; last oil change was about 200 miles ago, and coolant was replaced about 100 miles ago. No leaks, no overheating, and negligible oil consumption (about 1/2 to 1 quart per oil change).

The car is being sold as-is; this is your chance to get a legendary fuel miser (I averaged 50mpg during the time that I drove it) for little money and a little work.

Thank you for bidding.

Pros:

AC works (blows cold) + heater works
Starts and runs great, even with the cracked manifold
Amazing Fuel Economy without the expense or complexity of a hybrid
Not riced/hacked
Minimal surface rust
Includes MPGuino (small computer for tracking fuel economy)
Includes factory service manual
Includes both California and Federal ECUs (Federal is installed right now)
Includes 4 wire and 5 wire (installed) O2 sensors
Includes passenger side mirror and passenger mirror block off (installed)

Cons:

As mentioned, cracked exhaust manifold so it cannot be smogged in California unless a replacement part is found and installed
Intermittent speedometer/odometer

The odo shows 324,473 miles; another ~30K to 40K miles have been added since the odo went out

Some dents because tree branch (see pictures)

A tree branch fell on the car in 2009, denting the roof and the passenger-side area around the hatch

Only one speaker works
CV joint boots torn; probably needs a CV joint rebuild as it's making noise while turning
Drivers seat bolster torn

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Mon, 10 Mar 2014

Never mind what the executives say - we've had a sneaking suspicion all along that the upcoming Honda Civic Type R won't be coming to North America. And with good reason: both the prototype we drove in Japan and the concept unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show last week were based on the European-spec Civic hatchback - not to mention that some of the best hot hatches remain out of our reach.
Well it turns out we're not the only ones with that concern. There are legions of Honda hot hatch enthusiasts right here in the good old U S of A who want to see the new Civic Type R ripping up the Great American Road. And many of them are taking to the cyberclouds demanding that Honda bring it Stateside, post haste.
As of the time of writing, this online petition has gotten over 6,000 digital signatures, needing less than 1,500 more to get to the author's target of 7,500 votes. Of course, if and when the petition reaches its target, that still won't mean that Honda will bring it over, but it could mean that extra bit of encouragement the Japanese automaker's executives would need to tip the scales in our favor.

Watch Honda lay waste to world's fastest lawnmower record

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Honda has been working on its high-performance Mean Mower for a while now. In a recent attempt to take the top speed title, it didn't make its 130-miles-per-hour top speed target, but it still managed to set a new Guinness World Record has the world's fastest lawnmower at 116.57 mph. While the video certifying the run was uploaded to YouTube on April 1, this is no prank. The Guinness run was made on March 8 at the Idiafa Proving Ground in Tarragona, Spain.
To claim the record, the lawnmower had to run through a 100-meter speed trap, and it had to make two passes in opposite directions within an hour with the average taken between them. Guinness also specifies that to take the title the vehicle must still be able to cut grass and look like a lawnmower. The speed was still plenty to beat the previous record of 96.529-mph set by Bobby Cleveland on a Snapper race mower at the Bonneville Salt Flats in September 2010.
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2015 Honda Fit production gets underway in Mexico

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After two years of construction, Honda's new factory in Celaya, Mexico, has officially begun production of the all-new 2015 Fit in North America. Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and Honda President and CEO Takanobu Ito both attended the opening and watched the first Fit roll off the line at the $800-million plant. Later this year, Honda will add production of its new Vezel small crossover to the new facility, though the latter is expected to be marketed in North America under a new name.
The Celaya factory will specialize in building subcompact cars by employing cutting-edge tech to use less material and less energy during production. Honda is still constructing a $470-million transmission plant on the campus to build continuously variable transmissions in the second half of 2015. When it's finished, it is expected to have an annual capacity of 200,000 vehicles and employ 3,200 people.
With the facility's completion, Honda now has a 1.92-million unit annual production capacity in North America, and it claims that when Celaya reaches full production, 95-percent of vehicles sold in the US will be built in North America. The new Fit has already proven quite popular in Japan, and now we will have to wait and see if North American buyers embrace it as well. The first new Fit customer cars will hit the roads later this spring, and as Honda spokesman Steve Kinkade tells Autoblog, all Fit models sold in North American will be built at the plant. Scroll down to read the full press release about the Fit and its new Mexican home.

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