2018 Honda Civic Si Sedan Review | iDSC032

2018 Honda Civic Si Sedan Review – Rock Honda This car is a blast to drive!  It's sporty styling not only looks the part but the 2018 Honda Civic Si Sedan’s performance delivers.  We picked one up from Rock Honda in the Los Angeles suburb of Fontana for a half-day test drive.  Hear the details - including one of the Civic Si’s features that we think should be on every car on the road – in this episode of iDriveSoCal. ***Transcript*** Recording date – February 13, 2018 Tom Smith: Welcome to iDriveSoCal the podcast all about mobility from the automotive capital of the US – Southern California. I’m Tom Smith and in this podcast I’m stepping out on my own for a vehicle review. I miss the Professor, Mr. Clinton Quan already! But don’t worry – he’ll be back about a week. And actually, this is for Wednesday’s episode. But don’t miss Friday when we’ll do another vehicle review but with our newest contributor Ms. Bernadette Sanicola! To be honest we’ve already recorded that one and it’s great – she’s great. Super knowledgeable about all things automotive. And both Clinton and Bernadette bury my knowledge base about cars but I still love them. Like Car Crazy Barry Meguiar says, car-guy or car-gal is exactly that doesn’t matter how old you are, where you come from, how much money you have – what you drive or if you drive. If you love cars there’s an immediate bond with other people that do to. Which brings me to the hard not to love 2018 Honda Civic Si Sedan. Even I can review this vehicle because it’s so fun, easy and accessible. And before recording this I actually did have a talk with the Professor – to cover my butt – didn’t want to miss anything obvious that I should point out and he said the 2018 Honda Civic Si is definitely an enthusiast’s car because it only comes in a stick shift. Now that happens to be why I wanted to drive it. I just felt like driving a sporty stick shift for a half day so I called my friend David Latif who’s the General Manager over at Rock Honda and suggested we do a review and he said sure! I love that aspect of my job! Anyway the Civic has an entire family of options within the Honda line-up: Civic Sedan Civic Coupe Civic Hatchback All of those have their own trim levels. Then there’s the sporty options: Civic Si Coupe Civic Si Sedan – which is what I drove. And the new bad-boy Civic the Type R I’d love to drive the Type R they’ve been so hot I haven’t been able to get my hands on one yet. But I know David at Rock Honda is going to hook me up when he can. For my thrill-seeker level the Civic Si Sedan was plenty of car. And for starters it’s just a great looking car. The Si styling inside and out looks great. It looks sporty in tough kind of way. By the way the Si in Honda’s world stands for Sport Injected. On the outside you have great accents like: The rear spoiler, Great looking 18” machine finished alloy rims and A grill that makes a statement. Inside you have: Carbon fiber dash accents Stainless steel clutch, brake and accelerator pedals Red hue dash lighting Red accent stitching on the steering wheel and gear shifter knob. And my favorite - the seats! They’re Si branded but It’s the bolsters and lumbar support When you get in the car and; Settle into the sport seat. Grab the sport wheel and gear shifter Then put your feet on the racing inspired pedals ...