So, its no secret that I dig Japanese cars. I certainly have a special place in my automotive heart for the Honda Civic. I've owned 2 and am looking for #3. Why? It's a Civic? They're boring, cheap, small, chick cars with no power and are front wheel drive (FF = front engine, front wheel drive). Well, lemme "splain"...Being a father of 4 with a mortgage, a retirement plan, food storage, swim lessons, youth baseball, basketball and soccer, 2.5 kids still in diapers...shall I go on?...then you now see the Civic's big advantage. Cheap, reliable transportation. For a car guy, the Honda Civic also offers a lightweight chassis (1992-00 Civics weigh 2200-2500lbs), amazing mpg (I've average 39mpg), double wishbone suspension at all 4 corners, ease of transplanting other more powerful Honda/Acura engines and likely THE biggest aftermarket, making the Civic is a great choice. For this post, I bring you one such Civic, a budget Time Attack machine owned by Tag Evanson of Arizona. These pictures are from 2008 at GT Live at the Miller Motorsports Park. Tag Evanson is from Arizona and made the trip up to Utah for...
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