Re: Carfax, Buying Used, & Craigslist.org

"Elle" <honda.lioness@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in news:8Ax9k.6547$i55.1367
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> Archival point: The 1990 Civic hatchback compared to a 91 
> Civic LX Sedan (my car) is lighter by around 150 lbs, and is 
> 10-inches shorter. Ten inches is not small potatoes to me. 
> Can't find the height from the ground for the hatchback, but 
> it has seemed lower on the three or so hatches I have looked 
> at. Interior dimensions on the hatchback are mostly a bit 
> smaller than the sedan.



I actually have a Honda shop manual for this vehicle. It was recently 
purchased ($40 on eBay, including ****pping) with funds donated for the 
www.tegger.com/hondafaq Web site. Thanks very much to all those who have 
contributed. Big or small, it all helps.

'88-'91 Civic dimensions are as follows...

Hatchback:
Width 66.3"
Track 57.1" front, 57.3" rear
Wheelbase 98.4"
Overall length 157.1"
Overall height 52.5"

Sedan:
Width 66.7"
Track 57.1" front, 57.3" rear
Wheelbase 98.4"
Overall length 168.8"
Overall height 53.5"

No curb weights are given in Honda shop manuals, just gross weights.

Assuming the diagrams are correctly scaled (not relative to each other, 
just within each diagram), all of the 11.7" difference in overall length
is 
in the rear overhang. The fronts of both body styles appear to be 
identical.

What I find interesting here is that the Integra of those same years
(which 
is Civic-based) has a 2" longer wheelbase in addition to 3.6" increased 
length, sedan versus hatchback.


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