Originally Posted by dontknoa

The TC is an $18,000 alternative to the Civic. It's a great alternative and a great value. It has a torquey enough motor to get to highway speed quickly, and also gets decent gas mileage. It has a great interior and safety features. It's a VALUE. When you start bolting on parts, you end up losing that value, since you are no longer getting more car for your money. Quick example: adding a turbo/supercharger, suspension, headers, etc. to bring your performance level up you can easily spend 10k on the TC. If you take that 10k and invest it in a better car like a lexus IS or a pontiac G8, it will be faster and better than your turbo TC, will also have full warranty AND last a lot longer.. There will always be people who rice out their car, no matter what it is. I'm not one of them, but I don't mind other people doing it, so don't get too offended at this post. I'm just saying what the Tc means to me. No matter what you bolt on it, its still gonna be a Tc.