http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...497279659&rd=1

Too bad its not a manual

 

If you really want an EL just drive into Canada, they're all over the place and you can get them cheap. Just a pimped out Civic though, not a really great car, really underpowered

The listing seems to have a few errors though. Says it has climate control, which wasn't available until 2001 (I had a 2000 EL up until 2 months ago when I bought my TSX)

 

just looks like a rebadged civic to me

 

Well yah thats what it is... just dont see many imported

 

wrong climate control wasn't introduced until 2003
i have a 2002 and it does not have climate control
i'm getting rid of my 1.7EL and trading up to a TSX
some of the info is wrong
its not a 1.8L its a 1.6 hence the 1.6 EL

 

You're right, my bad. It was 2003 not 2001. I had a loaner when I brought in my old EL and I just assumed they put in climate control when they came out with the 1.7

 

The 97 to 00 EL while a Civic at least looked quite different from a Civic. The 01 to 03 went the other way to the point I had trouble distinguishing it from a Civic. The 04 had again widened that gap (Civic changed as well though) so at least now I know its an EL. But with the release of the Civic Si Sedan last year I really don't see the need for an EL unless you really want leather and those few extra feautures. Now if they threw the 2.0L 160HP motor in there, its a different ballgame.

 

04 widens the gap in terms of features, standard fogs, leather, climate control but from a performance stand point, its the same
just have wait until the re-design or elmination of the EL

 

I drove the EL twice as the loaner. The material is so damn cheap and its way too underpowered.

 

its a civic with leather

 

I thought for sure gilbo would have something more negative to add.

 

After the 2000 model year, I'm not sure you could get a Civic with the 127HP VTEC engine....you could only get it with the base model 115 whatever HP non VTEC.

There are a few other differences, such as standard 4 wheel discs, and little stuff like how there's no key hole in the trunk (Civics have this because you can get a Civic without remote keyless), and I think they're a bit more sound damped, and you can get leather if you want. Some of the interior details are just different enough to make the EL just a tiny bit more "luxurious".

That said, you can get most of those differences in the new Civic Si Sedan (ie. they were available in the Si, but that was a coupe).

The EL's a good starter car, but I'm chomping at the bit to get a TSX!