Perhaps the only compromise in the exterior has got to be the wheels.  Sticking to the stock Yokohama B305 195 / 55 VR 15 tires means a bit of performance was traded for ride comfort, but hey…if you are going to use it everyday, might as well make it easy on your butt, right?

Apart from the racing gauges and drilled pedals, the interior is still from the stock Honda Civic SiR.  This means that the car has a dull and dated look to it.  In fact, most if not all of the materials and switchgears in the Civic SiR look as if it did not belong there. The seats and interior trim for instance boasts of a thunder and lightning look fabric, making it border between the awful and the cheesy.  The plastics look dated and dreary, especially the center console with its wide array of look alike ventilation controls and sliding fan settings. Even the orange-hued clock looks out of place and is very hard to read especially from the back seat.  The BMW-like single dashtop vent is quite useless in everyday life unless one considers cooling the front windscreen instead of the passengers.  Some interior bits look as if it were simply snapped on from another car such as the chromed power door lock button or worse yet some parts like the map lights look like it was grabbed from a street vendor in Banawe.

On a better note, the stalks are quite good, responding with a solid feel and are very easy to reach.  The window switches and side mirror adjusters are excellently placed as not to give the driver a torn muscle in adjusting them.  The seats whether the driver’s, the front passenger’s or the rear passengers’ are quite comfortable even with the absence of a lumbar support adjuster.  In fact, I have to rate that the SiR seats give much better lateral and back support than the much bigger Honda Accord. The most important tool—the steering wheel is great to hold and very comfortable, but the red leather stitching seems to be a bit out of place in this bland interior.  On the other hand, the parking brake gives a good feel that is usually lacking in the other cars in its class, but it interferes with the center console making engaging and disengaging quite difficult, especially in stop-and-go traffic situations.