When your GPS tells you to "keep left in 132 miles" and it is mid day on a friday in upstate NY (read: there is maybe 1 or 2 cars evey few miles) the cruse control is your friend so you can stretch and such.

 

YEA, what the hells the deal with Canadian models, why do they get practical changes like the WS fluid resevoir? I had a 92' Civic CX, the canadian model held 1.1 or1.2 US gallons, just enough so you could empty a gallon jug into it and toss the jug. in the US Civic it held .8 gallons (or close) you always had like 20% leftover. No a big deal but.....why bother with such differences?
Don't understand why manufactures don't throw in cheap conviences like auto-headlight off, and delay wiper, etc in the base models as a selling point against the other manufactures. It must be a real profit source?

 

Yeah.. I can't understand it. That is the only reason I opted for the sport.

 

Traditionally, base models don't have power windows and locks either, at least not on an economy car; they would be part of an option package that would come standard on the high line. Today, even air conditioning comes standard- the difference today is typically wheel size/type and trim pieces. Car makers need a base model that can compete on price with the base models of other manufacturers though, so cruise control is one of the items that gets the boot.

 

How long have you been driving? When I first started driving I din't like the way using cruise control felt. I love it though now, it's so nice on long stretches of freeway to use cruise control.

 

Wanna talk base.... My 1992 civic CX (base), no radio, no clock, no auto trans, no TPMS, no GPS, no power windows, no power locks, no remote key, no cruise, no traction/ABS/stability control. I paid extra to get AC. Added a Sony radio/cd, brother gifted an official Honda clock.
Great car!!