{"id":713,"date":"2010-08-29T20:39:13","date_gmt":"2010-08-29T20:39:13","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-10-07T21:34:49","modified_gmt":"2013-10-07T21:34:49","slug":"hot-like-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benlevy.com\/blog\/hot-like-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot Like the Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I consider the Honda Civic del Sol to be one of the more forgotten Hondas of the 90&#8217;s.  Probably because it was sold in relatively low numbers and was more expensive and less practical than a regular Civic.  This car was important, though, because of its unique body style and (available) VTEC engine.  But if that won&#8217;t get you the attention you deserve, you can always paint it orange.  The results are truly impressive.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dankicksyourbutt\/4930374379\/in\/set-72157624815525908\/#\/photos\/dankicksyourbutt\/4930374379\/in\/set-72157624815525908\/lightbox\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/benlevy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/212_1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>These photos were taken by Daniel Vicente and you can find the full set on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dankicksyourbutt\/sets\/72157624815525908\/\" target=\"_blank\">Flickr<\/a>.  Dan&#8217;s photos do a fantastic job of capturing this del Sol.  The black spoiler, hood, and  Kobe VIZ-5 wheels contrast well against the car&#8217;s orange paint.  The Thule roof-rack also proves that even a del Sol can be used as a hauler for recreational activities.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dankicksyourbutt\/4930414891\/in\/set-72157624815525908\/#\/photos\/dankicksyourbutt\/4930414891\/in\/set-72157624815525908\/lightbox\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/benlevy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/212_2.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dankicksyourbutt\/4930982734\/in\/set-72157624815525908\/#\/photos\/dankicksyourbutt\/4930982734\/in\/set-72157624815525908\/lightbox\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/benlevy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/212_3.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dankicksyourbutt\/4930400833\/in\/set-72157624815525908\/#\/photos\/dankicksyourbutt\/4930400833\/in\/set-72157624815525908\/lightbox\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/benlevy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/212_4.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I consider the Honda Civic del Sol to be one of the more forgotten Hondas of the 90&#8217;s.  Probably because it was sold in relatively low numbers and was more expensive and less practical than a regular Civic.  This car was important, though, because of its unique body style and (available) VTEC engine.  But if that won&#8217;t get you the attention you deserve, you can always paint it orange.  The results are truly impressive.Read more after the jump.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-honda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Hot Like the Sun - BenLevy.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/benlevy.com\/blog\/hot-like-the-sun\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hot Like the Sun - BenLevy.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I consider the Honda Civic del Sol to be one of the more forgotten Hondas of the 90&#039;s. 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