Will installing an Intake kill my car's life?
 

Thinking of getting one of those AEM cold air intakes for my car to get a little boost. I don't want people to think I'm one of those modifiers, so I thought this was the cleanest way to go. Will this kill my car's life? Thanks for any advice.

no :) if anything it will help if you maintain it and clean the filter when you're supposed to. intake upgrades usually increase your fuel mileage, and give you a bit of a power gain.

kenji! how's your new honda? ha ha ha, i'm just playing! hope you're ripping it up on the streets. okay, i need to ask, didja get the regular one, or the hybrid (is it out yet?). i saw the pics of the new civic hybrid and i was pretty impressed! i'm not selling out on my p5, but with gas prices climbing again, i sometimes wish i had a car that could do 50mi/gal :)

okay, this has nothing to do with your thread cause i wouldn't know the answer to your question, but just thought i'd ask about your ride. :p

The new hybrid's not all that great - looks OK, decent mileage, etc., but it's still only in the high 40s. You'll never make up the difference in cost with gas savings unless it shoots up to $5+/gallon within the next year, and even then to do it you'd have to be driving enough to hit that 80,000 mile battery warranty in 5 years or less.

I thought about one, but for the price it just wasn't that much more compelling than the regular Civic EX (and I went with the P5 instead).

dude i live on an island. 40mi/gal? that'll take me around the island and then some! ha ha. every little bit helps as prices have climbed back up to $161/gal...altho it has been up to 189/gal here in my town. on the big island (80mi around, lol) prices are over $2/gal! i'm just saying i wish my p5 had that kinda gas mileage is all. :p