You might happen to have quite an infatuation with the Honda Civic for one reason or another. More likely than not, if you do find that you're attracted to the Civic for seemingly no good reason, then you've probably just watched The Fast And The Furious one too many times. I think that's reasonable to say since that film somehow made every jerk petrolhead under the age of 25 suddenly want to own a Civic and want to jack it up somehow to make it unique.

Well, this article isn't about all those bizarre petrolheads but about the bizarre Frankenstein monsters they've pieced together with their plain old Honda Civics. Some of them aren't all that bad, I suppose, but you should still find your way to hating them. There's just something incredibly awful about modifying a Honda Civic the way these people do.

You don't need stacks cut out of your hood just to get soot all over the car (unless you're in a smash-up derby, anyway). You don't need the under glow. You don't need to make your Civic a dragster (it just looks silly). You don't need to make the spoiler ruin the car more than it already does. And you definitely don't need to angle your wheels in an effort to bust your axles. You should hate these Honda Civics.

17 The Kit, The Color, The Scoop, The Spoiler...

Alright, I used to like playing with Hot Wheels when I was a child as well, but this is just ridiculous. The first and really only important thing that you need to look at in order to make up your mind about whether or not you hate this car is the car itself.

I'm not sure why the color split is the way it is, but that base kit looks like nothing more than a big hunk of plastic.

Now, that would make the car lighter and therefore faster, especially with that pointless double scoop on the hood for better air intake... you may even notice that the kit itself has quite a bit of ventilation. And I suppose the incredible intake of the car might make it a tad unstable, hence the monstrous spoiler on the rear end of the car. You can't see a lot of the spoiler in this photo, but you can see enough to make the name of the piece really relevant.

16 The Honda Civic Isn't A Lambo...

Ok, let's put aside the color, the decals, the wheel height, and what appears to be a god-awful spoiler (but is hopefully just the open trunk) for now and focus on the biggest glaring issue with this Honda Civic. It has scissor doors. I can't even imagine what could've been going on in this car owner's crazed mind that led him/her to get scissor doors installed on a Honda Civic. I mean... it's a HONDA CIVIC! It's not a bloody Lamborghini. I'm not sure if you're aware of this or not, but the Honda Civic doesn't come equipped with scissor doors. I'm not sure of the price of the purchase and the installation of these doors, but I can guarantee you that it's far too much for a car like the Honda Civic. Scissor doors... good grief.

15 Don't Hit A Bump!

How many places can you think of that have speed bumps in the town or city you live in? Or how many potholes can you think off around the roads you usually travel?

There are very few places that have perfectly paved roads that are nice and smooth and perfect for streamlined driving.

That being said, who in their right minds would go out of their way to lower the car to the point where it's maybe only an inch from the ground? They're just asking to have the kit on their car completely wrecked. Unless this car is simply meant to be used on the track (and it very clearly is not), there's not a single way that this car could be driven around regularly on regular roads without being scratched, dented, and cracked, thanks to this ridiculous lowering.

14 Hellaflush Is Hella-Stupid

Alright, so there are some pretty dumb people out there in the world. I'm sure this isn't news to any of you. but if any of you are guilty of messing with what's called the "camber angle" on the tires of your car, then you've probably not realized that you're among those pretty dumb people.

Now, for starters, in some places like Quebec, the SAAQ have made what's called "hellaflush" illegal.

This is the process of trying to make a car as low to the ground as possible by lowering the suspension and giving the tires such a negative camber that they basically are rubbing up against the wheel wells of the car. There's a reason places are making this illegal. As you could well imagine, this sort of modification can really mess with the handling of a car. According to Car Guide, this modification can often lead to tire walls not only losing their shape but also exploding!

13 Aftermarket Accents

There's something that I'm sure many people don't understand about the Honda Civic. I know I don't. What is it about the Honda Civic, left as it is, that people just really don't like? If you wanted the car in the first place, then why don't you just enjoy it the way it is? Apparently, the Honda Civic only exists to be made far worse once it's driven off the lot. Take the interesting paint job above. First off, the dark grey doesn't quite work with the seemingly garish red added to only the wheels, the rearview mirrors, the rolls bars, and the awful decal on the windshield. Surely there were better options for a paint job than this horrible combination. And that's all before even mentioning that this driver opted for the hatchback Civic... which is a mistake all its own.

12 Official Honda Racer...

Honda really should stick to racing their crotch rockets. I just can't take the Civic seriously as a racer. It's great that the company has been pushing forward with their Honda Performance Development program, but pushing their wares on people at car shows and selling race-ready bodies for race teams is just a little silly.

Sure, it's a better racecar than a Toyota Yaris, and it looks much better than the Honda Civic hatchback, but let's not pretend that the Civic is any sort of serious racer.

In fact, if you bother to Google "race-ready civic coupe race wins" in order to see where the Civic has placed in its races around the world, the first thing you'll see is a link to the Hyundai Elantra, followed by a link about a broken Civic racer—not a boost of confidence there.

11 Where To Begin? 

I'm not sure why there's a fox or a wolf decal on the back end of this horrendous car, but it's somehow out of place—which is crazy considering that this car is also entirely out of place. First of all, the hatch version of the Honda Civic was and will always be a mistake. Secondly... what a paint job! I want to look away, but it's like a car wreck... I just can't look away... and it actually is a wreck of a car. Never mind the scoop on the hood and the attempt to make the hatch look sporty with the interesting angles of the kit and the overwhelmingly stupid spoiler. And then, there's something that's not as easily seen, but there are also racing seats in the car... as if this car would actually have a chance on a track... I almost want to see that disaster, but I think I've seen enough of one already.

10 Underglow...

Underglow on a car is so incredibly 2002 that it's not even funny. And it wasn't even cool back then. Spotting cars with underglow is a quick way to spot people you definitely don't want to go home with. People who match their underglow with their headlights... well, I'm sure you get the picture. All you really need to know in order to understand the kind of people who have this feature on their car (especially on a car like a Honda Civic) is that underglow has often been given the nickname "sex lights." I'm fairly certain that spells out every reason why you should hate not only the Civic on which this sort of lighting is done but also the person driving the bloody thing. I'd rather use snowshoes in the above scene than drive away in that unfortunate glow.

9 Powder Pink Civic Type-R

So, cards on the table here... You may have noticed that this isn't actually a real-life Honda Civic.

I mean, the Type-R is a real version of the Honda Civic, but this specific one is computer generated.

And that almost makes it worse because anything could be done to it for free, and this is still what someone came up with. I guess it would be far worse if people actually spent money making this powder-pink car with awful green accents and a hot-pink interior... but it's still painful to know that this image came from someone's mind. And the front end of this car is so low that there's no way it isn't getting caught on a speed bump or a cut curb up to a driveway. I hope that whatever game this is actually shows the real wear that those low wheels will have on the wheel wells of the body...

8 Intensely Negative Camber Angle!

You know, apart from this being one of the hatchback versions of the Honda Civic, it's actually not an overwhelmingly insulting car. It doesn't make me laugh overall. The coloring is just fine. The wheels accent well the white of the rest of the car. That's all fine. I think this is the only Civic in this entire list that isn't in some way overbearing in that way.

However, the incredible amount of negative camber angle on the tires is just asking for this car to fall apart fairly easily.

I wouldn't drive this car at all. I'd be too afraid of the tires exploding anytime I took a turn in this death trap. A slight negative camber angle can improve handling on turns while it reduces top speed on a straight stretch. But the angle on this car is quite clearly overdone and dangerous.

7 Honda Civic Dragster

This makes me want to laugh out loud and weep uncontrollably at the same time. I very much enjoy my cars (not literally mine because I don't have the money to sink into owning cars), and I enjoy many elements of building and driving cars. But come on! The Civic is already blown way out of proportion and isn't all that wonderful a car, to begin with... and now, there's a dragster version of the hatchback version of the already not-great car that's the Honda Civic? Give me a break! Aside from the fact that this car looks almost nothing like the Honda Civic anyway, it's additionally pretty damn ugly. I've seen some pretty gorgeous drag racers, and this is most certainly not one of them. The Civic name just shouldn't be added to everything new at Honda just to try and keep its douchebag reputation.

6 Hot Wheels Clear The Way...

Alright, so this isn't exactly a Hot Wheels car, but it's a small-scale version of a Honda Civic either way... and it's just as ugly as the real-life Honda Civics that have made their way into this article. What's amazing is that aside from the god-awful hot-pink accent on the wheels to go along with the unfortunate blue color of this car, the person who made this model even set up this car with the stupid, dangerous, and incredibly silly negative camber angles of the wheels—which just goes to show that not only are there incredible douchebags who own Honda Civics but there are also, apparently, model makers who are themselves utter douchebags, too. This isn't a Civic you'll be able to drive, thankfully, but you should hate it all the same. It's just too real.

5 Honda Camo... Doesn't Hide The Civic Well Enough

I'm wondering if this is actually a racing car and is truly sponsored by all of the companies that happen to have decals plastered all over this truly ugly car. I notice that the car is wrapped in camo... that's fine but... well... we can still see the bloody awful thing. And that's the truly horrifying part of this.

If the camo wrap actually rendered the car invisible, then I think this would be a car worth having.

No one would be able to tell that you're driving a truly horrifying car. There are no mods on this car that are overbearingly noticeable. The spoiler is actually relatively tame and hasn't spoiled the car all that much at all. It's strange. I'm so used to the mods being the big, glaring issue. But this car is to be hated solely because of the wrap.

4 It's Never Okay To Do This

This is almost the most douchy of all the cars on this list. Why, you're more than in your right to ask? Well, take a look at all the elements that have come together in this Civic to make a truly douchebag-worthy car. We've got a bunch of decals to show off just what sorts of systems are under the hood... and if that's not good enough, then there's the gaping hole in the hood just to let people see the engine when the car is idle. Then, there's the appalling underglow, which does at least match the striping on the car. Then, there are the bucket racing seats for this show-off car to make you think that it could stand up on a track. Then, there's the awfully large spoiler, which not only spoils the car but is also rendered useless because the car will never go fast enough to require it. And finally... the scissor doors... And I don't even need to say why that's douchey.

3 Front-End Exhaust And The Guy Who Did It...

Take a good hard look at the guy in this photo. This is exactly the kind of douchebag who's turned the Honda Civic into a vehicle that should just be hated. Sure, some of the newer models aren't bad-looking when you don't bother to modify them in any sick way... but then, this sort of guy comes along, and you see him pointing at his new addition to his car... golden rims. Of course, you then have to take stock of the rest of the car. It looks like he's got roof racks. He doesn't even have a hood on the bloody machine. And it seems to be that he has a front-end exhaust. I bet the pipe even shoots flames. Now... if it does... where do those flames go? Right out by the tires!!! I'm sorry—it's exactly this type of guy who's destroyed the Honda Civic as a worthwhile car.

2 Torching The Top...

For starters here, I've never understood why anyone would want to cut holes in his hood to expose the engine or add enough to the engine that he needs to cut holes in the hood.

What a waste of money. The car is still going to drive without cutting open ugly holes into the hood.

In addition to that, imagine adding the ability to spout fire from the hood. I get having the tailpipes that shoot fire. It's kind of cool and it gives the illusions that you're going faster and that you're badass. But come on... out of the hood? I don't know if you know this, but the more you burn out of the hood, the more covered in soot your windshield and your hood will be—not to mention the scorch marks along the hood where the pipe sits that spews the flames. It's perhaps one of the stupidest things to do to a car. It's almost up there with the negative camber angling.

1 Thank Goodness It's Not Real!

Thank goodness that this Honda Civic belongs to Forza alone. I'm happy now to have a Playstation instead of an Xbox because I'll never have to worry about playing this game online and seeing some of the absolute atrocities that people have turned their cars into like this unfortunate Honda Civic. Blue wheels, black hood and spoiler, a graffiti-esque front end, and a white body as a base for all of that... What a horrid look. But kudos must go to the developers of Forza Horizon 2. Not only have they truly have made a very believable Honda Civic, but they've also developed the ability for those douchebags who love to buy and modify those Civics to do just those same ghastly things in the virtual reality in which the game takes place.

Sources: guideautoweb.com, saaq.ca, digitaltrends.com, motors.mu