Back when mustangs were as popular as the civics are now, and everyone had one, there were your jackasses (early rice?) that had the through hull exhaust (through ground effects ), tachs, and welds and ran 15's, but you also had alot of 12 second cars. There were 11 second cars, and there were 10 second cars, all driven on the street. Now in your own words you have one of the fastest street driven civics around, and we're (at least right now) talking 12's. As long as these cars have been around, and as many people that want to make them fast, if times were changing, you would be running 10's and everybody else would be running 12's. That's my point. Yes, there are always going to be exceptions, but the honda's should have evolved further by now if they are truely the "next big thing" IMO
It seems with most Honda owners, it's more important "what's on the trunk, not under the hood" and that will always hurt people like you that honestly are in it for the right reason.