Sounds like we have the same setup. My Civic rides hard too, i had an anti-skip brand spankin' new Sony head unit CD Player that skipped like mad... I haven't had any trouble with the Empeg whatsoever. Jam into one of the millions of potholes around san francisco and it keeps right on playin'. Beautiful. ||| _loren.cox_ ||| _080000446_ ||| _12GB blue_