(Finally) scored a CX (?)

[tucsonron]

After a year of scoffing at burned out "tuner" cars with $500 stereos and no door panels, as well as a fair number of base model DXs with 300,000 plus miles on them, I finally managed to score a decent Civic CX that's been reasonably well cared for. The only trouble is, I've never even driven a CX before so I have no baseline to determine if everything is okay. In fact, I've never even seen a CX and I am beginning to wonder if I got a DX and the previous owner just had no idea what the difference is either. That'd be a laugh! I suppose I'd rather have a DX than spend another year not finding a CX.

At the risk of looking like a fool in my first post, I am wondering what the differences are between a CX and the DX. It's a 1993, and it was made in Canada. It is extra rare because it had air conditioning installed in California (I think the badge said Long Beach). I know there aren't many CXs with AC. It doesn't have a side view mirror on the passenger's side, which I recall is what marked the HF from the DX in the CRXs.

Now that I have it, I suspect that I may have a DX with bad rings, rather than a CX (which are all slow). That was my concern while I was buying it, but I was prepared for the worst case scenario, because it is near impossible to find a Civic hatchback of this vintage that isn't beat to pieces or "tuned" to pieces. So, if I've got a DX with bad rings, so be it. It's not blowing smoke. The oil looked good. The maintenance record was comparatively excellent.

Oh well, you all know how it is when you buy a new (used) car, I'm sure. At least for me, I keep bouncing back and forth between, "Wow! this thing is great!" and "What's that clicking sound???!!!???"