1991 Honda Civic DX review from North America

I had the distributer cap and rotor and the ignition blow at about 181,000 miles. I got that repaired relatively cheap, $82 plus labor. That was the only time the car ever broke down on me in the middle of the road. After that I've had a couple of major services, and change the oil every 3,000 miles. The transmission shifts smoothly, although the clutch has started to squeak when pushed down to shift. My suspension has also started squeaking and bottoming out due to the control arm bushings needing replacement. I got a quote for $400 plus labor to fix them, so I didn't get that done.

The car handles very well at speed, but parking is sometimes tedious due to the lack of power steering on the DX model. My air condioner never worked and I never bothered to get it fixed due to the cost. The car accelerates to 40 rather quickly, but then tapers off after that. I have the manual transmission so I can hold the gear longer, but in the automatic it would be considerably slower. It is not good at all going up hills, I feel like I have to floor the gas in a low gear just to get up the hill.