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Very attractive exterior styling and a spaceship like cockpit. Firm ride with some road noise, but every Honda I've owned has had that issue. Sharp steering response, smooth automatic transmission, great factory stereo, and great 4-wheel disc brakes are the highlights. Not a drag racer by any means, but enough power for normal driving. And the fuel mileage has been great - low 30's in mixed city/highway driving.
We have been happy with our Civic. Yes, an occasional rattle and road noise on coarse pavement, but all in all it is a great car and fun to drive. Those who criticize its shortcomings seem to forget that it is not and was not designed to be a luxury car. But then again it isn't priced as such either!
Ah... at last... a concise review from someone who actually appreciates the vehicle...
Kudos to Honda... best handling/interior/exterior/fuel economy it its class... and most likely, the next class up as well.
"Kudos to Honda... best handling/interior/exterior/fuel economy it its class... and most likely, the next class up as well."
Oh dear. Here it comes. The Honda head's are here. Hate to burst your bubble, but the mazda3 is the best handling, the VW rabbit has the nicest interior, exterior styling is totally subjective, and a Toyota corolla gets better gas mileage. And any car from the next class up urinates all over the civic. The Civic is not a bad car. Actually it's not bad at all. But it's hardly the awesome automobile you make it out to be. So please GET REAL!
So the Corolla gets more than 40mpg? the VW now has a well built interior that does not self destruct? And Mazda builds their own car? A bunch of lies I tell you, lies!
The toyota corolla gets better gas mileage for a standard, the Civic gets better gas mileage for an automatic transmission. I have to disagree about the mazda3 as I didn't think it handled any better. As for the VW rabbit, it may have a nice interior and a great brand, but to get it fully loaded you will end up in a higher price bracket and it has other drawbacks like gas mileage. I would say over all the Civic is the best small car for the money. It may not be perfect in every aspect, but when you look at everything overall it's a great vehicle.
"the VW now has a well built interior that does not self destruct?"
VW has always had the best interior in their class. Even when they were plagued with other issues for awhile they still had the best interiors. VW interiors DO NOT fall apart. Once again GET REAL!
I don't think the crayon smell is the best quality neither do I think the breaking of components in the interior is the basis of quality such as windows falling into doors, parts that don't seem to always work; or alarms that don't work properly half time. This is typical Volkswagen and I think you need to get real. Even our Cabrio without any power features minus the power locks had a lot of trouble. Worst car we have ever owned and I wish that VW either fixes their cars or pulls out of the US.
Toyota corolla and VW rabbit are both ugly cars... who cares...
The Civic does have much better fuel economy than the Rabbit and Mazda3. And the Civic may be more expensive than the Corolla, but it also has more features and a freshly designed interior.
Also it's not really fair to compare luxury cars to Corollas, Rabbits, Mazda3s and Civics because they cost about 20,000 less. It's what is called a different class.
And of course every brand of cars pumps out a lemon every now and then, so chill out on "car discrimination".
I used to have a mazda 3 sport. Good car, handles better than the civic at low speeds. However because its so light it hops around a lot on rough roads. At 150km/h and faster, it feels almost like its getting air off little bumps. The civic on the other does a lot better over little bumps and pot holes, but isn't as fun to drive as the power just isn't there. Considering the mazda 3 line has a massive defect with the doors (try a search for mazda 3 break in) which seems to be only happening so far in western canada I had to go with a civic. It is only a matter of time before the mazdent comes to your town.
As for fuel, I just did a 610km road trip with my 07 civic and it burned only 30.2 liters. I drove slow and coasted a lot, but can't beat the mpg, which works out to be over 55mpg using imperial gallons 47 with us gallons. (please correct my math if I'm wrong!)
Yes... A VERY VERY good car. but you have to at least get the ex package.
All the EX package really is alloy wheels and a sunroof. Some wing nut will probably end up switching the rims, and the sunroof will leak when it gets old. So there is no trade off of dissing an Lx and buying the EX trim. The engines are also the same, so no complaints from me.
Not true at all. The EX also comes with ALL WHEEL DISC BRAKES. The LX has only rear disc. Four disc breaks are now becoming the standard and are that much safer if that's what you're looking for. The VW rabbit is a more "powerful" car at low rpms than the civic, so that's something to think about before purchasing one. I myself am tempted to buy the Rabbit, but the Civic is such a sexy car!
I purchased the 2007 Civic as a replacement for my 1998 Corolla, which did 450,000 km without any problem, so the Civic has a lot to live up to!
It's a very good car, the only problem being,it cannot be driven without the engine snatching and bucking, which is worse at low speed, this is going to lead to a shortened life for the transmission (5 speed).
The engine also hesitates around 4000 rpm (especially in the wet). The dealer tells me "All Civics drive this way", which makes me ask "Why would anyone buy one"?
I hope to find a less arrogant dealer than the one I have been dealing with, but I have encountered Honda service staff before, so my task will not be easy.
I'm sure that it is an electrical problem, but being intermittent will be hard to find.
It's a real pity because this is spoiling what could be a good car.
Although I'm not an import fan (my one and only Civic lasted a mere 93,000 miles before self-destructing) I think you are being given the run-around by your dealer. NO CAR should be snatching and bucking (and YES, this WILL shorten the life of transmission, and clutch and CV joints). Find a dealer that will fix it properly or file a complaint with the Honda America customer service department.
Also, document all your dealer visits about this problem, and keep a file on it in case you need to go into arbitration about it after the warranty is out. Any pre-existing condition HAS to be repaired by the company even if your warranty is out, but only if you have carefully documented the problem and kept accurate records of dealer visits.
My two and many more to come Honda's have lasted me well over 250,000 miles. American Honda should be covering it since it is still under warranty.