I only bought this car a month ago, and it needed a new indicator lens, and the exhaust blows. That's just down to a missing bolt though, so it shall be remedied quickly.
I upgraded to the 1.6 Mk4 Civic from a 1.5 GTi Mk3 Civic, for the better performance and quality.
It is exceptionally quiet and refined, but not significantly faster. Having said that I got from Cornwall to Reading, a distance of 268 miles, in 2hrs 40mins! An average speed of 100.3mph.
At those speeds though it drinks like a fish. A full tank only lasted 180 miles.
All the electrics work well still, and the alarm remote too.
The factory fitted stereo is a joke.
I never buy second hand cars
you never know how they have been treated prior to your
purchase and making it do speeds of 100mph +
is not good for a family hatch.
Plus the national speed limit on the motorway is 70mph
not 100mph - this is dangerous, stupid - and people who drive at such speeds
deserve to have their licence taken away and forced to use public transport.
I have witnessed death at the road side due to some prat speeding - if the person had been compling with the national speed limit the injured person would have survived.
But no people want to drive faster and faster
especially in towns where it is even more dangerous.
I have owned a 1991 civic 1.6I 16 for 8 years, current mileage 213000. Used for traveling weekly Dumfries to Heysham (lancs) Superb on motorway, fast, responsive, and very reliable. I like the fact that this car is not generaly recognised as a very fast hot hatch.
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