1999 Honda Civic LX review from North America

Nothing has gone wrong with the car unexpectedly. But I have been stranded a number of times, just because I don't have time to fix it.

So far, I'm terrible to this car. I don't race it, but I don't take care of it either.

Everyone that reads this review will be terrified.

The first time I changed the oil was at 39,000 miles. Not 3,900. But that was at Jiffy Lube and they didn't fill it up with new oil, so I drove it until the second time, which was last month at 87,000 miles. Yeah, 48 THOUSAND miles on 1 quart of oil.

It shocked me that the car was still running. Not only that, it was running fine.

I just changed the air filter, 87,000 miles, and the brake fluid for the first time.

The car still has the original 7 year old: Spark Plugs, Battery, Transmission oil, Tires, and anything else I didn't list above.

Now that the scary part is over, I have to say that this car is great. I thought the car was dying (during the time it had 1 quart of oil), DUH, because the gas consumption was fairly high at 27 MPG. But I couldn't do anything about it. Well, needless to say, when I myself did the next oil change, it came back up to 40. It still purrs like it was new.

Currently it seems like only 2 of the 4 pistons are firing because of the spark plugs, but that will have to wait until I get another day off.

When all four pistons are firing, it's a quick car, but feels like my old Metro. A tin can.

I like this car a lot, it's been around my life for a while, and it's still going. I'm not sure how, but it is.

I'm glad I bought a Honda, because if I had anything else, it would have disintegrated under the same circumstances.