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New Civic Owner Reports
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Cons - Cheap door plastic. Crack in rear deck plastic - ordered new piece. Small dent in roof.
Lovin it.
I know a few people mentioned that some civic have rattles in the back of the because something with the rear plastic deck where the speakers go.
I do have quite an annoying rattle back there and hope it's just the rear deck. Funny though that when I try and move it and or make it rattle by hand I can't.
check the speakers too - there is only one bolt holding the speaker driver in "solidly". two tabs go under the metal part of the deck, but in mine, when i replaced the speaker, the bolt, which screws into a nylon "nut", was stripped, or rather, the nut was. maybe the driver is rattling.
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The Civic does not have any real competition, in it's class. The fit and finish, technology and attention to detail are far superior. Even the plastics are better on this car than on the competition.
To drive this car, is to love this car. As a commuter, this car hits the mark. The engine and gear box are perfectly matched, allowing the engine to show very little effort at most highway speeds and situations.
:mad: My only gripe is with the attitude and dare I say arrogance of the Honda dealers. I also own a 2006 Mercedes Benz ML and they treat you like you are the only customer they have. I was shocked by the way the Folks at Honda behaved. They act as if you should feel fortunate of the fact that they would allow for you to own one of their vehicles. "we have no lease specials, no finance specials and no incentives of any kind" "our cars sell so fast and are in such high demand, that we see no reason to do so"????HUH?
Whaddya pay for your "deal"?
Pros: Nice design, love the dash features and the peppy feel the car has when accelerating. Happily surprised by how much power the car has. Stereo is okay,not great.
Cons: Rattling Moonroof (see my other post) and the nagging "swaying" feeling the car has when you reach 65 MPH. It seems to take both hands to keep the car in the lane but there is not an alignment issue.
Overall- fairly pleased so far but I will have to see if the steering gets any easier.
Mpg around 20 (published 30\40). As a comparison my 06 Camry gives 24 ( 24\32) for the same commute. and my 92 Mazda Protege gives 23 (23\30)for the same commute.
Other observations on civic LX : Higher wind and road noise compared to the other two cars. Radio (FM reception) is not as good as the other two cars. Initially I thought the Civic interior looked great, but after looking carefully I am concerned about the fit and finish quality. Rear window noise when opening and closing, Front window trim - inside(rubber) already coming loose. Front glass trim outside near wiper warped. Have had no real fit and finish quality problems with the other two cars.
Considering I bought this car for daily work commute with the follwing three main criteria I lost on all three counts --
Road\wind noise
MPG
FM radio
Car does pull unexpectedly, left and right, from time to time and service said it was the tires. Guess car needs better tires before it kills someone. I personally find the car unsafe and do not let the wife and kids drive it. The shocks are mushy and almost appear worn out. Four people in the car and you hit a dip in the road, car almost bottomed out. People in car asked "what the hell was that". I said, "It’s my new Honda". Do you like it? They said NO!
Car door doesn't shut from time to time. Car door handle won't retract flush into inside of car door. Guess I need to get car in thru out the week because service (3x now) says "don't have the people in this weekend to handle that type of work". This is after the first time they told me this excuse. Thought they would bring someone in next time I scheduled the car for that type of work but NOOOOOOO!
Also, don't touch the paint or rubber molding w/ anything besides wet noodles cause it mars the paint something fierce and the rubber molding is torn up w/ as little as a finger nail impression. You ought to see what happened the first time I tried scraping ice off the car and windows. Oh, also, windows do not go down w/ the slightest amount of ice on them (even after traveling 40 minutes). You'd think it would warm up by then. Not real happy w/ this car.
SAVED THE BEST FOR LAST: ARE YOU LISTENING, DCH KAY HONDA, THE $625 CAR CARE PACKAGE DOESN'T PAY FOR [non-permissible content removed]. The coupon book is worth about $429 and you must be an idiot to think that spending another 20K for a new car and another $1100 for the recommended scheduled maintenance is worth the $250 coupon in the back of the book. Read the fine print. If anyone wants to talk more about the Car Care Package, comment on this subject and I'll get back w/ you. I'd like to start a class action lawsuit. The Car Care Package is a rip off and if you don't catch it before 90 days, your refund is "prorated" and you lose so much money over it, that it’s not worth pursuing. I found this out because I put 35K miles a year on my car and found out that the coupon book (Car Care Package) didn't pay for [non-permissible content removed] on the first 10k mile check up. I was basically told by the Honda finance person that the Car Care Package paid for ALL scheduled maintenance. Guess he lied or doesn't know his job too well.
This car and experience is a real bummer. I wish I had my old Honda, w/ 239K miles on it, back.
Another thing Honda, my BMW dealer treats me like gold.
some of the things you have posted just seem silly, or you got a major lemon. These are all things that you should have gone to a different dealer to at least fix or back to this dealer to address.
Right off the bat, the gas mileage is barely 34 - 35 mpg and it got down to about 30.5 mpg in the cold weather. Sticker said 40 mpg. Could be worse. Drove the car at all speeds to determine best gas mileage.
A HAA HAA HAAA! Are you serious? You averaged 34-35 mpg in a car that says its suppossed to be getting anywhere from 30-40? (ever heard of the the word 'estimate'?) You are getting smack in the middle of what the epa says you should get! Do you know what the new sticker for the civic is? 25/36. Your mileage is great. What has the world come to when we complain about 35 miles to the gallon? :sick:
personally find the car unsafe and do not let the wife and kids drive it. The shocks are mushy and almost appear worn out. Four people in the car and you hit a dip in the road, car almost bottomed out. People in car asked "what the hell was that". I said, "It’s my new Honda". Do you like it? They said NO!
geez. did you bother researching or test driving the car first? So many of these things could have been avoided. And this whole paragraph is weird. What kind of dip did you hit? They should have been complaining about your driving and not the car...(who asks people their opinion about the car after hittin a ditch anyway?)
as far as you go, your car is jacked and something needs to be done. You have like the worst civic ever.
Road\wind noise
MPG
FM radio
this was your criteria? I can think of about 10 cars that would have fit this description and you could have paid less.
As far as wind noise goes, mine never bothered me, but others do compalin about it. Again things that you could have thought about or noticed after several test drives.
The Sandman
I still think hondas rep is fantastic, but no car maker is perfect.
I'll add to that the rpm hang issue, which totally kills the driving enjoyment when shifting the car. I won't buy another Honda because of this - there is no excuse for it. And the seats and interior/ exterior surfaces are less durable than anything I have seen on a car before. Again, no excuse for this. Other than that it would be the best value on the market!
You really need to drive THE ACTUAL car before you buy it.
You might take that opportunity to LOOK at the interior, NOTICE the hangtime (which a TSB supposedly corrects), as well as HEAR the wind noise.......
- I didn't notice the rattling sunroof in the middle of the winter.
- I didn't take the revs high enough on the test vehicle to let the rev hang really shine.
- I didn't have evidence that the interior quality sucked until living with the car on a daily basis and watching it become more scratched and scuffed than my 12 year old Infinity.
- I didn't realize the exterior (paint) was substandard until paint started chipping off down to the bare metal.
Based on my previous experiences buying new cars, including great experiences with Toyota, Infiniti, and Honda (even selling Hondas years ago), I expected a much higher quality product.
BTW, there isn't a TSB for the 2007 rev hang. But there should be.
it seems like the new civic get plauged by people who see that 30/40 and just buy the car.
still say you got the lemon.