Advantages: Fuel economy, performance, accommodation, dealer friendliness. Disadvantages: Minor niggles, servicing cost can be high, rattles.
We bought our Honda Civic 1.5i VTEC-E in 1997 when it was 7 months old, but just had delivery mileage. Our local Perth dealer (Weir Honda) were offering what was a nearly new car with around £1500 off the new price. We knew from looking at comparative prices that this was a good deal and managed to get mudflaps and carpet mats fitted as well.
Broadly the experience has been very good - the dealer has been helpful in sorting out several minor problems. These were rattle in top end of the engine (a minor adjustment), a missing jacking point on the rear nearside, a silencer which gave out after 2 years' use, squeaky ventilation fan and a stuck sunroof (x2). None of these prevented the car from running and all were fixed free of charge. In the case of the silncer they really did not have to do this but decided to offer a replacement ex ...
Elnoj 08.05.2001
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an Automatic Peugeot 205, a 1.6 which whilst having a reasonable turn of speed still drunk fuel at 23mpg!
I once had a 2.5 litre V6 Cavalier, again an Automatic, on average, over 18,000 miles, that very quick, car covered 28 miles on every gallon of fuel!
Small automatics drink fuel!
They USED to!
We covered 60 miles in this particular Honda Jazz, on a brilliant mixture of just about every type of road to be found in the south east of England. Firstly, we drove through heavy traffic in South West London, winding up in Kingston upon Thames. Then we drove down to leafy Dorking to see Polesden Lacy, that being on fast flowing A roads, followed by narrow country lanes. From here we returned to Chiswick by making a fast clockwise M25 run, cruising at between 80 and 85mph, just as I would have done in my own diesel Accord.
At no time was ...
RICHADA 30.04.2006 (02.05.2006)
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of spending weekends trailing around garages looking for the right motor only to find it was already sold or had body damage etc. This happy mood did not last long after I had my first dealing with Minories Honda dealer in Gateshead next to the Metrocentre.
Sitting in the corner covered in muck was a Breeze blue Corsa. The state of the car did not bother me, as I knew it would clean up nice because after all it was only 6-7 months old. I was asked if the salesman could help me, and off we went. First off all I wanted to know the price of the vehicle and off we went to talk about the car.
At this start I was only interested in three questions until my wife saw the car.
Mileage?
Was the Vauxhall warranty and breakdown cover still valid for the remained of the three years?
And the most important the price?
I had previously been into ...
bazza1603 21.09.2002
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