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Originally Posted by steelcity
Alright first off let me thank anyone who responds to this post. I am about to buy my first new car...and my number one choice is the 2008 honda civic coupe EX auto with the nav(other is 08 lancer GTS with nav) I am not knowledgable when it comes to cars at all(i have a 78 silver anniv. corvette and i couldnt tell you what engine is in it) I reason I like this civic is the MPG, the reliabilty, (i have been told to 175000 to 200000 miles is possible if taken care of) and the price (hoping to be around 20.5-21g)
I was hoping i could hear some honest pros and cons of this car,brand
Also I wont be doing any kind of modifications or alterations to the car except in the way of the audio equipment...does anyone suspect that the dvd screen would be lacking in terms of hooking up after market equipment
again thanks to anyone and all
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175k-200k if
not taken care of
......500k+ with good maintenance.
The 8th gen. Civics have the new R18s and have not been on the road for very long so they don't yet have the track record that the D/B series, for instance, has. I couldn't see them being bad engines but they have a lot to live up to with the old D series or the current Ks.
A couple things not so great.....they are really heavy....if I remember correctly they are like 2800-2900 lbs.....if they were as heavy as the 6th gens, they'd be getting like 30/40 mpg. Honda autos have always been lackluster slushboxes...I'd go with a manual.
Good: Honda learned from their mistake called the 7th generation Civic
.....joke. But seriously they changed the front suspension on the 7G civics and it was a bad choice. Leaking, fast wearing shocks and springs and less then stellar handling even for a economy compact. They went back to the double wishbone front suspension....excellent choice in my opinion.