Having enjoyed* owning an 05 Civic I bought a 2010 1.8 si for that little bit more style. For a family hatchback the 5dr Civic looks great. I made sure to pick out Si spec, honeycomb grill, fogs and 1/2 leather. The only I would like is cruise control. That aside, the 1.8 is a decent driving car. The vtec returns fantastic mpg for a 140bhp engine but also if you want to put the foot down, on come the vtec lights and away you go! Handling is decent, manoeuvring requires a little more attention, turning circle atrocious and a little too much road noise. On the plus side the boot is huge! I mean no other stylish hatchback will come close, it even includes a hidden storage compartment underneath plus the back seats fold fully flat AND fold upwards giving a full rear floor without collapsing the seatbacks. The perfect family wagon that won't cost the earth, won't let you down whilst looking good

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Smashes all the boxes! Over 300 miles to £40 of diesel. Remap to 130BHP and even easier on diesel now. Had it over 6 months and haven't fitted a lightbulb to it! It needs rear axle bushes but the car is 15 and when you buy an older car expect to replace parts! Have to laugh at these people buying a 10+ years car and gurning and whinging about replacing bushes, steering arms etc. BEST CAR IVE EVER OWNED WITHOUT A DOUBT! While I do agree that newer VW's, Audis etc are definately not as good or well put together as the older ones. Then again why is this? BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF PARTS AND ASSEMBLY ISN'T GERMAN!!!

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Huge pleasure to drive and the supercharged 4 litre engine gives addictive overtaking performance.

Amazingly good condition for its year: feels more like an 8 year old car than 18.

So comfortable to sit in. I did a 400 mile trip in one day and emerged with a huge grin.

Marked down on costs because of high car tax and stonkingly bad petrol consumption. But has amazing second hand value so low / negative depreciation certainly helps the wallet. And the smiles per gallon is practically unbeatable.

I can't believe I was able to get this car... utterly brilliant.

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Terrific car, cheap to run, very reliable, plenty of room for a family, love mine, never had any trouble in the 3 years i have had mine

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2007 CRV purchased with full service history 25,OOO miles 36,000 miles reqired to replace ecu unit £750 48.000 miles air con compressor required to be replaced On the first occasion Honda didn't want to know Second occasion. this has been acknowledged by Honda as a manufacturing problem was informed by Honda UK to take car to Honda dealership who will diagnose the problem £45 send report to Honda UK, spoke to local dealership who informed me that the extended warranty was for 6 years highly unlikely to be covered even with FSH quoted costs ranging from £700/£2500 Told dealership where to go was able to get repair done by local mechanic to include new compressor?regas/Labour £500 Having been owner of Honda's for the past years i am disappointed in the reliability of the MK3 CRV will not be purchasing another Honda you have been warned

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great car in excellent condition, bought it from gary hutchinson car sales, very friendly and very quick service. love my new car thanks.

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Good enough wee car for first time driver. handy insured. hard enough on petrol for a 1.2 about 35mpg was expecting more like 45mpg. doesn't handle the greatest but good for round the town. barely had any trouble with mine only needed a coil pack when I bought it over a year ago and has done the last 20.000 miles with out missing a beat and if anything does go wrong Vauxhall parts in general are easy come by and cheap like my coil pack was £25. My family has had several Corsa's and Nova's as both rally cars and road cars and all were very good no real bother with any of them apart from one of the nova's was put through a hedge lol. Only thing I really don't like about my wee car is that tax is nearly £80 for 6 months and the handling of the car but all in all is a good starters car.

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Great wee car, easy to drive and very economic, would really recommend it... Enough space for family of 4, very reliable

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Fast frugal and looks good. Options very expensive and equipment supplied only average. Auto box very good.

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Bought with 83k and it made it to 140. Not made for towing, suspension mounts went several times, lots of other small problems. Barely on the road last six months so gave up

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I recommend this car, it is my 4 mondeo and next will be another one mondeo,cheap, good quality, large, comfortable, family cruser ideal for long way

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We have owned our fabia now just over 6 months and can honestly say it is by far the best car we have ever owned,we bought it with just over 40k on the clock, it is our second car ,my wife owns a 2011 golf and we find we prefer going anywhere in the fabia it is easy run, comfortable and economic return just over 50mpg all day long also it is great to park in small spaces made even easier with parking sensors. all in all a great motor and I can recommend skodas highly enough. already looking forward to our next , maybe a rapid fastback in a few years time dv

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We have owned our fabia now just over 6 months and can honestly say it is by far the best car we have ever owned,we bought it with just over 40k on the clock, it is our second car ,my wife owns a 2011 golf and we find we prefer going anywhere in the fabia it is easy run, comfortable and economic return just over 50mpg all day long also it is great to park in small spaces made even easier with parking sensors. all in all a great motor and I can recommend skodas highly enough. already looking forward to our next , maybe a rapid fastback in a few years time dv

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Good reliable family car and value for money.. Driving a 2006 xafira active for 6 years and very reluctant to sell as i encountered no problems with car.. Would recommend for families :-)

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Love this car, great reliable motor. Really don't want to sell my car only have a child now and it's not suitable for me anymore. But def very good with diesel aswell :)

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I bought this wee car nearly 2 yrs ago and its been just great, easy on the eye, economical, never failed to start, still had origional tyres until last month, handles well and was exceptional in the bad weather when I was sailing past other makes stuck on hills etc. If I were going to bad mouth it in any way it would be the lack of power from the 1.4. the car is full of safety features which makes it a little heavy so down on grunt suffer a little. I'd change it for another one no problem, GOOOOOOOD WEE CAR

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Very smooth and nice car to drive and very easy on fuel and easy to run has small boot but it's big enough for a couple or small family

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Very versatile. Lots of room for passengers and luggage. Economical to run and so safe in the snow and ice. Reliability second to none.

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Have had 3 toyotas in a row so time for a change, and what a change, while i would never knock the toyota te spec is non existant compared to the leon, what a fantastic driving experiance the only down side is i hate getting out of it, a real head turner in white, 105 bp loads of power loads of goodies, amazing diesel fuel economy, 70mpg!! i had heard the older engines were noisy, no such problems with the 1.6 tdi, barely notice its a diesel, the only small complaint is the seats are a bit hard on a long drive but overall brilliant car

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