@ SAABi....This is what excalibur quoted...!!!
[highlight]My friend bought a Civic Exi around the same time but has had to change the front shocks and battery so far and even now his front suspension makes rattling sounds when the road is uneven and there are noises from the dashboard and doors as well. Door fabric is coming off.
My total maintenance expense has been oil filters and oil so far. Which car is better now?[/highlight]
and this is what u said!!!...[highlight]Furthermore, it depends how yr friend drives his civic... Sure if he takes his car off the speedbrakers at the speed of 80kph even the BMW would start giving u rattling sounds! If yr friends car is giving sounds and there is problem in his frnt suspension, sure it cud b bcoz of the lack of quality chk here but it can also mean that yr freind should drive the car safely and RESPONSIBLY!!
How can u say that yr friend doesnt drive AGRESSIVLY on the road??? Wht if he does, and wht if these problems in his car may b the result of his driving....[/highlight]
[highlight]Now.. at one stage u were going pretty rite when u said that the EXi wud be bad do to lack of quality chks... but when u say the front susupension mite be meessing due to bad driving habits... i partly agree wid u dude.... his driving mite be too agrressive..
but wth.... dont tell me his friend was so stupid he left the car parked for two days with the headlites on at high beam!! so that his battery went bad..
and he took his car offroading that his front shocks and suspension meesed up...
and he was hammering his car's dashboard and doors the whole nite practicing drums so that they rattle now on uneven roads!!...
and he is so stupid that he scratches his door so that the fabric comes off!!!.... wud you like clarifying why these problems appeared in his car...??? due to quality problems with HONDA or due to driving styles??[/highlight]