indeed it is Alhamdolilah .. well thanks a lot bro jazakALLAH .. yes very true infact i never drove 8th gen before or never had the experience of actually keeping or driving it just sat in friends car on passenger seat few times and thats about it .. thing is if you are just sitting in car you will never know about car feedback , passenger can just tell you if car is comfortable/silent or not thats about it , but after keeping 9th gen too and now owning this 8th gen am glad i finally made the rite choice because i was after driving confidence/pleasure ..
My personal impressions regarding 9th gen :
Pro's :
1) New shape
2) soft suspension
3) better interior instrument panel
4) silent ride from inside
5) better A pillars design to reduce blind spots while taking a U-turn
6) fuel efficient
7) projector lights
8) better ground clearance
Con's :
1) Stability/handling is not up to mark
2) driving pleasure is not there
3) tail happy on curvy road
4) road grip is not up to mark
5) steering response is not up to mark
6) i never had full confidence while driving this car
7) car feels much lighter in weight
My personal impressions regarding 8th gen :
Pro's :
1) 8th gen civic is all about pure driving pleasure
2) great stability/handling
3) great steering response
4) great road grip
5) i am in full confidence while driving this car
6) great braking
7) its not tail happy on curvy roads
Con's :
1) Suspension felt numb on bad roads
2) its driver side A pillar comes in way and act like blind spot sometimes especially when your taking a U-turn
3) not very fuel efficient
4) headlights don't lit up the road properly as light scatters everywhere so projectors are a must for this issue
5) i felt noise of its engine and radiator fans when Ac turned on inside cabin so interior insulation is not up to mark
6) ground clearance is not that good for bad roads
7) if u suddenly press brake pedal with force you can actually felt those nasty vibrations more then 9th gen when ABS kicks in
Moral of the story :
in the end it all comes down to personal preferences/satisfactions and choices so you may all disagree with me i have no problem with that . my family is still slightly disappointed with me that why i prefer to choose older model instead of latest shape car WELL my answer was (it was me who was driving car all the time so i know which car brings satisfaction for me) .. it is very much clear that some people want up to date latest model cars (status concious) while some people (like me) were after those cars which provide them driving pleasure .. honda presents 9th gen civic as an upgrade to 8th gen civic but for me its certainly a downgrade so this time when i was looking for a new ride Alhamdolilah i had enough funds to even go for 9th gen vti oriel prosmatec but after reading review of our dear member @InNoCeNt_DeViL in this thread i've changed my choice just for the sake to try 8th gen this time and shukar Alhamdolilah am 200% satisfied now and for me this 8th gen civic proves to be true value for money mashALLAH !
thanks a lot bilal bhai jazakALLAH yes no doubt ALLAH has blessed me with such a mint piece Shukar Alhamdolilah (H)