Is reborn good family car option for occasional use in city and longer route?

[usama.zulfiqar94]

Is reborn good family car option for occasional use in city and longer route?
I am planning to buy one but really confused between city and civic reborn.

[saadtiger412]

Reborn is a good car but there are some problems like about its hydraulic power steering. I think its fuel average is lesser than civic rebirth.
City is a good car with optimal size for city drive. Don't know about reborn but the handling of city and its pick is great. Fuel average is also better than civic.
Civic has slightly bigger size.

[saadtiger412]

[dayrider]

depends on where you live and what you want to achieve from the car.

[usama.zulfiqar94]

I live in Iqbal town Lahore. Drive comfort and security features are big thing for me. The car will be used as a secondary car. I have a budget of about 1.5 mil.

[umairjamil6]

Prosmatec is a fuel guzzler. There are a few technical issues too. But comfort wise and performance wise its way better tha city. City has better economy though

[ZainMahdi]

Fuel economy of slushboxes is highly dependent on driving style and traffic conditions - an 8th gen can easily return 15+ with A/C and passengers on highway drives under 110 km/h.

This car is very sensitive to throttle input - having a twitchy right foot (mindlessly stomping on the accelerator for no reason, and letting go), tanks the fuel economy. The transmission constantly locks and unlocks in such a situation.

I've personally achieved a max of 21 km/l on a 56 km drive with a 7th gen Prosmatec with a max speed of 80 km/h (no A/C). With A/C, cruising around 90-100 km/h, I've achieved a max of 18 km/l on a 90 km drive.

HPS is a very heavy duty system, better than than EPS - you just have to change the power steering fluid on time, and never turn it fully in either direction for more than 5 seconds.

[ZainMahdi]

The reason that a 9th gen is seemingly more fuel efficient is the throttle input map - the 9th gen has a very lazy throttle response, especially with ECO mode on - its best for drivers of the mindless stomping variety.

[usama.zulfiqar94]

slushboxes

Does manual variant gives better mileage than Prosmatec ?

[ZainMahdi]

In local driving, mostly yes (though the difference is not more than 1-1.5 km/l).

On long routes though, automatics are marginally better because of their gearing - an 8th gen auto can do 100 km/h at 2k rpm, while a manual is at 2.5k at the same speed (in 5th gear ofc)

[usama.zulfiqar94]

Any tips for buying used reborn, things to look for while checking a car ?

[dayrider]

I have a budget of about 1.5 mil.

THis is a bit less, as mint reborns are now touching 2 mil. you may find a decent manual car in this amount but definitely not a prosmatic oriel.
a Sedan in 1.5, a clean 7th gen civic or a 2007 altis.
maybe a corolla x as well, but cant say, prices have skyrocketed.
Till where drive comfort and security features are concerned, a 1.6 SR lancer is a great car that falls within your budget