Honda Car Reviews

i bought the civic vti manual one and to my surprise the finish and quality of the interior was way inferior to of them the older ones ,i m talking about 06 or 05's the inner feel of the new civic is shallow as well as most of them have a problem of passenger side window channel i m saying many as i have 2 of them and faced same with both , secondly when you have to close the trunk its specific point where you need to apply force otherwise it wont close. if u take the car to dealership they will tell you abt the window fault to be there in many of them .
now the drive experience the drive is superb smooth and acceleration is very decent and the feel of steering wheel is like it makes you feel in control of the vehicle totally. fuel economy is also good . but tyres TYRESSSSS oh my Allah they have reduced the quality of the tyres and at the top of it after charging 1.6 million you walk away with no alloy wheels in the tyre but lame wheel cups n unreliable tyres . i got tyres of one changed and the othr one is on the origionals and driving the later one is like horrible it gives you a feeling of a URAN TASHTARI.
all from my side
forgot one thing the audio unit is good in quality.
ASH TRAY it took me 2 weeks to figure out ashtray i mean its a seperate cup which can be misplaced eaisly and hence negative marking of the car on that ground.

I bought this late 2008 from Honda sales near Bhatta chowk in Lahore. The dealer kept saying I need to buy asap as the prices will go up (which they did). It was strange as in the US prices of cars were falling and here in Pak it was going up.

The car came with NO balancing of tyres and no alignment. I had to pay Rs1000 from my own pocket on this, in retrospect I should have given the dealership a piece of my mind rather than the cash.

The trunk too did not work well, the sales guy kept claiming it was a "feature" and not a bug. Got it fixed later by the dealership though.
Seems honda has major quality issues in Pakistan, the founding Japaneses honda will surely be turning in his grave (I assume he's dead by now)!

GOOD:
1. Nice looks. Much better than the retard corolla
2. ABS brakes
3. Good economy, get anywhere from 10-13 km / liter (and i drive a little on the fast side)
4. Decent acceleration

BAD:
1. DECK: the multi CD deck does not remember the records of other CD's played. It does not have a remote. Does not allow for skipping to song numbers (mp3). Does not support bluetooth, or iPod etc
2. No cruise control. Needed for motorway driving
3. ABS: I had to use them while the car was <5000 KM and it nearly failed. The engineers on 5K service said it *might* have been related to loose bolts that they tightened. Had to use them again after that and then the response was much better

UGLY:
1. Steering control (lack thereof). Deck control from steering should be standard in any full size car
2. General tires. I've heard good things about them lately, but I'm not going to trust anything less than known brands when I drive at or over 120 on motorway
3. Engine Knocking. Honda says i should put high octane ...havent tried that as yet.
4. Honda's stopped Guard from making the cheaper oil and air filters. Servicing as a result is much more expensive!