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Honda Civic Buyer’s Guide

The Honda Civic is a small hatch that does exactly what is required of it; as long as possible buyers are fully aware of the vehicle’s limitations, then this is a small family car that has the potential to impress…

Although build issues have been known to affect some of the earlier Honda Civic models, the latest incarnations of the car have done extremely well in Euro NCAP crash tests and it also comes very well equipped.

When looking for a second hand Honda Civic, consumers should be on the lookout for the potential pitfalls on display; although there is nothing major to put buyers off, it never hurts to know all the drawbacks that you will be faced with. One such drawback comes in the form of access to the back of the vehicle; this is somewhat poor, so buyers would do well to make sure that any passengers would be comfortable getting in and out of the car before making any purchase.

Buyers should also be wary of scruffy, tatty interiors and high mileage on the clock; these are poorly looked after examples of used Honda Civics.

Those buyers who are considering purchasing a Honda Civic, which features the i-shift automated manual box, should test out the system in a lengthy drive beforehand. This is due to the fact that it has been described as somewhat ‘less smooth’ by critics than other systems on offer.

Another vital feature of the Honda Civic that prospective buyers should be made fully aware of is the thin windscreen glass that is part of the vehicle’s infrastructure; buyers should be alert for small cracks anywhere on the windscreen, which could easily grow into a more costly problem later along the line.

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