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Hi All!
My Uncle has recently bought a 1.6 i-DTEC Civic. I think it's a smart looking car, with decent build quality and am considering one as my next car. I currently drive a 250hp petrol car, and as such fuel is costing me a fortune now! I feel I can't enjoy it properly without worrying about how much it'll sting me at the pump at the end of the week.
I am pretty car savvy. I can do a fair amount of repair work / servicing myself if required.
I am trying to gauge as to what they are like reliability wise, but haven't found much out yet.
Thanks in advance for any information you give! I really want to make the right choice and get a car that'll just go on for a long time if I keep up a good service routine on it. 😀
Thanks!
My Uncle has recently bought a 1.6 i-DTEC Civic. I think it's a smart looking car, with decent build quality and am considering one as my next car. I currently drive a 250hp petrol car, and as such fuel is costing me a fortune now! I feel I can't enjoy it properly without worrying about how much it'll sting me at the pump at the end of the week.
I am pretty car savvy. I can do a fair amount of repair work / servicing myself if required.
I am trying to gauge as to what they are like reliability wise, but haven't found much out yet.
- Are they good mile munchers?
- Do you know what are typical failures of them and how they can be mitigated?
- Are they sensitive to oil change schedules? (Such as needing them more frequent than the schedule states?)
- Are DPF's a nightmare on them? (I do 14k miles a year half motorway and half A/B roads).
- Are the timing chains reliable on them? Has there been cases of failures of them at all?
Thanks in advance for any information you give! I really want to make the right choice and get a car that'll just go on for a long time if I keep up a good service routine on it. 😀
Thanks!
