Honda Civic Independence : CNG'd. EDIT: 1,13,000 km up and SOLD! Dear all,
I have driven a 800 for the last 14 years.I always equated the car to the term "freedom".For me that car meant freedom to go where i want to.I never owned it.It's still my dad's car just driven by me all the time.
Well after freedom comes Independence.Yes, i have purchased my first car and am being a car owner for the first time in my life.For me that's called "Independence". So here's the story of the begining of my Independence or the 2007 S M/T Honda Civic 2007 Independence or "Indy" :-)
(Please pardon my write up.It's not as polished as some of the other members of the forum) The reason for going for a another car
My 800 had become 14 years old.Parts and bits were failing and falling apart.I was spending on a average 2-3k a month on just repairs.The
ultimate one was when the driver's seat partially collapsed due to loose nut.That was it.Driver's seat failing while driving was not good thing from a safety perspective what if i had lost control while driving if the seat had failed completely.That was the sign from God.Time to change the car. The Choice of car.
Well i had just one thing on my mind "HONDA".I simply love Honda's tag line 'Power Of Dreams".Been fan of Honda's for the last decade or so.Don't know why i am so smitten by the brand but i guess you can blame it on the OHC's which i used to like. 1.5 litre 100 BHP, FE close to a M800, rocket like performance,bullet prooof reliablilty , i am mean what else would i need in a car.
The brand was already decided.Had to be a Honda.Then within the same i narrowed down to two choices. The City and the Civic.The Jazz even with price cut is not to my taste as i did not wanted to have a hatch again.Now i always thought that i would buy a City given it was much within reach than the Civic's astronomical price tag.But like many of us team-bhpians i simply got GTO'ed :-).
GTO's amazing write up of his purchase of the Pre-Worshipped Civic for a amazing ~8 lacs was enough to convince me to consider the Civic
as my next ride for the next 8-10 years atleast.The futristic dashboard,the smallish steering, the high speed poise, the amazing & sweeping lines,the I am a Driver's car image of the civic simply did me in. The Hunt: Beauty 1
1st place i looked for used Civic was the T-bhp classified.Saw a Civic going in for around 6.9 lacs and color was maroon/red.Sent a request to the seller asking for details etc and whether i could come to see the car.Turns out this bhpian is the same person whom i had got racing vinyl stripes done for my M800.He gives me his contact details and i decide to come to his house over at Bandra to take a look at the car.
So hopped over to the Bhpians home one saturday morning.I had already discussed with him that i wanted to show the car to my trusted mechanic ,Joe from Nakita motors who incidentaly was located at Bandra West near jogger's park just a few kms from the Bhpian's home.I have known Joe for several months and i had grown to trust his judgement and honesty.Here again Tbhp played a role as Joe is one of the listed garages from the Tbhp directory.
We took the car for spin with Joe.He took the wheel and put the car through it's paces.He looked under the hood,did a wheel joint test , the kind where you take a full right and left turns and listen for any clicking noise etc,checked the car for signs for any accidental damages by looking at the pillar joints and the at the pasenger door area etc.
After the inspection Joe concluded that the car is a quite good shape but he mentioned that the clutch was a little weak but "It will do".When i asked him if i could go for the car, he gave me a hearty yes.
After that i took the wheel for the Civic.I had never driven a car bigger than the 800 in the last 10 years and everything about the car seemed huge and big in comparision.The car felt smooth and light at the steering and i was able to drive it fairly well. |