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Originally Posted by rauldsouza Could you elaborate a bit more. What I read from this is just yr personal opinions. Kindly share some facts. |
@raukdsouza
My opinions are always
personal, if it is a common viewpoint , I would specifically mention it.
The opinions are based on my personal experiences over the past year on owning an ANHC.
Am a newbie to this forum; I did not probably have the right guidance when i decided to go in for a new Sedan. Coming down from Altis / Civic to ANHC, just bcoz it costed a couple of a lakhs lower is a decision i wish to rewrite if i possibly can.
Somewhere in this forum I read a humorous thread depicting how someone who owns an Activa suggests a ANHC to his friend , coz both are from the
HONDA STABLE . Although my case is not exactly similar, there were only two reasons why i bought it - my wife liked its looks (her colleague owns one too) and i read in auto-mags that iVtec is a next-gen engine.
So my friend asks me as to why i need a CIVIC when i get similar tech engine at a lower cost in ANHC ???? My wife seconds the opinion (it was bcoz her colleague owned one i suppose !!!
). The car's gonna be mostly used by my wife - so why annoy her, that too by paying a couple of lakhs more !!!!
So i overlook the advice from my bro who owns a Civic, the relatively cheap interiors of ANHC, rear seat comfort and absence of features like ACC and alloys and settle for the ANHC.
The intial month was spent in awe of the new car.
I thought therE is nothing more happening than this new gen car till i exchanged my old esteem to buy a new SX4- ZXi!!!
Now being an owner of two similar sedans - one priced a lakh and a half more than the other, comparisions are bound to happen. The SX4 was giving the ANHC tough challenge in every aspect !!! And mind you, i was getting more interested in cars more than just driving them !!!
I also happen to drive my bro's Civic quite often . Slowly, the realisation started setting in that ANHC is no CIVIC - whatever be the parameters for comparision, except may be the boot space !!!!
Today's ANHC with 50000 owners is just another entry level sedan -excellent numbers, come to think of it !!! But sometimes i silently assess in my own mind as how many of them are OWNERS BY DEFAULT like me !!!
And yeah, i suppose my wife is also becoming wiser by the day !!! More the number of ANHC she sees, The initial charisma of the looks is slowly wearing off.
Whenever she sees a Civic on the road, she asks me - "Is this a better car than ours dear ?? "
And i reply " Not at all Honey !!!"