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I'm looking to buy a civic used . Any tips on what I should be loking out for ? Automatic would work for me. Since this is to be used for highway use only. Probably 3000 kms a year. Have a diesel hatch otherwise

Would it be like one or two long trips? The usage seems too low to make sense buying a used Civic, or any other car for that matter.

The cost of purchase, cost of refurbishment in case any parts go kaput and then the cost of maintenance would be too high compared to the estimated running.

True currently doing my weekend once in a blue moon jaunts with zoom car

It costed around 17k inc labor, done via Honda service center. Check in an independent garage if a re-joiing would suffice rather than spending the hefty 17k. I was in a hurry and did not enquire further.

The Civic AT has much taller gearing than the MT. I saw one US EPA figure rating it 1MPG superior to the MT on the highway. The gearing is just above 50kph per 1000 rpm in 5th.

The only HASS in town has decided to close on all Sundays and holidays. Had to return twice empty handed from the service centre as my Civic needed wiper blade replacement. Visiting Bosch did not help either. Finally got a pair of 'Premium' make wiper blades for Rs. 1100 a pair. Although they were a direct fit, save for the OE plastic clips on the blades which changed the OE look of the arm. Hence decided to pull out the rubber insert and put them on the OE beam so as to retain the original look. Not sure how long these inserts will last but working good for the time being. Expecting that they last at least an year.

(Request mods to merge with above post as for some reason I could not upload more than one image in one post)

The set if blades that I bought:

I checked at 100kmph, and the rpm was hovering at the 2k mark, full 1k below that of my city MT. That's a huge plus since it's something that bugged me about the city, and got addressed without me realizing :)

Good experience so far, I've quickly realized the merits of having an AT. Will post a more detailed post soon.

Here's what I picked:

@avisidhu; Yes it is around 50.4k/1000rpm. I think I same someone pick up the data and then post it. Somehow our reviewers think this information is of no importance. I know my Brio At is about 40kph per 1000 rpm.

So even the Brio AT is better than the City MT! I realized this aspect soon enough and considered this the biggest grouse with my City, specially the initial few years when I did extensive highway runs. And now most of the highways around here are either six laned or will soon be, so tall gearing ratio is something of a must have. but as you said, not many people even give this a thought.

Can someone confirm me about the alloys on the Civic I posted above. They are not the regular Civic alloys and I've never seen them on one, can't figure out if they are some special edition related. They are OEM Honda alloys btw.

Look like the one that were OE fitment on the Honda Accord and some models of the Honda City iVtec.

I'm pretty certain no model of the City ever had these, also because they are R16. I suspected Accord alloys too, thanks for the confirmation. Will confirm with the previous owner once.

As for tall gearing it is good for economy but if in lower gears will compromise the pick up. So there is a compromise.

Honda have been pretty casual about the alloys. I bought my Brio V AT (first in Kanpur) and ordered a fifth alloy. It came in the same shape, but was grey-silver instead of Silver. When a couple of years ago I bought the Amaze for my daughter-in-law Honda supplied the fifth alloy after checking on the car chassis details. An indirect acceptance!

Talking about the RPM levels, the Civic MT's needle hovers around 2500 at 100 KMPH. This can help score 16+ FE figures easily on highways while cruising. So I'm assuming that the AT can beat the MT if confined to such a cruise in FE dept.

Regards.

So I'm on a long drive from mumbai to goa and midway I face this issue suddenly of all (IIRC) lights blinking at random intervals like the ignition restart! Headlights, in cabin lights, ac, music system et al. Since I'm driving in night, decided to take a halt and continue the journey tomorrow morning as a precaution. Has anyone else faced this issue? and can help with a probable diagnosis?