Mimsy
17-01-2011, 01:02 PM
Hi there,
I have been doing some googling re: Civic vs Jazz and I came across this forum. Lots of good info. Thanks to all the regulars :thumbsup:
I am a big Civic fan!! My civic history includes
1991 Got my license and drove a 1972 Torana for 6 months - HATED it!!! :thumbdwn:
1992 bought my first ever civic and have never looked back:
* 1974 Blue honda civic called "Bluey" - crashed it :(
1994 bought a "shell" and used engine from my original civic
* 1975 White honda civic called "Dewey" (with few engine from my first civic)
1998 Graduated uni and bought:
* BRAND NEW 1998 Civic Cxi :) called "Freddy" - green 3 door hatch and I loved it to bits, put 200k on it in 7 years, took it through creek beds in Mill Stream National park, Drove from Perth to Karratha, Kalgoorlie, Albany and many places in between, with lots of city driving as well. It never missed a beat. Serviced regularly - as per Honda guidelines, and apart from the usual brakes, batteries, timing belts it never needed anything.
2005 Moved to NZ
* 1995 Hond Civic import from Japan, not sure of model, 140k on the clock, drove it for 5 years, 6 monthly servicing, again no problems at all, one new set of CV joints, brakes, but nothing else major
2010 - moved back to Aus and it is time to buy a new car, not so cashed up, have ~ $6000 to spend. Have been checking out cars on gum tree, quokka, West Asutralian, etc and I have a few to choose from.
For my money I can get either
A) ~ 1998-2000 civic with ~ 130-150k on the clock
or
B) ~ 2004 Jazz with ~ 100k on the clock.
My big question is:
Can Jazz go the distance?
I mostly want the car for driving to/from work = 30k of city driving each way including a run on the freeway
But I also want to be able to cruise around WA - which will put some miles on it. Mostly will be weekend trips to Margaret River etc - 300km each way.
I am very loyal to civics as they have served me very, very well since 1992. But when I test drove a second hand Jazz I was very impressed by the internal space and the overall handling.
I am very keen to hear peoples opinions on what would be my best buy for the $ I have to spend. I will post my question re: Jazz going the distance in a separate thread with appropriate title.
Thanks in advance.
:)
I have been doing some googling re: Civic vs Jazz and I came across this forum. Lots of good info. Thanks to all the regulars :thumbsup:
I am a big Civic fan!! My civic history includes
1991 Got my license and drove a 1972 Torana for 6 months - HATED it!!! :thumbdwn:
1992 bought my first ever civic and have never looked back:
* 1974 Blue honda civic called "Bluey" - crashed it :(
1994 bought a "shell" and used engine from my original civic
* 1975 White honda civic called "Dewey" (with few engine from my first civic)
1998 Graduated uni and bought:
* BRAND NEW 1998 Civic Cxi :) called "Freddy" - green 3 door hatch and I loved it to bits, put 200k on it in 7 years, took it through creek beds in Mill Stream National park, Drove from Perth to Karratha, Kalgoorlie, Albany and many places in between, with lots of city driving as well. It never missed a beat. Serviced regularly - as per Honda guidelines, and apart from the usual brakes, batteries, timing belts it never needed anything.
2005 Moved to NZ
* 1995 Hond Civic import from Japan, not sure of model, 140k on the clock, drove it for 5 years, 6 monthly servicing, again no problems at all, one new set of CV joints, brakes, but nothing else major
2010 - moved back to Aus and it is time to buy a new car, not so cashed up, have ~ $6000 to spend. Have been checking out cars on gum tree, quokka, West Asutralian, etc and I have a few to choose from.
For my money I can get either
A) ~ 1998-2000 civic with ~ 130-150k on the clock
or
B) ~ 2004 Jazz with ~ 100k on the clock.
My big question is:
Can Jazz go the distance?
I mostly want the car for driving to/from work = 30k of city driving each way including a run on the freeway
But I also want to be able to cruise around WA - which will put some miles on it. Mostly will be weekend trips to Margaret River etc - 300km each way.
I am very loyal to civics as they have served me very, very well since 1992. But when I test drove a second hand Jazz I was very impressed by the internal space and the overall handling.
I am very keen to hear peoples opinions on what would be my best buy for the $ I have to spend. I will post my question re: Jazz going the distance in a separate thread with appropriate title.
Thanks in advance.
:)