Getting my first Honda Civic, so many choices, but no Idea what to look for.
Hi Guys,
Just needing some advice/help from the wise people of this forum.
I currently drive an 94 Camry Vienta V6, it has been a nice car to drive and own, but its time for me to upgrade or to get another car which is a little more exciting or fun to drive.
The main reason why I am looking at the Civic is that it is a nice little economical car to drive, and one of my friend own a Civic Hatch VTIR and it has been relatively good.
But one of the main reason for getting rid of the Camry is that it is pretty big on petrol.
Although I have 15k budget to spend, I would much prefer to stay around the 10-11k mark, as it will leave me with some cash incase anything does go wrong.
I would prefer to buy a 1997-2000 Model Civic, and hopefully with under 100000km on the clock.
I am aware that there is different engine type, such as VTI, GLI, CXI and etc.
But the two main one I am looking at is the VTI and GLI, please correct me if I am wrong, but the VTI has VTECH is that correct? if so is there a big difference between owning a VTI Civic and a GLI Civic? Because from what I can tell is that both of them has 88kw if I were to go with the Sedan.
Ah my next part of the question is, which one should I get, I love the look of the Coupe, but it only has 4 seat, the Sedan on the other hand is a 5 seater, however, I don't think the back seat can sit 3 people comfortable anyway, but the main advantage of having the Sedan is that it is not annoying when people want to get into the back.
Right now I am currently leaning towards the Coupe, as the VTI model is a little more powerful than the Sedan, and it also look a little nice, also I am looking for an Automatic model.
The main purpose of this car, is to get me to uni and work and to go out and about with my mates.
Also is there any known or common faults with these cars?
I have went to see a few of these Civic the last few days, but they have fairly KM"s on the clock already.
Do you guys recommend buying them privately or go to a dealer?
Sorry about the long post.:o
Thanks in advance.
Cheers