Civic FD Most Expensive Small car on the market to repair

**danny_mart** · 24-01-2008 06:28 PM

anyone watch current affair with repairs to front bumper crashes..
civic fd wins most expensive with 7grand
compared to astra 2 grand

**bennjamin** · 24-01-2008 06:32 PM

so ? if you are in a bingle you should have insurance ~ which will be only your EXCESS payment and very similar regardless the car you drive

**destrukshn** · 24-01-2008 06:50 PM

well what if you have only 3rd party?
anyways, it's not about insurance, his just pointing out the cost of it.
what parts where replaced though?

**NeoNode** · 24-01-2008 07:29 PM

And I bet people will still have the train of through that, european cars would be more expensive to repair

**danny_mart** · 24-01-2008 08:10 PM

well pretty much they just had a ramp and rolled all the cars on the market down it into a bumper...
they tested cars such as
mazda 3, ford focus, holden astra ect..
the civic came out about triple the price of everything else haha..
other cars hardly got a scratch and the civic smashed in all it headlights and front bumper...
o well i still love my civic

**xqwzit** · 24-01-2008 10:48 PM

lol... thailand ftw?

**Shimian** · 24-01-2008 11:01 PM

i just saw that on channel 9 news. Thats scary.

**match** · 25-01-2008 03:05 AM

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599...-29277,00.html

**ib3nji** · 25-01-2008 07:21 AM

I saw this story does this apply to like crashes or is it also saying if you need to do a regular service say at 100,000KM for example it will be very expensive?

**Mingy** · 25-01-2008 08:51 AM

Originally Posted by match

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599...-29277,00.html

I think the title should be "If you must crash, make sure your civic is in front".

**denot** · 25-01-2008 09:09 AM

Originally Posted by Mingy

I think the title should be "If you must crash, make sure your civic is in front".

hahaha THATS MY CIVIC mingy!!!! I got hit 3 times from the back already...

1st one on a picnic trip (4 days after purchased!!!), hit by my friends corrola
2nd on the way to work by a 80ish magna (2 weeks after the 1st hit)
3rd when I parked near the office (went back after work and see two "big" scratches on the bumper)

T-T

1st two has been deal with comp insurance, the third one... I'll think about it later... T-T

**tseesinngwailo** · 25-01-2008 09:41 AM

surely this would have something to do with the way the car is designed to absorb the impact and dissipate the energy? or is it just badly made? I would love to upgrade the wifes car, but this would make me think, insurance or not