good point and well made. new cars are bound to have more problems as they're 'teethed' into the market... my car was one of the first few hundred out in aus.

one point i didn't make in my previous message is that my problems are actually being resolved. improvements seen in series 2/3/4/etc. often come about because of problems realised in earlier series. the current model is still a new car, but in about a year or so i would expect the problems to be ironed out. my car is obviously playing a part in that process.

i was actually lucky in that the batch of civics just before mine had problems with the power steering failing (campaign #TE094L06)