Thanks for the advice everyone, it's greatly appreciated. I'm taking the Civic for a test drive tomorrow and am still leaning that way (the new Corolla is a possibility, but I'm still in favour of the Civic). One of the biggest factors for me is its fuel economy, and i'm looking for something relatively spacious in a small car (although IMO it's a medium car). The Mazda 3 looks good but its economy isn't as good, so that only leaves me with the Corolla.

Hopefully many of these common issues have been resolved in the 2007 model, i'm wondering if anyone has experienced them with a Civic they bought recently?