New Civic VTi drive away dealer price

[jumz]

that explains it...

i live in adelaide - no such thing as traffic.. haha

[clayton4115]

yeah im touting the hybrid, dont know to go with Prius or Honda

[Nax]

go honda, prius is overpriced and has less features then the civic, plus the civic hybrid looks the same as a normal civic so people wont think your a hippy

[clayton4115]

yes, i think the Prius is ugly, but i like the onboard features in it, also the stealth mode, where you can run on low speed in silence, however i like to Honda as it looks hellava lot better and its cheaper too!

[Nax]

lol only thing stealth mode is useful for is running down pedestrians or sneaking up on hold peoploe n blowing your horn to make them stroke lol

[clayton4115]

lol only thing stealth mode is useful for is running down pedestrians or sneaking up on hold peoploe n blowing your horn to make them stroke lol

and savinga bucket load of fuel!

just imagine all the fuel you save when you are idling at traffic lights or stopped in a traffic jam! the car auto shuts off, amazing technology!

[Nax]

civic auto shuts off too...

[clayton4115]

ofcourse it does, great technology for a great car!

[brokenback]

Hi folks, Newbie here....

I was looking at purchasing either the Civic Hybrid and Civic VTi-L. I drove both but brought the VTi-L.

I have driven my brothers Prius quite a bit and the test drive on the Civic Hybrid was a chance to compare.

I thought the Civic Hybrid is not quite as refined as the Prius. For example both engines shut off in idle (except the civic stays on facing up a hill...probably to stop roll back) but the Prius starts on battery and switches the engine on once moving. This makes is a seamless transition and quick off the mark..if you could call it that.

The Honda hybrid does not do this and there is a slight delay between foot off the brake and engine turn on. This is a small delay, probably something you would get used to but it a little annoying.

There are other small gripes like: the rear seat cannot fold down; no bluetooth integration; a roof aerial, not a rear window one;.... but over all the Hybrid is a nice car to drive and alot cheaper than the Prius. I also thought it's CVT is quieter than the Civic VTi Auto.

Anyway I brought the Civic VTi-L, a black little beauty

My 2cents worth!

edit:

P.S. Nice site..a wealth of information.

[Nax]

ya there is a slight delay, but its very very slight, if u hit the accelerator there is no delay watsoever tho. the reason the seats dont fold is cuz thats where the batteries are stored, so it gives u a bigger boot and keeps alot of the wieght over the rear axel which is a goodin. bluetooth, god damnit honda i hate you, soooo many people want bluetooth and none come with it standard, but u can get it optioned in.

i like that after comparing prius and civic, u basically went, ahhh hell and got vti-L, classic lol

[brokenback]

i like that after comparing prius and civic, u basically went, ahhh hell and got vti-L, classic lol

Yeah I'm a noob! I wouldn't buy the Prius anyway...costs too much. A new model is out next year and I suspect it will be a quantum better. We shall see.

There is no Honda option for bluetooth on the Hybrid! I don't know why? maybe Electromagnetic Interference (EMI)? Only speculating.

[Nax]

as far as i know u can still get honda bluetooth in it according to my sheet, but even then u could get aftermarket bluetooh, not quite as pretty but gets the job done.