Honda Civic Hatchback or VW Polo?

JDD10

Hi,

I am looking to buy a new car. I have looked at a Honda civic hatchback (2007) and I have spotted some vw polos (04, 06, 07) for sale.

I live in a town, so parking would be an issue. I am looking for something cheap to run, which I think both of these are.
I know that the rear spoiler is an issue in the Honda Civic.
What are vw polos like?

colm_mcm

Civics are same size as golfs, polos are roughly the same size as the jazz.

You get used to the rear visibility on the civic

CiniO

colm_mcm wrote: »

Civics are same size as golfs, polos are roughly the same size as the jazz.

You get used to the rear visibility on the civic

While I can generally say everything in positives about civic, but visibility IMHO is a big issue there.
Front pillars are wide at the bottom limiting visibility.
Rear pillars are horrendously wide, making driver unable to see anything on 7 to 8 o'clock - making it nearly impossible to drive off the parking reversing from parking space.

Rear view is greatly obstructed by rear screen divided into two.
Only what compensates are great big nice side mirrors.

While I love civic, I must admit it's the car with worst visibility I've driven so far.

CiniO

JDD10 wrote: »

Hi,

I am looking to buy a new car. I have looked at a Honda civic hatchback (2007) and I have spotted some vw polos (04, 06, 07) for sale.

I live in a town, so parking would be an issue. I am looking for something cheap to run, which I think both of these are.
I know that the rear spoiler is an issue in the Honda Civic.
What are vw polos like?

With Civic I'd probably avoid 1.4. Go for 1.8 as it's much better engine.

JohnBoy26

out of the two choices the Civic is the one to go for. It's in a different class to a Polo.

Toyotafanboi

those polos of that generation appear to be ****heaps also.

bazz26

If rear visibility is an issue in the Civic then you could always get parking sensors retrofitted, not that expensive these days.

corkgsxr

No indecision. Civic every time

robertxxx

Honda every time.

Polo is a class and a bit below.

CianRyan

Civic all the way, it'd be weird to pick the Polo over it.

JDD10

Thanks for the replies all,

Bazz26 how much would it cost roughly to get parking sensors retrofitted?

bazz26

No association with this company but they do give you an idea on prices:

http://www.parkingsensors.ie/

micks_address

we had parking sensors fitted on out Jazz and it cost about 320.. i'm sure you could probably get it done cheaper

HandsomeDan

Golf competes with civic not polo.