Old civics and Golfs

Interslice

split from bangeromics.....


unmolested 1.4 civic with long NCT (April 15)

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/97-honda-civic/6450488

1250 euro

Interslice

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/honda-civic/6450110



1.5 120k miles
NCT 03/15
1300 euro

carzony

Lads, would you seriously consider those civics good value? very pricey if you ask me..

wonski

They hold their prices very well. Great looking yokes for young lads to drive around.

Interslice

wonski wrote: »

They hold their prices very well. Great looking yokes for young lads to drive around.

clean and original ones are rare enough. Over a years NCT on both too.

bladespin

wonski wrote: »

They hold their prices very well. Great looking yokes for young lads to drive around.

Better looking for girls IMO, never understood the lad thing with civics, always saw then as more of a girls car.

Honda though, what can you say, just better engineered

wotzgoingon

My first two cars were civics, a '94 model and a '98 model. I don't know where you got they are a girls car. I wouldn't drive one now mind you. I would drive an type-r though but would prefer an integra type-r.

Moneymaker

carzony wrote: »

Lads, would you seriously consider those civics good value? very pricey if you ask me..

Even today they are sought after. Nice to drive, absolutely bombproof and those vtec engines are simply brilliant.

Those two look pretty straight too.

wotzgoingon

Moneymaker wrote: »

Even today they are sought after. Nice to drive, absolutely bombproof and those vtec engines are simply brilliant.

Those two look pretty straight too.

I'm pretty sure that is a weak vtec engine not even worthy of having the vtec badge.

bladespin

wotzgoingon wrote: »

My first two cars were civics, a '94 model and a '98 model. I don't know where you got they are a girls car. I wouldn't drive one now mind you. I would drive an type-r though but would prefer an integra type-r.

Used to hang around with a bunch or hair dressers (lol but true), all drove civics - all girls btw, probably coloured the car in my opinion, still shape etc hardly suggests otherwise.

Always thought the same about the golf too so not simply a civic bias (driving a golf currently too).

power pants

completely agree, never said this on here as didnt think anyone else would agree. I think both golfs and old civics to be for women

Greyfoot

had one of them civics but in sedan with high mileage a rusty spot front strut silly back box, she was great, bought it for 700 sold on for a 17" laptop and some cash my way, that 1300 is mad money for it. Best of all she gets 6l/100km all day long and corners good depending on tyre choice

davycc

Im not touching this thread with a 26M bargepole given I own a 98 Civic which I love same early 90s golfs too which I also loved ..Impossible for me to be unbiased here:D

djimi

bladespin wrote: »

Used to hang around with a bunch or hair dressers (lol but true), all drove civics - all girls btw, probably coloured the car in my opinion, still shape etc hardly suggests otherwise.

Always thought the same about the golf too so not simply a civic bias (driving a golf currently too).

Do you feel the same about all hatchbacks?

The only car that I have ever seen as a girls car is a Nissan Figaro. I dont think I have ever met a single person who has ever even suggested that a Civic is a girls car...

djimi

Greyfoot wrote: »

had one of them civics but in sedan with high mileage a rusty spot front strut silly back box, she was great, bought it for 700 sold on for a 17" laptop and some cash my way, that 1300 is mad money for it. Best of all she gets 6l/100km all day long and corners good depending on tyre choice

Hatchback Civics always sold for bigger money than the saloon model. If those cars are properly clean then €1300 is about right (I would have said anything up to €1500 or maybe even a bit higher for a good clean mid to late 90s hatchback Civic is not beyond the realms of possibility).

bladespin

djimi wrote: »

Do you feel the same about all hatchbacks?

The only car that I have ever seen as a girls car is a Nissan Figaro. I dont think I have ever met a single person who has ever even suggested that a Civic is a girls car...

No, not at all, just the roundy shape ones (civic, micra, golf, A3 etc), as said everyone I know that drove a civic was female bar one - coincidence maybe.

wonski

bladespin wrote: »

No, not at all, just the roundy shape ones (civic, micra, golf, A3 etc), as said everyone I know that drove a civic was female bar one - coincidence maybe.

Know 2 males driving those old Civics, one driving A3 and male and female driving Golfs. None of these is a hairdresser car. Far from it really.

JohnBoy26

bladespin wrote: »

No, not at all, just the roundy shape ones (civic, micra, golf, A3 etc), as said everyone I know that drove a civic was female bar one - coincidence maybe.

I'd say so.

bladespin

wonski wrote: »

Know 2 males driving those old Civics, one driving A3 and male and female driving Golfs. None of these is a hairdresser car. Far from it really.

I don't recall ever describing them as a hairdresser car

But seriously, hardly even close to what could be described as a 'lad's' car either.

Mycroft H

I'd call the A3 a hairdressers car. I know of two of them who had one/have one

wonski

bladespin wrote: »

Used to hang around with a bunch or hair dressers (lol but true), all drove civics - all girls btw, probably coloured the car in my opinion, still shape etc hardly suggests otherwise.

Always thought the same about the golf too so not simply a civic bias (driving a golf currently too).

bladespin wrote: »

I don't recall ever describing them as a hairdresser car

But seriously, hardly even close to what could be described as a 'lad's' car either.

Interslice

poll added to solve this once and for all :pac:

SamAK

Sure, buy a Civic and go cruisin kiiid!

And enjoy getting pulled over by bored guards all night!

Supergurrier

Yore ma

Truckermal

No way are any of them girlie car's in fairness a guy here called seweryn has a beautiful one.

bladespin

wonski wrote: »

Just to clarify, they were girls who happened to be hairdressers, never meant to infer it was a hairdresser's car.

wonski

bladespin wrote: »

Just to clarify, they were girls who happened to be hairdressers, never meant to infer it was a hairdresser's car.

It is like saying they happened to be girls but never meant to say it was a girl's car.
The poll results are live now anyway.

wotzgoingon

I wouldn't call civic or golfs a female car. I would call a micra or 206 a female car though.

Chris_Heilong

Micra,
Ford Ka,
Figaro,
Ford fiesta,
Audi TT
Mini

^ These are all girls cars......Civic no, just no.

wonski

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

Micra,
Ford Ka,
Figaro,
Ford fiesta,
Audi A4,
Mini

^ These are all girls cars......Civic no, just no.

Audi A4???

Chris_Heilong

wonski wrote: »

Audi A4???

Nicely spotted, I meant TT.

dgt

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

Micra,
Ford Ka,
Figaro,
Ford fiesta,
Audi A4,
Mini

^ These are all girls cars......Civic no, just no.

Okay, you got me. I used to be a woman :pac:

OT, I'd happily drive a Civic. Girly car my hairy arse. Golfs are not specifically a girls car either

Now a Colt CZC/ VW EOS/ Micra convertable etc some oddbox like that.... That's a girly car to me

bladespin

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

Micra,
Ford Ka,
Figaro,
Ford fiesta,
Audi TT
Mini

^ These are all girls cars......Civic no, just no.

Is an Audi TT more girly than a Civic??? Really, would've classed the styling in a similar vein, roundy, non threatening.

I understand it's a generalization and it's purely based on looks but I don't see how it either could be classed as a lads car in the same way an Evo or WRX would be. I drive a golf, happily too, just don't consider it ladish in any way whatsoever.

Fiesta would be classed as neutered IMO.

ShadowHearth

Even Civic is a Girls car now..... ****. I better hide so!

djimi

bladespin wrote: »

Is an Audi TT more girly than a Civic??? Really, would've classed the styling in a similar vein, roundy, non threatening.

I understand it's a generalization and it's purely based on looks but I don't see how it either could be classed as a lads car in the same way an Evo or WRX would be. I drive a golf, happily too, just don't consider it ladish in any way whatsoever.

Fiesta would be classed as neutered IMO.

Tbh its a ridiculous debate either way. There is no such things as a girls car or a lads car; I know plenty of lads who drive Minis, Beetles etc, and I know plenty of girls who drive Type Rs, Skylines, Evos etc. Okay perhaps a Beetle that is painted red with black ladybird spots, or a Mini with eyelashes over the headlamps might fall into the category of a "girls car", but honestly apart from that who actually cares?

The only reason I even mentioned the Figaro above is because I have quite literally never seen a bloke driving one, or show even a passing interest in owning one.

Youzername

Interslice wrote: »

clean and original ones are rare enough. Over a years NCT on both too.

How do they have over a years NCT?

I've only recently NCT'd my (newer) car and already I've less than a year...?

Interslice

Youzername wrote: »

How do they have over a years NCT?

I've only recently NCT'd my (newer) car and already I've less than a year...?

You can do it up to 3 months early.