Honda civic hybrid opinions?

shamrock55

I was just browsing through carzone today looking at civic saloons and a large majority are those hybrids and automatics, what are peoples thought on hybrid civics, lack of power wouldnt be a problem as herself is used to driving 1.4l petrol cars, it ticks all the tax and insurance boxes and i presume would be cheap on fuel too, my main worry would be how reliable would an automatic car be and would a hybrid be more expensive when taking it for a service etc

shamrock55

shamrock55 wrote: »

I was just browsing through carzone today looking at civic saloons and a large majority are those hybrids and automatics, what are peoples thought on hybrid civics, lack of power wouldnt be a problem as herself is used to driving 1.4l petrol cars, it ticks all the tax and insurance boxes and i presume would be cheap on fuel too, my main worry would be how reliable would an automatic car be and would a hybrid be more expensive when taking it for a service etc

Anyone??

colm_mcm

Servicing isn't expensive apart from spark plugs, do which I think it has 8.
A lot of them are high milers, and the sheet metal on the body is a little on the thin size so they dent/surface rust easy enough.
To be honest, the Prius does everything better.

shamrock55

Thanks for the reply, when you say they rust easily is that just the hybrids or honda in general, as for prius thats a no go i just dont like toyota

colm_mcm

I looked at a few 2 years ago when I changed, and a some had rust on the bootlid, around the windscreen, and where paint chipped off at the edges of the boot and doors.

I got a hatch civic instead which has no rust that I've seen.

Then there's the power thing, they're a bit weedy. The Prius is a GTI in comparison. At least drive one before you rule it out, to be fair its unlike regular toyotas,