1.4l cars

Peugeut 206, Citroen Xsara. Avoid the Focus and Golf in 1.4 form

What about a Seat? My dad bought one a few months ago and it's very fast
and it's only 1.2. Very plasticky and cheap looking inside but drives well.

The only problems with that generation Civic are the gearbox release bearing and power steering. Both can be pricey enough to fix so try and find one that has had both done already.

The main problem with 1.4 focus is that it's under powered but that mightn't bother you.

Pdub23 wrote: »

Also the 1.4. & 1.5dsl Renault megane's seem to be in plenty full supply on car sites, is there an issue with them in general?

You can get the odd good one, the same as you can get the odd bad one from other manufacturers.

Mazda 3?

endacl wrote: »

Do avoid the focus. I have one. Underpowered.

Besides the civic. It being 1.4 means its underpowered. Woeful to go

corkgsxr wrote: »

Besides the civic. It being 1.4 means its underpowered. Woeful to go

Civic 1.4 wouldn't pull you out of bed either

Had an ep1 civic myself, bulletproof car. No issues with gearbox, clutch release or eps. To be fair honda did extend the warranty on the bearings and are decent to deal with. No faults or parts needed outside of normal servicing in 7 years in the family. It boringly started every morning without fail. Good yoke to go for 1.4. My only issues with it was dreadful road noise and tiny tiny boot (3 door).

debabyjesus wrote: »

Had an ep1 civic myself, bulletproof car. No issues with gearbox, clutch release or eps. To be fair honda did extend the warranty on the bearings and are decent to deal with. No faults or parts needed outside of normal servicing in 7 years in the family. It boringly started every morning without fail. Good yoke to go for 1.4. My only issues with it was dreadful road noise and tiny tiny boot (3 door).

you were lucky with your civic many weren't though and had to fork out for steering racks and reconditioned gearboxes. All expensive jobs, not helped by the very expensive prices of Honda genuine parts.

For reliability these were a low point for honda. They were a far cry from the superb civic they replaced.

Sobanek wrote: »

It's definitely more powerful than your legs... or a bicycle.
I did my driving lessons in a 2007 1.2 Polo and it was miserable to drive - it wasn't powerful at all.

1.2 tfsi and polo 1.2 are completely different in respects, the 1.2 tfsi was setup for spirited sporty driving while your boggo paddy spec polo 1.2 was designed for cheap economical and affordable driving.
Even your 'slow' polo 1.2 would be far more powerful than your own 2 legs at least 54hp in a 1.2 polo? you would rate at what? .20hp? unless you want to claim your a bionic man replica of hussein bolte I doubt you alone would get anywhere any quicker than a polo 1.2 to be fair :pac:

Agree with this to some extent we had to do bearings in ours last summer, at the time the clutch was also replaced.. sold it on a few months later so didint really get the value of the work

re power, the civic was light, so even in a 1.4 it was nippy enough - for petrol consumption i'd say i was doing well to get 40mpg out of it. On long motor way journeys there was a lot of cabin noise at 120 or above.. kids always complained they couldnt hear the radio so to avoid arguments used to switch it off!

What was really nice about the 5 door civic was the flat floor in the back.. there is no 'bump' in the middle in the back on the floor like there is in most cars.. Also when you folded down the back seats.. you could fit a double bed in there with the boot closed there was so much space in it!

I've since changed to a 2.2 diesel accord.. which is well a different car altogether

Good luck with whatever you decide on.

Cheers,
Mick

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

you were lucky with your civic many weren't though and had to fork out for steering racks and reconditioned gearboxes. All expensive jobs, not helped by the very expensive prices of Honda genuine parts.

For reliability these were a low point for honda. They were a far cry from the superb civic they replaced.