Perfect if you have a budget, beautiful, and reliable
Absolutely nothing wrong with it, and it can take a lot of abuse.
It's an excellent, reliable vehicle.
It doesn't accelerate well and can't climb hills unless the right modifications are made to it.
It's attractive.
It's easy to maintain.
It gets fairly good gas mileage.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 27th February, 2001
Don't buy this death trap
What hasn't gone wrong? The exhaust fell off while I was driving and scraped on the ground, the wiper motor was messed up, the interior rattles so bad I can't hear the already terrible sound system, it eats air filters for lunch, and the engine makes some very odd noises above 50 mph.
Decent acceleration.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? No
Review Date: 1st February, 2001
Efficient, well built little car
Nothing has gone wrong with the car at all.
Excellent commuter, but the seats are too uncomfortable for trips of any length. The performance is remarkably poor.... no torque, I find I have to wind the engine up past 5000rpm to get anything out of it. The stock tires are a bit lacking in performance, but great in weather. All in all, a very solid, satisfying car that will never be raced around.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 9th July, 2000
First of all, if you need to engage the VTEC past 5000RPM your engine has problems and you have no clue how to work the VTEC system to make power...
Honda has great acceleration beyond 3000RPM and as soon as the VTEC kicks in, usually around 4,000rpm, there's plenty of pulling power, unless you live in the rockies and expect rocket-rides up a 5000' hill.
2nd Mar 2001, 23:17
I had a '99 Civic Si... it was the best car around for the money. Bought it brand new... nothing ever broke on it until I wrapped it around a telephone pole... due to its outstanding acceleration. That broke a few things. ;)