Faults:

Nothing yet so far.

The car came with no service history, but being a Honda I didn't hesitate, and all I did was change the cam belt.

And a quick service. They are right when they say that Honda's last forever.

General Comments:

This car is one of the best 1.6 cars ever built, in fact it's more powerful than cars twice its size. It's fast, very reliable and still returns around 30 mpg.

Mine is a 4 door saloon, so it's practical, with a decent sized boot and comes with all the creature comforts like AC, power steering, ABS, dual airbags, Discs all round, ABS etc. Handles really well too, wet or dry.

This car is definitely a future classic, nothing exists in its class that's so good fun to drive, well equipped or is this good value for money.

For a 12 year old car to be still this good, it's a real achievement.

Faults:

Rear suspension bushes were replaced at 60000 miles at a cost of £200 to pass MOT. (I couldn't tell they were faulty)

Exhaust system replaced at 105000 miles (£90) and again at 115000 miles (free of charge as still under manufacturers warranty)

Two front tyre's at 80000 miles.

General Comments:

We purchased this car 3 years ago for £1500 (US$3000) with 50000 mile on it. Apart from the above suspension bushes being replaced the car has been fault free in the 72000 miles we have owned it. The rear tyre's are still the ones on it when we purchased the car and I would not be surprised if they were the originals (123000 miles!).

This is by far the most reliable car we have ever owned and have only sold it as we now need a five door car as we have a child on the way. The service and repair bills for the last 72000 miles were less than £1000 and we sold the car for £900 so £1600 for 72000 miles is good value for money.

I have owned over 50 cars and this has to be one of the best!

We have purchased a 2002 1.4i Civic with 19000 miles on it, I just hope it will be as reliable as this one!

Faults:

Original paintwork is easily scratched.

General Comments:

This is a very reliable car.

Always runs smoothly.

Has good standard features such as electric windows, electric sunroof and electric mirrors.

Though the car rolls quiet a lot at fast bends.

Faults:

Wheel bearing (rear)

Exhaust

Rear suspension Bushes

Battery

Front electric windows slow to work.

General Comments:

The car is noisy above 3000 rpm, particularly when revved hard.

The engine needs to be worked hard as the engine has little low down torque.

Fuel consumption is reasonable

I recently had an accident, where the car suddenly lost grip on a dual carriageway and oversteered me into the crash barrier. I have not been able to ascertain the cause as I have never experienced such a thing on a front wheel drive car in 30 years of driving.