Faults:

Not much other than wear and tear, a very reliable car. Some small rust patches here and there when I was done with it.

General Comments:

Loved this little Civic coupe, very good looking.

Pretty quick and still quite economical.

Seats less than supportive, surprisingly not the most comfortable.

Brilliant handling. Excellent to drive.

Mine was black, big alloy wheels, looked great.

Only sold it it as I needed to upgrade to a bigger more modern family car, but I did enjoy this Civic. You don't see many any more from this generation.

Faults:

Small hole in the exhaust, nothing to worry about, it happens to every car. Hoping to put a stainless steel exhaust system on this car as it deserves one.

I feel I will never get rid of it as I love it.

Apart from that, there will be the usual wear and tear; brake pads etc.

General Comments:

I had a Civic previous to this one, and was so impressed that I bought the present one.

It's a Civic Jordan:

- A limited run of 500 cars in 1999 only.

- Based on a Civic 1.6 VTI.

- Sports the Type-R body kit (minus the boot spoiler and front grill).

- Interior is full 2 tone leather in Black and Yellow.

- 15" Split 5 spoke alloy wheels as standard, but I put 17" alloys on mine; well able for them, with a 1.6 VTEC DOHC

- Air conditioning, electric sunroof and windows etc.

Faults:

There is a lot of wear and cracking on the front seats.

Exhaust has developed holes.

Some bush ions, have worn away causing a knocking sound on uneven surfaces.

General Comments:

Apart from the above problems, which are acceptable for an 8 year old car with this mileage, and could be sorted at fairly low cost, this car is as good as the day it came out of the factory. The engine bay is sparkling - not one stain after 115000 miles and it never misses a beat mechanically. The car is 100% and I put this down to regular servicing - no hard driving until engine warms up, and most of all to Honda's excellent engineering.

Now to describe the performance; it's just unbelievable from a 1.6 engine (I know the SIR and Type R are faster). Once 5500rpm is crossed the vtec engages and you're just glued to the seat, and the roar from the engine as it races to 8000rpm makes your whole body tremble.

The car handles fairly good, and there is nothing more satisfying than racing home late at night on a quite twisty country road, second and third gear is all you need.

Economy is not great, but all the power has to be generated somewhere - 33 mpg is around what I get driving normally, and going somewhere in a hurry I'm afraid to calculate mpg. Also the tank is pretty small, making trips to the pumps very frequent. If there was a 6th gear, it would leave the car far more efficient on the motorway.

Another good point about the car is it's a real good head turner, especially when it's clean and polished.

They also have a very good resale value.

Overall I'm very happy with the car, but am going to have to sell it soon due to high mileage I'm doing weekly; going to change to a diesel, maybe a 320d, A4 or GT TDI.

This would be a perfect and very enjoyable car to own and drive.

Faults:

55,000 miles and nothing has gone wrong. Nothing coming loose, nothing rattling, and no creaks. I suspect it may well live on long after me.

General Comments:

The seats don't have as much side support as a 160bhp coupe should have.

The indicator stocks are at the quarter to three position, instead of the ten to two position, which I find annoying.

The headlight height adjustment is in the centre console, where it's easy to move without realising.

In six years of owning two of these cars, these are the best design faults I could come up with.

The car is fantastic in a straight line, and while the handling won't set the world on fire, cornering is well balanced and fright free.

This is probably the best car I've ever owned. So indestructible that I'm worried about buying anything new in case it's not as good.