19th Sep 2023, 12:24
These cars will hold their value well. Nowadays with the rising cost of basically everything, anyone with a perfectly functional older car will hang on to it, even at over a decade old. No sense in paying thousands more for a newer car to try and "save" money.
20th Sep 2023, 03:41
I'm the original reviewer. Not sure why I put 2008 in the title, it's actually a 09 plate, but it's the pre-facelift version. Anyway, it just passed 138k miles yesterday (19th Sept) and is still running strong, in fact, the last few tankfulls of standard 95 petrol, it has averaged 46 mpg calculating manually, it doesn't seem to have suffered in this regard with E10 petrol.
Otherwise all good, doesn't burn any oil, a couple of months ago it needed a new offside brake caliper and disc back plate, and recently the air con compressor no longer engages even though the relay, refrigerant level etc are fine, just age I suppose, but winter is coming so no panic yet!
20th Sep 2023, 22:33
If I may suggest please - for your aircon, hopefully it is just a relay or electrical issue, even if it's coming to winter, best get it checked and fixed. Air conditioner compressors need to be run periodically, even in winter, to ensure that they are lubricated. It also keeps the seals from perishing and losing refrigerant. If you let go of the aircon, it can be very expensive to fix. I often run the compressor even with heating, to keep the air dry. Air conditioning is also very handy and safe when the car fogs up inside; it gets rid of it very quickly.
30th Aug 2022, 13:34
There are still a few 1990's Civic's about where I live. I would say a good condition low mileage 2008 Civic is a good bet for a car to last a long time; a neighbor of mine still has his 2007 model and wants to keep it another few years, it has been that good.