The New Ride

Jul 04, 2006 19:16

We leased a new Honda Civic yesterday. Goodbye crappy VW and Mazda! This thing rocks.


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chronovore July 5 2006, 01:18:50 UTC
I have a theory that Mac owners tend to buy Hondas. The cars are somewhat equivalent. They look good, but not overtly sexy. They have their parts exactly where you expect them to be. They're easy to drive, and fast and peppy, but by no means monster cars. And, most correlatively, they rarely break down.

Have you noticed this phenomenon?

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minor_incident July 5 2006, 02:33:54 UTC
As a matter of fact, most of my coworkers drive either Hondas or VWs.

I'm a fan of the VW styling, marketing, and all (hell, our last car was a Golf), but the mounting engine and electrical problems are just too much of a pain in the ass to make it worth it.

The Civic is (according to most reports) a distant stranger to a repair shop, drives well, gets fantastic mileage, and the cockpit is downright gorgeous, with lots of thoughtful touches. And you definitely get a lot of 'high-end' touches on the base models.

I can see the correlation.

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chronovore July 5 2006, 02:53:20 UTC
FWIW, I had a Rabbit at one point as well, but bought it only as a favor to an uncle who needed to move it. Worst. Car. Purchase. Ever.

Nothing but electrical problems and tuning jackassery for as long as I owned it. It was cute, and nothing else.

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ooooh, congrats! treefingers5 July 5 2006, 12:43:47 UTC
that's very nice. my sister just bought that car about 3 months ago. she loves it. good pick.

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Re: ooooh, congrats! minor_incident July 5 2006, 22:11:28 UTC
We've put a whopping 65 miles on it so far, so we haven't seen a lot from it just yet, but we both really like it, and Danielle says it's great driving to work in. It's mainly just nice to know that we've got a new car from a company known for their reliability, with a good warranty. Our Mazda and VW both put us through thousands of dollars in repairs.

And the gas mileage seems to be amazing. Always a plus.

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