Civic Owners complain about the easily scratched interiors too, so be warned. Make sure your civic has a 1 or a J vin designation. If it came from the alliston plant in canada, you're likely to have Quality issues. That would have a 2 vin designation.

Civics have an incredible resale value for economy cars. friend of mine has owned his '98 civic ex coupe for 8 years now and it's still worth 4-5k. a cobalt owner will be lucky to get 1-2k the year it's paid off.

And we have several issues with the cobalt interior that needs fixing in our LS, and neither my wife or I trash on it. The car's interior just needs better materials.

However you're paying more for the civic because you can't wheel and deal on them, that's the downside to the Civics, they're almost not worth the price Honda wants for them to begin with. The dash is ugly as hell, and that electronic speedo is going to have problems a few years down the road, and I can gaurantee it will be an extremely expensive fix. Those digital dashboards have ALWAYS had problems, that's why they aren't standard equipment now, because they're just not as reliable as the old analog gauges. Honda made a bad choice going that route, they had to know it would be less reliable. The sloping Hood, the huge A-pillars, the non-standard dashboard layout, etc, will all play a part in seeing this new generation of civics not doing nearly as well as the older ones. In fact, IMO, Honda hasn't made a super reliable civic since the 98-00 model year, as the 01+ years also had lots of QC problems... But there's no denying 35mpg in city and 45mpg on the highway if you baby it. (civic owners routinely report BETTER than EPA estimated gas mileage.)

The fact that the civic isn't as well done anymore doesn't really matter, since the perception is that they just do it better, they will always have better resale values than american cars. It's all about perception and not a whole lot about truth at this point and time.

 

damn dude you hit it better than I did I believe the guys jumping ship getting into different cars then bashing on the way out didn't have the cash to own the car in the first place and are just trying to save face. Unless they buy something of equal or higher value or admit defeat of finances, they have no room to talk of any type of comparison.

 

^^^^^x2

 

my ss n/a is great on gas! got 30 mpg on the way to work this morning. it has just enough power to keep it fun. have fun with the civic though. cuz like..no one has them or anything...

 

http://www.8thgencivic.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=10592 --->Civic LX & SI owners who are NOT impressed with the cheap materials used on the interior of the vehicle and complain of easy scratching. :P

 

But seriously, good luck. Guess everyone needs to be sensible sometime (at least for a little while anyway).

 

lol just lol your comparing a 1.8 to a 2.0 s/ced, thats like toyota yaris to mustang lol 2.0 gets pretty good gas granny shift it, my friend has a 2.0 and i got the 2.2 LS myself... whats so good about a civic? well heres whats wrong with it!, 1. higher compression means more money at the pump, 2. makes less power then the 2.2, and 3. its a honda at least go si so u can run with a 2.0 and not get smoked to bad... lol w00t!!!! cobalt=import killer!!!!

 

Actually apparently Honda did not compensate for demand, there were a ton of people left out in the cold with the new Civics. Wait times are 3-6 months for an SI, and about the same for an EX with Navi. Though I have a feeling Honda is doing this on purpose to help create an artificial demand for the vehicle so they can get full price for them (which is rather expensive IMO.)

Though I'll admit, I don't think they are going to sell as well long term because of the weird design scheme they went with.

You can't even really compare a cobalt's mileage to the civic's though. 40-45 MPG highway is just damned hard to beat by anything but a hybrid.

 

That's a completely ludicrous and uninformed statement.

 

I traded in my '01 Civic for the same reasons you are trading in your Cobalt. Little things kept breaking. Then, the warranty ran out on it and more stuff kept breaking. I had had enough, and I WILL NEVER buy a Hondah again.

 

you are always gonna have problems with anything. i dont think there is something good that hasnt had a problem yet. ive had to return my ipod like 4 times in the first 6 months of owning it. but i still love it. i had to send my 360 in after a couple months too but its still amazing.

you only hear about the bad things so it seems like theres alot.

 

Look it has been a fun car it just has not worked out for me that's all . Sorry if I offended anyone, this site has beengreat for advice and what not so I will end it on a good note. By the way, anyone know someone that wants to buy a ss/sc in the jersey PA area? Take care guys.... Blue book value on it is 17100.00 I am selling it for 16950.00 . PM me if you know anyone that wants one.....