Honda Civic Hybrid. Would like to hear your experiences. Might buy a 2004.

masmdu

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Mon Feb-15-10 10:50 AM
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Honda Civic Hybrid. Would like to hear your experiences. Might buy a 2004.

Any comments about the Civic Hybrid (especially 2004)?

Pros?

Cons?

Thanks in advance!

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masmdu

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Mon Feb-15-10 11:24 AM
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1. Anybody. ...?..... (chirp..chirp) .... hello. ... ?

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kentauros

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Mon Feb-15-10 11:49 AM
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2. A good friend of mine has one and she loves it.

She was a little disappointed that the gas mileage was the same as her husband's VW Golf, though, something like 44mpg. However, it's a Civic, so it should last quite a while :)

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insanity

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Mon Feb-15-10 11:57 AM
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3. I'm not a huge fan of hybrids, so take this with a grain of salt

pros- good gas mileage, the styling doesn't make the car look like a Prius.

cons- its a hybrid so people will hate you and you can have an artificial sense of superiority while your car gets as good as mileage as some pure gas or diesel burning cars. Also, it gives you the feeling like you've contributed to the solution when you really haven't.

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masmdu

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Mon Feb-15-10 02:44 PM
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4. I'm just after the best mpg I can afford...What regular gas car gets as good MPG?

hybrid as sense of superiorty / contribution to the solution does not apply.

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insanity

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Mon Feb-15-10 03:46 PM
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5. Like I said, I was just taking the piss, but if you want some good MPG recs:

Edited on Mon Feb-15-10 03:48 PM by insanity

The standard Ford Fiesta gets about 28 mph, while the Econetic model is a TDI that supposedly gets upwards of 60 mpg.

The VW Golf GTI gets 30.6 but the TDI gets about 42

Speaking of VWs, the new Scirocco TDI gets 53.

I could list some more, but I am really partial to the Golf TDI.

Oh, and for comparison: the 2004 Civic Hybrid gets somewhere in the low 40s, but I'm not 100% on the exact number.

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rcrush

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Mon Feb-15-10 09:02 PM
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6. If you aren't scared of the Toyotas then an older model Prius can get 50+ mpg

I have an 08 and it gets 48 mpg. For some reason the first ones that came out got almost 60 mpg.

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seaker

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Mon Feb-15-10 09:21 PM
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7. I have a 2008

My mileage is about 38, the trunk is small and the back seat doesn't fold down..There is also a great deal of road noise. It has been reliable but doesn't really fit what I need from a car. I wish I hadn't bought it.

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triguy46

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Mon Feb-15-10 09:54 PM
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8. Do some math

Because the gas civic gets very good mileage, ours around 38 combined. If the hybrid gets just a few more than the price differential needs to justify that marginal increase in mileage. Calculate the cost of ownership, not just mpg.

FYI, we have a 2010 Insight that after 12,000 miles has averaged 42.6.

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david13

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Mon Feb-15-10 10:48 PM
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9. Hondas across the board are super. But I don't think you gain too

much with the hybrid. Civic regular is one of the best mpg's on the road, even compared to Versa and Yaris etc.
Prius are really super, tho.
And I think the alleged Toyota problems are spectacularly exaggerated.
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Mopar151

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Tue Feb-16-10 12:12 AM
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10. Find out what shape the battery is in.

I talked to a lady last fall who loves hers (an '04, IIRC) - but the battery was getting shaky - lit some kind of service indicator - and the replacement was gonna be $4000.
If you are primarily a highway driver, a TDI diesel outperforms a hybrid in 'most every way - especially in load capacity, 'cuz you don't have to carry the giant battery and forklift motor around. 1st gen Insights have a 400# total load capacity, current Escalade hybrids are only rated for 800#.

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