TopCat
don't forget that whilst people will generally complain if they have a fault, they will almost certainly not say anything if all is going well.
Therefore places like this do tend to make it appear as if the product (be it a Civic or a washing machine) are riddled with faults.
On my other site, many owners were complaining of problems with the DSG (automatic -ish) gearbox on the TT
Everyone got up in arms, people were deciding not to buy it, talk of letters to WatchDog etc etc
I actually had a meeting with the DSG engineers up in Birmingham.
Then we ran a poll of all DSG owners on the site - under 3% had a problem.
Which is obviously not good - in the same way that it is not good that we have problems on the Civic.
But forums do tend to blow things out of proportion a bit
