Having put a couple of hundred miles on the clock of my 2.2 EX, I'm starting to notice a certain oddness about the steering.
On my previous car (new shape Mondeo) there was a steering 'dead zone' when driving in a straight line. I'm not sure what the correct technical term is, but the wheel had a wee bit of slack in it which meant minute movements, bu me, didn't alter the course of the car.
The Civic, on the other hand, does not seem to have this spot, and every little twitch of my arms causes a slight steering change (not that I'm prone to twitching while driving
). Is this normal? It's not a huge issue, as no doubt I'll get used to it.
On a slightly different topic, I found out today that the Civic, with its mirrors out, is actually wider than my old Mondeo! I found this out when I drove into my garage, forgetting to bring the mirrors in, and scraped a line along the offside mirror (I think my garage was built in the 50s, when the widest car was probably a Hillman Imp).
Cheers
Cad