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- No Multi-link rear end. Sporty but at the price of comfort. Feels a little dumbed down for a Honda
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Each to their own but I like the handling of my 5 door 2.2 iCTDi. The raunchiness of the ride makes me feel in touch with the driving conditions. I felt the same about the Type S when I had one on loan.
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- Small fuel tank, and no magic seats. Perhaps more frequent fill ups
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In the 2.2 most are finding 450 miles (if not more) from a tank. The seats still fold down into the rear footwell freeing up more space when they fold flat.
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- Soft seats no lumber - similar to the Jazz. I'm used to harder German seats
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I have heated leather seats - very much worth the upgrade.
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- Noisy on the motorway, is there any room under the swoopy bonnet for sound proofing?
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The diesel is very quiet on the motorway, in fact on any road.
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- Smaller diameter brakes - lol yeah its a little nerdy but goes to show I've read the specs
 The Mazda 3 has similar size brakes to the last CTR!
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My brakes are fine - shows how un-nerdy I can be...
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- Common faults - filler cap, rear dampers, dash rattles. Easily scratched dash material.
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Not every car suffers from every fault. The filler cap is quickly fixed. Of your named faults, this is the only one I have experienced.
There are other owners who have nasty experiences with their Civics but I know there are also others who have had no problems. Most of the faults are very minor, just annoyances. Some problems seem to be exacerbated by poor dealer service which is not going to be a problem exclusive to Honda.
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The Mazda 3 forum is not a very good source of information, so I don't know the common faults on it.
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Mmm, "Mazda = unknown quantity" then, more research needed.
If I'd known of this forum before I got my Civ I would've been
tempted to drop to the spec excluding satnav &
HFT, opting for aftermarket solutions. Maybe also to a colour that wouldn't show up dirt/paint-chips so much.
Does the Mazda have problems with the paint chipping easily?
However, your plus points on the Civic omitted 1 key feature of the Civic: 1 great big humungous GRIN free with
almost every single car.
Don't think any other car in its class offers that.