Just back from a week in the South of France with the kids, staying with my mother. She drives my first new car- 1992 first generation Renault Clio 1.7.
The car is 15 years old and has... 56000 Km (33000-ish miles) on the clock- One of the last new cars to be sold with a carburettor (remember those?) before catalysers became compulsory. It's an absolute gem, and I still love it to bits- Goes like stink and a load of fun drive for the week I was there.
But boy does the Civic feel BIG when you come back to it- It took me a couple of hours to get used to it again!
All this to say that it's an interesting exercise to change cars for awhile, if possible- It makes you aware of all the differences between cars which motor magazines carry on about, but which are hard to grasp if you drive the same motor day in, day out-
Still love the Civic, but that little Clio is like your first girlfriend...
Maxbert