It's official I own a civic

stretch · 29th July 2006, 09:41

The wait is over Just collected it from the dealer, so now the pround owner of a 1.8EX i-shift in cosmic grey. Took the long way home, so far so good everything seems to be in working order. Just have to get use to the lack of rear visibility and the extra width of the civic over my old HRV. Probably take it out for a long run tomorrow once I had chance to go through the manual.

glh1508 · 29th July 2006, 10:10

Nice one, Stretch

I've got to wait until Monday (fingers crossed) to pick mine up. Enjoy!

How do you find the i-shift? Does it take a bit of getting used to?

glh1508

Copycat · 29th July 2006, 10:17

Congrats, stretch!

Have fun with it.

And good luck with that manual

bigal · 29th July 2006, 11:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by stretch

The wait is over Just collected it from the dealer, so now the pround owner of a 1.8EX i-shift in cosmic grey. Took the long way home, so far so good everything seems to be in working order. Just have to get use to the lack of rear visibility and the extra width of the civic over my old HRV. Probably take it out for a long run tomorrow once I had chance to go through the manual.

as u probs know by now well worth the wait,hope u enjoy as much as am enjoying mine

Hartside · 29th July 2006, 12:40

Welcome to the club, and enjoy your new motor

elfa7 · 29th July 2006, 14:18

Welcome, and I hope you manage to read through the manual before tomorrow.

stretch · 29th July 2006, 14:19

Thank you everyone for all your kind words just managed to pair the phone, getting ready to take her out for a spin once the wife is ready..... boy with new toy moment

BTW never had a car with a pearlescent paint job before its weird how the colour changes looked slate grey when I pick it up now when I went out looks deep bluish grey in the bright sunlight spooky....

Fedorov · 29th July 2006, 16:57

Congrats Stretch! ...may I also say nice choice of colour too

Enjoy your spin - you get even more pleasure out of taking family/friends out in it as they are just amazed when you start showing all the gadgets

sco77harris · 29th July 2006, 17:41

congrats this site is cetaintley coming to life recentley

davc32001 · 29th July 2006, 17:51

We also picked our new Civic up today! Excellent car! On the first time round a local roundabout VSA appeared to come on the front right wheel...i've been going round corners slower ever since!

Can't fault the dealer or the car at the moment though! The tailgate appears a little unkeen to close without a bit of a push, but it'll loosen up in time! Great Satnav/audio! Just the manual to read now, but all relatives we've seen so far have been really impressed!

Bit of a driving position change from a Jazz too!

Cheers

Dave

stretch · 29th July 2006, 19:13

Back from my spin, originally thought of going down the A41 to bicester to look for richierich's civic but it the end just took a spin in the hertfordshire country side before taking the missus to watford to shop.

So glh1508 asked how I got on with the I-Shift, well it was a game of 2 halves, when I took an I-Shift for a test drive prior to ordering I was trying to drive it like a full auto which was not a good move as its jerky and quite frankly scary. Having reset my brain to treat it like a clutchless manual we got on much better, in the 40 miles or so this afternoon it was pretty smooth, the only thing to really watch out for is when it goes from 1st to 2nd (definitely need to lift off the accelerator for a smooth change), kick down works great was taking it easy doing 55-60 on a stretch of open dual carriage way but was been buzzed by an annoying fiesta so decided to put a little distance between us pushed hard on the accelerator, it kicked down and felt the iVTEC system in its full glory it really goes above 3500 rpm!!! Having said that in normal driving the i-shift is obviously programmed for economy because most of the time it likes to sit at between 2000-2500 rpm and shifts up quite early. Now for the other half, I must remember to use the brake pedal before going from neutral to Auto on a hill, sat there hand brake on engaged auto took hand brake off revved engine started to inch backwards as it wasn't in gear, 2 out of the 3 hill starts at the lights must have given the guy behind me a little fright....

Been driving the wife's Jazz CVT off and on for awhile the I-shift isn't anyway near as smooth as the Jazz which is by far the finest auto box I've ever driven but its nowhere near as bad as the motoring journo's would have you believe. Might give the manual mode a go tomorrow, oh the joys of a company fuel card

The other things that I found was the EX with its bigger wheels + tyres rides more firmly than the ES I-Shift I test drove but it sticks to the road like glue although must remember its not the HRV when I tackle those pesky mini roundabouts that pepper the neighbourhood. Other things to get use to is the really fast steering rack, the information overload if you choose to pay attention to all the different displays and finally the urge to keep it clean

Key hilights so far

The sat nav works great, unlike other ones I've used if you know what you're doing and decide to take an alternative route it doesn't complain tell you to turnaround and generally badger you, instead it just recalculates and carries on.... cool....

The dual zone climate control is also fantastic allows me to stay cool without the missus complaining about how cold it is in the car

And a question

Is the front door handles on the EX different from the others in the range or have Honda redesigned them? They felt a lot more solid than the ones on the car I test drove...

Oh Dave before I forget congrats and glad you're enjoying your new car as much as I am and I know what you mean about the driving position vis-a-vis a Jazz.

richierich · 29th July 2006, 19:44

I was out and about in the car today, but not in Bicester, saved you a wasted trip. I was playing with the voice controls on the sat nav, they are great, but I think I need to learn the commands.

Bart · 29th July 2006, 23:38

Congrats acquring your new Cosmic Grey 1.8EX Civic - the colour I'm having (one of the nicest ones I think

).

I have to wait another week for mine

, its like waiting for Christmas Day when you can't wait to see what presents Santa's brought you..........ahem......well............er......... ..its not like that now of course, I just get up with the missus as if its another ordinary day

Enjoy!!

B.

richierich · 30th July 2006, 09:17

davc, I was thinking about your comment re the boot, it is more than likely the weather, you really have to swing on the handles on the inside of the boot to shut it in the hot weather, the heat will create more pressure in the struts so they want to stay open, you will find on a cool morning that the boot will not rise as quick, I know this from bitter experience, I opened the boot, turned round to pick up my laptop and briefcase, turned and put it in the boot and WALLOP, head introduced to boot lid with some pace.

On a similar line, has anyone else noticed how when you open the boot after rain it takes forever for the water to drain away, and always finds the middle of your back to drip on. Might have to keep a cloth in the boot once the weather turns. Already bought a squuedgy for the rear window just in case.

davc32001 · 30th July 2006, 13:04

Cheers for that...I've been walloping it down since, and it's now closed (i did 10 miles with it on the latch yesterday wondering...why is that "i" light on just there!! I've started the manual now!) I did spot some sort of gunk in the latching mechanism though, possibly a SupaGuard remnant, and have wiped that off too to see if it does any better!

BTW, the front seatbelt indicator when on the multi-funciton display...does it change with a person in the car, as so far ours hasn't! The rear ones seem to change just not the front...although I imagine reading the manual will help with that!

Regards

Dave

Copycat · 30th July 2006, 15:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by davc32001

BTW, the front seatbelt indicator when on the multi-funciton display...does it change with a person in the car, as so far ours hasn't! The rear ones seem to change just not the front...although I imagine reading the manual will help with that!

Regards

Dave

Hi! There have been some reports of disconnected sensors in the seatbelts. Might want to get that checked after you're read the manual.

elfa7 · 30th July 2006, 15:32

If anyone has their seatbelt undone, you should get a warning alarm sounding.

glh1508 · 30th July 2006, 16:16

Stretch, glad you're enjoying the 'spaceship' experience

. Thanks for the i-shift update. Sounds pretty similar to my current car (although not for much longer - 20 hrs and couting!) - a FIAT Stilo Abarth. It has what FIAT call Selespeed, which sounds very similar. You can either drive it as fully automatic or manual, using either the gear stick to notch up and down or the paddles on the steering wheel.

I found that in fully automatic the car changed gears to quickly and so never really took advantage of the 2.4 engine. I must admit though it really was a doddle to drive. In manual, I never really used the lever, just the paddles. In fact, I really only used the right (up) paddle and let the car do the change downs.

One word of warning though. The paddles in mine make a pleasing click when used, but about a year ago the right one went 'funny' and it would only work by clicking the bottom part of it - probably not gonna be a problem on a Honda, just down to the build quality of my FIAT. Dealer quoted some ridiculous price to fix it, so I just ended up driving it more and more as an automatic.

Come to think of it - it's going to be weird having to change gears! On the odd occasion I've driven my wife's car I just coast up to junctions in whatever gear and then try to pull away without doing anything.

. I've had some near misses as I drift out into traffic, desperately trying to restart the car!!

Do you think it will spoil the spaceship look if stick a post-it on the dash!

glh1508

stretch · 30th July 2006, 18:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by glh1508

Stretch, glad you're enjoying the 'spaceship' experience

. Thanks for the i-shift update. Sounds pretty similar to my current car (although not for much longer - 20 hrs and couting!) - a FIAT Stilo Abarth. It has what FIAT call Selespeed, which sounds very similar. You can either drive it as fully automatic or manual, using either the gear stick to notch up and down or the paddles on the steering wheel.

I found that in fully automatic the car changed gears to quickly and so never really took advantage of the 2.4 engine. I must admit though it really was a doddle to drive. In manual, I never really used the lever, just the paddles. In fact, I really only used the right (up) paddle and let the car do the change downs.

One word of warning though. The paddles in mine make a pleasing click when used, but about a year ago the right one went 'funny' and it would only work by clicking the bottom part of it - probably not gonna be a problem on a Honda, just down to the build quality of my FIAT. Dealer quoted some ridiculous price to fix it, so I just ended up driving it more and more as an automatic.

Come to think of it - it's going to be weird having to change gears! On the odd occasion I've driven my wife's car I just coast up to junctions in whatever gear and then try to pull away without doing anything.

. I've had some near misses as I drift out into traffic, desperately trying to restart the car!!

Do you think it will spoil the spaceship look if stick a post-it on the dash!

glh1508

Cheers mate! so why did you plump for the CTDi this time round ? no I-Shift on the diesels! wrt post-it on dash check the article on changing the default image on the satnav http://www.civinfo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=333 .... keeps the space ship looks

glh1508 · 30th July 2006, 18:15

I plumped for the CDTi really because of the reviews and the mpg - thought it was the best mixture of performance and economy for me.

Ta very much for the link, but I think that's just the splash screen at start up - I'm going to need a constant reminder.

Now if I could programme the audio on the Sat Nav...that would be cool!!

glh1508

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stretch Supporter Wheelnut Join Date: 13th July 2006 Location: Hemel Hempstead Posts: 57 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post iTrader: (0)	It's official I own a civic The wait is over Just collected it from the dealer, so now the pround owner of a 1.8EX i-shift in cosmic grey. Took the long way home, so far so good everything seems to be in working order. Just have to get use to the lack of rear visibility and the extra width of the civic over my old HRV. Probably take it out for a long run tomorrow once I had chance to go through the manual.

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davc32001 Valve Cap Join Date: 13th July 2006 Location: East Midlands Posts: 15 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	Also a new owner! We also picked our new Civic up today! Excellent car! On the first time round a local roundabout VSA appeared to come on the front right wheel...i've been going round corners slower ever since! Can't fault the dealer or the car at the moment though! The tailgate appears a little unkeen to close without a bit of a push, but it'll loosen up in time! Great Satnav/audio! Just the manual to read now, but all relatives we've seen so far have been really impressed! Bit of a driving position change from a Jazz too! Cheers Dave

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glh1508 Valve Cap Join Date: 28th July 2006 Location: Rushden, Northants Posts: 28 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	Nice one, Stretch I've got to wait until Monday (fingers crossed) to pick mine up. Enjoy! How do you find the i-shift? Does it take a bit of getting used to? glh1508

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Copycat Galaxy class starship Rocketship door handle Join Date: 5th May 2006 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1,050 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	Congrats, stretch! Have fun with it. And good luck with that manual

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stretch Supporter Wheelnut Join Date: 13th July 2006 Location: Hemel Hempstead Posts: 57 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post iTrader: (0)	Thank you everyone for all your kind words just managed to pair the phone, getting ready to take her out for a spin once the wife is ready..... boy with new toy moment BTW never had a car with a pearlescent paint job before its weird how the colour changes looked slate grey when I pick it up now when I went out looks deep bluish grey in the bright sunlight spooky....

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Fedorov Supporter Magic Rear Seat Join Date: 15th April 2006 Posts: 783 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	Congrats Stretch! ...may I also say nice choice of colour too Enjoy your spin - you get even more pleasure out of taking family/friends out in it as they are just amazed when you start showing all the gadgets

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29th July 2006, 19:13	#11 (permalink)
stretch Supporter Wheelnut Join Date: 13th July 2006 Location: Hemel Hempstead Posts: 57 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post iTrader: (0)	Back from my spin, originally thought of going down the A41 to bicester to look for richierich's civic but it the end just took a spin in the hertfordshire country side before taking the missus to watford to shop. So glh1508 asked how I got on with the I-Shift, well it was a game of 2 halves, when I took an I-Shift for a test drive prior to ordering I was trying to drive it like a full auto which was not a good move as its jerky and quite frankly scary. Having reset my brain to treat it like a clutchless manual we got on much better, in the 40 miles or so this afternoon it was pretty smooth, the only thing to really watch out for is when it goes from 1st to 2nd (definitely need to lift off the accelerator for a smooth change), kick down works great was taking it easy doing 55-60 on a stretch of open dual carriage way but was been buzzed by an annoying fiesta so decided to put a little distance between us pushed hard on the accelerator, it kicked down and felt the iVTEC system in its full glory it really goes above 3500 rpm!!! Having said that in normal driving the i-shift is obviously programmed for economy because most of the time it likes to sit at between 2000-2500 rpm and shifts up quite early. Now for the other half, I must remember to use the brake pedal before going from neutral to Auto on a hill, sat there hand brake on engaged auto took hand brake off revved engine started to inch backwards as it wasn't in gear, 2 out of the 3 hill starts at the lights must have given the guy behind me a little fright.... Been driving the wife's Jazz CVT off and on for awhile the I-shift isn't anyway near as smooth as the Jazz which is by far the finest auto box I've ever driven but its nowhere near as bad as the motoring journo's would have you believe. Might give the manual mode a go tomorrow, oh the joys of a company fuel card The other things that I found was the EX with its bigger wheels + tyres rides more firmly than the ES I-Shift I test drove but it sticks to the road like glue although must remember its not the HRV when I tackle those pesky mini roundabouts that pepper the neighbourhood. Other things to get use to is the really fast steering rack, the information overload if you choose to pay attention to all the different displays and finally the urge to keep it clean Key hilights so far The sat nav works great, unlike other ones I've used if you know what you're doing and decide to take an alternative route it doesn't complain tell you to turnaround and generally badger you, instead it just recalculates and carries on.... cool.... The dual zone climate control is also fantastic allows me to stay cool without the missus complaining about how cold it is in the car And a question Is the front door handles on the EX different from the others in the range or have Honda redesigned them? They felt a lot more solid than the ones on the car I test drove... Oh Dave before I forget congrats and glad you're enjoying your new car as much as I am and I know what you mean about the driving position vis-a-vis a Jazz.

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richierich Smell My Cheese! Rocketship door handle Join Date: 17th May 2006 Location: Bicester, Oxfordshire Posts: 1,847 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post iTrader: (0)	I was out and about in the car today, but not in Bicester, saved you a wasted trip. I was playing with the voice controls on the sat nav, they are great, but I think I need to learn the commands.

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Bart Wheelnut Join Date: 23rd July 2006 Location: Wales Posts: 55 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	Congrats acquring your new Cosmic Grey 1.8EX Civic - the colour I'm having (one of the nicest ones I think ). I have to wait another week for mine , its like waiting for Christmas Day when you can't wait to see what presents Santa's brought you..........ahem......well............er......... ..its not like that now of course, I just get up with the missus as if its another ordinary day Enjoy!! B.

30th July 2006, 09:17	#14 (permalink)
richierich Smell My Cheese! Rocketship door handle Join Date: 17th May 2006 Location: Bicester, Oxfordshire Posts: 1,847 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post iTrader: (0)	davc, I was thinking about your comment re the boot, it is more than likely the weather, you really have to swing on the handles on the inside of the boot to shut it in the hot weather, the heat will create more pressure in the struts so they want to stay open, you will find on a cool morning that the boot will not rise as quick, I know this from bitter experience, I opened the boot, turned round to pick up my laptop and briefcase, turned and put it in the boot and WALLOP, head introduced to boot lid with some pace. On a similar line, has anyone else noticed how when you open the boot after rain it takes forever for the water to drain away, and always finds the middle of your back to drip on. Might have to keep a cloth in the boot once the weather turns. Already bought a squuedgy for the rear window just in case.

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davc32001 Valve Cap Join Date: 13th July 2006 Location: East Midlands Posts: 15 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	Cheers for that...I've been walloping it down since, and it's now closed (i did 10 miles with it on the latch yesterday wondering...why is that "i" light on just there!! I've started the manual now!) I did spot some sort of gunk in the latching mechanism though, possibly a SupaGuard remnant, and have wiped that off too to see if it does any better! BTW, the front seatbelt indicator when on the multi-funciton display...does it change with a person in the car, as so far ours hasn't! The rear ones seem to change just not the front...although I imagine reading the manual will help with that! Regards Dave

30th July 2006, 15:32	#17 (permalink)
elfa7 Supporter Rocketship door handle Join Date: 8th May 2006 Location: Cheshire Posts: 1,699 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	If anyone has their seatbelt undone, you should get a warning alarm sounding.

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glh1508 Valve Cap Join Date: 28th July 2006 Location: Rushden, Northants Posts: 28 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	Stretch, glad you're enjoying the 'spaceship' experience . Thanks for the i-shift update. Sounds pretty similar to my current car (although not for much longer - 20 hrs and couting!) - a FIAT Stilo Abarth. It has what FIAT call Selespeed, which sounds very similar. You can either drive it as fully automatic or manual, using either the gear stick to notch up and down or the paddles on the steering wheel. I found that in fully automatic the car changed gears to quickly and so never really took advantage of the 2.4 engine. I must admit though it really was a doddle to drive. In manual, I never really used the lever, just the paddles. In fact, I really only used the right (up) paddle and let the car do the change downs. One word of warning though. The paddles in mine make a pleasing click when used, but about a year ago the right one went 'funny' and it would only work by clicking the bottom part of it - probably not gonna be a problem on a Honda, just down to the build quality of my FIAT. Dealer quoted some ridiculous price to fix it, so I just ended up driving it more and more as an automatic. Come to think of it - it's going to be weird having to change gears! On the odd occasion I've driven my wife's car I just coast up to junctions in whatever gear and then try to pull away without doing anything. . I've had some near misses as I drift out into traffic, desperately trying to restart the car!! Do you think it will spoil the spaceship look if stick a post-it on the dash! glh1508

30th July 2006, 18:15	#20 (permalink)
glh1508 Valve Cap Join Date: 28th July 2006 Location: Rushden, Northants Posts: 28 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	I plumped for the CDTi really because of the reviews and the mpg - thought it was the best mixture of performance and economy for me. Ta very much for the link, but I think that's just the splash screen at start up - I'm going to need a constant reminder. Now if I could programme the audio on the Sat Nav...that would be cool!! glh1508