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Buying a used Civic - what should I look out for?

Having read a number of reviews on your site, I think a Honda Civic 1.8 i-VTEC (8th gen) is probably the best car for my needs. Ideally I’d like to spend £4000 or under and my wife likes the idea of the i-Shift.

My questions are:

1. Should I be scared of anything with mileage over 80,000 – or should I be looking for less? We don’t cover huge miles, 6000 a year.
2. Is the i-Shift any good or best avoided?
3. Anything else to watch out for?

Asked on 28 August 2014 by youvegotsoup

Answered by Honest John

1) £4000 is the very low end for this car. Spend a bit more. Get a lot better car.

2) Best avoided. Could cost you £2,500 in repairs.

3) See the car by car entry here: ttp://www.honestjohn.co.uk/carbycar/honda/civic-2006/

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