Prius or Civic IMA
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 12:56 pm
Hi folks,
I really have a dilema at the moment. We are looking at replacing our Rover 200 diesel for a new car. Having been looking at the obvious choices but want to try and maximise mpg and cost savings. Have looked at the Astra Eco4 but that isn't why I posted!
We've been looking at the Prius and Civic IMA for some time. I must say that our budget is really quite low. We don't usually spend much money (£1500) on cars and much of the servicing I do myself. As such am not really sure about spending £3500 to £4000 on a hybrid. We do about 10,000 to 12,000 miles a year, mainly short runs.
I have been looking at lots of cars on autotrader and ebay for some time, due to location most are 100+ miles or so away. Also trawling the net there are lots of posts and information about the 2 cars, probably more so the prius due to it being the elder.
Currently I have seen an 04 plate Civic with 102,000 miles for £3995. Obviously it's just outside the Honda guarantee period so that's a bit worrying but it has full Honda history. Does anyone know much about the Honda Hybrid/battery system. I had read that it wasn't as robust as the Prius? Is this the case? Also the mpg figures on the Civic don't seem as good as the Prius, mainly as the model is manual.
Most of the Prius I have seen have been the nhw10 import which personally I don't have a problem with. Again though it's really just the worries about how long the battery might last but I suppose it's really how long is a piece of string.
any thoughts or info greatly received.
Many thanks
Doug
I really have a dilema at the moment. We are looking at replacing our Rover 200 diesel for a new car. Having been looking at the obvious choices but want to try and maximise mpg and cost savings. Have looked at the Astra Eco4 but that isn't why I posted!
We've been looking at the Prius and Civic IMA for some time. I must say that our budget is really quite low. We don't usually spend much money (£1500) on cars and much of the servicing I do myself. As such am not really sure about spending £3500 to £4000 on a hybrid. We do about 10,000 to 12,000 miles a year, mainly short runs.
I have been looking at lots of cars on autotrader and ebay for some time, due to location most are 100+ miles or so away. Also trawling the net there are lots of posts and information about the 2 cars, probably more so the prius due to it being the elder.
Currently I have seen an 04 plate Civic with 102,000 miles for £3995. Obviously it's just outside the Honda guarantee period so that's a bit worrying but it has full Honda history. Does anyone know much about the Honda Hybrid/battery system. I had read that it wasn't as robust as the Prius? Is this the case? Also the mpg figures on the Civic don't seem as good as the Prius, mainly as the model is manual.
Most of the Prius I have seen have been the nhw10 import which personally I don't have a problem with. Again though it's really just the worries about how long the battery might last but I suppose it's really how long is a piece of string.
any thoughts or info greatly received.
Many thanks
Doug