New to cars and need some advice
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New to cars and need some advice
Hi everyone , great to be in this community , im currently 19 and driving my moms previous car its an audi and its broken a couple times and costed a lot to repair , now im driving as she got a new car the fuel economy is really bad , anyway i was thinking of getting Honda Civic EK , this way i can learn about cars as i really want to get something i can make my own and learn on , i have some savings that i can buy it with , i would like to get a B16a , and i just needed some advice on whether you guys think its a good idea , because i asked some people and they think i should just save my money or something , and im a bit worried about the safety like airbags etc but i just want something i can make my own and fix up , but i may just carry on daily driving my moms car , can i get some of your opinions on my motive to buy it and also whether i should daily drive it , because my mom also thinks its too old , i dont really know what to think anymore but i do know that i would like to own one
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Re: New to cars and need some advice
Hi everyone , great to be in this community , im currently 19 and driving my moms previous car its an audi and its broken a couple times and costed a lot to repair , now im driving as she got a new car the fuel economy is really bad , anyway i was thinking of getting Honda Civic EK , this way i can learn about cars as i really want to get something i can make my own and learn on , i have some savings that i can buy it with , i would like to get a B16a , and i just needed some advice on whether you guys think its a good idea , because i asked some people and they think i should just save my money or something , and im a bit worried about the safety like airbags etc but i just want something i can make my own and fix up , but i may just carry on daily driving my moms car , can i get some of your opinions on my motive to buy it and also whether i should daily drive it , because my mom also thinks its too old , i dont really know what to think anymore but i do know that i would like to own one
I'm new to this forum myself. However, my first car was an EG Civic, owned for 10 years and have bought a 98 Integra Type R last month, so I'll share my thoughts.
New cars are much safer than old cars, There's some info here:
https://www.monash.edu/__data/assets...s-brochure.pdf
There was a much longer and detailed publication, but I lost the link to it, but if you're in an EK Civic and you get into a crash, you'd be 3-5 times more likely to be seriously injured compared to the safest cars.
This doesn't take into account that modern cars have more driver aids and you'll be less likely to get into an accident. New drivers are also much likely to be involved in an accident, so your mum has a very good point.
That said, I also find that old cars are more fun to drive and I like the classic looks. I did not find my car unsafe when I owned the EG Civic, but it was in the 2000s when the other cars had similar levels of safety, there are just much safer options available today. I see the appeal in learning to fix a few things in older cars (newer cars either have nothing to fix, or you might be worried about messing it up and hurting resale value). Your car might also be out of commission for a while, when you're in the middle of fixing something, so it is better to have a spare car.
Also when purchasing an older car, you have to decide whether you are able to judge a car's mechanical condition, or if you need to have it inspected before purchase. Otherwise, it'll come down to luck whether your car will be great, or broken all the time. My EG Civic ran great and was as good as new when I sold it ~130,000 miles and 15 years old, but my wife's EE Civic had a tonne of problems that never got resolved (she probably also took it to a bad mechanic).
I think you're better off getting a 13-17 Mazda 3 for additional safety and not worrying about breakdowns, there will still be some basic maintenance for you to get started on wrenching. I haven't driven one, but they compared well to the other cars of that era. You can always get the Civic when you have more driving and mechanical experience. If you do decide to get an older Civic, I think you should also consider the EG- I don't know much about the EK, but a friend back then had one and I thought my EG was better, both the handling and build quality. Perhaps someone who has owned EG and EK can chime in.
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Hey Colby,
I'm new to this forum myself. However, my first car was an EG Civic, owned for 10 years and have bought a 98 Integra Type R last month, so I'll share my thoughts.
New cars are much safer than old cars, There's some info here:
https://www.monash.edu/__data/assets...s-brochure.pdf
There was a much longer and detailed publication, but I lost the link to it, but if you're in an EK Civic and you get into a crash, you'd be 3-5 times more likely to be seriously injured compared to the safest cars.
This doesn't take into account that modern cars have more driver aids and you'll be less likely to get into an accident. New drivers are also much likely to be involved in an accident, so your mum has a very good point.
That said, I also find that old cars are more fun to drive and I like the classic looks. I did not find my car unsafe when I owned the EG Civic, but it was in the 2000s when the other cars had similar levels of safety, there are just much safer options available today. I see the appeal in learning to fix a few things in older cars (newer cars either have nothing to fix, or you might be worried about messing it up and hurting resale value). Your car might also be out of commission for a while, when you're in the middle of fixing something, so it is better to have a spare car.
Also when purchasing an older car, you have to decide whether you are able to judge a car's mechanical condition, or if you need to have it inspected before purchase. Otherwise, it'll come down to luck whether your car will be great, or broken all the time. My EG Civic ran great and was as good as new when I sold it ~130,000 miles and 15 years old, but my wife's EE Civic had a tonne of problems that never got resolved (she probably also took it to a bad mechanic).
I think you're better off getting a 13-17 Mazda 3 for additional safety and not worrying about breakdowns, there will still be some basic maintenance for you to get started on wrenching. I haven't driven one, but they compared well to the other cars of that era. You can always get the Civic when you have more driving and mechanical experience. If you do decide to get an older Civic, I think you should also consider the EG- I don't know much about the EK, but a friend back then had one and I thought my EG was better, both the handling and build quality. Perhaps someone who has owned EG and EK can chime in.
I'm new to this forum myself. However, my first car was an EG Civic, owned for 10 years and have bought a 98 Integra Type R last month, so I'll share my thoughts.
New cars are much safer than old cars, There's some info here:
https://www.monash.edu/__data/assets...s-brochure.pdf
There was a much longer and detailed publication, but I lost the link to it, but if you're in an EK Civic and you get into a crash, you'd be 3-5 times more likely to be seriously injured compared to the safest cars.
This doesn't take into account that modern cars have more driver aids and you'll be less likely to get into an accident. New drivers are also much likely to be involved in an accident, so your mum has a very good point.
That said, I also find that old cars are more fun to drive and I like the classic looks. I did not find my car unsafe when I owned the EG Civic, but it was in the 2000s when the other cars had similar levels of safety, there are just much safer options available today. I see the appeal in learning to fix a few things in older cars (newer cars either have nothing to fix, or you might be worried about messing it up and hurting resale value). Your car might also be out of commission for a while, when you're in the middle of fixing something, so it is better to have a spare car.
Also when purchasing an older car, you have to decide whether you are able to judge a car's mechanical condition, or if you need to have it inspected before purchase. Otherwise, it'll come down to luck whether your car will be great, or broken all the time. My EG Civic ran great and was as good as new when I sold it ~130,000 miles and 15 years old, but my wife's EE Civic had a tonne of problems that never got resolved (she probably also took it to a bad mechanic).
I think you're better off getting a 13-17 Mazda 3 for additional safety and not worrying about breakdowns, there will still be some basic maintenance for you to get started on wrenching. I haven't driven one, but they compared well to the other cars of that era. You can always get the Civic when you have more driving and mechanical experience. If you do decide to get an older Civic, I think you should also consider the EG- I don't know much about the EK, but a friend back then had one and I thought my EG was better, both the handling and build quality. Perhaps someone who has owned EG and EK can chime in.
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Re: New to cars and need some advice
Hi thank you so much for your input , i have been thinking a lot about it , and i have to agree the civic is not the safest , however im not really going to be driving it everyday my main motivation to get it was to learn and build a car , i also feel the fear of missing out as in not having a car but i am into cars , i always go onto instagram and admire cars especially the civic so thats a reason i want to get one too , and tell myself i want to do that too , i currently drive my moms previous car as a daily , but i was thinking of getting an E46 Bmw , they cheap and robust , its just that they are hard to fix and unreliable probably , but im looking for something to learn on and get into cars so that came into mind because i really like them , any advice on that , also i always see young people with classic cars and older cars and it looks so cool to me that they have an old car and are just building it by themselves , in their unique own way
I love older cars too, the choices are endless.
My dream car is a RX-7, but I don't want a RHD vehicle, so its unobtainable. I look at Mazda RX-8s sometimes, but I heard they are unreliable and I know nothing about how to maintain a rotary engine properly.
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