What it was and what did you like/hate the most about it?

It’s slightly offtopic, but firsthand experience may help first time car buyers to choose.

  • pound_heapOPM
    4·
    1 year ago

    I’ll start myself.

    My first car was a 2001 Honda Civic Hatchback. It was like 8 or so years old when I got it.

    What I liked:

    • The looks. It wasn’t customized, but it had stock bumper lips and skirts, which I tore off the curbs pretty soon, unfortunately
    • Practicality of hatchback
    • Relatively small size - helped with parking in city

    What I hated:

    • CVT transmission. Only after purchase I found that it is not too reliable and being a poor young person I lived in constant fear of transmission failure.

    I also had been referred to a mechanic who was either incompetent or just an asshole. I trusted him because a couple of my friends were happy with his work, but now I believe he made quite a lot of unnecessary repairs that never fixed anything.

    Edit: corrected model year