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4.38 out of 5 stars

The Best in its class.

Silvercivic, 09/26/2004
1996 Honda Civic LX 4dr Sedan
0 of 2 people found this review helpful

Over the past 6 months I had this car it drives nearly flawless in every way. Of course since it was used I had to do some minor repairs(New battery, realign rear bumper, swap lightbulbs) To this day I am still very pleased with this car.

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3.38 out of 5 stars

Not that so reliable

andrewl98, 07/18/2003
1996 Honda Civic EX 2dr Coupe
0 of 3 people found this review helpful

I bought a used 96'EX coupe two years ago because of its so called excellent reliability. BUT it's disappointing. Engine is noisy. A/C works, but wind speed adjustment is poor. No wind comes out at all at position 1 and 2. When I use position 3, hurricane start. Accelaration is not smooth. Beacuse of this(start not smoothly), I was subtracted 3 score when I took road test for my driver's licence. When I accelarate on the ramp of highway, I feel I am abusing or torturing this car. It struggled so hard but still make me feel I will be hitted by the car behind me. Thank those cars slow down in time, otherwise I can not seat here to write this.

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2.38 out of 5 stars

Another Civic mistake

Elizabeth, 07/20/2008
1996 Honda Civic LX 4dr Sedan
0 of 1 people found this review helpful

This is my 2nd Civic both bought from private sellers. First one: 2000 EX coupe, had a mechanic look at it and it just wound up being a piece of crap, not well cared for like I thought and was told. Sold it. This one was 1 owner, always maintained from day 1, all paperwork so I thought it was okay. Stupid me! Costly repairs on things and I still have costly repairs to do. This $3300 is now almost a $5K car! Civics are notorious for window issues, A/C not great, and I find it uncomfortable to get in/out of and sit for a long time in those thin seats. I bought it w/138K miles and I now have 140K. Can't afford to get rid of it now. Hondas are so overpriced and overrated!

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1 out of 5 stars

its all talk. you gotta represent.

boohiss for civics, 05/13/2003
1996 Honda Civic EX 4dr Sedan
0 of 1 people found this review helpful

i bought a honda becuase i thought i could reley on it to provide me with good transproation. i bought the highest grade model, and things just started going wroge within two weeks of my car off the lot. my electircal system had to be completely rewired, my head had to be replaced, and my transmission was less than satisfactory. after two montehs with this car, i left my civic crap for a new cavalier, which has been much more reliable, and saved me about 3000 dollars, even after the hondas bills.

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5 out of 5 stars

Excellent

chuns_chan, 11/06/2002
1996 Honda Civic LX 4dr Sedan
0 of 1 people found this review helpful

U can't beat the price and quality

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