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Civic vs Leon

  • 08-01-2010 8:32pm
    #1
    Green Hornet
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    Thinking of changing the wifes car and had a look at an 08 Honda Civic 5 door and 08 Seat Leon 5 door.

    Drove the Civic first and it drove nice, roomy, was very well equipped and generally seemed like a well built and pretty refined car.

    Drove the Leon straight afterwards and what a disappointment! VERY poor finish, poor gearchange, much smaller inside and just generally poor all round. It was like a tractor in comparison to the Civic. Even banged my head getting into the damn thing.

    Yet, the Leon's are not as cheap as they feel. Am I missing something? Are they ultra reliable or something?

    Not looking for peoples recommendations about this or that car here, just wondering why the Leons are not a lot cheaper than they are? Nice looking but a big disappointment.


Comments

  • #2
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,499 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    new Leons start sat 15300


  • #3
    HashSlinging
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    Civic starts at €23,189

    :confused:


  • #4
    Green Hornet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,305 ✭✭✭Green Hornet


    Well irrespective of the starting price for new, both of these cars were 16K second hand. Dont know the spec of each because we only had a short time to take a drive. Makes it even worse in a way though because the Leon was obviously a higher spec.

    In fairness I stand corrected though in relation to the refinement if there's 8K of a difference between the base models of both when new. :o


  • #5
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,499 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    if a 2 year old Leon costs €700 more than a brand new Leon, then it's either overpriced or a much better spec.

    The one for €15300 is a basic model with no aircon and is the 1.4 petrol.

    There's an 08 Leon 1.4 Costa for 11975 in Bolands.


  • #6
    EPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    Civic will of course be more reliable. They are expensive for what you get imo. I have over 100k km on mine and the car still feels tight and rattle free. Was the car a diesel import in a Bolands outlet by any chance? Had a good look at one recently. They are rough and I found one in waterford with a seriously dodge box


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