[Moppie]

I aint going to get involved in this, well not to deep.
As a Honda owner I dont actualy feel a need to stick up for Honda, I know they make great cars, in fact awsome cars, but as a previous Nissan owner, and having choosen the Honda over a SSS Sentra, I also know what great cars Nissan make. Iv also spent a lot of time and money making an old '73 Triumph get up and boogy with the best of them and getting no respect from people in return.

Iv made a speal around these parts before about favouring one manufactor over another and holding all the cars it makes as being superior to being close to Racism, and I still hold that view.
Diffrent cars have diffrent good and bad points, you cant say out-right that one is better than the other.

oh the reason I wanted the SSS Sentra?
2.0l DOHC!!!!
5dr for more room.
Can we say FLAT torque curve.
Suspension tuned for NZ roads.
Nissans proven track record for building good strong reliable motors.

The reason I bought the Civic?
Nice High Reving 1600 DOHC
Can we say huge Power at 7,800rpm!
Very econmical.
came with new Tyres, and in a common size, the Sentra had some funny sized NZ market wheels, that needed expensive tyres.
And the absolute deciding factor? The dealer selling the Sentra had it way over priced, and Hung up on me when I suggested a more suitable price, the Dealer selling the Honda just handed me a sales agreement.

What I found out? The honda also has a nice strong reliable engine, and the suspension is actualy well suited to NZ roads, despite being an import, and the back seats have more leg and head room than many larger 4dr cars, including a friends Primera.

Moral: You cant make true Judgments on how a car preforms and what its good and bad points are untill you've spent a lot of time with one, and what maybe a bad point for you, could be a good point for someone else, unless your talking about a Trabant its all subjective. (ppl that like trabants simply need medication.)

Damn I think I just got involved. Never mind.
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