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    Default New Honda Civic Sport Vrs VW Golf Sport

    I've been given some money to buy a company car with but cant make up my mind between....

    New Honda Civic Sport 2.2 (Diesel) or
    New VW Golf Sport 1.9 TDI (Diesel)

    The Honda will cost me about 50quid a month more than the golf as its a higher insurance group, but it kicks the golfs ass on BHP and 0-60 plus it has great extras like MP3 cd player and climate control as standard where the golf just has a cd player and AC

    The Civic looks great but I'm worried that the looks will date.

    I like the Golf but I'm not over 30 and dont have kids

    I could with some help guys!

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    Default Re: New Honda Civic Sport Vrs VW Golf Sport

    Seems to me you've already made your mind up mate

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    Default Re: New Honda Civic Sport Vrs VW Golf Sport

    well....£50 more but:
    more BHP
    quicker 0-60
    listening perversion MP3 cd player
    better feeling in the car (climate control)

    i think we all kno which is the better one *nods*
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    Default Re: New Honda Civic Sport Vrs VW Golf Sport

    I'd go with the civic. See if you can get the sports bodykit upgrade with it too, makes it look great!

    And i don't think it'll get dated at all, unless you keep it for years. Its a completely new look of car. The focus has been around for years and the new model of it looks exactly the same. Thats going to get dated, not a brand new style of car.

    Bear in mind that it'll have Honda reliability and service too. My local dealer gives me 15% discount off of all parts and labour simply because i'm a member of the type-r owners club which is free to join.

    Its got great extra's too, but then can you afford it, taking into account running costs.

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    Default Re: New Honda Civic Sport Vrs VW Golf Sport

    I would stick to VW, nothing feels as good or as quality as a VW.

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    Default Re: New Honda Civic Sport Vrs VW Golf Sport

    id go for the civic

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    Default Re: New Honda Civic Sport Vrs VW Golf Sport

    it depends what you want. if you want it flashly and fast then go for the honda (which you clearly want to do anyway) if you want to go 200 000 miles and for it to last till its 25 without breaking down then go for the vw.

    the big problem with the honda is not being made in germany, bit of a waste of time playing around with cars that arent made there really because they are just gonna break

    all of that aside, the new honda civic looks ugly but if you like it then go for it. as somebody said they are very reliable aswell so my comments may be a little stretched. you know if you got the golf you'd feel you could go a wee bit faster every time you accelerated hard and it would piss you off.

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    Default Re: New Honda Civic Sport Vrs VW Golf Sport

    good luck with what ever you purchase, but personally the back of the civic looks crap (IMHO) something out of a 70's space film !
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    Default Re: New Honda Civic Sport Vrs VW Golf Sport

    Quote Originally Posted by TwoPlAnKs
    it depends what you want. if you want it flashly and fast then go for the honda (which you clearly want to do anyway) if you want to go 200 000 miles and for it to last till its 25 without breaking down then go for the vw.

    the big problem with the honda is not being made in germany, bit of a waste of time playing around with cars that arent made there really because they are just gonna break
    Where the hell did you get that rubbish from? Japanese cars are renound for being more reliable than any european car and Honda are the most reliable out of them all!

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    Default Re: New Honda Civic Sport Vrs VW Golf Sport

    Quote Originally Posted by TwoPlAnKs
    the big problem with the honda is not being made in germany, bit of a waste of time playing around with cars that arent made there really because they are just gonna break
    ild go with the civic,
    twoplanks how many vtec engines have ever broken???????? alot less than there german conterparts

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    Default Re: New Honda Civic Sport Vrs VW Golf Sport

    i once managed 13.5k revs in a civic type r before the clutch fused to the fly wheel.... dropped gear from 6 to first instead of fifth at 80 mph, the engine still ran after removing offending clutch parts and flywheel bits, they are a rock solid lump...
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    Default Re: New Honda Civic Sport Vrs VW Golf Sport

    go honda, the civic is definitely growing on me, keep passing the garage

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    Default Re: New Honda Civic Sport Vrs VW Golf Sport

    What about the Golf 2.0 GT TDi - same horsepower as the Civic 2.2 Sport, same performance more or less, plus that comes with climate control etc.

    Are you getting them on a business lease? Our leasing scheme in work prices a Golf 2.0 GT TDi for 74 quid at month, or a Civic 2.2 Sport for 79 quid at month. The benefit in kind tax is roughly the same on both.

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    Default Re: New Honda Civic Sport Vrs VW Golf Sport

    I remember reading somewhere that there's not been a single failure of Honda's VTEC engine in the world. However, as we're talking about diesels here, I'm not sure if the same would apply.

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    Default Re: New Honda Civic Sport Vrs VW Golf Sport

    Quote Originally Posted by TwoPlAnKs
    it depends what you want. if you want it flashly and fast then go for the honda (which you clearly want to do anyway) if you want to go 200 000 miles and for it to last till its 25 without breaking down then go for the vw.
    the big problem with the honda is not being made in germany, bit of a waste of time playing around with cars that arent made there really because they are just gonna break
    all of that aside, the new honda civic looks ugly but if you like it then go for it. as somebody said they are very reliable aswell so my comments may be a little stretched. you know if you got the golf you'd feel you could go a wee bit faster every time you accelerated hard and it would piss you off.
    Don't know where you heard that, but ur speakin out ur arse m8!! Jap cars are VERY reliable, as others have said, Honda have NEVER had a VTEC engine fail!! Even though they've made over 15,000,000 (I think!) of them!!!

    Now don't get me wrong, German cars are VERY reliable too, but Jap cars are better (IMHO), and you can get sssssssoooooo much after market stuff for them!

    Personally I'd go for the Civic, not a huge fan of the look of the new ones, except the Type-R (and the Sport, cos they look VERY similar!), but then again I'm not a huge fan of the looks of the new Golf either!

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    Default Re: New Honda Civic Sport Vrs VW Golf Sport

    id go with the civic, thats my next car, fckin sweet, type r looks amazing,

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    Default Re: New Honda Civic Sport Vrs VW Golf Sport

    Quote Originally Posted by Domain28
    ur speakin out ur arse m8!!
    that's not like me!

    ok so maybe japanese cars are reliable... sometimes...

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    Default Re: New Honda Civic Sport Vrs VW Golf Sport

    Quote Originally Posted by TwoPlAnKs
    that's not like me!
    ok so maybe japanese cars are reliable... sometimes...
    twosheds you make me giggle like a girl sometimes

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    Default Re: New Honda Civic Sport Vrs VW Golf Sport

    Quote Originally Posted by Swiss Tony
    good luck with what ever you purchase, but personally the back of the civic looks crap (IMHO) something out of a 70's space film !
    Danger Will Robinson!!!

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    Default Re: New Honda Civic Sport Vrs VW Golf Sport

    Dont forget that the civic is built in Swindon UK.

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