Fantastic choice. Super reliable, safe, economical, great pricing right now, and excellent resale. I would have done the exact same thing.

 

Congrat's! Sounds like you found just the right car to meet both your Daughter and your needs

She's a lucky girl and can thank you by bringing home great grades and a college degree

 

Exactly how Honda won't learn and they sell 27k a month. You are very nice to buy your daughter a new car for college, its your hard earned money, I won't comment on the purchase.

 

Sensible buy! I'm getting one for my wife soon. Personally i couldn't drive one after having 300hp cars for the past 5 years but i think she'll be very happy with it. lol

 

Great purchase, hope she enjoys it!

 

Congrats on the purchase! The Civic is still a solid choice.

(Is it just me or did someone just recently get hired by Hyundai's marketing team...)

 

Congrats on the purchase. Lots of good options in this class for a variety of tastes and purposes

He's been on their payroll for a while.

 

I think that's a great college car plus good gas mileage to back it up should be very reliable, know alot of people that have had Civics and very minor issues.

 

Personally, if I was his daughter, I would be insanely happy that he wanted to buy me a car and wouldnt ask for shat. Just sayin'.

I worked my *** off for my cars, all of them. I would have given nearly anything to have a brand new car in the driveway and I could have cared less what it was. I still have never had a brand-new car or truck to this day and I have been buying cars for over a decade. His daughter should be, (and most likely is) elated and grateful.

I will say it again, great pick Dad! I am sure your daughter loves it. I know I would

 

I feel for you man....I bought all 16+ cars by myself with no help for parents/anyone (well, besides my first bucket-*** POS Corolla - no fault of the vehicle since it had like 190k on it). Since then, when my daughter was driving age, I got her a hand me down Integra (from my sister) as her first car. Now that she's off to college, I said to myself i would get her a car that she can own for at least a decade+ without any worries so she can concentrate on her studies and gulp, life!

And thanks to all for the kind comments. I think as enthusiasts, we can sometimes be emotional in car choices, but if we sit back and look at the all the (bland) choices, it makes sense for 99% of the population. Having just helped a friend get a Hyundai Elantra and now my daughter a Civic, I can say confidently that 1) consumers have a lot of good choices and value in the marketplace and 2) I don't think I will buy a "mainstream" car again anytime soon. Sad is the state of affairs for us old timers that grew up during the Japanese golden years of Supras, Z's, NSXs, and the like....

 

My parents helped me with my first car when I was 16. They asked me what car I wanted(knowing I had a thing for Firebirds).....I told them that if they were helping, I wasn't picky. Ended up with a $1200 Pontiac Firebird(with an anemic 125 hp v6). Loved the hell out of the car. I paid for most of it and learned to take care of it and fix it when it broke....sold it eventually and bought my 92 LS400 for college.

I would **** myself if my parents told me they were going to buy me a brand new car, lol.

 

Good choice.
I bought a new '08 LX for my son to commute to college and work.
104K miles and the car has been bulletproof and he's hard on a car.Would buy another Civic in a heartbeat.

 

I feel you too man! I only got a POS 90' Hyundai Excel when I get my license from my Mom, and everything else in my life I have to earn it myself, including my college tuition.

 

A good choice for a college-girl. Civic and Corolla generally rule the small-car world in terms of reliability/longevity.......you don't want something that will break down and (maybe) put her at risk somewhere. Honda has cheapened some of the materials on its latest Civic, particularly inside and on the dash, but that's something your daughter probably won't notice....or care about. And no other manufacturer, IMO (even Toyota), assembles a new-car at the factory better than Honda or Acura.

Did the dealership go over the break-in rules with either you or your daughter? The traditional feather-footing for the first 1000 miles is less-critical now than it once was, due to newer manufacturing techniques, but it's still a good idea, for the first 500-1000 miles, to keep a new engine under 4000 RPM, vary the engine speed, not do full-throttle starts, and not use the brakes full-force. With most vehicles, an oil and filter-change soon after break-in is also a good idea, but Honda formerly used a special break-in oil that they wanted kept in for the first 3000 miles...I'm not sure if that is still the case or not. Check with your service department.

 

I am wondering if they fixed the engine block cracking problems of 2006+ models. It wasnt many, probably less than 10% had the issue, but when you think about it, 10% of Civic's sold in a 5 year period...thats a staggering number...tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands.