Talk to me about Civics and Jazz's

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 7:26 pm

Yeah my mum has the first edition jazz and I had a second edition jazz as a courtesy car. I thought both jazz's were better to drive than the FN2 Si I also had as a courtesy car...

Post by **Thebusofwoe** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 8:29 pm

Bottom line chap, buy a jazz. Will be much more reliable than the 2.0 civic. In fact, im sat in my missus jazz right now

. Wicked car, wicked mpg and easy/cheap to run. We have a 2002 model. Awsome

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 8:53 pm

Ta, but anything in particular to look for on either of them?

Post by **rob quilter** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 8:55 pm

Get one of these:

1.7 VTEC, and you don't see many.

Post by **Thebusofwoe** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 9:24 pm

The civic suffers rear calipers, clutches, and a/c compressors. We have seen a few with random srs control unit failures

But tbh, few and far between.

The things to look out for on the jazz would be cvt clutch judder, if ur looking at a cvt. some are suffering rear wheel bearings, and the early ones with EGR valve problems, although those should be ironed out by now. And the other thing I can think of now is if the boot is full of water, then the rear gutters will be split. Apart from that they are pretty bullet proof

Post by **Thebusofwoe** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 9:26 pm

Another note is the 2.0ltr civic uses the first generation k20, which is actually a real reliable motor. It's just the stuff that's bolted onto the civic that's the problem

Post by **Thebusofwoe** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 9:27 pm

rob quilter wrote:Get one of these:

1.7 VTEC, and you don't see many.

We only see one of these

Post by **Donald** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 9:35 pm

Thebusofwoe wrote:
rob quilter wrote:Get one of these:

1.7 VTEC, and you don't see many.
We only see one of these

When I was buying my Prelude this was the other option. On the same day I looked at both, obviously preferred the Prelude but I wouldn't sniff at one of those either tbh.

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 10:23 pm

Donald wrote:
Thebusofwoe wrote:
rob quilter wrote:Get one of these:

1.7 VTEC, and you don't see many.
We only see one of these
When I was buying my Prelude this was the other option. On the same day I looked at both, obviously preferred the Prelude but I wouldn't sniff at one of those either tbh.

looks ok but a little chunky

get the jazz I like them and mugen do bits for them

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 10:55 pm

In conclusion, we all

the jazz...