I can list down a few cons for you from a family man point of view.

1. The rear seats do not have 60:40 split folding.
2. The boot space isn't really that big.

Remember:

1 baby seat + 2 adults in the rear can be quite a squeeze. If you require space and is aiming to have another kid in the near future, the RSZ is a better choice.

Overall, the new Civic takes a step back in many areas when compared to other similar C segment cars such as the 408, Jetta, Focus. Haven't seen the new Corolla Altis, new Slyphy or new Mazda 3 yet so can't comment on those.

- Interior dash quality
- No more fold down seats (WTH?)
- Engine. But no doubt the R series engine is better for FC. Those who wants to mod their car will be very sorely disappointed the number of things they can do compared to the K series engine.
- Small boot
- QC, many many complaints about finishing, gaps, i-mid errors etc.

Even as an co-owner of a 1.8FB, I'd have to say its a very poor effort by Honda this time round :/

Not official until the car launches, all these leaks... Usually they still have time to tweak the spec before the car officially launches.

I don't expect them to launch the car this year. The current gen was launched in March of 2008. If anything I also expect it earliest to launch in January 2014 or after CNY. Between now and then, there can still be revisions to the car specification.

How long you own this 8th gen already? I'm pretty sure you can get a good price for it when you sell. After all, if there's anything that's actually good about a Honda, it's that it has a really good resale value.

You can then move on to the new Mazda 3 that you are raving so much about next year.

Ironic that I moved on from the Toyota because of point 1, 2, 3 and 4. Especially point 3, I've had the current gen Altis, and I was forever having sore left leg because of the drivers seat. While I'm sure the car was quite comfortable for the passengers, it wasn't that comfortable for me... especially on a long distance journey.

As far as I'm concerned, you need to do yourself a favor and just sell off your car for the new Mazda 3 or Altis. Because it's quite clear to me that you picked the wrong car.

So what is your point you trying to make here? Piss off other FB owners here? If so, I think you pretty much succeeded in doing that. Move on okay?

You want to make yourself an unwelcome person around here? Then go right ahead

The eco mode feature is on by default., even the video confirms the eco mode as being activated.

While I have to agree with the crappy hard plastics they use on the dashboard but then again, most Japanese cars are guilty of this anyway.

Let's put it this way - For 98% of the drivers in Malaysia, this is a good enough car that means a lot of the mainstream requirements. It's also designed to be more mainstream now to better compete against the Corolla Altis. Are there better cars out there now? Yes, no doubt. But this car will still sell based on its own merits and most importantly, it will still retain its place as the car with the best resale value.

For the other 2%, the modders and enthusiast group, it's a small group of people to give up on and for any company to lose the 98% mainstream, it would be disastrous.

Btw, how well is the KIA Cerato selling now? Judging by the number of cars I see on the road, don't be surprised if the Civic is outselling the Cerato by at least 3:1.

So you think your 8th gen is free from problems as well? Every car has it fair share of problems even the current Mazda 3 is no exception and the FD? It might have been one of the best cars during its time, but now? In the face of so many different better cars out there? Keep dreaming...

Time to get off that high horse of yours and move on please. You're seriously wearing off your welcome here.

You are a joke, you think the new Mazda 3 won't have its fair share of problems? Let's wait and see la okay? LOL!

But anyway, I'm glad you moved on to something else. Let me tell you something la, current owners are aware of the problems the Civic have but the last thing they need is some smart alec going on over and over again like some broken record. What are you trying to prove? That you know better than all the people around here?

And resale value of the Mazda isn't that bad, who you trying to fool saying you don't care? Oh man! Hahahaha! nevermind la - you enjoy your new car with the "new" technology la okay? I can assume that we won't be hearing from you anytime soon right?

You got so much time comment here, then use that time to start a new Mazda 3 thread la, what you waiting for?

HID = Xenon headlights. It's the same thing.

The difference between the 2 cars headlight system is functionality.

1. The Mazda 3 headlight is bi-xenon, which means the low beam also doubles as a high beam. Additionally, the headlamp also has AFS function which allows the headlight to bend to a certain angle when turning corners.

2. The Civic HID system is only limited to low beam, for high beam, it still uses conventional halogen bulbs. There is no bending function.

Aside from the color of the light (standard: 4300k), they are both equally bright in normal beam conditions.

Eh Mazda salesman, time to go spam elsewhere okay?

Area51SE: You wasting time talking to that M3white la. It seems like awhile back he was working as a Honda salesperson then Toyota salesperson, now it looks like he's a Mazda salesperson. I tell you very soon, he'll be singing how the KIA cerato can fly across the skies and such

New Malaysian civic owners may join up with the rest of us here

https://www.facebook.com/groups/9gencivicclub/

A mega TT was just recently held on the 22nd of this month (22/2/2014). A total number of 70+ cars showed up.

Here are some photo highlights

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Hahaha. Can one. The TT was held in Glenmarie Shah Alam Industrial estate with full catering.

Food and beverage = Yes
Large enough open area = Yes

Actually already publicize about this event for the past month on Facebook already. Next time will talk about any upcoming events here as well

Interested Civic owners can join here
https://www.facebook.com/groups/9gencivicclub/

There's still more TT to come, so don't worry about it. In the meantime, remember to join the FB group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/9gencivicclub/

You can sell it off for about 90k. If it's a 2013 car. If it's 2012. maybe about 85k.

This is to 2nd hand dealers, coz they make about 5k to 8k or so on each car.

If you sell direct, you can definitely get a better price.