Congrats.
Hope their system stay alive for at least 2-3 weeks

where's the link please ?

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2259047/all

=)

Any comments? Am planning to get Hybrid but again, now still thinking.

This article is old hybrid 1.3....
Latest civic hybrid same as crz...so far crz no complain...

Oh...good to know that. =)

But again, CRZ is still new right? Most of the cases happened after the car has been driven for long time.

The new Civic H again has a different sets of Battery (New) and thus, not very sure if anything will happen in the next 2 - 3 yrs.

Again, the new CH is tempting... =)

type r better...

Why worry...5 yrs warranty...even after the warranty, by that time..the cost of replacing would have been cheaper than now. 5 yrs technology would have change a lot..

Worry after 5 yrs - nobody wants to take the car anymore. Have to drive on and on...

that IMA battery story is created without much basis as she should show photos and other related documents to back up her claim .

the technology for IMA battery have evolved and improved since and now its at 5 years warranty.

if nobody take or buy your car , why worry ,just continue using it as the Hybrid is so FC efficient . i heard Honda Hybrid can even be use without the IMA battery . can some expert testify

I know one Honda Hybrid that caught fire and took months for the monkeys at Honda to rectify
WITHOUT COMPENSATION

Yea, Saw someone commenting about it too saying even the battery fails, the vehicle can still run but purely on Petrol based on the small 1.3 Engine. Running like a normal car

what is the cause of the fire ? did he set the fire himself

It was cruising at 20 - 30km/h smoke n then fire

Just get petrol unit if worried too much on hybrid tech.

1.8 quite bare unit. 2.0 too exp. how? Elantra?

As the new Civic is using Li-ion battery, reference to the past NiMH battery maybe irrelevant. As such, we might encounter totally new set of problems as this is the first Li-ion model in Malaysia.
BTW, I think all our laptop and mobile phone battery has moved from NiMH to Li-ion as well, hope this give us some sort of assusrance.

Li-Ion cost RM13k now as per Honda SA.

if it cost RM1.3k now you still have worries the lithium-ion battery are made from plastic. you will never find any answers to justify your own fears

CRZ and new CH same 1.5L engine. However, battery pack is different. CH uses Li-Ion. So, cannot compare.

Li-ion supposed to be better life if compared with nimh...even in our daily electronics.. But still..getting hybrid, u must have prepared for the worse scenario