by "66671 - 200 [METRIC] my dash" (66671)
Published 05/27/2017 at 12:39
by "66671 - 200 [METRIC] my dash" (66671)
Published 05/27/2017 at 12:39
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In Barrie, Ontario I saw a Honda Civic with a hybrid badge and got really confused, I didn’t know they made a hybrid version of the 7th gen Civic, but apparently it’s a thing. It has twin spark plugs, start-stop, and regenerative braking, and also available with a CVT.
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"jkm7680" (jkm7680)
05/27/2017 at 12:43, STARS: 0
They didn’t sell too well from what I remember.
One of my friends father had one for probably 6 years or so. The transmission gave out around 150k and it would have cost a crazy amount to sort it out. The early days of the CVT transmission weren’t great I guess.
"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
05/27/2017 at 12:46, STARS: 0
One of my best friends has one that could be the one you pictured. It’s obscenely slow. I actually taught him to change the tire on it.
"TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
05/27/2017 at 13:02, STARS: 0
I actually see these from time to time near me.
"Probenja" (probenja)
05/27/2017 at 13:03, STARS: 1
Also one of the few manual Hybrids:
"Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap" (ddadragon)
05/27/2017 at 13:08, STARS: 0
I see these occasionally. Kinda want one but not really
"QCGoose" (chrismcfate)
05/27/2017 at 13:09, STARS: 0
These can also be had with a 5-speed.
"bhtooefr" (bhtooefr)
05/27/2017 at 13:26, STARS: 0
This was also in the era where Honda really, really didn’t understand battery management, and undersized the batteries (and used Toyota’s sloppy seconds - as I understand, the original Insight and this original Civic Hybrid used the same battery sticks as the NHW10 (pre-refresh JDM first-gen Prius), and, well, Toyota redesigned the battery for the NHW11 (refreshed first-gen Prius, and the first to be exported) for a reason).
Before the recall, they destroyed their batteries. After the recall, the hybrid system did a lot less for you.
"RacinBob" (racinbob)
05/27/2017 at 14:40, STARS: 1
I was the intermediate of the sale of an electron blue ‘04 identical to the pictured car from one friend to another friend. It was 120,000 miles for I believe $2400. It needed a new sway bar links, axle seal and a temp sensor. It already had the replacement battery.
I drove it for a couple of days to make sure it didn’t havr lurking issues. I found it to be interesting in that you were constantly in town either charging or discharging the battery. Great small town car if you are into that thing.
"That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms" (thatbastardkurtis5)
05/27/2017 at 15:00, STARS: 0
My cousin had one of these, and to this day I believe it to be the worst car I’ve ever driven. Seats like milk crates, and it wasn’t just slow, it was dangerously slow. I had to deliver something to somebody with it and nearly died getting onto the highway because it was sooooo slooooooow.
"LJ909" (lj909)
05/27/2017 at 16:56, STARS: 0
And they last forever and even with high miles still return good mileage. Like 2-3 years ago now a guy in my political science class in college had one of these with 230 thousand miles on it. And he said he still got 43-47 mpg.
"Steve in Manhattan" (blogenfreude01)
05/27/2017 at 22:32, STARS: 0
Tested my buddy’s rare 5 speed
last year - he lends the car out to knuckleheads like me who don’t have a car and don’t need one. Drove it again last week - 250K showing, and probably over 300K IRL. Batteries died, so it’s just a plain Civic now. Still gets high 30s if you don’t drive like a silly person.
"dogisbadob" (dogisbadob)
05/27/2017 at 22:36, STARS: 0
It was also available with a manual transmission :)
The 8th gen Civic Hybrid also had 2 spark plugs per cylinder. Honda didn’t offer manual hybrids after the 7g Civic Hybrid (until the CRZ) because the way people would drive the stick Civic Hybrid (and the stick Insight) they were trying to hypermile, which subjected the battery pack to extreme charge/discharge cycles (which substantially shortened the battery life)