Honda City

well, i recently bought the 2012 Honda City S and had no problems or regrets with it. for a guy who grew tired of japanese imports and street racing, this car's not bad. i use it as a family transportation because my old 1996 civic already had too many problems and the tuned engine and loud full catback exhaust was just too loud. the city has great features, nice audio setting, real-time gauges and safety features, sprtier look. but i guess in every situation there is a downside. the cornering is not that responsive and i have difficulties in steering on zigzag roads because of ride height, its a bit bumpy. but i guess there are no perfect cars, just personal preferences.... Read More

Honda, a branding that my dad has been praising for years did not proof it to me. My first car was a Toyota neither was it problem free or though nothing major like a runaway car in recent Toyota scandal. Bought a Honda City due to my dad's recommendation, drove it for 3yrs and it did give me quite a few problems. After my 20K km service, my Auto gear starts to jerk when i accelerate from 0-70km/h. Had that fixed but the same problem surfaced again after 30K km… i decided enough was enough when i experienced loss of power occasionally. Anyway its highway handling is not good, in my opinion. i drove up North-South Highway almost every weekend with my 3yr old onboard, so my wife suggest i better find a car with better standards. My baby girl don't seems to like my Honda City, it cries whenever we're on the NS highway, but probably it did not come with good sound-proofing. Well most 1.6 and below category cars do not, Honda City is one of them. When my wife drives a Honda Jazz, same thing happens whenever we were on North-South highway, my baby girl just cries out of no reason. Anyway, Honda City didn't come with great features, it is pretty basic stuff u'll find in any other car. It's only best feature would be a large boot, but this car lacks power if it's given a full load with luggages. It is hard to understand when the car just weigh at around 1,100kg. My current ride a Chevy Cruze LS weighs 1,400kg and its able to give me the power i need on highways. It's exterior design is really up to individual, it didn't appeal to me at first sight but dealer gave me a good offer so there's kinda a trade-off since $$ is concern. No iPod music is a let down, because i really don't like CD changers. Experience tells me CD changers will malfunction easily besides they are so old-sch now, i doubt anybody would even bother with it. Thankfully it came with USB connectivity, so not that bad. Safety wise, i found out Honda City wasn't crash-tested by EuroNCAP. Anyway, most japanese cars in sg are not really 5 star rated and are only tested by JNCAP, which may not be of a higher standard as EuroNCAP.... Read More