1.5 VTEC TURBO CVT Automatic Honda Civic - Review and test drive

[@shonen84]

Hi Brian! Merry Christmas to you. I have driven for approximately 3 months in this exact same vehicle: 1.5 CVT. Interestingly, mine also has a few “Type S” options, and the previous owner even installed a Type R wing. I’m absolutely chuffed to bits. What a wonderful, reliable yet cool car. If you’d allow me, I’d like to share some of my experiences . In my opinion, the car has four distinct ways to drive it: eco, D, S and paddle shifting. To my own surprise, I prefer the eco mode. The CVT keeps the revs low and the acceleration gradual and smooth and the turbo barely spools up. It feels like a nimble, naturally aspirated engine. When I need more acceleration, it revs higher and gradually engages the boost for sufficient torque. The mileage is very decent: 7L/100km. D and especially S mode make the CVT rev the engine higher, and also seems to increase the fuel injection. I feel the throttle response is the same, but what’s different is the acceleration behavior. And the mileage: it plummets to 9L/100km. I’ve raved on quite a lot about the engine, and I could talk even more about the great fit and finish, surprisingly decent Garmin satellite navigation, cool styling, great practicality.. but allow me to wrap up by saying this is a wonderful vehicle. And the Honda badge is now extra cool with Red Bull Honda and Max Verstappen’s F1 win!! And finally - if you’re near Kildare in Ireland - be sure to check out Brian’s garage. Every time he sells one of these, he releases one of these videos. They’ve been a great resource for me when I was researching it. It’s also a testament to how good this car is, how much he loves them, and how well they sell and how happy its drivers are. Cheers!

[@doolanbrian]

What an amazing comments, some great practical information in there for anyone considering buying one ! Thank you very much nice comments also and for viewing the videos, it is nice when someone shares the same enthusiasm for a vehicle.. Hope you are enjoying your Christmas and I’m glad you are enjoying the car, what colour did you get is it red also?

[@shonen84]

@@doolanbrian I’ve got a blue one! It’s a real head turner, stunning car. Season’s Greetings, Brian! 🤗 trying to dodge Omicron but we’re making the best of it ^^

[@doolanbrian]

@@shonen84 happy returns ✅👍

[@mmmjacqui3074]

Thx u for all the info on this beauty I’m contemplating to changing to one from a Ford Focus st mk 4 I need something tasty to look at & have fun wit & more miles in a tank 🤣

[@s0nar]

Nah tbh I hate you you have a vtec and like using it in eco mode fuck you

[@vermontvermont9292]

Watching this again because I'm obsessed with the euro and Asian model 10th gens. I just noticed we don't have lumbar adjustments either. Or the speed limiter, or the camera that reads the speed limit signs. We don't have auto off at a red light or stop sign. No parking sensors, no headlight washers, no folding mirrors, no HDMI plug, no panoramic roof just regular sun roof. Your headlight stock on the column looks different too. Do you guys have rear fog lights? Is that why it looks like that? No adjustable head rests. Also all of our models have chrome around the windows. We have to buy vinyl kits from jetsvinyl to cover our chrome. We got really screwed here. Yes we have the coupe, and the SI. We also only have 2 engine options. The 2.slow non turbo, and the the 1.5 turbo which has VTC instead of VTEC .

[@doolanbrian]

Wow I didn’t realise there was so many different spec anomalies!! You’re in Canada right ?

[@vermontvermont9292]

@@doolanbrian even the Canadian specs are better than the usdm spec. I'm in Vermont USA. My coupe was built in Canada for the US market. So it's still in miles and miles per gallon. Looks like Europe and Asia got all the cool stuff. Like Australia with their RS model. Basically an SI that's CVT!

[@doolanbrian]

@@vermontvermont9292 I suppose the only good news here is that the price point for your car is much more aggressive, brand-new so our car was €34,000 brand-new . I think you guys can access these cars a lot cheaper?

[@vermontvermont9292]

​@@doolanbrianI bought my 2019 coupe ex-t used with 10,000 miles. I paid $23,000 out the door. Also it was Honda certified. Beyond clean, and still had the new car smell. Now I'm at 56,000 miles and trade in is $18,500. That's what a local dealership offered me for it. I have a friend over there in Ireland and he has a 10th gen civic hatchback GT I think is what you call them? So we've been talking about all the differences between the civics here, and the civics over there. Your cars are more expensive, but you get a lot more too. Hopefully I can make it over to Ireland soon. So many things I want to see, not just civics 😆.

[@doolanbrian]

@@vermontvermont9292 hey that’s awesome !! We have a 2019 GT coming in soon , that car will make €26000 .. but as you say we do get some extras .. hey I appreciate you watching 🙂👍

[@vermontvermont9292]

8:18 our cars here in the states don't show that. Not until the 11th gen did we get that feature. Seems like you guys got virtually every option. Same with Australia, and some south Asian countries. My 19 coupe was made in Canada but sold for the US market. It's an ex I THOUGHT it was pretty loaded until I started watching your videos 😆. We also don't have names like GT, or RS. Just sport, or LX, EX, EX-L, SI, and touring. Would love to get a European broucher from like 2019 and compare it to a US 2019.

[@doolanbrian]

I threw out a load of gen 10 brochures a few weeks ago as they were obsolete!! 😣 none left unfortunately, thanks for watching!

[@FMJ777]

Just bought one 😎🔥

[@doolanbrian]

Hope you like it!

[@cribscian]

8:30 - driving in Sport mode - don't think we didn't notice 😂👍📈

[@doolanbrian]

💪🤣

[@vermontvermont9292]

Wish we got the headlight washers in the states.

[@doolanbrian]

Thanks for watching!

[@3kkk514]

Nice car i am planning to get a civic 1liter 3 cylinder engine, Any recall the common issue of 1.5 engine " fuel dilution of oil"?

[@doolanbrian]

Hi There we have never had a case of oil dilution in Ireland so no recall is needed , what country do you live in ?? Our service intervals are 8000-10000kms but i hear that they service intervals are longer in the USA ??

[@sailormanoyster1849]

Very nice 🚗

[@michaelsnightsuri5632]

V-tech? I Thought there was no V-tech on the 10th gen

[@doolanbrian]

There is in Europe, the variable valve timing is on the exhaust side only unlike the older engines which had it on the intake side also !!🙂👍

[@retroguy1976]

@@doolanbrian ours in the US dont have it besides the type r i like this civic hatch versus the us version which is a sport model wish they had 17 inch standard than the 18 inch wheels

[@doolanbrian]

@@retroguy1976 Thanks for watching it so you prefer the slightly smaller wheel in black?🙂🙂

[@retroguy1976]

@@doolanbrian 17's are nicer meatier tire my sport here in the states has 18's with tires that are considered low profile never been thru so many tires on a car

[@vermontvermont9292]

My 2019 ext coupe is at 27,000 miles now. I've never had oil dilution. I also don't go for this change oil every 5,000-10,000 miles garbage. I do mine every 3,500 miles. I only use Honda OEM oil filters, or wix, and premium oil. Absolutely love the 10th gens, and the coupes. I've always driven manual as well, but this time I actually went with the CVT and it honestly doesn't bother me all. I do wish we got the auto folding mirrors, and some of those other cool little things you guys get.

[@techtitanuk5609]

Are hondas reliable?

[@doolanbrian]

As reliable as any modern car can be .. I think modern cars in general are less reliable with the amount of technology in them now but the 1.6 diesel and 1.5 petrol in honda has done well with reliability in Ireland 🫡 the 1.0 engine has had some issues but the honda after sales has been very strong to compensate.

[@Raikololo]

Is this car fuel efficient?

[@doolanbrian]

Circa 6-6.5 l per 100kms is common 🙂👍

[@edmondcheung6180]

Howmuch?

[@doolanbrian]

www.donedeal.ie/view/29858696 -Hi there Edmond, this one is €26,950

[@earvinandalyadventures5048]

Hi brian is there any chance you can setup a honda civic club online maybe on facebook? so we can get more information about our civics.

[@doolanbrian]

Ah thanks ! Great idea ! There is a honda owners club already .. are you in Ireland ??

[@earvinandalyadventures5048]

@@doolanbrian yes i am in ireland. Thanks

[@doolanbrian]

@@earvinandalyadventures5048 there is a honda owners club ireland on Facebook but I’d recommend looking at civicx.com … tonnes of info on that 🙂👍

[@vermontvermont9292]

@@doolanbrian oh cool, maybe I can join too and get some of those sweet euro parts we don't get here. Like adjustable headrest.