I probably should have prefixed this with late model 9th gen for a fair comparison.
So who out there bought a 2015 Civic and is regretting not waiting and who's not ? How about some of the features / design you wish your 9th gen had and vice versa:
10th gen (what you wish you had):
- Love the LED lights.
- While I haven't say in them the leather seats look more premium and potentially comfortable than 9th gen leather.
-- The white leather seats in particular look amazing (not so in the 9th gen, black was decent)
- Electronic Parking brake.
- Mirror turn signals.
- Looks (Chrome door handles / and body lining the door) !
- Wheel volume slider
- Turbo engine ! (But I'd have to try to compare)
-- Correspondingly the better drive I'd assume that'd come with it (particularly in sport mode)
- Gasless cap! Love that
- Honda Sending dynamic cruise control (not the rest)
9th gen (what you like better or features you don't really care about):
- Looks ! I actually prefer the 9th gen body styling immensely, I just find it more elegant.
-- The rims on the ex-t / touring model for the 9th gen are amazing, like them much better).
-- While I don't many parts of the 10th gen, I HATE the front gril chrome.
- Personal preference but I prefer the 2 tier dash system
- Rear heated seats (don't care).
- Android Auto (Haven't tried it out it doesn't seem much better honestly, I don't mind the navi and system in general, though I hear android auto is better for voice commands).
- Size, like many I prefer the smaller size of the civic in general and don't want to see it creep up over time.
- Dual exhausts on touring, so this sounds good but the civic design (9th and 10) make it so they're barely visible and they're a skinny tube at that anyway (i.e. don't look good), so this is just extra maintenance (I'm ignoring any actual benefits for the drive).
- Honda sensing less cruise control, from what I've heard and seen it's not great - but anyway you don't need to use it so hard to call it a con per say.
- Paint colours (at least in Canada), really like the 9th gen better here.
Toss Up:
- I'd need to see it in person but in all the videos I'm not sure what I think about the central arm rest, it seems potentially nicer in some ways but not in others.
So while I had some thoughts of trading up, I think I'm content with my 2015 9th gen.
Any other thoughts ?
So who out there bought a 2015 Civic and is regretting not waiting and who's not ? How about some of the features / design you wish your 9th gen had and vice versa:
10th gen (what you wish you had):
- Love the LED lights.
- While I haven't say in them the leather seats look more premium and potentially comfortable than 9th gen leather.
-- The white leather seats in particular look amazing (not so in the 9th gen, black was decent)
- Electronic Parking brake.
- Mirror turn signals.
- Looks (Chrome door handles / and body lining the door) !
- Wheel volume slider
- Turbo engine ! (But I'd have to try to compare)
-- Correspondingly the better drive I'd assume that'd come with it (particularly in sport mode)
- Gasless cap! Love that
- Honda Sending dynamic cruise control (not the rest)
9th gen (what you like better or features you don't really care about):
- Looks ! I actually prefer the 9th gen body styling immensely, I just find it more elegant.
-- The rims on the ex-t / touring model for the 9th gen are amazing, like them much better).
-- While I don't many parts of the 10th gen, I HATE the front gril chrome.
- Personal preference but I prefer the 2 tier dash system
- Rear heated seats (don't care).
- Android Auto (Haven't tried it out it doesn't seem much better honestly, I don't mind the navi and system in general, though I hear android auto is better for voice commands).
- Size, like many I prefer the smaller size of the civic in general and don't want to see it creep up over time.
- Dual exhausts on touring, so this sounds good but the civic design (9th and 10) make it so they're barely visible and they're a skinny tube at that anyway (i.e. don't look good), so this is just extra maintenance (I'm ignoring any actual benefits for the drive).
- Honda sensing less cruise control, from what I've heard and seen it's not great - but anyway you don't need to use it so hard to call it a con per say.
- Paint colours (at least in Canada), really like the 9th gen better here.
Toss Up:
- I'd need to see it in person but in all the videos I'm not sure what I think about the central arm rest, it seems potentially nicer in some ways but not in others.
So while I had some thoughts of trading up, I think I'm content with my 2015 9th gen.
Any other thoughts ?
