Thread: My new Civic

Just got delivery today ...

WOW, nice car J4K and great color too!

What a beauty The best color out of the ones available as well.. Looks very posh.

Congratulations

Hearty Congrats drive safe.

Thanks, Preeti, Admin, Rcom.

Nice car.... great look

drive safe!!!


congratz

Looks great. Congrats

Do take us on a ride

Thanks, Mickey & Dilip.

Yes. Safe, it will have to be. The Pune traffic is chaotic (so what else is new?). It will take some time to get used to the big size car on the small congested (infested?) roads. I have driven much larger cars but that was in USA and UK. In UK, the inner roads are also narrow (probably narrower than in India), but traffic is discipined.

On the bad side, scrapped one bumper - we were five people in the car.

dont worry it happens to best of us keeping bumper squeaky clean is not possible in Indian condition also the ground clearance in Civic is low so you have to watch out for pot holes in rainy season otherwise car under-body will pay the price.

Originally Posted by just4kix

Thanks, Dilip.

Yes. Safe, it will have to be. The Pune traffic is chaotic (so what else is new?). It will take some time to get used to the big size car on the small congested (infested?) roads. I have driven much larger cars but that was in USA and UK. In UK, the inner roads are also narrow (probably narrower than in India), but traffic is discipined.

On the bad side, scrapped one bumper - we were five people in the car.

i think honda should modify their cars to Indian conditions like with higher ground clearance

Originally Posted by Rcom

dont worry it happens to best of us keeping bumper squeaky clean is not possible in Indian condition also the ground clearance in Civic is low so you have to watch out for pot holes in rainy season otherwise car under-body will pay the price.

Quite true. Still I was going really slow - maybe 10 kmph.

Originally Posted by vinit

i think honda should modify their cars to Indian conditions like with higher ground clearance

They have improved it slightly but not as much as desired. The problem can be addressed by change of tyre size.

Put a "nazar battu" both front and back... A black parandi will do.. Thats if you believe in the "nazar" concept... I do.

Originally Posted by Admin

Put a "nazar battu" both front and back... A black parandi will do.. Thats if you believe in the "nazar" concept... I do.

I neither believe nor disbelieve. After all I have seen mothers do apply a kaala teeka on the face of the baby to protect him/her from the evil eyes amongst the society. I do not see anything wrong with that. Maybe it works - maybe it doesn't.

But in this case, how will putting a nazar battu help?

Took me a while to find this picture : Team-BHP - View Single Post - Pics: Maruti Suzuki Autocross 2005 The car in the first picture in this post has got an example of a nazar battu on the left hand side front bumper... If you dont want it that prominent then you can have it tied to the towing hook in the front which is very descrete in civics.. It would hang to touch the road and will be visible from the front side.

Ask your neary by garage guy what to do at the back... they do it all the time so they should know

Another thing to note is that the Civic flies and you don't realize how fast you are going untill you see the odometer ... Take it easy on the accelerator

Originally Posted by Admin

Put a "nazar battu" both front and back... A black parandi will do.. Thats if you believe in the "nazar" concept... I do.

yeah this superstition works, 3 years ago when i bought my Swift VDi it was grabbing everybody attention because car was on high waiting period and in just 30 days of ownership a lame nincompoop on scooter banged into my driver-side door which resulted in minor thud on door just below the key hole so the "EVIL EYE'S" have done their job, so i bought 3 "parandi" and tied 2 on front lower bumper grille and one in back tow hook and from that day my car is running without any dents it may sound weird but its true, specially in India people cant resist somebody new gleaming car and saw them with envious looks which results in mishap.



this pic is taken after 3 years you may think that i'm superstitious but that "parandi" stuff helped, my car bumper+body is without any scratches or dent touchwood, except the one which was gifted by scooterist, some may not believe in Evil Eye but if u do some desi remedies to cure it then you will start to believe in it.

Congratulations! The new car looks kool. Hope you'll take me on a drive when we meet next.

Originally Posted by itsmemad

Congratulations! The new car looks kool. Hope you'll take me on a drive when we meet next.

Definitely. When are you coming down?

And a big "Thank you."
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@Rcom, is that the toll plaza on NH8 just after IGI Airport and going to Gurgaon?

Originally Posted by Rcom

yeah this superstition works, 3 years ago when i bought my Swift VDi it was grabbing everybody attention because car was on high waiting period and in just 30 days of ownership a lame nincompoop on scooter banged into my driver-side door which resulted in minor thud on door just below the key hole so the "EVIL EYE'S" have done their job, so i bought 3 "parandi" and tied 2 on front lower bumper grille and one in back tow hook and from that day my car is running without any dents it may sound weird but its true, specially in India people cant resist somebody new gleaming car and saw them with envious looks which results in mishap.



this pic is taken after 3 years you may think that i'm superstitious but that "parandi" stuff helped, my car bumper+body is without any scratches or dent touchwood, except the one which was gifted by scooterist, some may not believe in Evil Eye but if u do some desi remedies to cure it then you will start to believe in it.

You must thank the lame scooterist to protect you from unceasing attention on your car by eveil eyes...

Originally Posted by just4kix

Definitely. When are you coming down?

Well, I've not planned my next visit yet. I was there for couple of days in April. Couldn't contact due to shortage of time. Will let you know.

Hi j4k....

Congratulations for the new ride and a good one..

Tell me is that u in first pic sitting in the left side??

Originally Posted by imrock

Hi j4k....

Congratulations for the new ride and a good one..

Tell me is that u in first pic sitting in the left side??

Really? That is who you think I am? LOL. You are very cute. Ha! Ha!

(I am actually laughing all alone).

Originally Posted by just4kix

Really? That is who you think I am? LOL. You are very cute. Ha! Ha!

(I am actually laughing all alone).

Seriously tell me who's he??Your son??

I am standing on the right. The person sitting inside the car is my son.

Originally Posted by just4kix

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@Rcom, is that the toll plaza on NH8 just after IGI Airport and going to Gurgaon?

Its the Delhi-Noida toll plaza which is known as DND Flyway, Gurgaon toll plaza is 7X bigger than this.

Originally Posted by mickey

You must thank the lame scooterist to protect you from unceasing attention on your car by eveil eyes...

lol he is automatically get thanked when he fell down after banging into my car also i try to be far as possible from these two wheelers because they are the one who hurt our cars most.

congrats j4k ! that is one sweet ride, nice to see you son enjoying it too


its easily the best color for a civic. Even a white looks sweet on it. I don't know about the roads in pune, but a civic is far to low for bangalore roads (still plenty of of civics here though), the car bottoms out many times on speed breakers here, very irritating...


So, you taking it for a spin to mumbai on the highway ?