gypmaster

I bought an '07 Civic 2.2 with FSH today. Thanks for all the help guys.

I think I'll go for the Civic. I feel really drawn to the IS250 and it's 204bhp though. Being used to the 190bhp in my Celica it's quite a drop to 140 ish in the Civic. I can't really stretch to the price of the IS250 at the moment and I know I'd be doing well to get 25mpg out of it ... shame, but probably the Civic (save some cash and get the remap).

I take your point about car forums putting you off buying a model but I've never had such strong direction from so many people when going to the forums for advice. Looks like the Civic 2.2 is favourite for me.

Thanks guys, pretty conclusive then - AVOID the 220! Yeah, mainly short journeys but with a weekly 50m run. The main reason I looked at the 2.2 Civic was because it doesn't have a DPF on it - and there's the potential to remap whenever I have the cash/desire. Thanks again guys.

Hello all, I've just started looking for a new 'runabout' motor and have a budget of £4.5k. I was pretty set on getting a Honda Civic/Ford Focus/Seat Leon diesel but, on a whim, decided to look at all makes and models on autotrader around my budget. I'd never considered a Lexus and was surprised when I saw that were a good few IS 220 2.2 TD's with FSH around 100k mileage within my budget! I suppose I'd like some advice on why I would or wouldn't buy the Lexus over the Civic/Focus/Seat mob. Thanks in advance, Mark p.s have owned Celica gen 6 and 7 for the last 10 years so am used to toyota reliability