Honda 2.2 CDTI with high miles?

[Anatonic]

Hi all,

Looking for a car as a stopgap between selling my M3 and buying a new house and came across the 2.2 CDTI Civics... love the shape having owned an FN2 Type R previously.

I've seen a couple of high mile 2006/2007 plate Civic 2.2 CDTI's for around the £1-£2k mark ranging from 150-200k miles. I'm enquiring about the usual clutch/flywheel issues to see if they've been replaced in their life, but ultimately I need a reasonable car that can ferry myself up and down the M4 (70 miles each way) for a few months until we're in our new property - I will then either sell on again, or maybe keep as a runaround and have more of a weekend toy.

Am I mad to consider this sort of car? Should I just go for the staple V70 D5 option?

I really want to limit my budget to £2.5k if possible and these seemed like a nice place to be, plus not excessively big for the wife to drive. Preferably needs to have ISOFIX on the rear bench for the child seat too as I'll be running her to nursery and the wife will use when I'm working from home.

Cheers

[b19rak]

Get a pre 07 before dpf came in. Check for a weak clutch. As long as a decent service history, you should be ok.

[towser44]

b19rak said:

Get a pre 07 before dpf came in. Check for a weak clutch. As long as a decent service history, you should be ok.

Not sure it is just pre-2007 without a DPF, mine is a 58 plate, registered in January 2009 and is non-DPF.

[jardinec]

Had one for approx 100k miles - sold it with 154k on the clock. Would have one again.

Issues - cracked manifold - many were fixed under warranty, otherwise it leaks fumes in to the cabin.
http://typeaccord.co.uk/forum/topic/17940-diy-repl...

Clutch/flywheel replacement

Nothing else serious that I can think of.

Mine was the exact same as the one from the well know 'the cog' advert.

[Anatonic]

Thanks chaps - I'm going in with my eyes open, but just seems like a reasonable car to 'plug the gap' if you like between house move and getting into something nice again.

I'll have a little fish around PH and AT to see what comes up with a good service history and some evidence of a clutch/flywheel and possibly manifold change. Not to worried on the manifold front, but so long as there is evidence of a clutch change, I can't see there being too many worries other than the usual wear and tear items at that mileage which might need a refresh.

[markirl]

I considered one of these as a stop gap after I sold my 335i, having really enjoyed a type R that I had test driven previously and was left massively underwhelmed. Ended up getting a CLK270 which sounds like it might be perfect for your use (sub 2k, perfect motorway cruiser) with the exception of convenience of getting into the back seats so a C270 might be worth a shout. Engines are fairly bulletproof as are the gearboxes and only real issues are the electrics which most have online DIY guides to resolve.

[Anatonic]

I'll have a little gander this evening over a few other options.

Also drawn to the 57/08 plate Mazda3 2.0 Sport diesel - leather with all the toys, Bose system and seem reasonably decent as an all rounder for the money. Couple online with good service history and belts done which I'm enquiring about also.

So many choices!

[EV11NED]

Anatonic said:

I'll have a little gander this evening over a few other options.

Also drawn to the 57/08 plate Mazda3 2.0 Sport diesel - leather with all the toys, Bose system and seem reasonably decent as an all rounder for the money. Couple online with good service history and belts done which I'm enquiring about also.

So many choices!

I think there were issues with the Mazda diesels from this era, certainly the Mazda 6 diesels have had health warnings on here before.

What about a Focus or Mondeo 1.8tdci? This engine is supposed to be reliable, unlike the 1.6 unit which is a PSA engine.

[Anatonic]

Are we talking newer shape 1.8TDCI such as:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

Or the older 1.8?