I just read that the WRX has high insurance rates because it is powerful and is ticketed very often.

White cars are the most often tickets, with red coming in second.

 

More on the comparison -

The Civic headlights are very good - bright, with a good spread.

This car has adaptive cruise control, which I didn't know about till yesterday. I was cruising along, and a car pulled out several hundred feet ahead of me. If I were in control, I would have kept cruising, but the Civic played it safe and applied some brake. I tried it later, and the closer I got to the car in front (stopped at a light), the more brake the car applied. I bet it would have come to a complete stop. If they could have that system working all the time, that would be fantastic. I don't need it on the highway with cruise control in use, but driving in traffic, it would prevent me from running into the car in front.

The view out the rear window is pathetic - almost worthless, while the view out the Fit's rear window is very good.

The trunk does not open reliably. The only way to open it is remotely. There is a button on the driver's door, and the button on the key. That's all. Usually, neither one of them works.

I almost called the dealer yesterday when I stopped for gas. I couldn't find the release for the gas filler door. Then I thought maybe it doesn't need a release. I pushed in on the door, and it popped open. Surprise!

 

Uhhh, we're making our own bruh, LOL

 

If you can afford a GT-R (I can't) but want something with an MT what about a Porsche 911 Carrera 4S? AWD and a manual. That's what I'd have as my daily if I had the $$$.

They are fantastic cars. The new one I get will be modded just like the last two I owned were. Header, exhaust, coilovers, sway bars, wheels, tires, etc.

Thanks for the input! I just had a 2016 Civic rental and the stereo was clunky and slow but didn't cut out thankfully. This is something that concerns me especially as I usually keep cars for a while. I can't stand that they put some of the climate controls on the screen.

The headlights don't get a great rating from the IIHS unfortunately. Even the LED ones. Of course not much gets a good rating.

I have zero interest in a car braking for me at all. Luckily in Canada manual Civics and Fits don't come with the Honda Sensing. The manual Accord does and it's what knocked it off the list for me. Snow messes with the system as well and your dash lights up.

German cars have been doing the push in gas door for years. :)

 

 

I don't know about that. I recently sold my WRX. I had a 2013 I bought new. My wife's 2016 Pilot was the most expensive to insure. The WRX was barely above my 2017 Fit. This past year my son was old enough to drive and she no longer needed the SUV so it was traded for a 2018 Civic. The Civic was only slightly more expensive than the WRX.

 

u know wat, ill look into it next time. ive never been much of a porche guy, i dont like the sound of their engines and exhaust although ive driven a few carrera's my buddies have and they sounded a lot nicer inside the cabin vs outside.

 

i should note that my GK is 4yrs old vs my WRX which is 5 months old... it's a 19 Limited with all the bells so the value is a little higher than my GK, naturally the premium is higher.. at 4yrs in, i think for me the WRX would be about the same premium as my GK. of course my son would be the primary driver long before that so he'll have fun with the premiums.. lol