My husband and I bought a brand new 2014 Honda Civic and we loved it. The digital display was very bright, easy to navigate, and my husband loved that you could customize the color of the display. This car was a very smooth ride, which I can say in all confidence because I rode in it down the historic brick roads in our town while I was 7 months pregnant. My husband was in an accident with the car and there was minor damage to the front end, while the other car was completely totaled. We had the base model, but were still very impressed with the features such as the display and the manual transmission. One thing that wasn't great was trying to get a car seat in and out. The door frames were not tall enough for the car seat to be put in with the handle up, so we either had to tip the car seat way back to get it in, or attempt to get it in with the handle down. The seats were also sloped weird so we had a hard time getting the car seat to sit level.

I grew up with Hondas, and at the time I bought the car, my entire family had Honda Civics. It was meant to be. Although she was an LX, she wasn't very attractive. Tan? Who makes a tan car? The "special" gold labels on the rear were already gross with calcium buildup, but the LX title wasn't something I cared about. From they I first met my car, she was mine. A sensible, squat Honda with manual transmission was exactly what I needed and wanted.