gwaps
Senior Member
I have a friend who had a newer VW Beatles with Turbo. It was a problem for him as well.Agreed, I took my chances with first year model because it's Honda, but the fact still remains that the 1.5T has more moving parts and generates more heat than the 2.0 NA. Between the two engines the 2.0 NA will be the one with cheaper maintenance and easier to fix. How reliable was the TD03 turbo they used on other cars such as BMW and Volvo? Another reason why I went with the 2.0 NA was because a friend of mine had issues with his turbo car and he had to pay over $2,000 for repair cost. I was willing to take the risk with first year model for the 10th generation civic but not with the turbo. Maybe I'll go turbo in the next 5 years and most likely by then they would probably phase out all NA engines and all base models will only have turbo.
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