Butcher

Used to get 17mpg, day in, day out. And that was taking it easy! Loved it though. Like driving a Boeing 747. Defo not many about. I think I remember seeing a little Civic quite often. Can't remember if it was white or silver, but it stood out. May have been your wife?

You must have been a detective in a previous life? The Stagea had to go unfortunately, before my bank account imploded.

Going back to this for a second. What wheel nuts would I need, if I say, got Rover wheels? This is all too much for a simpleton like me. Dr Broon, I'm not being ignorant if I don't wave back....just a bit slow. My brain's usually ticking over, "who's that?" Though admittedly, I don't get many waves in the civic.

Those Uniroyal's look just the ticket. Cheers for that Hickster. Dr Broon, I think I may have seen you around Stanley before. In fact I think you even waved at me once!

So most Vauxhall or VAG wheels would fit...if they're the right size, of course? Do all Honda's tend to be the same, say if I walked into a scrapyard and found a newer generation civic or something?

You guess right!

Cheers guys. I'm struggling to believe no one has problems in the snow though. Like I say, mine has a lot of understeer and the front end just feels so light. So when the snow does come down it gets very little traction. Luckily last year was quite mild. Snow socks are sounding a good idea. Winter tyres seem sensible, but my main trouble is finding some wheels to put them on. Not too fussed about what they look like. Just something that fits. Oh, and cheap! Roylewaa, I'm not far from Durham. If I say the bit that always snows, you'll probably know... We have a bit of a reputation for the stuff.

I have a basic 2000 MC1 Aerodeck 1.6. Nothing flash, just a nice practical runaround. Prior to this I had a big AWD estate, which you could point at pretty much any gradient in any amount of snow and off it would go... The Civic in comparison feels light and floaty in the wet, never mind snow and ice (Almost identical to the Honda based Rover 416 I once owned). Last year I opted for Lidl snow chains. And while they got me out of sticky situations, I couldn't bare to go through that torture again, of fitting them and taking them off again 30 seconds later. And besides, I broke them. So this year I'm looking for more robust solutions. Winter tyres maybe. Snow socks. I don't know. I can't decide. So I'm wondering how other people find their Civics in the snow and what they do to make winter driving less of a pain. I'm also looking for a bit of information on wheels, because if I opt for winter tyres I'm not sure the best place to find wheels for them, and the best way to search for them (finding the right size and offset, etc). Currently I'm rolling on the original 5 spoke alloys with a good set of Falken 912 all weather tyres. Living in the hills of the North we do get a fair amount of snow too. Even on the good years. So I'm not looking for just solutions in a light dusting of snow, but how to get through a foot of the stuff when I get snowed into the street.