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Friends, I never got around to do update the with the maps on the 2018 Civic Hatch so invested some time this weekend and this is what happened. Created the Pen drive by plugging it to the USB port and asking Garmin to update the maps. Used Garmin express on the PC to download the map ( for some reason the download kept on breaking so after searching on forums, ran Garmin express as admin and disabled the AV ( which was monitoring the network connections)) Copied the img file shared in this forum, plugged the pen drive back into the car and update the map Upon update (which took like 2-3 minutes) I saw that the POIs were loaded properly but it was not rendering any of the road. Only E01 was visible. So instead of the img file shared on the forum I downloaded the map for SL (generic routable map in a zip file that contained the single img file) from http://garmin.openstreetmap.nl/ and used the downloaded img file and replaced the gmapsupp.img in the pen drive. It seem to work and the POIs and routing seem to work well as well. Even the turn by turn direction help on the center display (dashboard) seem to work well. Going forward, I have dedicated a 16GB pen drive for map updates and will be replacing the map from OSM and updating the car's garmin. The reasoning behind this is, if I do the sync up with Garmin express and create the Pen drive using GE, the download of the European maps takes quite a while and even after using the same pen drive with an updated OSM map, seem to get Garmin to detect a new map version. ps. I will test with other map versions from OSM and update the forum.

I actually got the first license online for a self imported car. Since the emission certificate was mandatory, first went and got the emission test done at L**ghs and waited for one day (apparently for the data to get synced up) then used the insurance company which issued the cover note as the insurer (in my case c******o. I think the look up is based on the chassis number). Logged in using the google credentials. Got the temporary print out and the real license arrived in post a week or so later. Hope this helps. Edit : From what I heard, the revenue license is given with the registration only for agent imported vehicle. I could be wrong here though.

Yes I did that. However here are some things you need consider Most after market LED lights have the LED arrays on the either sides of the assembly, making the light patter look split between the middle, especially with the low beam. However it has only an esthetic drawback, the effectiveness is not hampered by it. The lumens promised and delivered vary drastically based on the design of the reflectors, somehow I feel that the halogens have a higher intensity though the temperature is warmer. The Civic has very limited space behind the head lamps so circulation will be an issue, so Active cooled LED head lamps will be your friend. Also, find someone has small hands. Ye O'l Mr.Bockwurst fingers will have mild coronary playing with this lady's headlight related plumbing. Since these bad boys get really warm, it makes sense to buy one with controller that monitors the health of the cooling fan and cut power to the lights if the fan fails. ( we don't want those expensive headlight housings melting away) Since the internal resistance in LED lights are pretty high, it might tell the ECU that the bulbs are burnt so then "CANBUS Ready" ones seem to work (at least for me, I didn't try it with one without this). I've heard that also causes the lights to flicker. The micro controller for solving the above two problems is attached to the light assembly and it gets really hot, so had to use double sided thermal tape and fix it to the chassis. However having said that, the up side is the headlight does not get warm (as LEDs are more efficient and the cooling fan is somehow managing the heat on the backside. (pun) However the LED lights delivered as part of the TekPack is alot more impressive and looks cooler too.

Yep.

We had a similar issue with a FB-15, it started with loss of cold air with the AC in traffic and later the Radiator temp was rising also. After inspection, we found out that one of the two fans on the radiator was having a shotty connection after some water had got in to the connector, it would sporadically not power up the fan but as the AC fan was running half of the time, and with the air blown in through the shell was temperature was somehow managed, but once the AC fan died, the last line of defence failed and it started over heating.

You might be right. According to this Manufacturing Facility Page the Civic 4D is made in the US, Canada and Turkey so from a logistic perspective Turkey makes more sense, I guess the best would be if we get hold of a VIN.

Hey, did you guys notice, Honda UK has announced a sedan with the 1.0 L engine.

The fixed suspension on the SR seem to cope well with the standard potholes (3-4 inches in depth), however it does bottom out when the car is loaded with 4 adults. In most cases the ride height became an issue when driving out a from an elevated property (the trim under the front bumper) or a ridged entrance (roller gate track) when the car is loaded. In former, low speeds seem to do the trick, as for the latter, well no option but to relieve the car of the additional weight.

This is correct. No point putting another set on top of the coil carpet delivered with the 3d carpets. If required you can replace the delivered with the 3D ones with a branded coil carpet but then you will have to install the grommets urself because with those puppies holding them in place, getting in and out is difficult as the 3D carpets have a finer finish that makes the coil carpets move around a lot unless they are held down.

I put it in my Civic hatch. I think the whole idea is to line most of the carpeted area in the cabin with a second layer making it easier to clean. Here are the pros and cons in this Pro Since it's designed for the car, the fit is good Has a second set of coil carpets (quasi 3M) which can be removed and cleaned and also kept in place using grommets. Due to the bucket like shape, all large debris collects in the footwells without traveling all over the place ( almost perfect...) Cons The clips and the whole way it's kept in place is rather flimsy. Since it's a tight fit, the clips might slip out. I extended the edges of the carpets on the door edges by glueing a same color Rexin strip and sliding it under the door lining so it wont slip out. It seem to work. Does not cover all of the areas, especially under the driver and passenger seat a the second row carpeting on goes under the first row seating only partly. My main justification was it was the ease of cleaning and the car didn't come with OEM carpets as it was to be used as the daily school runner, so we are talking about a lot of dirt getting dragged in to the car.

Yes but the temperature is set to 25-26, the 3M tint is doing a good job cutting out the heat I think. I think you should go for it. Those rims are as wide as the tyres and I did learn it the hard way thankfully the curb in question also gave in a little so it was just a superficial scratch. These are advertised heavily on ik**n and I thought it was a pragmatic solution to coherent laziness to reach every nook and cranny. Your point about mould is very valid I think, maybe it makes sense to remove them during the service but I don't know how well those puppies would hold up to the abuse by our friendly neighborhood service mallis every quarter or so.

Thought I'd post an update as the car passed the 1000 km mark. Consumption is around 12km/l (Not that I care but this seems to be the first question I get where ever I go). This is with Eco on, auto engine stop on and the car was only used in the city during morning rush hour, after school rush hour and evening rush hour The 1L engine has not failed to impress so far but the 3 Cylinder rumble is something noticeable (but who cares) Got a 3M tint done from C*re P*nt for the front windshield, for the front windows and the rear windshield. ( Do to recommend caution here, even the lightest tint cuts 30% of the light might land you in a gray area with Colombo's finest) Put the clear sticker for the side mirrors so the better half can rub elbows with everyone around. Bought a Jack and a spare tire from Delkanda. The Jack for the Fit serves the purpose and fits in the compartment like a glove also. The spare tire was a hit and a miss for me. I got the one for Vezel even though it was a tad smaller for this one (fitment 94%). The right tire would be T125/80D16 97M with the rim size 16X4T Put one of those custom made carpeting that covers whole of the carpeting as it's easier to clean. Best 15K investment ever. Went to Staf**rd and got the check up done. Was told that oil change was not required till we hit the 5k mark. The TPMS started acting up the day after it was in Staf**rd. So re-checked the pressure while it's cold and recalibrated the system. So fingers crossed. To do list The tyres really wide so there are some nice streaks of mud on the lower panels/bumper so planning on getting down some OEM splash guard (mud flaps). Nice of Honda to make them. Considering door visors and door side moulding as comfort feature Updating the navigation to support SL map was put on back burner as the integration Android Auto and Apple Car Play is beyond acceptable. Will post more as things unravel.

This is the same information I got, that these engines are already broken in. Ha ha ha.. Dude, he did say he had a kid right ? Doesn't "Stormy Daniel" sound like a good name for a 2 door ( ideally we need 3 doors) coupe which haunts you after you sold it off to someone after having a brief but a pleasurable drive? ?

What's the reasoning behind doing it at 1000km ? Were you recommended by the agent ? I have the 1.0 l Hatch and I was asked to do the same by the importer but can't seem to find any documentation to back it. The manual does not talk anything about a service at 1000k ( it does not talk of a break in period as well, it's possible I missed it considering the size of the manual) and the oil life time monitor doesn't tell that either. One thing I do see is when the car was delivered with 0 milage the Oil life time monitor showed 19,000km as the life time, and at 600kms down the line the life time has dropped by 3000 kms.

Nice post. When is your first service/ oil change due?

Yep. Nail on the head. Two months into the ownership, I don't see any serious reasons to get rid of it. As you rightfully mentioned I got it due to the tax advantage and the amount of "car" we get for the "buck", as a stop gap solution until the whole EV eco-system matured a bit more. Wonder how many others followed the same path.

The Garmin app in the Head Unit is hard coded only to accept the map of Europe. Besides Garmin does not have a full details map for Sri Lanka. So the easiest option is to stick to Andriod Auto or Apple CarPlay. I'm sure at one point someone will figure out how to merge data files from Garmin and OSM together and fool the app to accept the merged data file but haven't seen anyone achieving this. Here's the comment where we discussed all the options.

Yes this works. However if you keep the car covered for a longer period (in my case a month), humidity creeps up again thanks to the vent holes and voila, you have fungus again. The rule I later followed was what they do with DSLR lenses. Fungus needs humidity and darkness (or lack of UV) to thrive, remove one and they wont grow.

I know I'm reviving a dead horse, just for my knowledge, is there reason you prefer slmaps over OSM ? At least from my experience, OSM worked quite well on the Garmin devices but would be great hear your perspective as well.

Tried. Does not work (for now). The head unit has the map for Europe hard coded in it. Even if you add the SL map for garmin (from OSM) it got ignored. Continuing research. Here's a link the complete comment I made in a separate thread.

I guess we want to try it out just for the sake of the challenge. First off the navigation app is hard coded for Europe. Secondly Garmin doesn't have a proper map for Sri Lanka so OSM is the other alternative. From my research what I found was that you will have to merge the Garmin and OSM maps together as the Garmin unit will look for the Map of Europe, so the way out will be to sneak in the SL map into the map of Europe so it will override the default low res Map of Sri Lanka which Garmin already has. Another alternative was to install a separate Navigation App like OsmAnd (as the Unit runs Andriod). I think this will require rooting of the unit as by default, it will only allow the installation of apps with the Honda signature ( read it in a couple of places, yet to validate it personally). Another point worth mentioning is, Andriod Auto is not released for the Sri Lankan market but Apple CarPlay is. Both of them work amicably, the coolest feature is the center display (which has the speed and the tacho) switch over to the turn by turn navigation display.

Faced the same issue myself. Naively let them convince me about de-greasing since the concept was new to me. The day after the check battery light was on full time. Ended up replacing the alternator. Now I only let them use compressed air to clean the bay. That also at a considerable distance, cos if you let them, they will like to get up close and personal wanting to knock off every speck of dust off every cable, every sensor etc. On the same note, other than the esthetic aspect, is there are rationale behind cleaning engine bays (cases without any oil spills/leakage) ?

I thought the introduction of the name "Montero" was Mitsubishi's way of showing cultural sensitivity after they realized "Pajero" is not *the* best name one can call the vehicle especially if they want to sell it in spanish speaking countries..

As promised, here are some things I got my attention my brand spanking new 2018 Civic SR. Fuse box location. it's right under the dash, I found the only way to access it properly was to sit up side down on the divers seat. No HID unless you go for Tech pack which will give you LED. The best option was to get put some LED lights in the low and the high beams, and it worked like the charm, even the auto high beam played ball with it. Lack of Spare tire The car is like Frankenstein's Monster (Lights from Hungary,Seat Belts from Rumania). This is not something that's putting me off the car. I thought I'd mention it. Accessibility for light bulb changes. Other than the head lights, others will require some mechanical knowledge and some lights (i.e. the number plate light I think) come as one unit. Missing sections of the harness. For missing options, unlike in other cars they have saved the harness for unused options, ergo you can't get away by just adding the auto dimming mirror, you have to wire the harness from the fuse box. Garmin navigation hardcoded for Europe. Can’t see the Turbo performance in SR Second row head room is rather limited if you are above 5'10" Reduced visibility/darker cabin due to smaller windows at the back Fabric trim in the center console and the door cars are like magnets for sweat and dirt Again, these are things I noticed, doesn't mean I don't like the car, will share the things I found to be nice as well. Just thought I share it so people will see a well balanced picture.

I'm getting 10+ kmpl during rush hour. This is with the Eco mode on 50% of the time and the engine auto stop on. i still see it improving as I'm still on second tank of gas. Haven't done outstation trips etc, running under 80kmph and 4000 rpm waiting for the engine to break in ( another 500kms to go). -Edit- I'm compiling a list of things I like and don't like about this car, for now it's a mixed bag. Will share it soon.