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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ramishka" data-source="post: 20531815" data-attributes="member: 18888">This is correct. I had to replace the battery at 30000km (I bought the car at 23000km), however that was expected. The car had sat for more than 30 days stationary ( Car lot at Japan + Japanese auction + Shipping time + Clearing time) and my battery had a factory recall issue (which applied only to a segment of 2011 JDM models ) where they used a wrong additive in the H/V battery which caused it to lose the charging capacity rapidly. Battery replacement was covered under warranty and I haven't had issues with my new battery for 80000+km.Yes it might be suitable for you in your case. However, if you can find a Civic which was recently fitted with a new Japanese hybrid battery, or if you can get a car with high existing battery capacity , it won't give issues for 4-5 years. I have not had a major problem with the car for 100000km after that. I run 2000+km a month, including Kadugannawa climb 4 times a month.Why I asked you to drive both vehicles first was because that's what helped me decide. I knew about these battery issues before I bought it. I test drove both an Aqua and then the Civic in the same car sale and the moment I sat in the Civic i made my decision that was it.But in your case, if you don't want to mess with the technicalities and don't mind the looks and handling of an Aqua, it will be the way to go. As I said earlier it does have maybe 1.5 times better fuel efficiency than the Civic. And I haven't heard of Aquas having hybrid battery issues (correct me if I am wrong) and Toyota hybrid tech is solid.</blockquote>

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