Hey guys, I crashed my 2006 HCH. I hit a Chevy Avalanche doing about 40, he pulled out in front of me from his driveway without any time for me to react. I'm assuming my baby (133,000 miles) is totaled :-( but I am waiting for the insurance company assessor to decide.

Anyway, I will probably end up getting a new HCH and was wondering if anyone knew if there were any significant differences between a 06,07 and 08. If not I will just go for the best deal I can find, but if there is I might consider differently. I know that their are at least a few little differences, but don't know if their are any medium differences (if I recall correctly there are no large differences.)

Thanks! any help is appreciated!

PS, all of the safety features of the Civic work wonderfully, but man do those airbags pack a punch.

 

Even the 09 is the same! How was the impack with all the air bags and restraints? Any soar spots? Hope you do well buy your insurer. Make sure they know its a Hybrid for value.H

 

I think I would look at the 09, trac control and all, oh yeah, you get the tpms in the 08!

 

The impact was was pretty hard considering it was like hitting a brick wall, but the airbags worked really well. My passenger didn't get hurt at all, but I broke a couple ribs, even though I sit pretty much as far back from the steering wheel as possible (I am 6'1") it hit me right in the sternum, I feel like the seat belts worked really well, and I don't have anything soar for that.

TPMS would be really nice, but I don't think I'll get enough replacement value to get an 09.

Thanks for your input!

 

I thought the 09 brought in better seat support ... someone mentioned that on an earlier post that Honda made changes to the seats

 

meh, I would zero in on the 2009. It has way more stuff than the 2006-2008. the diffs between the 06-07-08 are too small to worry about.

 

leather and more colors are available for 2009, also.

 

And the 2009s have $2,000 additional discount in dealer cash plus other hidden funds. Lease and purchase rates are very low, also. I got my '09 this weekend with leather and NAV for just over $22K including destination charges, but tax and registration were extra. You can't beat today's prices on new cars!

 

I feel for you, my 2007 HCHII was totaled last March when someone ran a red light and I T-boned him. My fiance and I were uninjured from the wreck, but it still sucks to get in a wreck from someone else's carelessness. I lost about $5000 from the wreck even though my insurance covered it and I was not at fault. If I were to be in the same situation again, I would get a lawyer to help me make sure I am made whole.

The $5000 figure comes from the fact that I bought a 2008 HCHII as a replacement, Honda increased the price over the 2007, and I had to start a new loan whereas I had been paying on the loan for the 2007 for over a year at that point.

One of the reasons I bought another HCHII was because of the car's safety. I didn't have any injuries from the wreck, as did my fiance who was riding with me at the time. In another car it could have been much worse. Honda did a superb job with this car's safety, I can't thank their engineers enough.

See this post for more details about my accident: https://www.greenhybrid.com/discuss/...007-hch-17410/