The new Civic is a great car to be honest. I drive Skodas, so im the base of loads of abuse, which is great, i love it. Especially when i dont let them know my car has been fiddled with and they cant keep up.
With the Octavia, it was brilliant as i could say you got spanked by a big heavy Skoda 5 door family hatch back, with the new fabia vRS, i can say you got spanked by a Skoda with 1.4l engine.
And if i get spanked they have only beaten a skoda, so i win either way.