Honda Stream (2001 - 2005) 2.0i VTEC SE Sport 5d Auto Owner Review

I have only borrowed this car, not owned it, albeit currently for 3 months. Frankly, I can’t wait for it to be over. I am sure the manual version with that engine is fine, but the auto is completely mismatched. Adding more throttle just makes the car noisier, not any faster. And the mpg is really quite bad (I don’t know the exact figure, hence not adding it, but it’s certainly below 30). To be fair to it, most of the cars other problems are due to its very hard life it’s had (there is a dent or scratch in every panel, including the roof, most of the external trim is coming away, several parts of the interior trim is missing, etc), but even so, the build quality is not what I would expect from Honda. Also, why does it not have a clock? Perhaps it was always the intention for the time to be shown on the stereo, but sadly the previous owner has fitted it with a system that is constantly stuck on demo mode, so requires a button press every time you want to see the time, which is less than ideal. About the only positive thing I can say about this particular car is the seats are comfy. Then again, what car in that class has uncomfortable seats?