Type r running costs

[Mastodon2]

70 mile commute in a hot hatch is going to make some fuel bills, and when think back, I would not have wanted to do a 70 mile commute in my Type R either, that would have gotten old pretty fast.

[Dgr90]

As has already been said, 70mph is 3500rpm in sixth and its really not an issue as its not a particularly loud engine until it gets going (5000+rpm) at which point the induction noise takes over. I did a similar commute in my 2003 ep3 for 7 months and it was great. The car doesnt mind chugging along with the flow of traffic or really pushing it if I went the long way home. Regular oil checks are needed as most tend to drink a little (mine uses a dribble between services, maybe a quarter of a litre).

Reliability has been great, mine is always taken to TGM in fleet (very popular in the honda scene), parts are relatively cheap (unless going for big n/a power, but at 19 I imagine it already has plenty). It has never let me down.

Ultimately, I would recommend it, mine will be going in a month or two purely as I fancy a e46 M3 and dont need the hatchback practicality of the ep3 anymore.

[otolith]

Mastodon2 said:

70 mile commute in a hot hatch is going to make some fuel bills, and when think back, I would not have wanted to do a 70 mile commute in my Type R either, that would have gotten old pretty fast.

Yeah, but hadn't you modified yours and made it a lot noisier?

[Mike Horne]

I've heard the vtec will stop working unless you use it...is this true? If it is I'd obviously have to make sure this didn't happen and use it for him!

[Butter Face]

No that's not true! Lol