Having to let my DC2 Integra go

Having to let my DC2 Integra go

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ImABitLongCars

Original Poster:

86 posts

124 months

Tuesday 15th September 2015
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Hey guys - will out an add up on pheads in the next couple of days, but sadly my 2000 DC2 Integra Type-R is having to go. Apparently a TVR and 3 other cars in central London is extravagent my wife tells me... Drop me a line if anyone is looking for a good one.

adriman

325 posts

209 months

Thursday 17th September 2015
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I sold mine 4 years ago yesterday according to my facebook memories. I still miss it frown

What are you getting to replace it?

ImABitLongCars

Original Poster:

86 posts

124 months

Thursday 17th September 2015
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We needed a delivery vehicle for my wife's business and baby-friendly family car, so a Maser and more sadly the Integra have gone, and been replaced with a Golf R32 5dr. Great car but not a Teg, thirsty, and depreciating rather than appreciating...!


havoc

29,927 posts

234 months

Saturday 19th September 2015
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adriman said:
I sold mine 4 years ago yesterday according to my facebook memories. I still miss it frown
Almost 2 1/2 years for mine (my second), for family reasons also. And yes, still miss mine too, despite the current fleet.


OP - that looks like a very tidy one - best of luck with the sale!

ImABitLongCars

Original Poster:

86 posts

124 months

Monday 21st September 2015
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It is a fab one, although would be much easier to sell if it wasn't. Most Integra Type-Rs buyers seem to have shallow pockets so there seems to be a mental price barrier in any condition at around £4500. Maybe I need to hold onto it until Chinese investors cotton on and I can sell it through Christies...

It is definitely one I'm going to look back on and regret. I can't think of another 15 year old car that goes in for an annual service and they can't physically find anything to do.

spudgun GB

461 posts

167 months

Monday 21st September 2015
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right car, wrong wife smile

adriman

325 posts

209 months

Monday 21st September 2015
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It certainly looks like a nice one, good luck with the sale. Im a little bit tempted!

havoc

29,927 posts

234 months

Monday 21st September 2015
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ImABitLongCars said:
It is definitely one I'm going to look back on and regret. I can't think of another 15 year old car that goes in for an annual service and they can't physically find anything to do.
yes

Mine was absolutely zero work until probably the 6 months prior to having to sell it (i.e. once it knew it's days were numbered as we already had a small child...), and in that 6 months it made up for the previous 6 years:-
- Rear wheel bearings
- Clutch
- Exhaust centre pipe

MPoxon

5,329 posts

172 months

Wednesday 23rd September 2015
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That is a stunning DC2, good luck with the sale.

Is a Teg completely unmanageable if you have a young child?

I keep looking at another EP3 which is one of my favourite cars I have owned and I think now it would make a good daily driver / occasional track day car to take instead Tiv if it rains.

Never driven a teg but everyone who I have spoke to rates them over the EP3 due to the hydraulic PAS and LSD. Just wondered about how suitable it would be as a daily with kids.

havoc

29,927 posts

234 months

Wednesday 23rd September 2015
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MPoxon said:
Never driven a teg but everyone who I have spoke to rates them over the EP3 due to the hydraulic PAS and LSD. Just wondered about how suitable it would be as a daily with kids.
Depends on the ages of the kids. Downsides vs a 'normal' 3dr hatch (EP3 / Clio / etc.)
- Very high boot lip
- Whole car is lower to the ground, so it'll be harder on your back putting a baby in/out of a child seat at the back
- The front-seat belt tends to 'get in the way of your feet' when getting in and out of the back (that said, did on the 306 GTi-6 also)

Oh, and the rear seats are two semi-buckets, so pick your child car seat carefully...some won't fit. Our Gp-1 Priori XP probably would as it fits in the moulded 'bucket' in the back of my FD2.



I think for kids that can get themselves in/out (i.e. 3y.o. and up), and only need belting in, a DC2 will be just fine - the lower nature of it will probably help with young child ingress/egress. For babies / toddlers I'd probably want a 4dr anyway...

MPoxon

5,329 posts

172 months

Wednesday 23rd September 2015
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havoc said:
Depends on the ages of the kids. Downsides vs a 'normal' 3dr hatch (EP3 / Clio / etc.)
- Very high boot lip
- Whole car is lower to the ground, so it'll be harder on your back putting a baby in/out of a child seat at the back
- The front-seat belt tends to 'get in the way of your feet' when getting in and out of the back (that said, did on the 306 GTi-6 also)

Oh, and the rear seats are two semi-buckets, so pick your child car seat carefully...some won't fit. Our Gp-1 Priori XP probably would as it fits in the moulded 'bucket' in the back of my FD2.



I think for kids that can get themselves in/out (i.e. 3y.o. and up), and only need belting in, a DC2 will be just fine - the lower nature of it will probably help with young child ingress/egress. For babies / toddlers I'd probably want a 4dr anyway...
You speak a lot of sense, maybe i need to wait until they can get in and out themselves. I never thought of the child seat not fitting in the back as well.

I had a 306 many moons ago I had forgotten about the front seat belts, people were ever tripping over it getting in and out the back. One of my friends fell flat on the pavement getting out of mine. Not a great design that one.

Many thanks for your advice - much appreciated.

ImABitLongCars

Original Poster:

86 posts

124 months

Thursday 24th September 2015
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I second that on it being generally manageable with babies, if a little impractical.

Economically, it is cost free as it will appreciate more than the costs. In fact I'm keenly watching the ad count down as wifey says I can keep it if noone buys it.

Practically, in theory it is actually good. I've disabled the passenger airbag and driven with him in the car seat in the front a few times. The boot will actually swallow more than our Lexus Sportcross as it is massive! You are also viewed as a hero turning up to events with a baby in what most people assume is a racing car. If we was 1.5+ years old today there is no way I would sell, as it is easy doable with a young kid.

I'm more bothered about knocking the insides of the car around with prams and car seats, and also doing my back in when trying to get the carseat in and out of the back.



havoc

29,927 posts

234 months

Thursday 24th September 2015
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ImABitLongCars said:
I'm more bothered about knocking the insides of the car around with prams and car seats, and also doing my back in when trying to get the carseat in and out of the back.
First bit - don't be - boot/rear quarter plastics are tough old-style panels. You could probably fit some velcro straps around the rear brace too...
Second - that would be my main concern.

MPoxon

5,329 posts

172 months

Friday 25th September 2015
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ImABitLongCars said:
Economically, it is cost free as it will appreciate more than the costs. In fact I'm keenly watching the ad count down as wifey says I can keep it if noone buys it.
You watch, someone will probably buy it on the last day of the ad. I am very tempted myself but the missus would hit the roof if got rid of the 5 door family car and turned up with a DC2. I must scratch the itch at some point.

I didn't realise you were a fellow Griff owner as well. You clearly have good taste in cars wink

HayesDC2

285 posts

131 months

Friday 25th September 2015
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Get yourself a DB8R, a 4 door dc2 the best of both worlds!

havoc

29,927 posts

234 months

Friday 25th September 2015
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HayesDC2 said:
Get yourself a DB8R, a 4 door dc2 the best of both worlds!
Or an FD2 (budget permitting) - not as organic as the DC2/DB8, but more habitable and better crash protection. And QUICK!!!

MPoxon

5,329 posts

172 months

Saturday 26th September 2015
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Cheers gents, I will have a look at those. I didn't even know they existed until you posted.

havoc

29,927 posts

234 months

Saturday 26th September 2015
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They do...but IIRC there's maybe 10 in the country...

Zaim

142 posts

204 months

Friday 2nd October 2015
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Always fancied an ITR and thinking of changing my RX-8.

Supateg

724 posts

141 months

Friday 2nd October 2015
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spudgun GB said:
right car, wrong wife smile
On the other hand my wife told me never to get rid of our uk dc2, in fact we have two dc2's, plus a crx, plus an Fto and a Cerbera. Daughter loves the cars also, teg boot is perfect for pushchair etc.

Hth