New Honda Civic type R anyone?
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Well evo give it a 5 star rating (euro only got 3.5 stars) and call it a 4 door nsx type-r with a razor sharp chassis 
. Two things that worry me is the insurance (I was once quoted nearly 3k for a teg) and the tyres must cost loads if used for trackdays (19' wheels) other than this I think I want.
. Two things that worry me is the insurance (I was once quoted nearly 3k for a teg) and the tyres must cost loads if used for trackdays (19' wheels) other than this I think I want. Autocar review:
http://www.autocar.co.uk/CarReviews/FirstDrives/Ho...
doesn't have the crappy electric steering.
http://www.autocar.co.uk/CarReviews/FirstDrives/Ho...
doesn't have the crappy electric steering.
superlightr said:
I keep the cars as standard. So Thanks but not for me .
?The Litchfield JDM Civic is standard.. Its a standard Japanese Domestic Market import. According to evo road test you can't even compare the two cars, the imported version is FAR superior and as someone else mentions the sum up goes so far as to call the JDM car a "four door NSX-R".
Looks like this...
Civpilot said:
superlightr said:
I keep the cars as standard. So Thanks but not for me .
?The Litchfield JDM Civic is standard.. Its a standard Japanese Domestic Market import. According to evo road test you can't even compare the two cars, the imported version is FAR superior and as someone else mentions the sum up goes so far as to call the JDM car a "four door NSX-R".
Looks like this...
Thanks for the enlightenment. It does look good.
Had a drive in the Type R today. Was quite different to what i was expecting. Car nice and light, controls quick and responsive, good pull even low down the revs in 3rd and 4th, comfy and suspension coped well with the pot holes and poor surfaces.
Speed built up well, gently but steadily. Its a very nice car. I did like it.
Got back in the porker and the weight in the controls was trebble, 3x more for the porker. Type R would for me be a strong option for a town/local car insted of the porker.
Very impressed. Liked the 5 yrs service plan for £500 as well.
Had a drive in the Type R today. Was quite different to what i was expecting. Car nice and light, controls quick and responsive, good pull even low down the revs in 3rd and 4th, comfy and suspension coped well with the pot holes and poor surfaces.
Speed built up well, gently but steadily. Its a very nice car. I did like it.
Got back in the porker and the weight in the controls was trebble, 3x more for the porker. Type R would for me be a strong option for a town/local car insted of the porker.
Very impressed. Liked the 5 yrs service plan for £500 as well.
superlightr said:
Had a drive in the Type R today. Was quite different to what i was expecting.
Very impressed.
I agree, I test drove it a few months ago and it was completely different to my 4 year old Type R, felt much more grown up. Just ordered the GT version with sat nav etc in black, not coming until early november though. To be honest I want it now! Anyone want my old one? Very impressed.
NutNut said:
Thanks for your comments, take it your not a fan.
Check my cars out...I'm a bigger Honda fan than you're probably assuming!
Oh...and my last sentence was supposed to be tongue-in-cheek...though it looks like you missed that.
More seriously...what do you mean 'more grown up'?!?
havoc said:
More seriously...what do you mean 'more grown up'?!?
I can't really explain it, as soon as I test drove it, it felt better, more solid, more gadgets, in a different league. I've lived with my current CTR for 5 years and although I love it, it can be a real bone shaker. I realise that's the appeal, but for me it's time for a change! I see you have a Teg and an S2000, which do you prefer?NutNut said:
I see you have a Teg and an S2000, which do you prefer?
Tricky one. At the moment I'm still sorting the 'teg - it's an 8y.o. car, and although low mileage and with a fit engine, currently needs new disks/pads and proper tyres (the F1 GSD-2's are a bit squidgy). So I'm not pushing it to 10/10ths.So the S2000, at the moment (esp. in the nice weather), is getting a lot of use. It's tighter, feels better built than pretty much every other car I've driven, has a superb engine...you don't even need to redline it, despite it being a performance VTEC! And a soft-top, which I wasn't overly bothered with until I got one! Plus, now I've got the braces on and the geometry sorted, it's actually got a half-decent amount of steering feel/feedback, and feels more planted than it did...the braces should be standard on the car, IMHO.
And I'm enjoying learning rwd...after 3 years I was still pushing the 'teg harder, learning IT, but I wasn't learning much more about ME. The S2000 is still new enough to be teaching me both...which is always enjoyable.
That said, I'm looking forward to sorting the 'teg...just sitting in it brings back some great memories of the last one...those bathed-in-adrenaline drives where you're repeatedly on/near the limit, almost dancing with the car. Plus, it sounds better than the S, and is a lot more playful (being fwd helps...).
Initial conclusion - the S2000 is the better car OVERALL. Combination of being newer, the engine/gearbox, and the soft-top. But it's not as much an on-the-limit car as the 'teg (partly my limits, I guess...I'm no Schumacher), it's not as aggressive, as egging-you-on, in-your-face, always-up-for-it as the 'teg. And I guess if I could only have one it would be the 'teg...not quite as good 80% of the time, but sublime that last 20%...
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