Where have all the good Civic Type R's gone?
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Butter Face said:
Tickle said:
Why discount the ones that are 'miles away'? You can get pretty much anywhere in the uk in a day. Make sure the seller sends all the pictures and information on the car to satisfy your expectations, the get the train and drive it home. Whats a day of travel for the car you want.
I did 8 hours on the train for mine. Then an enjoyable 5 hour drive back!I had a 7 hour train ride North to Sunderland to buy my Accord Type R, the previous owner having bought it from a guy all the way down in Dorset... I then sold it to a chap who came all the way over from North Wales!
My DC2 Integra I sold to a guy from Holland- he said my car was the exact spec he was after so he traveled over the night before, stayed in a hotel, bought the car in the morning and drove it back.
I couldn't imagine trying to limit myself locally when buying a car- it often takes long enough to find the right car/condition/spec even with a national search!
FN2TypeR said:
Mine came from a local independent, one owner prior to me, some old insurance documents were in the glove box, he was in the army!
The car was a credit to the chap too in so far as I could tell, the alloys and paint were spot on, apart from one evil stone chip on the bonnet (thin FN2 paint), four matching and good quality tyres, car had been serviced on the button - couldn't complain at all!
It's bronze too, which was quite a rare colour as I believe it was a costly factory option, looks lovely when it's clean and the sun is shining (not that often up here sadly).
It had Rage alloys but I binned 'em off, they ruin the ride completely.
Never seen a bronze one! Only thing that I might want to add is the GP kit as it gives it a more aggressive stance. Already added Parking sensors as the rear spoiler is crap for visibility, but strangely good at blocking headlight glare from other cars following you. The car was a credit to the chap too in so far as I could tell, the alloys and paint were spot on, apart from one evil stone chip on the bonnet (thin FN2 paint), four matching and good quality tyres, car had been serviced on the button - couldn't complain at all!
It's bronze too, which was quite a rare colour as I believe it was a costly factory option, looks lovely when it's clean and the sun is shining (not that often up here sadly).
It had Rage alloys but I binned 'em off, they ruin the ride completely.
Yeah stone chips are a nightmare with the Honda paint, but I'm not too hung up about it as I use it daily to enjoy.
Need the fronts replacing soon with the some decent tyres. Looking at Asymmetric 3s.
Will be venturing down to Goodwood in Nov for the Hot Hatch Breakfast Club!
My experience is that a sub £3.5 EP3 will be rough. A sub £3k example will almost certainly bark and play fetch with you.
Secondly, I travelled from Glasgow to Birmingham to collect mine - I have no problems travelling for the right car.
Thirdly, certain mods on an EP3 are almost de rigueur; good geo setup & a decent airbox being two of such.
Secondly, I travelled from Glasgow to Birmingham to collect mine - I have no problems travelling for the right car.
Thirdly, certain mods on an EP3 are almost de rigueur; good geo setup & a decent airbox being two of such.
Butter Face said:
dannyDC2 said:
Crazy prices these days ey. Same with any performance car of this type I guess.
Look at DC2's mate. I remember turning down a Milano JDM car for £1800 about 7 years ago 
Ah well.Welshbeef said:
Butter Face said:
I bought mine 2 years ago, 1 owner from new, Full Honda service history and completely standard.
Then proceeded to change everything on it
The cars are out there but you need to pay strong money for a clean low mileage standard car!!
Criminal ruining a great standard 1 owner full Honda service history. Why didn't you go for another example to mess around with. Then proceeded to change everything on it
The cars are out there but you need to pay strong money for a clean low mileage standard car!!
The OP is probably being too picky, and you're definitely being too melodramatic.
dannyDC2 said:
Butter Face said:
dannyDC2 said:
Crazy prices these days ey. Same with any performance car of this type I guess.
Look at DC2's mate. I remember turning down a Milano JDM car for £1800 about 7 years ago Ah well.
Albeit only a small amount, and looking back I almost certainly sold it too cheap.
It probably explains why the buyer, only a day after the advert went live, drove all the way over from Holland and paid me the full asking price in cash with no haggling... I've never been great at judging values when selling cars!
Squirrelofwoe said:
I must be the only person who actually lost money on a DC2
Albeit only a small amount, and looking back I almost certainly sold it too cheap.
It probably explains why the buyer, only a day after the advert went live, drove all the way over from Holland and paid me the full asking price in cash with no haggling... I've never been great at judging values when selling cars!
Was that recently? I have a friend in Holland who regularly comes over here to buy S2ks/Type Rs to break for parts over there. Makes quite a penny doing it too. Especially on S2000s! Albeit only a small amount, and looking back I almost certainly sold it too cheap.
It probably explains why the buyer, only a day after the advert went live, drove all the way over from Holland and paid me the full asking price in cash with no haggling... I've never been great at judging values when selling cars!
dannyDC2 said:
Was that recently? I have a friend in Holland who regularly comes over here to buy S2ks/Type Rs to break for parts over there. Makes quite a penny doing it too. Especially on S2000s!
Off topic but I must say I've been a big fan of Youtube videos for a long time, only just twigged it was you posting on here. I think the first video I saw was you scaring the life out of your misses 
Baz2000 said:
Off topic but I must say I've been a big fan of Youtube videos for a long time, only just twigged it was you posting on here. I think the first video I saw was you scaring the life out of your misses
Haha thanks mate. Glad to hear that! Now ex-misses. Probably the cars fault. Oh well
Baz2000 said:
dannyDC2 said:
Was that recently? I have a friend in Holland who regularly comes over here to buy S2ks/Type Rs to break for parts over there. Makes quite a penny doing it too. Especially on S2000s!
Off topic but I must say I've been a big fan of Youtube videos for a long time, only just twigged it was you posting on here. I think the first video I saw was you scaring the life out of your misses - cough* I do YouTube stuff too, not as good or as prolific as Danny's, but you know, worth a look https://m.youtube.com/user/adamhaigh1984 *cough*
dannyDC2 said:
Squirrelofwoe said:
I must be the only person who actually lost money on a DC2
Albeit only a small amount, and looking back I almost certainly sold it too cheap.
It probably explains why the buyer, only a day after the advert went live, drove all the way over from Holland and paid me the full asking price in cash with no haggling... I've never been great at judging values when selling cars!
Was that recently? I have a friend in Holland who regularly comes over here to buy S2ks/Type Rs to break for parts over there. Makes quite a penny doing it too. Especially on S2000s! Albeit only a small amount, and looking back I almost certainly sold it too cheap.
It probably explains why the buyer, only a day after the advert went live, drove all the way over from Holland and paid me the full asking price in cash with no haggling... I've never been great at judging values when selling cars!
ETA: and the lad was definitely keeping it on the road- mine was fairly heavily modified (a 97-spec JDM modified to 98-spec with a few Mugen parts, genuine Volks TE37s etc) and was the exact spec he'd been looking for. Apparently due to the way their tax worked at the time it was cheaper for him to buy a car from the UK than a similarly spec'd car locally.
Edited by Squirrelofwoe on Monday 24th October 18:09
Half your budget and get a decent Clio 172/182 
They're gonna be heading, if they haven't already, into the realms of the Honda S2000. They started to become cheap and were bought by taste-less chavs who realised this and then set about ruining them with horrible mods, not servicing them properly and probably crashing/writing them off. This means that clean ones are hard to come by which means their prices are sky-rocketing.
It's a real shame. Decent Premier Editons are even more. Makes the JDM ones look cheap
They're gonna be heading, if they haven't already, into the realms of the Honda S2000. They started to become cheap and were bought by taste-less chavs who realised this and then set about ruining them with horrible mods, not servicing them properly and probably crashing/writing them off. This means that clean ones are hard to come by which means their prices are sky-rocketing.
It's a real shame. Decent Premier Editons are even more. Makes the JDM ones look cheap
culpz said:
Half your budget and get a decent Clio 172/182
Whilst I do agree with this- they are incredible cars for half the price of a decent EP3- in my experience anyone who is a fan of/used to Type Rs will find the seating position of the Clios a bit too 'sit-up-and-beg'.I loved the 172 cup my mate had, but to me it was a car that offered cheap fun and the seating position (compared to all the Type Rs I had owned/driven) stopped me from ever wanting to own one.
I agree though, for what they are available for at the moment they are an absolute bargain.
Utter nonsense, out of the factory the FN2 wasn't setup properly. A FN2 with geo done is more than a match for an EP3 also with geo done.
MRobbins1987 said:
I wouldn't consider an FN2 if you enjoy driving, great engine gearbox combination as per the EP3 but a massive let down in terms of chassis and feel. I would hold out for a decent EP3 or as suggested get a Clio Cup.
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