Civic Type R (FN2) as a 16K pa daily. Am I mad?
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I'm bored of my deisel daily (2003 MGZT Saloon) and find myself using my MK1 MX5 more and more because I love revs and noise and all the things deisel just can't give you. I can't do it all in the MX5 as I get a car allowance from work and the stipulation is it has to have 4 seats. I do about 10K a year out of my own pocket and 6K - 8K business mileage paid at 19p a mile.
Am I mental to even consider a CTR? Before all the "buy an EP3 they're better" crowd emerge, the EP3 is too old and small to stuff clients in when required.
Am I mental to even consider a CTR? Before all the "buy an EP3 they're better" crowd emerge, the EP3 is too old and small to stuff clients in when required.
Edited by HorneyMX5 on Monday 28th October 09:23
Welshname said:
The only reason I'd be put off is if you're bothered about not having derv fuel costs over that 16K.
As a car they're pretty bullet proof, not overly crashy for normal driving and they have really aged well as a car imo.
I presume the major service on these engines also requires the valve clearances as with the vast majority of Honda engines?
But don't get Milano Red. It fades horribly over time in a similar fashion to Renault's Capsicum Red
Rough, back of an e-cig packet calculation, says £2 extra a day during a week in the office but the insurance is £150 a year cheaper than the MG. Man maths are WINNING!As a car they're pretty bullet proof, not overly crashy for normal driving and they have really aged well as a car imo.
I presume the major service on these engines also requires the valve clearances as with the vast majority of Honda engines?
But don't get Milano Red. It fades horribly over time in a similar fashion to Renault's Capsicum Red
Interesting about the red as I really fancy a red one.
Red iy first choice colour but the black does look nice as well. I just fabcy a bright coloured car as I've had grey, black, dark blue etc a lot of the last few years.
There seems to be a great variety in price but lots around the 7-7.5K mark that look good and have 50Kish miles on. It's a shame I can't really stretch the budget to a CW or post 2010 car with an LSD.
There seems to be a great variety in price but lots around the 7-7.5K mark that look good and have 50Kish miles on. It's a shame I can't really stretch the budget to a CW or post 2010 car with an LSD.
LuS1fer said:
Surely stuffing clients in the back of an FN2 is equally annoying?
I went to look at one yesterday (dodgy dealer, over priced, car a bit over used looking) and sat in the back and it had more head and leg room than my MGZT. The only difference being you have to climb in as it's a 3 door. I take client's in the back once in a blue moon but often take 1 out in the passenger seat for lunch etc. The FN2 is a newer car than than the EP3 and as such looks and feels it. RobM77 said:
I should add that my wife's requirements, met perfectly by the CTR FN2, were for an ordinary everyday car that didn't wallow and lurch around, didn't have a big delay on the throttle, didn't have lifeless woolly steering/responses and didn't have over servoed brakes. She didn't want a performance car, just a well made reliable car that didn't drive like a blancmange. After weeks of trying different cars, she fell in love with the CTR FN2.
This sounds exactly what I want from a daily knowing that when a nice stretch of road presents itself I can drop a couple of cogs and give it the beans.ModernAndy said:
I quite like these but not really a motorway car if that's what you'd mostly be using it for.
I couldn't have one though. That rear spoiler thing right in the middle of the window wound me up (I can cope with any other car with a spoiler) and actually gave me a bit of a headache on a long trip (anybody else had that?)
Most days I do 15 miles twisty smooth A roads and 10 miles DC each way. Once a week max I'll be on a motorway for a couple of hours each way.I couldn't have one though. That rear spoiler thing right in the middle of the window wound me up (I can cope with any other car with a spoiler) and actually gave me a bit of a headache on a long trip (anybody else had that?)
Spoiler doesn't bother me, the old roll bar in my MX5 made the rear view mirror useless and I got used to it.
HorneyMX5 said:
Got a viewing on black one tonight. Fingers crossed!
2007 black on 47K. No good. It seems the first owner thought servicing was not required during the first three years and then KwikFit were a suitable service centre from then on. The first time it met a Honda tech was in 2011 at 38K. A shame as the car was the exact spec I wanted and was actually very tidy and perfect on the test drive.
The search continues.
Cheers for all the intresting reading. Having now driven a couple I can confirm they perfectly suit my needs of decent daily drive coupled with being able to have some grins when a nice bit of road pops up.
I was out at a meeting today and there was one at a local used car place. Red and a shed. Next!
I get the feeling this could take some time!
I was out at a meeting today and there was one at a local used car place. Red and a shed. Next!
I get the feeling this could take some time!
Adam190 said:
Look forward to seeing the FN2 down Reading Gate in a not too distant future.
Lucky you like red as they do seem to be the cheapest FN2's out there...have you tried the civic info forum? There is usually a couple for sale on there.
I'm all over the civic forums like a rash in a wLucky you like red as they do seem to be the cheapest FN2's out there...have you tried the civic info forum? There is usually a couple for sale on there.
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