Shedding in a Vtec?
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So, needed a runabout for a few months for a few hundred quid. Struggled to find anything decent locally til this came up.
1999 Honda Civic VTi 5 door, 110k, 11 months MOT. Bit tatty but seems honest. Cheap too. Anyone had one? First impressions seem good, it needs a wee fettle but nothing major. Should be an interesting smoker for a few months...
Brian
1999 Honda Civic VTi 5 door, 110k, 11 months MOT. Bit tatty but seems honest. Cheap too. Anyone had one? First impressions seem good, it needs a wee fettle but nothing major. Should be an interesting smoker for a few months...
Brian
Firm I used to work for ran these as cars for the foremen. On and off site all day, ragged senseless, filled with tools and crap (literally, we were a sewerage outfit) and iirc one had over 150k miles at 5 years old. But they were great, never stopped. Were more reliable than the bosses M's and Disco's.
I think they're great.
I think they're great.
I've got the 1.4 16v version and I can confirm it is built like a tank, everything bar the backlit LCD clock on in the middle of the dash works. Mine is a bit slow though unless you give it full beans and it isn't very economical for a 1.4 either but I'll forgive it that for its comfort, reliabilty etc
In fact I'd love to upgrade to a VTI at some point, 2 x the power in my current steed sounds like fun
In fact I'd love to upgrade to a VTI at some point, 2 x the power in my current steed sounds like fun
Werent the 5 door hatches and Aerodecks 1.8VTI's? Or just the Aerodeck. Seem to remember them having a bigger engine size, but because of the extra weight was actually either same speed or slower than the 1.6VTI's.
1.6VTI = 160ish BHP
1.8VTI = 170ish BHP
Hence the hefty insurance costs. The factory 0-60 was between 7.9secs for the 3 door hatch to 8.5secs? for the Aerodeck.
Looks good dude, should give you good shedding value and enjoyment. If you're planning to keep it long I think there's a setup using suspension from the MG ZS which improves handling?
1.6VTI = 160ish BHP
1.8VTI = 170ish BHP
Hence the hefty insurance costs. The factory 0-60 was between 7.9secs for the 3 door hatch to 8.5secs? for the Aerodeck.
Looks good dude, should give you good shedding value and enjoyment. If you're planning to keep it long I think there's a setup using suspension from the MG ZS which improves handling?
Yep, 1.8 170Bhp from the B18C4 engine (I think). Insurance was group 15.
I had one and loved it. The suspension is very soft for pressing on but springs and dampers can be had cheap and then you're left with a very well balanced car, with LSD as standard.
2nd gear is a bit long (swapping the Integra gearbox was popular due to this) but there's something quite satisfying about doing 0-70 in one gear.
The only common problem I know of with these cars is the fan for the heater blowing resistors, so setting 1 will fail followed by two then three (4 will always work as it bypasses the three resistors). New resistor pack £25 from Honda or you can solder new one's in for about £1.80
They don't suffer from the synchromesh issues the Prelude and Accord did, in fact I'm struggling to think of any other problems.
Blocked drainways can lead to damp carpets in the footwell and boot, and the heater fan can be quite ineffective if the pollen filter hasn't been changed (get one from Honda, they're cheaper than Halfords ~ £30).
I redlined mine on pretty much every journey, cruised at quite high speeds driving motorways at night and managed 29.9mpg in the couple of years I owned it.
ETA: if both fog lamps are intact I'll buy you a virtual pint. MB6 is the designation for the 5dr model should you be doing any more research.
I had one and loved it. The suspension is very soft for pressing on but springs and dampers can be had cheap and then you're left with a very well balanced car, with LSD as standard.
2nd gear is a bit long (swapping the Integra gearbox was popular due to this) but there's something quite satisfying about doing 0-70 in one gear.
The only common problem I know of with these cars is the fan for the heater blowing resistors, so setting 1 will fail followed by two then three (4 will always work as it bypasses the three resistors). New resistor pack £25 from Honda or you can solder new one's in for about £1.80
They don't suffer from the synchromesh issues the Prelude and Accord did, in fact I'm struggling to think of any other problems.
Blocked drainways can lead to damp carpets in the footwell and boot, and the heater fan can be quite ineffective if the pollen filter hasn't been changed (get one from Honda, they're cheaper than Halfords ~ £30).
I redlined mine on pretty much every journey, cruised at quite high speeds driving motorways at night and managed 29.9mpg in the couple of years I owned it.
ETA: if both fog lamps are intact I'll buy you a virtual pint. MB6 is the designation for the 5dr model should you be doing any more research.
Edited by Bacon Is Proof on Thursday 11th August 15:38
Cheers for the info guys, its a big help. Both fog lights are humped so no virtual pint for me... Did a couple of hundred motorway miles over the weekend, the wee car feels pretty good. Pretty nippy and feels fairly torquey too, I am coming from a 1.6 primera as a daily driver tho...
May do the MG rear anti roll bar mod if I can get one cheap, other than that its a service and run it. Not even had it down a twist road yet...
May do the MG rear anti roll bar mod if I can get one cheap, other than that its a service and run it. Not even had it down a twist road yet...
djt100 said:
I had one of these, mostly a nice car for motorways as the handling is scary bad. Quick for what they are though.
Would have thought these handle quite tidily as its the same chassis as the MG ZS? I have a feeling that stop gap will just keep going and outlast anything you subsequently get. My stopgap 190e is still chugging in the family 5 years later, I have been through many cars since!
Edited by SuperHangOn on Monday 15th August 08:09
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