Civic Type R EP3 JDM

[TameRacingDriver]

One has come to for sale near me. Championship white, low miles. £16500. Worth it or overpriced?

Miss my old DC2 but these look quite appealing now.

What d'ya reckon?

[Super Sonic]

You can buy on for less, but at that price it should be mint. There are a couple of ek9s on autotrader, one for a little more than this, but not stock, and one for 25k!

Edited by Super Sonic on Friday 27th February 11:14

[Krikkit]

I don't think it'll make a bundle, but I wouldn't expect it'll depreciate, and a special machine.

For that budget you can still import nice DC2s etc as well mind.

[TameRacingDriver]

It's not mint, a couple of slight dings but very very good otherwise, seats perfect, wheels perfect etc.

Another dc2 would be cool as well I guess. I'd probably go for the ukdm though as I prefer the headlights and general appearance (my old one was a 98 spec).

[NH-0]

Advertised UK EP3 prices aren't that far behind so it doesn't seem ridiculous.

As an ownership experience I think the EP3, DC5, FD2 are hard to beat, if you start with a good one. Cost of ownership, parts availability, and just outright fun!

DC2, EK9 in my opinion feel a bit older and often a bit tired (smokey b's) and crash safety (and torque!) felt very lacking when enjoying.

[TameRacingDriver]

NH-0 said:

Advertised UK EP3 prices aren't that far behind so it doesn't seem ridiculous.

As an ownership experience I think the EP3, DC5, FD2 are hard to beat, if you start with a good one. Cost of ownership, parts availability, and just outright fun!

DC2, EK9 in my opinion feel a bit older and often a bit tired (smokey b's) and crash safety (and torque!) felt very lacking when enjoying.

Yeah I imagine a DC2 / EK9 are going to feel pretty ancient now, mine felt old when I had it and that was 17 years ago!

I just feel like time is running out for enjoying a high revving NA car and as much as I enjoy my f56 JCW it just isn't quite the same thrashing a turbo as one of these. Plus these are raw, and simple cars which appeals.

[buccal]

How bad is the steering feel on these?

I remember it being criticised a lot back in the day but I'm guessing its not as bad as most of the current electric systems?

[TameRacingDriver]

buccal said:

How bad is the steering feel on these?

I remember it being criticised a lot back in the day but I'm guessing its not as bad as most of the current electric systems?

When I drove one many, many years ago I don't remember it being all that good to be honest but my mate insists it's not that bad by modern standards so not sure really.