RE: Shed Of The Week: Honda Accord Type R

[delmatt]

I am now laughing at myself and quite like feeeling stupid at least once a week!!!

TheAngryDog said:

delmatt said:

If it said something like "lightened to just over 1300kg to the standard Accord at 1422kg it would mean something...as it is it doesn't mean much.

Sorry for being pedantic I cant help it today...will shut up now!

deeen said:

delmatt said:

The writing on this is somewhat poor....Lightened to just over 1,300kg compared to the standard Accord?????
Surely to make it easy to compare a comparison of difference is required here to make the wait loss relevant.

Sorry but...

I think he was referring to your incorrect spelling of weight (wait).

[AC43]

Top shed. Always loved those.

[soad]

Escort Si-130 said:

These just look as boring as hell; having one of these to watch on a daily basis must be depressing; to make matters worse this one is in the most boring colour of them all SILVER!

It seems to be an awfully popular colour though. I'd take a red one myself.

[Paulm4]

I've got a silver facelift 51 plate with 90k on it. Also needs a clutch and also for sale!
Brilliant cars but 'er indoors would like something smaller and wont drive my 205!

[MG Ant]

I ran an ATR (Pirates) as a company car from 2001 to 2011, doing 153K miles with only a side-light (well, and tyres, pads, cambelt...) needing replacing.

A nephew of mine has it now, still on orginal clutch, and body still perfect, apart from unavoidable road-rash.

I removed the spoiler to attact less attention (well, I was 45 when I bought it...). I also removed the air-restrictor under the bonnet (it's there to keep the intake noise down when under VTEC threshold, and make the change more dramatic); doing this helps mitigate the torque drop when approaching the VTEC limit, and is less restrictive when the car needs air.

Possibly the best car I will ever have owned. Handling sublime...

[otolith]

james_gt3rs said:

There's a much easier option in the mk3. The Toyota 2ZZ engine from the Elise 111R...

Probably more likely to source one from a Celica or Corolla, though!

[Stoatman]

Yeah, in hindsight . Waste of money big time. You live and learn . Hence why I went to a shed to try and learn some frugality !.

[IanMorewood]

Great shed, great Q car and anonymous in silver as well.

[sef535]

often wonder about these great car for the money ..... Vtec often worries me but then again its a Honda so it will go on for ever I guess well thats my thinking ...

[fuchsiasteve]

sef535 said:

often wonder about these great car for the money ..... Vtec often worries me but then again its a Honda so it will go on for ever I guess well thats my thinking ...

You'd be right there! Provided you change the oil and filter it won't miss a beat. Ours has done over 20,000 track miles the last 5 years. With over 200k on the original engine and just keeps going.

Party piece is what this car is capable of in the wet on track. Fwd with LSD and barnacle grip in the wet is amazing fun.

Big must is k&n or aem long ram air intake. You never tyre of that sound on track chasing the red line.

Great cars.

[WhyAyeMan]

Ali_T said:

Brilliant car. Once tried one back to back with the DC2 Integra and, have to say, the Accord was a far more enjoyable road car.

I seriously doubt that.

Ali_T said:

Only a gigantic gap between 2nd and 3rd gears that dropped you out of VTEC could be listed as a flaw

Which the teg doesn't have with it's perfectly spaced ratios.

[Pauly-b]

Fabulous car to drive - but mine had massive problems from new as a company car..

Gearbox issues followed by horrendous transmission whine, suspension, air-con, interior trim falling off etc etc I even had a new boot lit fitted as the spoiler apparently wasn't fitted right and warped the boot lid itself....

Engines an absolute peach though... I suspect mine was a Friday afternoon special sadly..... Sounds like everyone else had a much better reliability experience than I did...

[tezzer]

After nearly 5 years and 50,000 miles I still adore my Accord Coupe, OK, its "only" the 3.0V6, and not in a high state of tune, but it still picks up it's skirts and dances along when asked. No great kick whn the VTEC system kicks in but STILL the cheapest waft-tastic car I have ever bought, and still silent in that cabin, at 130,000 miles.

[The Vambo]

WhyAyeMan said:

Ali_T said:

Brilliant car. Once tried one back to back with the DC2 Integra and, have to say, the Accord was a far more enjoyable road car.

I seriously doubt that.

It is an opinion you weirdo, therefore it cannot be wrong.

[WhyAyeMan]

The Vambo said:

It is an opinion you weirdo, therefore it cannot be wrong.

What makes the accord a better road car then you bellend?

Teg is lighter has a better gearbox, is faster and handles better, doesn't ride any worse and is just as comfortable. Stick that in your pipe and smoke it.

Accord is fine for a shed but there's a good reason why a teg is worth a lot more money. Because it's better, simple as.

[Lowtimer]

He didn't say it was better. He said he enjoyed it more.

[WhyAyeMan]

Lowtimer said:

He didn't say it was better. He said he enjoyed it more.

Fair enough I just can't imagine why is all.

[Ali_T]

Well, where to start. Given this was 2000 I test drove them, from what I remember the Accord had a better interior, better seats, better driving position, the ability to drive day to day in some comfort (remember, I said road car), it had better, less severe initial damping so was better suited to Scottish B roads and found traction where the Teg would skip, the diff was less severe as well and made fast driving that bit more predictable, if probably slower, and the engine, being a 2.2, had some semblence of torque outside the VTEC zone. The DC2 is a legendary car, and almost certainly faster on road and track, but I preferred the ATR as a road car. Though I them waited a year and stupidly bought an EP3 instead so my opinion is probably invalidated at that point!!!

[Zerotonine]

Great SOTW. I have had the fatter 2.0SE for 3 years now and every time I look at it, although it is a fantastic workhorse, I still wish I had gone for the Type R instead.

[WhyAyeMan]

Ali_T said:

Well, where to start. Given this was 2000 I test drove them, from what I remember the Accord had a better interior, better seats, better driving position, the ability to drive day to day in some comfort (remember, I said road car), it had better, less severe initial damping so was better suited to Scottish B roads and found traction where the Teg would skip, the diff was less severe as well and made fast driving that bit more predictable, if probably slower, and the engine, being a 2.2, had some semblence of torque outside the VTEC zone. The DC2 is a legendary car, and almost certainly faster on road and track, but I preferred the ATR as a road car. Though I them waited a year and stupidly bought an EP3 instead so my opinion is probably invalidated at that point!!!

Better interior... OK I'll concede that one, but better seats? They're the same aren't they? (both recaro buckets), not sure about the driving position, I found that fine in the teg, no problems with traction, ample torque (totally overhyped non-issue IMO). I can well imagine preferring one to an EP3, I drove one of those, couldn't see what the fuss was about. Marvellous gearbox, everything else was a bit "meh".