RE: Honda CR-X SiR: Spotted

[EK9_CTR]

Brilliant car, but you get way more for your money with an EK9. I know my username might indicate a slight bias!

[s m]

tony dumble said:

Wow what a beauty at 10k can’t see this being around long at that price sound investment

Is it your car?

[cib24]

EK9_CTR said:

Brilliant car, but you get way more for your money with an EK9. I know my username might indicate a slight bias!

Very true.

[RaineyDays]

Growing up I always lusted after one of these, a Mk1 MR2 and a Mitsubishi Starion.

Still look great today.

[Terzo123]

Glasgowrob said:

I also had a slightly err quicker one, for a while too.


albeit no vtec

I had a 91plate VT version of that Civic.

What a great car it was.

150bhp and sounded awesome with a K & N 57i Induction kit fitted. Well it sounded awesome to a 22 year old.

[Glasgowrob]

Terzo123 said:

I had a 91plate VT version of that Civic.

What a great car it was.

150bhp and sounded awesome with a K & N 57i Induction kit fitted. Well it sounded awesome to a 22 year old.

great cars. the other half had a EF which came with the twin carbs from the factory. airbox removed what an amazing sound.

[Gandahar]

My mate had one, it was a nice size, visibility was great, rev'd well and was chuckable.

The shape has aged really well. Japan did so many great sporty cars in those days.

[dobly]

That looks like a top SiR. One thing that surprised me was that the UK got leather seats on the VTEC model, but Japan didn't. I have very fond memories of mine, and it's predecessor
the 1.6i 16v.

[J.R.Slider]

Always loved these since my Uncle pulled up to pick me up from school in a Rio red one.

Alongside the eg6, this has to be one of the better cars to house the B16A.

A moon roof version with a sawp for the 11k rpm spoon engine would be nice.

[Clockwork Cupcake]

In the mid-90's I very nearly bought a CRX but ended up going for a Celica instead. I often feel that I made the wrong decision. However, I wrote the Celica off in a nasty shunt that I thankfully walked away from unscathed, and with the insurance money (and a lot more besides) I bought a Corrado VR6. So if I had bought the CRX, it's possible I'd never have owned the Corrado.

Still think the CRX is a great little car - it's a real little pocket rocket.

[delta0]

Composite Guru said:

I miss my white VTEC. Looking back I should of kept it. Would love Honda to bring back a similar shaped & sized car in the future.
I did ruin it with 17” wheels which didn’t help the handling so ended up going back to the original 14” wheels.

Edited by Composite Guru on Tuesday 23 October 07:56

They did. The CRZ

[Composite Guru]

delta0 said:

Composite Guru said:

I miss my white VTEC. Looking back I should of kept it. Would love Honda to bring back a similar shaped & sized car in the future.
I did ruin it with 17” wheels which didn’t help the handling so ended up going back to the original 14” wheels.

Edited by Composite Guru on Tuesday 23 October 07:56

They did. The CRZ

With a rubbish engine choice. Wasn't much of a hit either was it.

[tony dumble]

s m said:

Is it your car?

No why do you ask ?

[tony dumble]

s m said:

tony dumble said:

Wow what a beauty at 10k can’t see this being around long at that price sound investment

Is it your car?

No why do you ask ?

[832ark]

s m said:

daveco said:

If I remember correctly, magazines at the time were amazed at how quick these things were, and put them up against far more exotic metal in comparison tests.

Which mags did that? They were mid-high 7s and about 20 seconds to a ton
Quick, but there were still quicker stuff like the Astra 16v, 5GT Turbo, Maestro Turbo and a couple others

They were set a bit hard to have good fluency over bumpy roads according to most reviews

The 5GTT and Astra 16v were both slower to 62, the 5GTT by nearly a second. My lightly modded SiR was quicker than both EP3 Civic Type Rs and TT 225s.

[s m]

832ark said:

s m said:

daveco said:

If I remember correctly, magazines at the time were amazed at how quick these things were, and put them up against far more exotic metal in comparison tests.

Which mags did that? They were mid-high 7s and about 20 seconds to a ton
Quick, but there were still quicker stuff like the Astra 16v, 5GT Turbo, Maestro Turbo and a couple others

They were set a bit hard to have good fluency over bumpy roads according to most reviews

The 5GTT and Astra 16v were both slower to 62, the 5GTT by nearly a second. My lightly modded SiR was quicker than both EP3 Civic Type Rs and TT 225s.

Depends which tests you want to read - both the R5 GTT and Astra GTE 16V have run to 60 in 6.9 in timed tests - certainly mid 7s on lots of occasions. If you can show me a test where the UK model CRX was in the 6s to 60 I'll stand corrected though

The Autocar times are done with tming gear and both of them quicker than the UK model CRX VTEC tested.( see above in the thread for the times )
No surprise really, the Astra had a smidge more power and roughly same weight and the Renault substantially lighter.

Either way, there really wouldn't be a lot in between these 3 and stuff like the Fiesta RS Turbo, Maestro Turbo, Sunny GTi etc up to 60 and a ton. Would depend on who got a good launch

[big_joe]

EK9_CTR said:

Brilliant car, but you get way more for your money with an EK9. I know my username might indicate a slight bias!

I dunno. I went from a CRX VT, to a DC2, to an EK9 and then back to an EF Civic.

The CRX/EF feel more special to drive to me and i think you can feel the weight difference. The DC2 and EK9 are a bit more polished and clinical, but the older models have a real special feel for me.....and look infinitely cooler

[Hippea]

A CRZ with a K20 swap would be interesting. How difficult would it be and what sort of costs would you be looking at?

[anonymous-user]

Lovely

[R400TVR]

andburg said:

they've aged beautifully and the early 2011 cars can be had for £4k now, about half the price of a similar vintage prius.

I seem to remember reading about a CRZ with some sort of Type R engine swapped in. May even have been an S2000 lump. They look great with some good wheels and a small bodykit.