RE: 2021 Honda Civic Type R | UK Review

[grumpynuts]

Had mine for 9 months now, owned a 911 for 10 years and this is every inch as complete a drivers car as the Porsche.if anything the touch points are much nicer,it feels like a far better engineered car.The FK8 has a delicacy of the controls the Porsche can't match. I bought the CTR as my forever car,I am 61 and been a biker all my life, the bike has now gone as I can get my thrils on 4 wheels.Those slagging it off haven't driven it, they don't like the looks.As an example of how satisfying the FK8 is to drive, we have a GR Yaris too and I take the Honda keys every time.

[TameRacingDriver]

grumpynuts said:

Had mine for 9 months now, owned a 911 for 10 years and this is every inch as complete a drivers car as the Porsche.if anything the touch points are much nicer,it feels like a far better engineered car.The FK8 has a delicacy of the controls the Porsche can't match. I bought the CTR as my forever car,I am 61 and been a biker all my life, the bike has now gone as I can get my thrils on 4 wheels.Those slagging it off haven't driven it, they don't like the looks.As an example of how satisfying the FK8 is to drive, we have a GR Yaris too and I take the Honda keys every time.

Interesting. In what way do you find the FK8 to be a better streer than a GRY?

[acme]

grumpynuts said:

Had mine for 9 months now, owned a 911 for 10 years and this is every inch as complete a drivers car as the Porsche.if anything the touch points are much nicer,it feels like a far better engineered car.The FK8 has a delicacy of the controls the Porsche can't match. I bought the CTR as my forever car,I am 61 and been a biker all my life, the bike has now gone as I can get my thrils on 4 wheels.Those slagging it off haven't driven it, they don't like the looks.As an example of how satisfying the FK8 is to drive, we have a GR Yaris too and I take the Honda keys every time.

Sounds similar to me. I’ve owned a 911 (993) for 15 years & bought a FK8 in February. I’d extensively read up about them since Adam Towler’s first report in Evo in 2017 & test driven a few. I had a very late E92 M3 (& MK7 Fiesta ST) & engine aside (though I love the revvy nature of the K20) it’s leagues ‘better’ than the M3, though they suffer from the same flea sized fuel tank!

I’d chased a DC2 Integra for years so safe to say I’m a Honda fan. When the time comes it will be a very difficult car to replace. Its bandwidth is phenomenal, as comfy if not more so than my old Golf & rabid when on it.

I test drove a GRY before & whilst I liked it it was a bit one dimensional for me & the noise & driving position was to similar to the ST.

As per DA interested in your comparison.

Cheers

Oh & I rode by bikes for years too.

I also subscribe to John Barkers philosophy that I can forgive the way it looks because of the way it drives. Though I quite like it, it could only have come from Japan.

Edited by acme on Tuesday 26th December 12:36

[grumpynuts]

The GRY drives like a rally car,real scruff of the next stuff, the CTR drives like a touring car, smooth, sophisticated, vastly different driving experiences, but both utterly brilliant cars. Interestingly the Typr R felt more stable at 160mph+ (not in the uk I might add) speeds than the 996, so maybe all the halfords wings and add on bits are there for a reason.
Personally i really like the way the Type R looks and it's rarity adds to the appeal.

[Zero Fuchs]

Has anyone managed to get into the software to modify the drive modes?

Seems like the only thing the FK8 could benefit from, which the FL5 has.