nearly a year in to ownership and just getting my pics up!

[SteellFJ]

here is my type r ep3 which I bought with 24500 miles on it in February 2011. now got 31000 showing and i have loved every one of the miles I've seen from her Recaros!

[Mastodon2]

Lovely, I'm guessing from the Recaros it's a Premier edition?

Any modifications bar the wheels, aftermarket intake or exhaust for example?

[kingy11]

looks good especially with the black rims

[SteellFJ]

it been lowered on Koni yellows by about 50mm. D2 camber adjustment thingmajigeys in the rear and all standard apart from this.

love it as it is but needs more grunt

and yes is a 56 plate premier, one of the last EP3's i've been told.

use a local mechanic (Andy - Automek) whos a bit of a honda nut and he says he's never seen one in such good condition after 5 years on the road

[tbc]

the older Type R's really do put the current model to shame

[DanGPR]

SteellFJ said:

it been lowered on Koni yellows by about 50mm. D2 camber adjustment thingmajigeys in the rear and all standard apart from this.

love it as it is but needs more grunt

and yes is a 56 plate premier, one of the last EP3's i've been told.

use a local mechanic (Andy - Automek) whos a bit of a honda nut and he says he's never seen one in such good condition after 5 years on the road

Try this

[jimmyboy85]

nice car, v low milage too
currently looking at getting one in the new year,

Any problems or things I should look for?

[Chris Peacock]

jimmyboy85 said:

nice car, v low milage too
currently looking at getting one in the new year,

Any problems or things I should look for?

No.

[CatScan]

Looks lovely. Just sold my 1.4l of the same era. Always wanted one of these but American wife means I've gone to the auto boxed dark side.

[SteellFJ]

Chris Peacock said:

No.

again no, solid and reliable cars.

[bazza1000]

Cracking car, got a lot of time for the EP3's they're great! Nice low mileage example.

[bakerstreet]

SteellFJ said:

(Andy - Automek) whos a bit of a honda nut and he says he's never seen one in such good condition after 5 years on the road

Bit of mechanic cliche IMO.

I'm a big fan of the EP3 and I think the shape has aged really well

[quote]ice car, v low milage too
currently looking at getting one in the new year,

Any problems or things I should look for?

Google?

I'd say that the EP3 Type R is a fairly safe bet as a used car. I did a lot of reading when I was looking to buy one and I couldn't find any real nightmare issues, which is very rare these days thanks to most modern car problems being heavily document on the tinternet

[Baryonyx]

What a stunner. You can safely say though that most things with the Type R badge are going to be pretty entertaining (even the bodged, GT-ish FN2). If I was looking at a fwd hot hatch I'd definitely be looking at EP3's.

[SteellFJ]

thanks for all the comments guys.

about the black wheels though, I think I will be changing them to standard or white some point this year, not decided yet. I like the stealth look but black wheels have never been my thing.

[nick_mcuk]

CatScan said:

Looks lovely. Just sold my 1.4l of the same era. Always wanted one of these but American wife means I've gone to the auto boxed dark side.

Just tell her to learn how to drive a proper manual car (unless she allowed you to buy something with a mahoooosive V8 in it?!)

[CatScan]

No such luck, picking up my new (for me) Fabia VRs estate tomorrow. DSG and 180bhp was what the budget could stretch to.

On topic, think black with white wheels would look good.