EP3 Civic Type R. SHOCKED!
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My 19 year old lad has been mad about his CTR since he got it about a year ago. My extent of involvement has mainly been helping him maintain it, upgrading some of the safety aspects (brakes etc) and general mechanic.
He went to a caffeine and machine about an hour away last night and got carried away and ended up having a few pints and couldn't drive back. Which left it to me to drive back since we met him there later on.
The car is pretty much standard apart from a brake upgrade and the obligatory awful noisy back box.
I drove it back, just over an hours drive on some relatively empty road and a mix of a few few dual carriageways and a+b roads.
I was completely amazed at what an involving, fun and competent car it is. Perhaps one of the most complete driving experiences I have had on uk roads for a very long time. This comes from someone who races caterhams, has owned cars like a Ferrari 458 and various bmw M cars over the years.
It just seemed to be in the perfect sweet spot where you can use almost all the performance, without travelling at stupid speeds.
So pleased my son gets to enjoy something as pure as that before these cars get legislated off the roads.
He went to a caffeine and machine about an hour away last night and got carried away and ended up having a few pints and couldn't drive back. Which left it to me to drive back since we met him there later on.
The car is pretty much standard apart from a brake upgrade and the obligatory awful noisy back box.
I drove it back, just over an hours drive on some relatively empty road and a mix of a few few dual carriageways and a+b roads.
I was completely amazed at what an involving, fun and competent car it is. Perhaps one of the most complete driving experiences I have had on uk roads for a very long time. This comes from someone who races caterhams, has owned cars like a Ferrari 458 and various bmw M cars over the years.
It just seemed to be in the perfect sweet spot where you can use almost all the performance, without travelling at stupid speeds.
So pleased my son gets to enjoy something as pure as that before these cars get legislated off the roads.
s m said:
Just out of interest, what did you drive back 25 years ago? Never tried anything like that or a Saxo VTS/106 GTI or Clio 172?
Honestly, never really had many hot hatches of that era. I was very into Alfa's and had many, many suds, sprints, etc, but missed out on the type of cars above, when I could afford, I went with things like Mercedes cosworths and bigger alfas, like 75 and GTV's. The only hot hatches I had was a renault 5 turbo and a golf gti.Looks like I missed out.
rossub said:
Which is why I m picking up a low mileage JDM one in 2 weeks time.
Back to basics - light, manual, fun, NA hot hatch. Planning to keep it for good weather use only as long as I m able.
No doubt the driving gods will be on shortly clutching pearls about the electric steering . they sold nearly 20,000 in this country and no hot hatch ever made is perfect.
I guess the steering would be the only factor that could be improved on, very little feedback, feels a little dead, but after an hour driving it, I didn't even notice it anymore. But on balance, still surprised at just how perfectly the performance is matched to UK roads. I'm 55, and haven't changed gear that many times on 60 minutes in a very long time.Back to basics - light, manual, fun, NA hot hatch. Planning to keep it for good weather use only as long as I m able.
No doubt the driving gods will be on shortly clutching pearls about the electric steering . they sold nearly 20,000 in this country and no hot hatch ever made is perfect.
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