[Closed] 2008-2010 Honda Civic Type R

King-ocelot - Member

Pik n mix what do you drive?

Corolla TTE Compressor 😉

sell you my Mugen M20, LOL

Think Id rather a golf R32/GTI & 130i, even Focus ST over the Tyre R for day to day life, for me it harsh & noisy, not very 'refined' imo.

I would buy your Mugen but I'm not aloud one.

Why not ?

Mike-at-dialled bikes , you not looking for a nice VW T5 are you ?

Large thumb.

rhysw - Member

Mike-at-dialled bikes , you not looking for a nice VW T5 are you ?

I've been looking at Caddys, Transporters and Vitos, but it looks like I'll be getting a Caddy Sportline next week.

Caddy sportline's are nice

in 2003 I had an Accord 2.2 Type R and loved it as a drivers as and hated it as a car to run, it ran 98RON petrol only and was stripped out for homologation so I thought I'd get a Civic which didn't need super unleaded and was a bit more civilised.

One day I was on the motorway when I got blew away by a Diesel Golf, I had to dig VERY deep to get the power and by then we were both well over the ton mark and it proved to me that modern diesels will be the death of the petrol engine, even in hot hatches.

I bought a BMW 123D which had 203bhp and 45mpg economy and ever since have had sporty diesels.

the civic is a nice car and extremely well built but the power is so far up the rev range it's only accessible by working the engine hard which means dire fuel economy. I now drive a 320D M Sport and it's still nippy but can do over 50mpg on a run and still handles really well went I want to throw it around.

The Civic S Type Diesel is a good option but they're not good on economy either, in comparison to VW's and French diesels.....

Cheers rhysw. Should be even nicer when I get the Revo remap to 185bhp and Eibach Pro Springs.

Modern diesels are all well and good but you've got to save some serious cash on the fuel to compensate for the bill for a new dmf or dpf that might just clock up. They're also.relatively heavy on the nose. For my day to day motorway bashing I can't fault my 8 year old Mondeo but its hardly fun on entertaining.

Back OT this has to be a heart thing. I cannot imagine a type r of any sort being a head / rational only choice. I love the idea of an Integra or 'bread van' CTR but I have always been reluctant because I do 20+k a year and when i drive for work I want lazy oomph not something I have to push hard. For that a VAG petrol turbo seems more logical if a little more mundane. We're thinking about a fun and useable at the minute but finding it hard to be inspired by current offerings!

What you want is a D5 and a motorbike. Keeps the refinement of the Volvo, but then the performance that wipes the floor with cars. (at way better mpg too)

One day I was on the motorway when I got blew away by a Diesel Golf, I had to dig VERY deep to get the power and by then we were both well over the ton mark and it proved to me that modern diesels will be the death of the petrol engine, even in hot hatches

Buy a 2000 Yamaha R1, you can beat anything but the fastest £500,000 supercar up to 150mph.... and beat them by THAT much at by the time they overtake you, you've pulled off 3 miles ago

I drive a big van and own a KTM990, my wife has a Type 'R'. So she pays the running costs, I just use it to have four wheel fun in.

However, as a car its a great combination of big space inside and a rapid vehicle. Grips the road amazingly.

She gets 34mpg in it. I turn off the mpg indicator when I drive it. Cant fault its carrying capacity though, we are taking it with two bikes in the back to the south of France for Xmass. More comfy/enjoyabe than my van as well as way faster.

Julian which S3? If its the 1.8T I'd agree. With a remap its a whole lot better. Still as a car it was no-drama/sort of affair.

You really do talk a lot of rubbish. When did you pass your test? What's your current car now? Have you driven a late shape Civic for any length of time?

Didn't think so...

the lecht rocks

Those Mugen M20's are pretty special!!

They were 40k if memory serves and only 20 built??

If it's the one I'm thinking of - nice motor!!!

You really do talk a lot of rubbish. When did you pass your test? What's your current car now? Have you driven a late shape Civic for any length of time?

Didn't think so...

😆 I'm guessing you own a car with its lineage/marketing written down the side..

I'm guessing you own a car with its lineage/marketing written down the side..

Ahh, I see. How relevant....

I'm guessing you own a car with its lineage/marketing written down the side..

What is this supposed to mean?

Finally got to test drive a FN2 with all the trimmings yesterday and I loved it.
I'm used to driving turbo cars and I found it fairly strange went the "thump" of the turbo never arrived, but when I looked at the speedo, it was going way faster then it felt.
I think I'm going to take the plunge, your only young once hey?

Anyone one want to buy a nice T5 ?

What's your current car now?

Citroen C1. What is your point? If I don't get an additional car intime I'll also drive it to South Germany for NY's eve this year.

BTW I don't mean to sound cockish. Afterall you could point out a multitude of sins in my current car (and I wouldn't get offended). It only has 65bhp but by 'eck its about having fun first then power... Funnily enough I was watching Dave this lunchtime at home and Clarkson drove both Gen's back to back in a shoot out. It actually made me want to revisit a circa 53plate again..

rhysw - Member
Finally got to test drive a FN2 with all the trimmings yesterday and I loved it.
I'm used to driving turbo cars and I found it fairly strange went the "thump" of the turbo never arrived, but when I looked at the speedo, it was going way faster then it felt.
I think I'm going to take the plunge, your only young once hey?
Anyone one want to buy a nice T5 ?
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Buy it! 🙂

The first mingin horrible ride you go on with only a Honda, you'll regret not having something like the T5/MX-5 combo

I'd still have my beloved MX5 now if it wasn't rear-ended by a blithering idiot.

Someone else wrote off your MX5 and you bought a C1?

No - C1's a really cheap lease car. The last two decent cars that I had were chucking up some epic bills so I wanted something small/cheap/reliable for a while. I don't rule out a third Subaru however I'm aiming for something different next...

BTW- due to my area postcode a EP3 is over £1,200 for me to insure. A 3.0 Legacy Sportswagon would be £500.... 😯

It actually made me want to revisit a circa 53plate again..

Jesus wept....revisit? You mean 'have another go in'...stop being such a marketing victim

I'll drive anything. If you turned up in a tuk tuk I'd ask if I could have a spin in it. 8)

What??!?!?

Jesus Chris could you be any more random? You just churn out random statements one after another. This thread started as a discussion on whether an FN Civic Type R is a decent car. You're now justifying why you bought a C1 (hateful) and that you'll 'drive anything'. What the hell are you on about man?

your staying ontopic after 3 pages? 😆

Jesus Chris could you be any more random? You just churn out random statements one after another. This thread started as a discussion on whether an FN Civic Type R is a decent car. You're now justifying why you bought a C1 (hateful) and that you'll 'drive anything'. What the hell are you on about man?

This ^ Hora did you own a Type-R? I'm confused? By revisit do you mean test drive at a garage after seeing one on TV? And what was that earlier stuff about marketing/heritage down the side of a car all about?

[b]You're[/b] a law unto yourself.

Carry on....

Every Honda I've driven has the same numb steering. I also drove an EP3- it shouted ALOT but didn't seem to have the corresponding speed.

Tell that the Astra sri I burried off the roundabout on the A14 yesterday. We'd been sat at a set of lights for a bit watching the road empty out ahead of us, I should have been better behaved - but it was a fun little drag race till I had them beat and eased off.

To the OP - get one, enjoy it - have fun and don't worry about the fact it'll cost you a little more than something more tedious.

Astra sri

oh dear. do yourself a favour and don't go looking at what engines that bulk of SRi's are sold with. If you're really lucky, you might just have beaten an Astra EcoFlex 😉

Look at the overall logic. BTW a few weeks ago I pulled into the overtake/merge lane at the lights at the start of a dull carriageway. My lane choice is worth noting as the lane that I chose was only 300ms long. Alongside me was a newish 535. I gunned the engine dramatically and floored it. He gave me 300ms then undertook me at a suitably crazy speed. 😆

300 milliseconds?!

Although the steering feel is somewhat lacking on my quick-ish Honda, it's very accurate, the nose is satisfying pointy and the back end nicely throttle adjustable. The gearbox is almost perfect and it's a lot of fun to rag down an empty B road drifting every corner, snatching the changes just before hitting the limiter (and overheating the brakes once this summer - doh!) but very chilled on long motorway journeys. A good diesel may be quicker much of the time but with that weight up front dulling the handling, the disappointing noise and the cost of servicing outweighing the mpg now I do low mileage, the economic case doesn't outweigh the fun.

If I had a properly fast car I'd be even more annoyed by traffic and at risk of losing my license! The way the roads are nowadays it's a bit like MTBing some of the best trails on the planet amongst '90s Beijing style two-wheeled congestion, with fines being handing out if you land in the top 20% of Strava times. So to enjoy a car you definitely don't need the equivalent of a 6" FS enduro monster. A shame the Type-R was killed by emissions regs but it seems turbos are getting better.

If I had a properly fast car I'd be even more annoyed by traffic and at risk of losing my license!

Tat wink knows........!