Fantastic car. I had one from 2008 to 2011 and covered 56,000 miles in it from new in that time. Probably my favourite of all the cars I’ve ever owned (including Mk2 Golf GTI and Mk1 Audi A3) and quite simply knocked spots of the Audi TT which I replaced it with and only kept for 6 months.

When the seats are folded the rear space is huge. I once fitted 3 complete BMX bikes (with wheels on) in the back, plus kit.

Very affordable now as well. I might try to pick one up myself once I re-jig my current fleet and sort out getting a van.

Only downer is they’re a little bit thirsty if driven hard – and they demand to be driven hard.

Theres Chinese Stig, Bunga bunga Stig then theres me Stig of the dump 😉

T5 and mk2.5 MX5. Good call

Also drove an RS Clio 200, loved that too, but bits of it came off in my hand and I think Mrs Knob would have left me.

sell you my Mugen M20, LOL

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

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.

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…..

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!

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

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…

Didn’t think so…

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

What is this supposed to mean?

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..

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

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

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

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?

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?

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.