ctr ownership

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well wifey has finally got bored of the vag tdi love and decided she wants to experience some of the old vtec yo.


loan approval came through this morning so this weekend me and the other half will be mainly hunting for a ctr,


Budgeting 10k(older shape circa 51-54 era)


anyone care to fill me in on daily running costs(currently run a fleet of octavias and the wifes a4 avant)

info on servicing costs, reliability fuel consumption(which i'm dreading) and any other useful advice would be good


and btw can anyone suggest an insurance company as our current insurer (swiftcover for the private policies) wont cover us on a ctr(both 26 full uk liscences for me 9 years her 7 and 6 years no claims )

 

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It's a Honda, so I can't see reliability being an issue.

well i guess thats true although i'm used to being cosseted by lovely VP vag tdi's


have to also remind the wife not to change up at 3000rpms

 

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Not really great cars for £10k to be honest. Loads of better hot hatches.

believe me Fox not my choice either (i mean ffs its one of them funny petroleum powered things for a start)


suggests a LCR but she doenst like the shape. suggested a nice 330 but no too big(she drives an A4 avant atm)


i tried to be a bit alpha about it and beat my chest and laid the law down but she kicked me in the nuts and told me no nookie for the rest of the year or a CTR on the drive my choice

 

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Spend £6-7k on one instead then. Same car.

She's a woman Fox, Logic doenst come into this.


Thers a couple of nice presentable low mileage 51 plates on autotrader atm but their too old???????????? her private plates going on it anyway ?????




guess i'll just have to pluck up the courage to laugh at her lack of torques

 

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Integra Type R. I find the Civic lacking compared to the other Type R's in the range.

but the teg isnt as pretty


i'm resigned to the fact i'm not going to win this one, But i guess that theres worse things that her in doors could want to park on the drive


just means i can fit some Silly bugger JDM goodies to it (CAI, exhaust etc) and enjoy a small change from the smell of derv

 

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just waiting to lol at wifey driving it like a diesel then wondering what all the fuss was about

is there anyway to limit a ctr to 5 1/2K RPM

 

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Has she actually driven a Type R yet?

no


smoked about in my old EF 16-16 for a while after passing her test then went to a punto then dervs ever since(a couple of octavias and the A4


so the quickest thing she has driven was a rattly old 130 bhp non vtec civic

Think she might be in for a shock


although never driven one myself i'm assuming it will be a bigger move grown up version of my old CRX but without bits falling off

 

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Go with her on the test drive, and keep telling her to just rev it up to redline - most people won't to start with

nah gonna tell her peak power comes in at 3 1/2k

 

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because we've took a loan out to buy a new car,

now we have cash in place she can go find the car she wants

bank rates pwn anything a dealer would offer

 

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I used to own one and did 60,000 miles in it. It will feel much sharper to drive than any VAG diesel, but isn't that great on long journeys. Mine used to average between 25 - 27 mpg over 1 tank. It will be lower than that if you just do town driving though. Engine runs fine on normal 95 RON unleaded. Service intervals are every 12,500 miles (every other service is a major service). Routine servicing cost was quite reasonable I thought, approx £150 for a minor service, and £250 for the major one. There is a more expensive one at 75,000 as that is when the spark plugs are changed. The engine is chain driven so there is no cambelt to worry about.

The car comes factory fitted with Bridgestone Potenza RE040 tyres. They suit the car well as they have very stiff sidewalls, but wear out very quickly. I got 10,000 miles out of a pair of fronts and 15,000 miles out of the rears. Tyre cost is around £110 per corner.

Insurance is group 17, and I was insured with Tesco, aged 24.

The car was reliable and felt well engineered. However, the interior feels low rent due to the cheap plastics.

£10,000 should be able to get you a facelifted car (these are cars from 2004 onwards). These have better projector headlights, a lighter flywheel, more soundproofing and slightly tweaked suspension settings. My final piece of advice is to find a car with aircon - it wasn't standard so not all cars will have it. With the A/C off, I found the car got warm and stuffy really easily, due to the big windows.

plenty info there much appreciated

 

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What rate did you get?

6.9% with RBS

over 3 years

 

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I just got a 5.9% at a Fords dealers

guess you have a better credit profile than I do,

I had a rather worrying credit history up until recently and have only just started putting it right,

 

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Have you driven a Type R Civic?

Nope see the thread further up


wifes closest experience was my old civic 16-16 and mines is the 16-16 and an old CRX

 

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I can really say that if you are expecting the mythical VTECWOOO then you maybe disappointed. You would really be best suited to another Type R, the Accord despite being slightly slower sounds simply awesome when the cam changes . I drove a CTR and was so so disappointed.

not for me its for SWMBO i dont like petrols i'm a hetrosexual its the smell of derv that does it for me



now the Leon FR TDI theres something i would swop the wife for

 

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Does putting it right involve taking out whacking great loans when you dont even know what to spend it on

i do know what to spend it on

replacement car which is 99% likelt to be a ctr

 

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But you have not driven it!

yes but theres no point in driving one then applying for finance is there



way its been done is funds are now in place, we know exactly how much we have to play with and now we go find a car
otherwise it may be the case that go test drive then have the hassle of getting finance arranged or wose not being able to get affordable finance for said car

 

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Without have a potential car to purchase seems a bit daft. Interest rates may drop again this month again lowering the rate you have received

car will have to be purchased this month as the audi is sold and away next week.


nothing to do with me anyway its going to be the wifes car mainly with me occasionally getting to drive it(no doubt when the fuel guage reads empty or theres funny noises coming from it


she's easily please it looks pretty therefor it does not matter what it drives like.

 

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If she's easily pleased why spend £10k of someone elses money

its not someone elses money its her money (read mine and hers)



its either a ctr or she gets an octavia

 

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i very well not might spend `10k on a ctr

looked at 2 today one at 7500 and one at 8200 both nice but going to look at another few tommorow ranging from 6-9k

anything left over should ideally be funneled into the new kitchen (see my soon to be posted how not to diy a kitchen install thread) or a nice CAI stainless exhaust and a set of teins

 

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No its not, hes pointing out that the guy cant buy the car on his own steam, he really shouldn't be getting a loan out and spending above his means on a sporty car.

It's not something I agree with necessarily, but its not a stupid statement.

cant really say its beyong my means tbh, just happens i dont have 8-10k sitting spare down the back of the sofa not all glaswegian taxi drivers are smack dealers you know