ctr ownership

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Foxtrot26 said:
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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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.
 
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 :)
 
mea98rm said:
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.
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plenty info there much appreciated :)
 
Foxtrot26 said:
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.
 
thepharcyde said:
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.
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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
 
[TW]Fox;11019731 said:
Does putting it right involve taking out whacking great loans when you dont even know what to spend it on :confused:
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i do know what to spend it on ;)

replacement car which is 99% likelt to be a ctr
 
thepharcyde said:
But you have not driven it!
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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
 
Foxtrot26 said:
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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I do not quite follow this logic, but I hope the Civic is the car for you :)
 
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