Oops new car: CTR

Flukester

Flukester

Flukester

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Hi all

Not posted for a while... with winter coming up wanted a fun hack for the b road journey to work. Not owned a car as a daily driver for 20 years so it's about time I guess.

Looked at Clio 172/182s, Corolla Tsports and Cupras but it had to be a CTR, something i've always wanted to own. I've been hunting for one for 3 months now, most are high milers, and as much as I know they are reliable i wanted an ultra low miler.

Just picked one up today, 03 (pre facelift ?), with a stunning 30k miles on clock FSH from honda, HPI, totally mint condition with not a single mark or blemish on it, lowest miler on autotrader (also one of most pricey). I must admit i paid around a 1k premium for it, but if i can look after it for a year wont lose to much.

Paid 5995, 612 quid fully comp insurance and chucked it all on credit card. Best bit for me was it was 2 miles up road to buy..

No doubt i've done a bad thing price wise but even after riding a bike with similar power for a few years the little civic brings a massive smile... so much fun. Handling is great, and VTEC is impressive plus i can fit family in it and leave the i10 at home

Anyone have any tips / tricks with these motors ?. I noticed the headlight height adjuster doesn't seem to work, can just hear a whirring sound but no change.

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-Leave it 10 mins or so before using vtec, so it's got time to warm up
-Make sure you do the oil changes as regular as clock work

Enjoy it :D
 
No A/C? That's about the only thing I'd have insisted the car had, especially for the price.

Oh well, at least you should have fun in it.
 
yeah no ac :-( ...some snaps I just took. They do look a bit dated, but most stuff in this price bracket doesn't float my boat, maybe a facelift would have been better

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Pretty sure the facelift front headlights are a straight swap, so if you felt that way inclined you could make it look slightly more "fresh" by doing that.
 
hah, yeah a lot of wedge... but paying premium for uber low miles. This car rather than being on 'i10 finance deal fail' is gonna be fully paid for in next couple of months.

gonna keep it stock, nothing worse than cars like this with loads of DIY crap all over them :D
 
You paid 6k for a non face lift non AC car, I think you got ripped off big time I'm sorry to say, then again, I don't know the Type R market at all, but from first glance...
 
hurfdurf said:
You paid 6k for a non face lift non AC car, I think you got ripped off big time I'm sorry to say, then again, I don't know the Type R market at all, but from first glance...
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Hmmm, paying over the odds maybe, ripped off, nah. It's a good 50k miles less than others about, drives and looks as new (i should be a car dealer) and was just up the road. AC really isn't high on list of things I want... not even used to a radio and seats as been biker all life.

No regrets here

lol at chav comment btw, if only, I'm 40 don't think I could be one if I tried :p
 
It's the functionality of AC that makes it worthwhile. Whilst you might not immediately think that it is particularly useful (wind down a window or something as an alternative - even though it isn't), it does more than just cool, it's a great dehumidifier (and therefore get's rid of windscreen fog very quickly), which is a big help in the winter.

I'd certainly never buy a car without it, guess it's easy to overlook as a 90% biker though.
 
6k for an 03? lol? I'm not sure what to say.

Fairly confident you can get something nearer to an 05/55 for that money.
 
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Hmmm, paying over the odds maybe, ripped off, nah. It's a good 50k miles less than others about, drives and looks as new (i should be a car dealer) and was just up the road. AC really isn't high on list of things I want... not even used to a radio and seats as been biker all life.

No regrets here

lol at chav comment btw, if only, I'm 40 don't think I could be one if I tried :p
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Whilst initially it seems like a lot of money for an 03 pre face lift, there is no denying that is in good condition which got me curious. I just trundled off to auto trader and the prices do indeed seem to be holding for the good ones. Searching by under 60k miles in 100 miles of me finds them starting at 5k with about 50k on the clock and 6k only gets a 54 plate with 40-50k miles.

On that basis, it is a very reasonable buy. If you are happy with 80k miles etc then you can get them cheaper or newer but my personal preference would be for an older car with low miles in mint condition too.

Nice :D, enjoy
 
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