Tried an Accord Type-R yesterday...

Mr_Sukebe said:
The background is a requirement for a 4 door, 4 seater car, Mundano sized. By default that excludes the 5 series
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Mk3 Mondeo ST220 3.0 V6: 4730mm long, 1812mm wide, 1500kg

E39 BMW 5 Series 530i Sport: 4770mm long, 1800mm wide, 1605kg

Mondeo: Wider than a 5 Series and just 5cm shorter ;)

Infact actually thats a good point. How about an ST220?
 
Lopéz said:
We tried out an Accord 2.0 VTEC the other day. I wanted to get out and have sex with the engine, so it's probably lucky we didn't find a Type-R to test.

I am currently taking a 9 mile journey to work rather than a 5 mile one because the engine in my Civic is just so rewarding to thrash, even if the car around it is falling to bits. I'm getting very worried by all this and might actually consider a Honda as a genuine purchase on the strength of the engine alone.
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Honda & you = destiny. CRX I reckon. Find a loved one and go to driving heaven.
 
merlin said:
Honda & you = destiny. CRX I reckon. Find a loved one and go to driving heaven.
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Thing is, as I'm getting older I thought I'd grow out of 8,000 rpm redlines and screwing every last ounce of power from a small but powerful engine.

I'm finding it's totally the opposite! And my Honda is FAR from anything special.
 
Lopéz said:
Thing is, as I'm getting older I thought I'd grow out of 8,000 rpm redlines and screwing every last ounce of power from a small but powerful engine.

I'm finding it's totally the opposite! And my Honda is FAR from anything special.
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I'm 35 and I still want 9,000rpm.

My dream - 3.2 litres of vtec & being sat about 4 inches above the road surface. I'd happily die in one.
 
merlin said:
I'm 35 and I still want 9,000rpm.

My dream - 3.2 litres of vtec & being sat about 4 inches above the road surface. I'd happily die in one.
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Best get a S2000 if you want 9,000rpm :p
 
[TW]Fox said:
Mk3 Mondeo ST220 3.0 V6: 4730mm long, 1812mm wide, 1500kg

E39 BMW 5 Series 530i Sport: 4770mm long, 1800mm wide, 1605kg

Mondeo: Wider than a 5 Series and just 5cm shorter ;)

Infact actually thats a good point. How about an ST220?
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On the same day we tried an E46 (was a sport) I put "her" in an E39 hoping that she'd like it. Unfortunately she blew it out of the water on size. Doesn't matter about the technicalities of the difference, as she is simply going to apply female logic to it.

As for the ST220, certainly considered it, at least until I looked online. Mundanos typically have awful depreciation. Clearly not the case with the ST220 as they seem to have held their values rather well. In short, I could buy a nice 330i sport for the same money, though it would probably be a year or two older. I know which I'd rather have.
 
Mr_Sukebe said:
On the same day we tried an E46 (was a sport) I put "her" in an E39 hoping that she'd like it. Unfortunately she blew it out of the water on size. Doesn't matter about the technicalities of the difference, as she is simply going to apply female logic to it.
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How truely bizarre. Put two of your fingers 5cm apart - yet she will make a car decision based on that sort of difference?

As for the ST220, certainly considered it, at least until I looked online. Mundanos typically have awful depreciation. Clearly not the case with the ST220 as they seem to have held their values rather well. In short, I could buy a nice 330i sport for the same money, though it would probably be a year or two older. I know which I'd rather have.
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This is what killed the ST for me. Drove it, loved it, bought a 530i instead..

Suprised you can get 330i Sports readily for 6-7k though? Surely they are prefacelift models at the most?
 
[TW]Fox said:
Suprised you can get 330i Sports readily for 6-7k though? Surely they are prefacelift models at the most?
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Unless you're looking at interstellar mileage ST220s, most are a lot more than £7k.
 
Lopéz said:
Thing is, as I'm getting older I thought I'd grow out of 8,000 rpm redlines and screwing every last ounce of power from a small but powerful engine.

I'm finding it's totally the opposite! And my Honda is FAR from anything special.
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Just make sure you get the supra fixed before things get worst ancd you join the major mommentum conservation school of drivers. You'll get to meet some 2cv owners.

Back to the thread in hand.

If money isn't a big issue, keep the MX and buy the g/f some nasty town car or MPV.
 
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