Type R and VTEC owners

^TANK^ · 19 Dec 2012 at 00:26

AndrewNR said:
Type r?

2003 Honda Civic 5dr 1.6 I-VTEC SE.

Zefan · 19 Dec 2012 at 00:36

rjkoneill said:
had this in my watch later section on my youtube for about a month. finally got round to watching it.

now i want a turbo

Oh lawd. I watched that video and then this video.

merlin · 19 Dec 2012 at 08:34

rjk · 19 Dec 2012 at 09:36

Stormster said:
You're looking at 260 inc tyres refitted/rebalanced etc but the finish is great, I do clean my wheels regularlyish though

for £260 on a refurb, I am just going to get a set of refurbed/decent condition oem alloys and use them as my main set.

bledd · 19 Dec 2012 at 09:55

-Mike- said:
EP3

~35 max

Dogbreath · 19 Dec 2012 at 12:51

-Mike- said:
EP3

For the first few weeks with mine I was returning 36mpg only my daily 30 mile (each way) commute which is a mixture of fast DCW, twisty B roads and a little bit of town driving. The previous owner logged every tank of fuel and the mileage in a book, and he managed up to 42mpg, though he admitted that was going for ultimate economy and doing no more than 60mph on DCW/motorway.

I'm now getting between 30-32mpg, a combination of the colder weather and driving it a bit harder than I used to.

Skilid · 19 Dec 2012 at 13:02

In my EP3 doing short, local journeys, in the cold, with defog time is around 22-24mpg. Longer journey on A and B roads got me 33.5mpg.

Muffin` · 19 Dec 2012 at 13:06

^TANK^ said:
2003 Honda Civic 5dr 1.6 I-VTEC SE.

Absolutely fine, great tyre the CSC5's. If you're getting two of them put them on the back as they'll be very grippy compared to the fronts.

Vita · 19 Dec 2012 at 13:35

Will be buying an Accord Type-S next month. :cool:

^TANK^ · 19 Dec 2012 at 16:17

Muffin` said:
Absolutely fine, great tyre the CSC5's. If you're getting two of them put them on the back as they'll be very grippy compared to the fronts.

Replacing all four.

Muffin` · 19 Dec 2012 at 16:23

If you're spending that much, it's worth getting an alignment done to ensure you're tyres are all pointing in the same direction.

Jonnycoupe · 19 Dec 2012 at 16:26

Muffin` said:
If you're spending that much, it's worth getting an alignment done to ensure you're tyres are all pointing in the same direction.

And ask if they can do it when you are sat in the drivers seat.

^TANK^ · 19 Dec 2012 at 16:49

Muffin` said:
If you're spending that much, it's worth getting an alignment done to ensure you're tyres are all pointing in the same direction.

The place I'm going too does that for you as part of the service I think, but I'll remember to ask anyway.

Johnnytoxic · 22 Dec 2012 at 11:43

Struggling to find a place to get some spray paint for my EP3 alloys.

NH628M
SPARKLE SILVER METALLIC

Can most body shops make spray cans to take home?

dessimpson · 22 Dec 2012 at 12:20

Halfrauds will normally make it up if you have the paint code.
That said. Their spray cans are pretty rubbish.

Dogbreath · 22 Dec 2012 at 23:54

dessimpson said:
Halfrauds will normally make it up if you have the paint code.
That said. Their spray cans are pretty rubbish.

Quite the opposite IME, they are among the best spray cans I have ever used.

delta0 · 25 Dec 2012 at 11:23

Going to have a tough choice when the new CTR comes out. 300hp 2.0T Type R or a 2nd hand GTR.

Relentless81 · 25 Dec 2012 at 11:24

Speculation, no one knows what engine the new Type-R will have

delta0 · 25 Dec 2012 at 11:28

Yasuhisa Arai, President of Honda's R&D centre has confirmed it is a 2.0T. http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/honda/civic/61320/honda-civic-type-r-get-20-turbo-engine

Relentless81 · 25 Dec 2012 at 11:31

Yes I've seen the article but nothing has been officially confirmed unless I've missed something as I've not been reading up as much as I usually do

Auto Express isnt the most reliable source of information