Type R and VTEC owners
- Thread starter ChrisD.
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I've just driven an EP3 for the first time. LOVE IT!! My mate let me drive his at lunch because I'm looking at one this evening and I wanted to know what they feel like before test driving the one I might buy.
It's absolutely awesome! haha
Well excited on this off chance that the one I'm looking at later is decent enough to buy now
It's absolutely awesome! haha
Well excited on this off chance that the one I'm looking at later is decent enough to buy now
stuff it, im gonna order one. its only 20 boys.
I've just driven an EP3 for the first time. LOVE IT!! My mate let me drive his at lunch because I'm looking at one this evening and I wanted to know what they feel like before test driving the one I might buy.
It's absolutely awesome! haha
Well excited on this off chance that the one I'm looking at later is decent enough to buy now
dont go into it with rose tinted glasses. a 100k+ ep3 is going to have had a hard life. it will only be a good idea if the car has wanted for nothing imho.
A good EP3 is never cheap
A cheap EP3 is never good
stuff it, im gonna order one. its only 20 boys.
dont go into it with rose tinted glasses. a 100k+ ep3 is going to have had a hard life. it will only be a good idea if the car has wanted for nothing imho.
A good EP3 is never cheap
A cheap EP3 is never good
Fair comment, are there certain things I should be looking for in the service history?
I've looked over the MOT history online briefly and it looks like it's had advisories for tyres and brakes which have been sorted, it's also missing the rear wiper and the last MOT it had to have a rear ABS sensor replaced.
Do they have belts or chains? and when should they have been done?
Thanks,
G
Soldato
A good EP3 is never cheap
A cheap EP3 is never good
IIRC, didn't you get a bargain for yours? From the pictures it looked mint...
link to a buyers guide on civic forum. should help you on what to look out for
http://civictype-r.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=134247
http://civictype-r.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=134247
Hopefully it'l be as good on your EP3. With uprated pads, braided hoses, ATE Blue fluid and this stopper, it made my brakes as good as I'll ever need on the road.
mine was about 1K less than market rate at the time. but the guy was an exotic car dealer who wanted it gone. it was with him less than 48 hours
couldn't really say no when I saw it as it was as close to perfect as it could have been bar the tyres
http://www.ti-motorsport.co.uk/price-list-honda.php
that is the service schedule from TI motorsport [who are essentially the Tegiwa Garage] but it is pretty much spot on imho
only a few variations on the official honda schedule from what I can see.
I have uprated pads at the moment so im hoping it will be noticeable. not exactly a huge loss if not. I was thinking of doing an overhaul with lines and new fluid but it just isnt worth it as the history shows fluid was done 10 months before i got the car and discs and pads were a month old when i got the car. so they will easily be fine until feb next year which is my target for selling it.
I am now an EP3 owner 
£2540 in the end, talked him down to £2550 but he did t have a tenner change on him so he let me have it at £2540
It's not mint but other than a tear in the drivers bolster and a couple of parking dings it is in very good nick for the age and mileage.
Turns out I went to school with the dealer he put a tenner in the tank too and delivered it to my house
£2540 in the end, talked him down to £2550 but he did t have a tenner change on him so he let me have it at £2540
It's not mint but other than a tear in the drivers bolster and a couple of parking dings it is in very good nick for the age and mileage.
Turns out I went to school with the dealer
he put a tenner in the tank too and delivered it to my house 
Soldato
Nice one fella, welcome to the crew Price aint too bad, I paid double for my 54 reg last October on 62k, near mint cond all in all and so far it's been flawless for 10k miles apart from a broken window regulator 
I've been hooning mine a bit and swapping to an ST would only benefit me with a bit more torque but all this cracked liners talk is a bit offputting, the k20 engine seems unburstable really.
I'm gonna start using TI motorsport, been talking to Liam and he seems sound and although not super cheap labour rates by the sounds of it he can work quickly so it balances out nicely.
For anyone who wanted a heads up on the checklist I made collated from various sites: http://www.illusional.co.uk/stuff/civicguide.doc
Price aint too bad, I paid double for my 54 reg last October on 62k, near mint cond all in all and so far it's been flawless for 10k miles apart from a broken window regulator I've been hooning mine a bit and swapping to an ST would only benefit me with a bit more torque but all this cracked liners talk is a bit offputting, the k20 engine seems unburstable really.
I'm gonna start using TI motorsport, been talking to Liam and he seems sound and although not super cheap labour rates by the sounds of it he can work quickly so it balances out nicely.
For anyone who wanted a heads up on the checklist I made collated from various sites: http://www.illusional.co.uk/stuff/civicguide.doc
Soldato
Do you not use ABP Motorsport in Crewe Stormster?
That's who I would use given his location, either that or go up to TDI North in Warrington.
I ran vpower in mine from the off. filled up with morrisons povvo spec fuel during the shortage earlier in the year and the car ran like an absolute dog. took two tanks of vpower to get it feeling right again.
my car even came with a wallet of receipts for vpower, so i just kept it up. having said that, I ran my previous car on super. for the sake of a few quid, why not. last time I worked it out, the difference between vpower and shells boggo fuel was £4 per tank. you get double points on vpower so it works out better
that makes the most sense. when I used them for my FRSU and JDM ARB, they were excellent. their rates were superb for servicing also.
Andrew Moore took his FN2 there for alignment, 50k service and induction kit fitting and all that cost less than honda were going to charge for just the service. this includes a service book stamp which didn't affect his warranty.
I will be using them for all my future Honda related endeavours.
TI motorsport seem expensive imho, and I don't think they are able to stamp your log book officially
I've not got any pics of my own yet, but it's this one:
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201229479098232
I ended up putting V-Power in too
Got a drivers club card thing. Much to the disgust of the people in the queue behind me lol 
and went to Tesco and Momentum was £1.33.9