Type R to Evo
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What do you mean by very few miles? The servicing on these is every 100 miles or something isn't it?
Every 4500 or 6 months, whichever is first for an oil and fluids change. My commuting mileage is roughly 150 miles a month, the rest is generic driving.
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Do it. Evo 5s are nice and raw 
Lucky you. I did enjoyed my Evo 3 but I used it as a second car, my main car was a Crapisma which I soon got fed up of. In the Evo I managed about 15 mpg where my Integra was high 20's at least, I even managed something like 35mpg out my second one.
Not drove a 5 myself, my dad had one and all I remember was him taking corners at speeds that physics shouldn't allow.
Not drove a 5 myself, my dad had one and all I remember was him taking corners at speeds that physics shouldn't allow.
Do it. Evo 5s are nice and raw
Yeah I know. I looked after my mates 5 when he was in Afghan and I loved driving it.
The guy with the 5 as I've just mentioned does the same distance commute to me and gets around 19 to the gallon, I'm getting 22 in the EP3, though that's party due to the fact that when I get out of commuter traffic I don't hang about.
Be careful. There's a lot of nasty 4,5,6's out there.
As with age the chance of having some tool owning it at some point increases. Seen a lot of crash damaged and ringed examples out there too.
Also bear in mind the repair costs if it comes to it. I need a new clutch on mine and potentially a new transfer box - might not see change from £1500 if I don't do it myself.
As with age the chance of having some tool owning it at some point increases. Seen a lot of crash damaged and ringed examples out there too.
Also bear in mind the repair costs if it comes to it. I need a new clutch on mine and potentially a new transfer box - might not see change from £1500 if I don't do it myself.
I went from a CTR (EP3) - Accord 2.2i-cdti -RX8 - Evo VI
Regretted getting rid of the Civic for both Accord and RX8 (even though the RWD was fun) but now having owned the Evo VI its like the CTR never existed
Shame i didn't go straight from CTR - Evo
The only thing i miss is the high revs.
Regretted getting rid of the Civic for both Accord and RX8 (even though the RWD was fun) but now having owned the Evo VI its like the CTR never existed
Shame i didn't go straight from CTR - Evo The only thing i miss is the high revs.
Just a bit more than the EP3 petrol wise but not much different, it's mainly the modifcations that will ass the costs up. If you do a basic service yourself and anything else goto a specialist you save a lot of money.
I curently get around 240-260 miles per tank (45 litre fill up) on my EP3 i used to get 280-380 miles and i do use a lot of boost
Car was mapped last Friday to around 350bhp and only get 3-5 miles less per £20 of fuel (probably due to using more boost).
Insurance isnt that bad £720 from Sky Insurance im 27 5 years NCB 6years driving.
I'd personally would get a VI over a V due to having better cooling and stronger engine.
I curently get around 240-260 miles per tank (45 litre fill up) on my EP3 i used to get 280-380 miles and i do use a lot of boost
Car was mapped last Friday to around 350bhp and only get 3-5 miles less per £20 of fuel (probably due to using more boost).
Insurance isnt that bad £720 from Sky Insurance im 27 5 years NCB 6years driving.
I'd personally would get a VI over a V due to having better cooling and stronger engine.
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