I'm interested in a '55 plate model with less then 3k on the clock, which is one of the last of the run models, with Recaro interior, type R calipers etc. Does anyone know of anything to look out for on them?

I guess on a car thats less then a year old and from a main honda dealer would be pretty sound but you never know.

Cheers in advance

Rob

 

Had one myself mate, pretty much good all round cars, i owed it 8 months, cant say i had any probs that i can advise u to look out for to be honest mate.

 

Buy it!

How much is it up for?

 

One of my best mates owns a JDM spec CTR and supercharged it! So nice and so fast! Love it!

 

My Wife has one overall very good cars only thing i dont like is the turning circle!!

matt

 

What about the stupid gearstick on the centre console!!

 

Don't knock it till you try it

 

the only bad thing usually is the drivers

cool cars though

 

Quite fond of them and the gearstick being in a weird place isn't a problem once you are used to it. Not much torque but so many revs. They are a hoot

 

If you can get one get a JDM one they come with a LSD and 220 bhp the same as in the Integra DC5.

Great fun cars for the money just get use to ragging the nuts off of it

 

Had one for 9 months, awesome motor and would buy another tomoz if my circumstances changed (Need wife to move jobs not to warrant a derv )

Buy it, u won't regret it

Smudge

 

I have an 02 one. Had it almost 2 years now. Cant really fault it, never had a thing go wrong eith it, and it gets thrashed to 8 1/2 rpm 7 days a week.

Only thing I would recommend is get rid of the shit Bridgestones thay fit as standard! I also changed the size from 205/45/17 to 215/40/17 and its superb now

 

my mate works in a honda delaership up here an they have one in the showroom right now, give me a pm if you want the number,

ps. it isnt registerd yet so youll have a sparkly new plate on it aswell,

Mb.

 

only thing to look out for is front tyre wear if it's been owned by a boy racer, but at that age and mileage the chances are it's been leased by an employee

 

nah the cars never left the showroom well from what i know,

was parked up with the nsx an honda monkey bike for a short while now,

i dont understand the full dealership thing but he was saying that whoever buys the type R premium (i think its called? might be wrong) will have one of the last EPs registerd, sort of like J an K plate S2 RST's

But as i said i have the number if he wants to give them a ring.

Mb.

 

Great cars ive had two and both were faultless for me. Gearstick on the dash is great.

Turning circle is crap though

 

thanks for the input guys.

The car is up for £14995 but hoping to get a smidge knocked off as there are a couple of marks on it that I spotted whilst having a butchers round it to begin with.

The only thing thats stopping me is outstanding finance on my BM and getting an agreed value on it etc.

But yeah, the more I think about it, the more i want it lol

 

I had an 02 really nice car

check the oil they drink abit every petrol stop

have it geometry checked before you buy as some came very badly setup

dump the air box for a AEM CAI V1 Filter and it becomes a race car

 

Or for that money you can get a Integra DC5

 

yes i had one great cars but now im going for the focus rs you should consider it you might see some of your hard erned cash back when you want to sell it as the civic is very popular good luck

 

The last ones have been fitted with

red recaro bucket seats
red carpet
rear tints
type-r embossed on calipers (for people who care about calipers)
momo steering wheel

This is version is known as the "premier" to joe bloggs or 05.5YM to the dealers.

There are also 2 version of type r,

mk1, mk2 or facelift, pre facelift depending on who you talk to

differences are

diff rear lights
diff front lights
front grill & badge bigger on facelift
indicators on mirrors not wing
red door inserts on facelift
steering + suspension tweeks
slightly more soundproofing on facelift
lighter flywheel

0 - 60 6.4 facelift
0 - 62 6.6 facelift

0 - 60 6.6 pre-facelift
0 - 62 6.8 pre-facelift

Oh and Ian is right everyone changes the stock bridgstones to either toyo proxies 215/40/17 or yokohama parada spec 2s

Oil use is also completely random, mines used 1 litre in 9000 which including the first 500 running in miles. Others use more.

Fuel economy is good if your cruising and not so at 8000rpm which is what you expect.

Had mine a year and love it, hassle free dealers a good, mine came with a 3 year 90,000 mile warranty + engine/gearbox with the option to extend.

Cheers

Matt