Civic Type R $39,990 + On Roads

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Originally Posted by qstoria

what sort of holden utes?

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some green Ps with fake SS badge i guess cuz SS will kill me. I think im pushing the engine too much, but people say dont do high rev until te car reach 100km. This i found to be very very hard because this engine likes to hang around 3k - 4k rpm so its very hard to keep it in the lower rpm, easier in the higher rpm.

they might not kill u. depends on many things but yes its a tall ask most of the time vs V8.

id give it more than 100 km before any sort of high revving. at least 1000. what colour did u get btw? saw a black one and they look hot. wasnt a fan of these cars at first but may come round to them

i got a black one at least my car can go as fast as those v8s with less fuel haha . If you see a black one in northern beaches thats mine

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Originally Posted by UNLS1

hmmm u guess tofu u must have a long body in some parts(legs ect) lol im 6'3" and i can get into it perfect and see the speedo without a worry

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haha i do have long legs :p
do you see the speedo just above the steering wheel?
then you see the tachometer between the top of the steering wheel and the horn?

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Originally Posted by sitta

today i went vtecing and beat some holden utes haha. At the end of the day when i got out of the car i felt like pyuking :( eventhough im drivng, never felt like this before, the handling of this car shake me really well

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Puking? Wow, must be very grippy and flat in the corners. :thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by sitta

some green Ps with fake SS badge i guess cuz SS will kill me. I think im pushing the engine too much, but people say dont do high rev until te car reach 100km. This i found to be very very hard because this engine likes to hang around 3k - 4k rpm so its very hard to keep it in the lower rpm, easier in the higher rpm.

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No high revs and throttle before 100km will give you a weak motor. Just make sure you warm up your engine 100% (twice the time it takes for your temperature gauge to reach the middle) and then you can give it all the redline you want.

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Originally Posted by Tofu

haha i do have long legs :p
do you see the speedo just above the steering wheel?
then you see the tachometer between the top of the steering wheel and the horn?

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You're meant to see the speedometer above the steering wheel and the tacho below.

ppl have had the same complaints about the FD's as well but fo rme its perfect. im 6' n it fits in perfectly

hi all. Question for my lil brother.

what exactly is the chassis code / designation for the new civic type R ?

thanks !

it's fn2

drove past eastwood honda today and saw a red one parked in the showroom. Looks WEAKSAUCE.....

^^ test driven one yet? ;)

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Originally Posted by aaronng

^^ test driven one yet? ;)

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not yet Aaron. soon i hope. but personally i do not like the exterior. For an R doesnt look as aggressive as it should be.

But from the specs. i wouldnt expect it to be any more exciting than a dc5r.

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Originally Posted by .::F[L]Y::.

not yet Aaron. soon i hope. but personally i do not like the exterior. For an R doesnt look as aggressive as it should be.

But from the specs. i wouldnt expect it to be any more exciting than a dc5r.

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Well, it is only a hot hatch. Not really a daily driven track car like what the old Type Rs were. And since the chassis is based on the Civic in the UK which is sold as the equivalent to our 1.8L VTi, they can't do much to make it look more aggressive other than by adding bodykits and larger wheels. :)

Just watched Best Motoring's test of the FD2 CTR and eventhough it has 165kW and weighs 1270kg (7.69 kg/kW), which is worse than the JDM DC5R (162kW, 1180kg, 7.28 kg/kW) the CTR still beat the DC5R in 0-300m by 0.22 seconds. So eventhough the FN2 is heavy (1345kg) with similar power to the AUDM DC5R, it might still turn out to be a surprising hot hatch.