Civic Type R $39,990 + On Roads

Nice work with the HIDs mate, it should come standard! That photochop pic makes it look like a mazda3 hatch, i still wish they had put the spoiler on top tho

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Originally Posted by sitta

the best fuel for this car i have found ( for economy and performance) is bp ultimate

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Yeah well in the book and on the actual honda website they recommend you use premium unleaded fuel everytime you fill up or the engine will deteriorate..not too sure about that but as if you'd take the risk. Can't wait to get it!

I saw a brand new red CTR that had ran up the ass of a truck today on Parramatta rd, bad luck, was repairable but pretty fcuked up for a 2-4 week old car.......was it anyone on OH?

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Originally Posted by jords

I saw a brand new red CTR that had ran up the ass of a truck today on Parramatta rd, bad luck, was repairable but pretty fcuked up for a 2-4 week old car.......was it anyone on OH?

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Were the side airbags deployed? If not, I want the seats!

not that bad bro..........its repairable. Someone must know who it was, anyone?

Still for a 2 week old car..he probably hasnt even had it for that long. I only got mine on Sunday.

I am taking a new Civic Type R for a test drive tomorrow afternoon. Muahahaha. :)

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Originally Posted by sitta

ok problem one is obviously third gear usually when it is cold

and the paint job is shit. they chip so easily i have hundreds of small chips on my front bumper and bonnet. Dealer said over the phone they cant to anything, modern cars have soft paints, does that mean all modern cars got shit paints? my mdx is 3 years old and havent got any chip

rear wheels gets brake dust so easily so you better clean them often

hmm... whatelse not much, the car has been running well, and the best fuel for this car i have found ( for economy and performance) is bp ultimate

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Sorry to hear that champ. Nice work with the HID's though.

Are you Wollongong based? The dealer there said that their first CTR (black one) went to a P-Plater, was that you?

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I am taking a new Civic Type R for a test drive tomorrow afternoon. Muahahaha. :)

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so in the future you can compare with "other" type-r :)

http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=71491

Test drove one today. Worst ride in a car ever and this comes from someone who drives an EH with leaf suspension. The ride is horrible on the street. I couldn't imagine doing a run to Victoria and back in it, especially with the engine noise. Seriously, why the **** didn't they just double wishbone the suspension and then angle grind the springs down. The ride would have been comparable. Maybe it's good for the track, but with all the luxury shit and a lack of a LSD, this isn't a track car. Should have stuck to the DC2R philosophy Honda, this CTR is one confused mofo that has no idea what it is. As either a sports coupe or a track car (aka DC2R) it would have been great, but this thing just isn't worth the Type-R badge in it's retail state.

I know how slowly these things move. If it's at the SIMS in October then we'd see it in the 2nd quarter of 2008 at best. Here's hoping though. Could be a worthy replacement for the DC5 in a few years.

Oh: Fuel consumption is shocking IMO. I was talking to the dealer and he seemed to think that 9/100 (his figures) for freeway was good. My old SiR would do 7.3 l/100 on a Syd->Melb run and when hammering it on the street/track would never do worse than 11. The SiR had marginally worse 0-100 figures: 7.3 average recorded (not Honda advertising) in stock trim and 15.3 1/4 mile. Admittedly this was in a car that weighed 1030 kilos, but it was a 240K+ kms car with only 160ps at the flywheel.