Civic Type R $39,990 + On Roads

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Originally Posted by reemo

I test drove and placed my order for a red CTR today @ Yarra Honda in melbourne.

Contract came to $43930 on road including mats and tint. I had to plea for the tint, he wasn't going to throw that in. Im a previous customer of this dealer so he went to the sales manager to get that authorised. I also paid an extra $184 for the emblem set (rip off i know) as im too lazy to get them aftermarket.

Delivery date ETA is 15/9 although he was indicating it would probably be earlier.

QUESTION FOR YOU GUYS:
Is it worth getting paint protection? The dealer is asking too much for it (like $1900 including this bullshit scratch/dent warranty), where can I get the same job done cheaper?

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Dude I got my red CTR from yarra honda as well, could you pm me your dealer or something? Cos my dealer refused to throw in tints and i've tried everything, plus i am a previous customer. Mine was promised to be delivered 2 weeks from now

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Originally Posted by 6ary

Dude I got my red CTR from yarra honda as well, could you pm me your dealer or something? Cos my dealer refused to throw in tints and i've tried everything, plus i am a previous customer. Mine was promised to be delivered 2 weeks from now

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That sucks. The salesman was Julian and the manager is Frank.

depending on the tint, u should be fine, our CTR is tinted and have no probs with radio reception at all.
Also remember the bit of plastic that looks like glass under the spoiler wont be tinted as its plastic.

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Originally Posted by reemo

Does anyone know if the radio aerial is in the back window and if tint will adversely affect radio quality like it did in my Euro? Im thinking of requesting that they put tint only on the side windows, will this look ok?

In my euro with tinting the radio reception is very poor :(

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It depends if the tint is metallic. My 05 GLi is has just black tint and its fine.

Ceramic tint will be OK for windscreen mounted antennas. It looks great too. Nice greyish mirror finish.

On the contract it stated "titanium tinting". Got no idea what that is, all I know is that its 3rd party tinting. I did manage to get mats for free tho

Picked up my milano red ctr 2 days ago and there are 2 chips on the bonnet already! guess the paint on it is really thin, anyone else experiencing the same problem?

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Originally Posted by 6ary

Picked up my milano red ctr 2 days ago and there are 2 chips on the bonnet already! guess the paint on it is really thin, anyone else experiencing the same problem?

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Happens with most of the new Hondas because of the water-based paint (environmental concerns mean they can't use solvent-based paints).

You'd best get some touchup paint to cover up any bare metal spots.

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Originally Posted by 6ary

Picked up my milano red ctr 2 days ago and there are 2 chips on the bonnet already! guess the paint on it is really thin, anyone else experiencing the same problem?

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got heaps of them, hundreds and dealer said they cant do anything about it :(

hey guys, virgin post here.

Anyway, i pick up my black CTR tommorrow afternoon..... $43525 including mats, ipod adapter (i hope its better than the old "musiclink" one i've read about) and emblem set....

I think the skirts looked a bit.... fussy, so i didn't bother with them...

They tried to sell me window tinting for $600....

I'm a little worried about the paint chip thing.... maybe a tube of touch up paint won't go astray....

maybe look at getting a 3M clear car bra. cant tell its even there. apparently really popular in the states

i put down a deposit for my ctr on friday and getting it for $43,865. Unfortunately my dad did the bargaining with the salesman before i got there so he wasn't really aware of the optional accessories untill they handed us the booklet after a sale price was agree'd upon.

In the end we only got:

- Paint protection
- Free loan car at scheduled service intervals
- Full tank of petrol
- "Wine Pack"

Going to definantly have to get the emblem set and floor matts. Not much we can do about it now though but gona try see if the salesman can work something out. Otherwise looks like i'm going to have to pay full RRP for them(scary thought)

Picking it up on the 17th of August, so didn't really have to wait that long as some others. Or so they claim.