5th gen Si vs VTiR

[Manabir]

how coem in Sydney, it is extremely rare to find a good vtir with 150K or less with leather seats man. GEEZ..at a decent price, not this 20K DREAMER price.

i got my lude from sydney a year and a half ago
99 vtir
leather
144,000km (at the time)
$15,500

they are around...and with the ecomomic shit right now they should be cheaper cause its hard to sell cars right now.

[mapdit]

omg.. i never knew i had lil carbon-fibre bits in my car?! though they were just cheaper versions... but yes VTiR is the gO!

[gumus89]

Why would the Si be cheaper to run?

They are both quoted to have almost identical fuel usages, the Si actually being slightly less economical.

[_bORdO_]

Why would the Si be cheaper to run?

They are both quoted to have almost identical fuel usages, the Si actually being slightly less economical.

im probably wrong when i say this but i would assume, vtec - being classified as a high preformance car, require tuning on services, use high preformance oils, high octane fuels etc... which essentially hold a higher dollar value therefore being more expensive to maintain.

it probably wouldnt be that much of a difference between a stock Si VS stock VTi-R though most honda owners who own Vtec models, at some stage, will modify their machines (who can resist) this then creates more needed attention (more $$$).

I dont usually see modified base model hondas.

[gumus89]

Some of those are fair enough, but the oils are the same, both would use Honda FEO.
The fuels are different, the VTiR needing 95 and the Si needing 91.