Civic Type R $39,990 + On Roads

[sitta]

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?

nope, im from the northern beaces there are heaps of p plater with this car out there since its legal to drive them, there are 3 already in UNSW all p plater including me red, black(mine) and silver.

[SiR]

Saw the CTR in the metal for the first time at the dealer this morning and I agree with most of the comments on here...

The car actually looks quite good in the metal. The plastic 'chrome' fuel lid is shockingly tacky (lol) and the sitting position is way too high!

Apart from that, I liked what I saw from my brief 'inspection'. The seats were quite nice, fit and finish seemed quite good and the car felt quite solid i.e. door closed with a nice thud.

I wouldn't mind test driving one of these to see how it goes, but thought otherwise when realistically speaking, I really can't see myself wanting to buy one of these.

[m0nty ITR]

nope, im from the northern beaces there are heaps of p plater with this car out there since its legal to drive them, there are 3 already in UNSW all p plater including me red, black(mine) and silver.

Give it time. There's talk of VTEC engines being added to the ban list with the RTA. Personally I think these types of cars are much safer than your average Aussie built big sedan. RWD 200kW cars with dual airbags and no traction control are OK for young drivers yet a C200K with a 5 star NCAP rating and 0-100 of 10seconds is banned due to forced indutcion. Go figure.

[straightR]

If vtec is banned, it will be banned for people who got their P's before people who are banned from turbo's etc?

I find it insanely stupid that there even is a ban list, I can hit 200k's in a .9 litre 3cyl if I wanted too, isn't it better to speed in something thats actually built to be sped in? Than to drive a shit box and loose control. Stupid pigs, cant solve a problem they just ban it. Doesn't stop crap.

[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?

[yfin]

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?

Congrats on the new car. Why did you want to buy tint from the dealer? They outsource that work anyway. Skip the middle man and go straight to the tint shop. Tint Professor is only $260.

[aaronng]

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?

Not for $1900.

[reemo]

Congrats on the new car. Why did you want to buy tint from the dealer? They outsource that work anyway. Skip the middle man and go straight to the tint shop. Tint Professor is only $260.

Well it was free so I didn't buy it. I don't think they would have lowered their price if I didn't get it.

[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

[fasthonda]

Congratulations on the car.I still haven't booked a test drive(laziness).What were your thoughts on the ride and cabin noise?
Another OZ member on a test drive, thought the ride was uncomfortable and noisy.

[yfin]

Well it was free so I didn't buy it. I don't think they would have lowered their price if I didn't get it.

We see things differently then Nothing when buying a car is free

[reemo]

Congratulations on the car.I still haven't booked a test drive(laziness).What were your thoughts on the ride and cabin noise?
Another OZ member on a test drive, thought the ride was uncomfortable and noisy.

Overall I found the ride comfortable. It was stiff and hard on the bumps but on the freeway it was fine. I was actually surprised at how quiet the cabin is compared with my Euro. At higher revs though that peace is disturbed by the VTEC, nothing to complain about though.