<--- Owned and driven Hondas consistently for 20 years. I think I know what constitutes value for money in terms of Hondas. I've owned and driven an S800, Civic 1200RS (JDM spec gen 1), 2nd (including a JDM "S" pack), 3rd, 4th (including JDM SiR which saw track time as well as road time) Civics as well as raced 120 bhp gen 1s and a rayjay turbocharged gen 1. About 14 Civics and a concourse S800 plus an immaculate 3G Accord and a 1G teg over that time period. Please don't talk to me about "short-sighted", you have no idea how stupid you sound.Originally Posted by m0nty ITR
Should you wish to continue your ideas, how about you raise a discussion as to why a Civic is worth 60,000 dollars. YOU might spend 20K to Mugen mods on an FN2, I can most assuredly tell you that most people won't. A Civic is a Civic, it's a budget car and the Type R is a performance variant. That doesn't make it value for money, and if you think you'd get close to your money back come sale time, you're sadly mistaken. Look at DC5Rs for example: great car but damn they took a nasty depreciation hit. Closer to home, look at the VTiR hatches and coupes. People want to sell them for 17-20K yet no-one wants to pay that much because a seven year old Civic is just that - a 7 year old Civic. People are wary because a lot of R owners drive the cars hard.
Feel free to fork out your 60K but don't tell us why WE should waste the money you're prepared to.
The question was "are you prepared to pay 60K for a Civic".
The answer is no.
BTW: Despite the engine/handling package, the car looks arse - I keep double taking when I see an Aust spec on the road - I keep thinking its a minature old droopy Falcon
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