05 WRX vs. DC5R

[damo46]

Of course this is a honda forum and your going to be pointed towards a honda.
Depends what application you want your car for, if u solely want it for a daily and thats all then i dont see why you want any of the cars your saying.
If u want to track it and throw a bit of mods on it then it comes down to personal prefrence what car u like to drive.
Dont worry what the car looks on the outside its how u feel on the inside!!

[andyhui01]

yea that is true i just had a look at they seem to be around the 30,000km mark which is quite good. I still cant be convinced with the body shape however. I think the DC5's look more aggresive and manly lol

Please bear in mind that for Jap Import cars, 99.5% of the cars have had their odometer wound back... please remember Japan as a country relies very heavily on cars as a transport and they love driving around the country during holidays (apart from Tokyo residents). Although the EP3 may sound like a so called special car to use, people there simply use them as their daily cars.

[integra95]

Of course this is a honda forum and your going to be pointed towards a honda.
Depends what application you want your car for, if u solely want it for a daily and thats all then i dont see why you want any of the cars your saying.
If u want to track it and throw a bit of mods on it then it comes down to personal prefrence what car u like to drive.
Dont worry what the car looks on the outside its how u feel on the inside!!

Well then if thats the case everyone would be driving around in hyundai getz. You don't have to go on a track because ur car is performance. There are sooooo many people driving quick cars as daily drivers or else there'd be no fun in driving to work everyday.

My Dad drives a GT3 porsche, he doesnt take it on track and drives it everyday to and from work, clocks up heaps of ks, but he loves it and loves driving it.

And to me apearance is a huge percentage, in purchasing a car i look at
- Performance
- Appearance
- Reliability
- Safety
- Comfort

And try and balance everything, but at the end of the day i go with my gut feeling to which im going to have the most fun in.


Thanks for the comments

[pattyd89]

get a rexy.
When you plant your foot, the feel of your body getting pulled back just puts a smile on your dial!

[T-onedc2]

Please bear in mind that for Jap Import cars, 99.5% of the cars have had their odometer wound back...

Do you have any proof to support that?

Japan also has high rego cost for older cars hence they sell them with low km.

[FASN8U]

Do you have any proof to support that?

Japan also has high rego cost for older cars hence they sell them with low km.

not tryin to be a smartass but wouldnt that just give them more reason to wynd the odometer back?

[T-onedc2]

not tryin to be a smartass but wouldnt that just give them more reason to wynd the odometer back?

but if the km's are low anyway why bother? If anyone did it I'd expect the importers to do it tho. I'm not saying it doesn't happen but the above is a big claim to make without a reliable source.

[SXC-84K]

whats this bout every1 saying rexies have bad fuel economy? my mates got 1 and its all about how u drive it.... shes got a bug eye rex and gets 550+kms per tank pretty alright if u ask me, if not better than a dc5r

[andyhui01]

but if the km's are low anyway why bother? If anyone did it I'd expect the importers to do it tho. I'm not saying it doesn't happen but the above is a big claim to make without a reliable source.

My neighbour's family back in Malaysia imports cars from Japan to sell them as Second Hand (They import a wide range of cars from MPV's to sports cars)... we've bought 3 JDM Cars from them, a WRX, Estima (Tarago here) and Alphard (Bigger version of the Tarago). The WRX was a 02 Bugeye with 15,000km (Bought in 2006), Alphard was 3 years old with 5000km and Estima was 3 years with 8000km. None of the cars still had the original tyre, they were half worn on their second set of tyres, wear on the seats.

And this is on almost all the cars that come in from Japan, plus having been there and having a cousin who lives there, I've seen how much they drive.

But I'm not saying that you'll never find one that is genuine, but on most occasions, they are not. I've only seen genuine ones on R34 and R33 GTR skylines, and they weren't that low... R33GTR with about 70,000km last year. But for a EP3 Civic which is considered pretty cheap in Japan, it'd be hard to find one that has been taken care of very well.

Even some nicer importers will tell you that alot of the JDM cars odo's have been wound back

[Civic VTi-R]

hey integra95, my mate is sellin his 2004 DC5R if your interested just pm me

2004 DC5R, silver/black, no mods factory stock, low kms only 45,000, rego till october 2008

[air23box]

Please bear in mind that for Jap Import cars, 99.5% of the cars have had their odometer wound back... please remember Japan as a country relies very heavily on cars as a transport and they love driving around the country during holidays (apart from Tokyo residents). Although the EP3 may sound like a so called special car to use, people there simply use them as their daily cars.

Not truth......its digital so you can't to anything of it.....plus jap ppl dun drive like us here.....unless from country area.....but they will sell it of b4 it hit 50000km anywayz....due to price is a lot cheaper.....When they go for long trip they normally rent a cal coz price is so much cheaper then here......I live there before and I know how things work there....

not tryin to be a smartass but wouldnt that just give them more reason to wynd the odometer back?

My neighbour's family back in Malaysia imports
Even some nicer importers will tell you that alot of the JDM cars odo's have been wound back

Its totally illegal to do that in Japan and most of them are digital these days.....most Japan ppl take their cars to factory to do service coz it doesn't cost as much as here......and when they export car from their country they have lots of stuff to check......what they may do is swap the high km dash with low km one but that normally done after they leave the country by the importer.....

My opinion is test drive them both and see which one you like.....but due to the high petrol price you pretty much go toward DC5......and to help yourself to make the final decision is what do you want from your car.....I think this been cover so many times......if you will see track....get a DC5R....but if you just mod it up a bit and only use it as daily.....a base or Type S will be the choice....but seeing you come from a DC4 any DC5 range will satisfied ur needs......interior is more moden, more space, more power and less road noise to the cabin......its a better car to live with......but keep in mine its a 2 door couple at the end of the day....ans rex have 4 doors.....If I have a family I will go rex.....if not for sure DC5 all the way.....

So many good points been cover by other members and I think its still up to you to make the final judgement......good luck with the search and let us know how things work out......

[johnprocter]

the question is do you want to hear the roaaaar of VTEC or do you want to hear the PSSSSSTCHHHHH of a blow off valve ladddd