DC2 VTiR. nething to watch out for when buying 1

[T-onedc2]

Hmm, it's possible that's the car I just bought. I don't suppose it was Toby's car - White with the spoiler removed? I'm now the new owner if so. 11,500 felt about $1,000 more than it perhaps should have been worth, however it is definitely one of the best around, plus it had absolutely full service history, 100k of which is at a Honda dealer serviced every 5K. Plus it had brand new Potenza Adrenalines on it

My 2c - over the space of owning a car for say 3 years, the purchase price only makes up around half to 2/3 of the total cost of ownership. So i reckon get the best maintained one you can find so you're not spending thousands fixing the things that the previous owner didn't.

Yeah that's the one mate, sounds like it went to a good home. He forgot to take it off the classifieds and has had a couple calls from people desperate to find a good example lol.
I wondered if I'd see the new owner on here, you should post an intro with some pics

[Teg_Vti-R]

Cheers, definitely gone to a good home, it will be pampered and will have a few mild bits and pieces done to it.

I was just starting to scan through the forums and came across your post.

I will have to do an intro, where do I do that?

Another thing I can add to this discussion - the engine mounts in my car were stuffed, I knew that was the case, it's booked in to be done next week, does some horrible vibrating and thumping on downchanges. Can be hard to detect, I had an RAA check and they found it - plus the Honda service history had mentioned it too.

[T-onedc2]

Post your intro here:
http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=19

[JDM.Power]

is this moey chehade? living in my area.. played in my rugby team for hinchin last year?
if so its alan, the one with the hilux with big bling bling

[LowCoupe]

Well I put a deposit on the VTIR I was keen on, drove very well, no noises from the gearbox or engine, no rattles or squeaks anywhere. The car is a '99 facelifted model in extremely good condition, interior is perfect and the engine bay is spotless, few stone chips, but what 10yr old car doesn't, its definately one of the cleanest non-modified ones I've ever seen with a fully log booked 140k on the clock.....very happy with the buy @ $11k!! Now to slam it and de-wing it.

[T-onedc2]

Well I put a deposit on the VTIR I was keen on, drove very well, no noises from the gearbox or engine, no rattles or squeaks anywhere. The car is a '99 facelifted model in extremely good condition, interior is perfect and the engine bay is spotless, few stone chips, but what 10yr old car doesn't, its definately one of the cleanest non-modified ones I've ever seen with a fully log booked 140k on the clock.....very happy with the buy @ $11k!! Now to slam it and de-wing it.

damn that's cheap, cars cost nothing in the eastern states

[Shraka]

A lot of the common problems listed have happened to my car. I bought it with a 3 year warranty though.

- Thermostat was stuck open (warranty replaced)
- Clutch went (warranty replaced)
- Door actuators act up sometimes (annoying but they still lock the car fine)
- Top tank exploded (I limped it home, but the needle didn't lift off mid way ONCE! The cooling system in the VTiR is AWESOME!)
- Sunroof judders a bit
- Windows are a bit loose

My antenna is fine though (I rarely ever use it as it came with a 6 stacker), and there's no rust on mine at all.

[specialst]

bushings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i went thru the bushings phase and all those listed above with my previous dc2... big job to do 1st time around butisnt really that bad.
sold it cos i was gna buy a type r but then stumbled across a well kepted dc4 for a good price.
now... back to the bushings problem LOL but its not dramatic yet.
btw, i disconnected my dc2 antenna...

[JDM.Power]

my mate picked up a 1994 honda integra vtir, 17x,xxx km
white stock standard as a rock, only 2 owners, came with logbooks to and phat 5ives,
rego till december !! bargin considering it was clean asss and no modification or what so ever.

my cousin has a dc2 vtir also, he has never had any engine or body wise problem.