Hi all

I sold my classic impreza sti last week and bought this













what do you think of the civic

 

i had one ages ago, leather interior is very rare! nice

 

Best car I ever owned for sheer fun!! Enjoy it!

 

cheers tommy

yea when I seen this one had full factory leather interior I just had to have it

so I got a plane done to london to buy it and drove 580 miles home with it
this is my second type r and I just love civic's

 

i got mine new back in 2004 it was the first of the facelift versions in the darker grey colour,

i did see the leather option when i ordered it but it was £1500 i think

i think yours is the first i've seen with leather.

 

Fantastic cars. The handling was just a different league when it came out... will always be a cracking drive. One of my mates has had one for years. Not long after he got it, he sent me a photo of a bird sitting on the gear ****. That will always be what i think of when I see these cars, as good as the handling is...

 

The cosmic grey civics are very nice
it was either a facelift cosmic grey or night hawk black civic I was looking for
then I seen this one with the leather interior and low miles 57k with
a couple of good mods and a full ice install.
so I went for this one and am going to fit the full facelift to it
facelift bumper
facelift headlights
the front wings with no indicators
wingmirrors with indicators
facelift tail lights
and a mugen spoiler

I think the facelift models look very nice

before I seen this one I went and viewed a facelift nhb civic and it was very nice
to I told the bird that was selling it I would buy it and when I got home I h.p.i checked it and found out it was a cat d write off a year and a half earlier.
so when I told the woman what I had found she said sorry and she didnt know
and a week later it was on gumtree again with no mention of it being a cat d
I was lucky I h.p.i any car before I buy it

here is the civic I was going to buy from the scam artist witch

http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-m...-2004/98513718

it's a nice civic it's a pity it was a cat d

 

Looks nice!

It is hard to go wrong with Honda petrol engines, as long as they are serviced regularly they go on for ever.

 

cheers zohan

the k20a honda engines are very strong I have seen loads of these with 120k on the clock and still run perfect.

my one has 57k so it should good for a lomg time.

 

I have had a 1.6 and 1.8 VTI and was lucky enough to met the designer of that engine (the base for your i believe) and he said the older they get the more powerful and better on fuel they get, he also said they had seen them ragged to death and still going strong at 200K - as long as the oil and filter are changed regularly

I had my 1.6 at vmax - off the speedo at 8k in top gear racing an intergrale, which i crept past much to his surprise - face it you do not expect a 4 dr Honda civic to pass you at 140+

 

Thats what I like with vtec engines they are really powerfull and I love the fact they rev upto 8000 rpm and the vtec sound is amazing.

my civic has had a remap on it and the vtec kicks in sooner at 5200 rpm and it goes upto 8600 rpm

my father had a lancia delta back when I was a young lad and I always
remember him taking me out in it for a spin in it and he would thrash the **** of it

back then I thought it was lighting speed but if I compaired it to my type r now
my civic would eat the delta alive.

 

The boy racer wheels need to go.

 

I just bought them

but thats just what i like to see on a car

 

Looks good,especially in the black and the leather is very rare.

What made you swap back from the scoob? What are these like day to day running compared to the scooby?

 

I had a civic type r before I bought the scoob and me and my wife had our first child
so I was wanting a four door car that was fast.
when I got my impreza all was good but then the cylinderhead gasket started to go
and I ended up selling the impreza and was going to buy a blob eye sti
then I seen this civic and could not resist as I loved my old civic
it is easyer to put my son in the back of the civic than it was the impreza.

The day to day running is excellent and is better than my old impreza to be honest.
it is more reliable and petrol consumption is alot better
the civic is very nimble and is very good for nipping in and out of traffic.

I highly recomend a civic type r because it is a very good car

here is my old civic that I had before the impreza.

 

A lot of people are falling on hard times now, keep your head up!

 

I can't see the pics (work PC) but I have a EP3 in NHB with leather. Picked it up a couple of weeks ago.

Loving it so far.

 

Lovely looking car, I'm a big fan of these.

 

once you are back from work post a couple of picture on this thread of your civic mate

and thanks guy's for the nice comment's

 

I'll take a few snaps tomorrow, need to replace the door though as some goon smashed into it in a car park, three days after I got it.

 

Looks nice, I spot Pittodrie in the back ground too

 

i loved my CTR. sometimes wish i kept it. was running Kpro, Toda Mani,Toda exhaus, Gruppe M, Js racing throttle body and RBC intake. Coupled with Buddyclub bucekt seats, team dynamic alloys, carbon fibre bonnet and spoiler.

 

that's some sharp eye's you got there

yea I was the same the silver one pictured earlier was the first one I had and
when I sold it and bought the scooby I wished I had kept it.
so I am really glad I bought the black civic type r.

sound like you had a really nice civic with good spec on it.
I love the gruppe m induction kits they are just so cool

 

Very nice Civics there guys, I've got a thing for those red top engines too;

I sold both a while ago, regret selling the prelude though

 

both nice hondas mate
I remember my mate taking me out in his older style prelude 2.2 vtec and it was rapid as ****
was your prelude the 2.2 aswell

 

Cheers! Yeah it was the 2.2 Motegi version 200bhp. There just aren't any decent examples left anymore.

 

Great cars...
My old one


Dip

 

Looks nice fella. I was stuck between these and my st170 i had. Found both cars for 4k so bought yhe st170 which i thought was a mistake.

Good luck with it mate

 

What's the petrol consumption like?i know heavy foot and you'll use more, but how much to fill an roughly how many miles would a tank see you?

 

I sold my 2006 Cosmic Grey Premier edition to a mate just the other day. Brilliant car Ill miss it but need to get a diesel now.



I loved the Recaro interior...




Mixed driving a full tank would do almost 300 miles. Its a small tank, under £50 to fill up. Roughly 31 MPG average