Impressed by Civic Type R.
Discussion
Driving the TVR Griff 500 yesterday and caught up a nice clean (obviously well looked after) black 55 plate civic type R on A17 Sleaford area -familiar roads for me. Some spirited driving (A15) towards Lincoln (past the usual Easter caravan procession
) and I am well impressed with the civic and how it coped with the speeds as it pushed on
. I regularly drive a R/Sport Megane 225 (all be it not the Cup version) on that road and there is no way I would have kept up in that. As it was, the Type R appears to be a great car on twisty roads in the hands of a good driver
. Time to get rid of the Megane?
MT
) and I am well impressed with the civic and how it coped with the speeds as it pushed on. I regularly drive a R/Sport Megane 225 (all be it not the Cup version) on that road and there is no way I would have kept up in that. As it was, the Type R appears to be a great car on twisty roads in the hands of a good driver. Time to get rid of the Megane?MT
AntiguaBill said:
pbirkett said:
Which Civic Type-R ? New one ? Breadvan (previous shape) ? JDM saloon (latest shape import) ? EK9 (original import only CTR) ?
A clue might be available from the year. I'd place my money on EP3.MT
The version of the Civic you were playing with is very competant. It got slated quite a bit for lacking feel through the electric steering, but aside from that it's a very agile (if a little too stiffly suspended/damped)car. There's plenty of grip and the car is very good at changing direction.
Fit a half decent diff and it gets even better.
Fit a half decent diff and it gets even better.
ep3 ctr"s are very competant cars,mine seems to be very confident on turn in than any other car ive owned tbh.
good sticky rubber seems to be the secret aswel,steering can feel alittle numb at times but the chassis is more than comfortable to let you push on into a corner.they also have a lovely way of traslating into mid corner oversteer that pulls the nose tighter to trim your line if youre abit hot through a corner.
as far as the engine goes,if you were driving "spirited" then the civic would also be in the sweet spot most of the time,short gears make up for lack of real tourqe
love mine.
good sticky rubber seems to be the secret aswel,steering can feel alittle numb at times but the chassis is more than comfortable to let you push on into a corner.they also have a lovely way of traslating into mid corner oversteer that pulls the nose tighter to trim your line if youre abit hot through a corner.
as far as the engine goes,if you were driving "spirited" then the civic would also be in the sweet spot most of the time,short gears make up for lack of real tourqe
love mine.
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