sumner2k3
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Registered: 12th Jan 06
Location: South Wales Drives: Clio 172
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thinking about getting a civic type r really soon and im wana find out a bit of info about them i.e what they handle like, fuel economy, reliability etc
all info about them welcome
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breezy-1.4
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Registered: 9th Jun 07
Location: Wolver-tramp-ton
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Not an expert on them but as far as i know mostly all around good cars. A very enjoyable car to own. fuel economy, as most things largely depends on how silly you are in them! they handle pretty good, and reliability...its a honda  *thumbs up to them*
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Mike GSi
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Registered: 3rd Jan 07
Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Drives:Astra VXR
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which one is the ep9?  ?
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corsa-sxi
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Registered: 11th Jul 03
Location: Kingston upon Hull
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i really want 1 of these, but been reading CTR forums and lots get stolen, which is putting me off  i dnt want to worry about car jacking, people breaking in demanding keys and stuff
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sumner2k3
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Registered: 12th Jan 06
Location: South Wales Drives: Clio 172
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what you all think my insurance will be? im 20 yrs old, no no claims bonus
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JinThaMC
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Registered: 5th Aug 07
Location: P1 is 4db louder
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2200
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JinThaMC
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Registered: 5th Aug 07
Location: P1 is 4db louder
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i know of a guy who paid 2200 at 20 with 2 years ncb. so you will get arse raped <no offence>
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mk4_astra
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Registered: 15th Oct 03
Location: aylesbury,bucks
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i would really like one of these and am strongly considering one as my next car.
was chatting to a guy i know down the gym who used to own one and loved and actually misses it. he currently owns a mk5 golf gti but has owned an e46 m3, impreza as well as several others and access to an older style v8 vantage.
was taken for a quick spin in the pre face lift 30th edition version and remember it being a very quick and capable hot hatch, wasnt too bad out of vtec but was given a good kick up the once it was engaged and driven correctly the car stayed in vtec after every gear change.
iirc fuel was pretty good out of vtec but rather bad you made full use of the engine everywhere.
wasnt aware of these being stolen alot? there not exactly rare cars im sure there are other hot hatches that are more alot more on the black market
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Robbo
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Registered: 6th Aug 02
Location: London
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I loved mine... was great fun 
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sumner2k3
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Registered: 12th Jan 06
Location: South Wales Drives: Clio 172
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just had a quick insurance quote.. £1800.. hopefully will get it down to £1500 after ringing round some more companys closer to buying the car.
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jams
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Registered: 17th Dec 07
Location: chester
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ive owned one 
im getting another in the next few weeks one of the best cars ive had ive owned
3 200sxs all around 300 bhp
integra type r dc2 ukdm
civic vti x2
most cars realy i can honestley say that there a realy good car good value for money and they just love getting tanned
they dont always get stolen some areas are worst than others manchester seams a bad place to own a ctr
first things for mine is a fast road set up better brakes as the ctr ones at high speed are shit and aem filter 1 sorted hot hatch
dont listen to the peopke who bang on about it having no torque mate there fine need any help or advice mate drop us a u2u
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
Location: Basildon, Essex
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Looking into these and after having driven them they seem a really nice car
There are a couple of reveiws of them from evo magazine at www.evo.co.uk they seemed to think its a really nice all round car and liked it more and more on the long term test.
According to them the facelift ones are the ones to go for as they apparently have slightly tweaked geometry etc. Plus imo they look alot nicer
Try admiral for a quote I got one of £1500 from them and im 20 with 2 years ncb but am in a fairly high risk area.
Whilst on the subject are there any decent forums im yet to find a good one 
Drives supercharged Tec with torque 
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Rick Draper
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Registered: 10th Feb 01
Location: Cheshire
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I have got a EP3 premier edition, its a great car, fantastic to drive and has caused me no problems at all.
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corsa-sxi
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Registered: 11th Jul 03
Location: Kingston upon Hull
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just read on forums that manchester is a very bad area to own 1 lol, car jacking, waiting outside your house etc etc, lots used for bank robberies because they are a quick car, but not too obvious...id really like 1, can pick pre-facelifts for £7k, dont know whether ones with 70k miles are bad tho? but i do prefer a facelift version.
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Robbo
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Registered: 6th Aug 02
Location: London
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Get a VTEC de-limiter... bring it down to at least 5.5k rpm (a la S2K) or even lowe rif you want and look at a Hondata remap
And maybe a Jackson s/c 
Sign up on http://www.civictype-r.co.uk/forum
Good site when I had mine
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Robbo
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Registered: 6th Aug 02
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70k is fine... Hondas dont go bang
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mk4_astra
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Registered: 15th Oct 03
Location: aylesbury,bucks
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quote:
Originally posted by corsa-sxi
just read on forums that manchester is a very bad area to own 1 lol, car jacking, waiting outside your house etc etc, lots used for bank robberies because they are a quick car, but not too obvious...id really like 1, can pick pre-facelifts for £7k, dont know whether ones with 70k miles are bad tho? but i do prefer a facelift version.
so long as its been looked after it will keep going for a long time yet, there are loads of high milage prelude vtis out there and about half the ATRs you see advertised are over 100,000 with atr fans not being put off by this
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corsa-sxi
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Registered: 11th Jul 03
Location: Kingston upon Hull
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http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/409156.htm
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/409135.htm (cheap)
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/408698.htm ( seems way too cheap)
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/275397.htm ( i like this 1)
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Tom
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: Wirral, Merseyside
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quote:
Originally posted by corsa-sxi
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/408698.htm ( seems way too cheap)
It's only face lift spec if it's 2002 (none standard bumper also)
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
Location: Basildon, Essex
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The one you have labeled way to cheap isnt that far off the usual price. Just check its not a cat-D as there are alot of them about. Could be a reason for the facelift bumpers. Might just be a fair price
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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mk4_astra
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Registered: 15th Oct 03
Location: aylesbury,bucks
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all seem well priced but facelift model is abit too cheap IMO, though dont forget right now its hard to sell cars at the mo with fuel prices my mate had to take 4k in the end for his mint 172 cup as he had no interest at all, also i know someone trying to sell an e46 330ci and hasnt had anyone contact him in 3 months about it.
those prices could probably be reduced slighty if your going to buy
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corsa-sxi
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Registered: 11th Jul 03
Location: Kingston upon Hull
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just less than average miles £1k a/c option, facelift lights, bumpers and only 6.8k :S really want 1, but things just put me off and dealers hike their prices so no way can i afford 1 from a dealer
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CORSA NUT
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Registered: 3rd Aug 01
Location: Wirral
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Know a load of people who have them and have said even when driven even normally they drink the fuel.
Was considering one when i sell the scooby but if it's as bad as they say i won't bother
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corsa-sxi
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Registered: 11th Jul 03
Location: Kingston upon Hull
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well it cant be as bad as getting 260 miles from £40 in a 1.2
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SportBoy
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Registered: 5th Oct 01
Location: Retford, Nottinghamshire
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wow that is bad .. i bet i can get that out of my let
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