Eat this 2 Posted April 4, 2005 Report Share Posted April 4, 2005 whos had 1/been in 1 what r they like i go on a civic site a bit and they reckon theyd trounce vrs theyr quite sure of it but i aint Link to post Share on other sites
dubloke 4 Posted April 4, 2005 Report Share Posted April 4, 2005 i trounce one on the way to work with monotonous regularity! can be quite a quick car, having driven one, providing you keep it above 5k rpm in all gears, otherwise you may as well get out and push! nothing really starts to happen untill about 5k in the engine and its a pain in the arse to drive round town, a plastic pig would overtake it if its in the wrong gear and below 3k! dont like the revvy engine, certainly wouldn't trounce a mildly tuned vr, doubt thay would trounce a standard one tbh. the gear change is something else all together tho, beautifully crafted, slick and just where it needs to be! best part of the whole car! Link to post Share on other sites
Devilfish 0 Posted April 4, 2005 Report Share Posted April 4, 2005 i killed one racing down the a303..... not sure what they are like above 90 mph!!! Link to post Share on other sites
badboyV6 4 Posted April 4, 2005 Report Share Posted April 4, 2005 Yeah a VR would slap it in the face in gear :-D I had a brief encounter with a accord 2.2i type r a while back while on the motorway- wasnt much it it at all..... Link to post Share on other sites
vr6stormer 0 Posted April 4, 2005 Report Share Posted April 4, 2005 Actually guys i must admit to having one as my daily driver and i love it--but not as much as my Corrado 8) Link to post Share on other sites
Seademon 0 Posted April 4, 2005 Report Share Posted April 4, 2005 I've seen a supercharged one and that shifted & sounded the nuts!!! Sounded like an F1 car coming at me! They look okish but I always hear that you have to keep them revving like a lot of Jap cars...Dont like the position of the gear stick - might be ok once you've got used to it though Link to post Share on other sites
acf8181 0 Posted April 4, 2005 Report Share Posted April 4, 2005 thing about type r's is they really need winding up (even more so than vr6's)....which is fine for race track, but on the road would be a PITA. i also have a hunch they wont last too long as most will be ragged to death.i suspect if one had a drag race with a vr6, they woudl be very similar....however on the road they'd be easy to get the jump on (whilst the owner is waiting for the revs to rise) - in the way a 8v car can get a jump on our vr6's.just my opinon though. Link to post Share on other sites
dubloke 4 Posted April 4, 2005 Report Share Posted April 4, 2005 exactly my point andrew. a well sorted vr will have no probs with a civic type r. there are two at my place of work, and one just cant get enuff of being wupped by my "old mans" family wagon on the way into work some mornings! Link to post Share on other sites
vr6freak 3 Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 Went out in my next door neighbour once. He had to cane it about 6500-8000 rpm If I remember correctley to get it to really going. To much money for what they are. Link to post Share on other sites
mark@vagworx 0 Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 Don't know why there's so much hype surrounding them tbh. Have come up against them in both the VR and me old Ibiza, and both times they were dispatched without much fuss. Link to post Share on other sites
badboyV6 4 Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 ACF: to be fair the engivnes in them are pretty bombproof- i have a friend of a friend who works for Honda as there parts manager- he says theyve had 1 replacement engine in 3 years! With hardly any warranty work- bit of a change for him compared to Jaguar!!! i spose over a longer period of time (say more like the age of our VR's) then maybe things will start to show.... Link to post Share on other sites
vdubgirl 3 Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 My b/f's brother had one and he'd sold it within a year cause he was fed up with it So if thats anything to go byu then dont bother with them there over rated jap crap ;-) Link to post Share on other sites
acf8181 0 Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 what was he fed up with in particular out of curiousity? Link to post Share on other sites
MarkGolf 6 Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 One stuck up my mates old 2.9 VR on teh A3 all the way till it pushed us out the way in excess of 120mph! Link to post Share on other sites
acf8181 0 Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 i reckon they seem easy to beat in general as you can get a jump on them before they wind them up....but if he set of knowing he was racing then its even steven. the figures suggest that.easy to beat then...pretened you aint racing, then floor it whilst he;s not racing....my mate does that to me in his nova 1600! makes me mad! Link to post Share on other sites
six appeal 53 Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 Have got a mate with a newer style one, with the improved flywheel/clutch etc... and I still wipe the floor with it! And I mean wipe the floor with it!Have also had some proper controlled races, on private land (organised by The Golf+ mag.) and lets just say the guy in the Civic did NOT want to be featured in any part of the magazine feature after being destroyed all day long by my VR! LMFAO! Link to post Share on other sites
mark@vagworx 0 Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 lmfao.... Link to post Share on other sites
vdubgirl 3 Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 what was he fed up with in particular out of curiousity?He got bored of driving it and thats saying something as he was an ex saxo driver ,and had that ages! Also he had a shed load of trouble with it he bought it new from the garage withon about 6 months it have had over 5k or warranty work done on it and he took it to a rolling road and it only put down 149 bhp he was not a happy bunny to say the least :?In all fairness that car might of just been a lemon and others are probably better ;-) Link to post Share on other sites
vr6matt 0 Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 I had one for the day as my mate works at honda so i got a days test drive in one. you have to proper cane them to get the going - seemed just as quick as my vr upto 80, but reckon the vr would have the upper hand past 80! The gearbox and gearchange is great though, got used to it really quickly and felt like a racing driver lol! !amazed wouldn't say the interior was as nice as my vr's though? and my vr has just as high spec if not better! Link to post Share on other sites
nickbee 1 Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 Have also had some proper controlled races' date=' on private land (organised by The Golf+ mag.) and lets just say the guy in the Civic did NOT want to be featured in any part of the magazine feature after being destroyed all day long by my VR! LMFAO![/quote']I still have the video of that, you beat him by more than you beat me! Actually, that means I'd have beaten him too! !amazed Link to post Share on other sites
Eat this 2 Posted April 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 Have also had some proper controlled races' date=' on private land (organised by The Golf+ mag.) and lets just say the guy in the Civic did NOT want to be featured in any part of the magazine feature after being destroyed all day long by my VR! LMFAO![/quote']I still have the video of that, you beat him by more than you beat me! Actually, that means I'd have beaten him too! !amazed lol can u post the vids?? Link to post Share on other sites
acf8181 0 Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 The gearbox and gearchange is great though' date=' got used to it really quickly and felt like a racing driver lol! [/quote']i don't think anyone on here would disagree with the fact that the vr6 has a very crap gearbox though. makes my mums cavaliers gearbox feel lovely after the vr6. Link to post Share on other sites
Eat this 2 Posted April 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 funny u should say that andy my last car (8v cav sri) was a quite nice short shift especially for 135k miles i liked it tbh i dont like the ratios on the vr just too dam long Link to post Share on other sites
silverline 0 Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 when i done a rolling road day in my vr there was a civic type r there it went on the rollers and when the v-tec kicked in it went ballistic!!!!was chating to the driver and he said it was just as mad on the road, but he would.i ve never been in a civic type r, never seen 1 go or raced 1 but judging by the way it reacted to the v-tec i bet it shifts!it was screaming and didnt red line till about 8500rpm or something stupid like that but then i guess they're built to take it. Link to post Share on other sites
tinny22 11 Posted April 8, 2005 Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 they must be going on the cheap every time i drive about it another civic type rtinny22 Link to post Share on other sites
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