Gerry Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 Finally swapped my old ST200 Estate for a new work toy. Needed four seats and to be able to be borrowed by the couple of guys at work when I want to pinch their vans (so sensible insurance group). Good things: handles really well, you can thow it into a corner and it feels spot on. Nice driving position as well. Love the sporty little high gear knob. Gets lots of looks too. Bad things: Paintwork is really thin all over, inside & out, really crappy. Unsure yet: It revs really freely, red lines at 8,000 RPM, but the Vtec doesn't come into play until 5,800 RPM If you try to keep it over 5,800 it really shifts but I've not got the knack of not going to fast everywhere Feels a bit like having a turbo that doesn't kick in until you are doing 80 ! All in all I like it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P 17EED Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 I do love these but being a honda specialist in swindon means u see to many. Lovely cars tho!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManwithSupra Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 I used to have one of these before the supra, they are nice cars very fun to drive. Your right about the paintwork it is really thin, you should be glad you didn't get a red one they are going pink already. (i had a silver one). They are good fun cars, they tend to eat front tyers and 1st gear is pretty much useless in the wet at busy roundabouts or junctions (so bear that in mind). When it comes to replacing the tyre's try to cough up the money and buy bridgestone potenza's, from what i read on the civic type r forum the car was developed with them so don't be tempted to buy falken (although a good tyre anyway) as the tyre walls are not as stiff as the potenza's and the car will feel a sloppy round the bends - unless of course you find a tyre that is as stiff as the potenza's but i never found one although that was 4 years ago now, I found servicing reasonable price, and fuel its not too bad to if you stay off the vtec (but who's gonna do that lol) Just another thing, vtec will not work until the engine has reached operating temp, it will still rev high but the high lift cams will not engage so you wont feel a kick when it hits 5800rpm. Also these cars do consume a bit of oil and again the vtec system wont run if the oil is too low, there is no on board system to tell you this the case so if you feel the car is not hitting vtec ts usually cos the car is still too cold or the oil level is not high enough so keep a top up bottle in the boot. You may like the gear knob now... in the winter its hell frozen over (its like putting you hand on a block of ice to change gear ) Discs and Pads are an easy change on this car too, no harder than the supra anyway. Oh and get yourself a seatbelt harness pad, not for you but for the seat you see the seatbelt rubs on the side of the upper bolster and can wear the Alcantra, Also try not to wear jeans with things that can get caught on the seat fabric as it can pull the material. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P 17EED Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 You may like the gear knob now... in the winter its hell frozen over (its like putting you hand on a block of ice to change gear ) Dont tell everyone, its f*cfking freezing in winter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyT Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Finally swapped my old ST200 Estate for a new work toy. Needed four seats and to be able to be borrowed by the couple of guys at work when I want to pinch their vans (so sensible insurance group). Good things: handles really well, you can thow it into a corner and it feels spot on. Nice driving position as well. Love the sporty little high gear knob. Gets lots of looks too. Bad things: Paintwork is really thin all over, inside & out, really crappy. Unsure yet: It revs really freely, red lines at 8,000 RPM, but the Vtec doesn't come into play until 5,800 RPM If you try to keep it over 5,800 it really shifts but I've not got the knack of not going to fast everywhere Feels a bit like having a turbo that doesn't kick in until you are doing 80 ! All in all I like it Lovely cars. Nice one Gerry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMiFFAD Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Unsure yet: It revs really freely, red lines at 8,000 RPM, but the Vtec doesn't come into play until 5,800 RPM If you try to keep it over 5,800 it really shifts but I've not got the knack of not going to fast everywhere Friend of mine recently bought an S2000 and said something similar, coming from a BMW 328 he was used to some low down power and a relaxing drive. The S2000 has to be revved the nuts off of to get the best out of it Whats the MPG like on these? (just thinking high revving = less MPG?) All you need now is a pony tail and develop adinoids "oooh VTEC" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry Posted April 20, 2009 Author Share Posted April 20, 2009 You may like the gear knob now... in the winter its hell frozen over (its like putting you hand on a block of ice to change gear ) Funny you should say that, I've had the car for a month now and as the gearknob was scratched the first thing I did was to spend a couple of hours taking the laquer off and polishing it. It looked great Bad move - there was a frost that night, and by the time I got to work the following morning I'm sure I had frost bite in my left hand I've either got to get a leather one or some asbestos gloves for the summer ----- Re MPG, not sure yet as I'm not sure I want to know really Cheers G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RED_ROCKET Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 fantastic cars these super handling and fairly quick too i hear they can be super charged for not too much money (i had a red one and it never went pink) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grix Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 There's always been something about the Type R range that always seemed appealing, possibly...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluecoup Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 on the list to do next you do have to scream the engine for vtec and you will be breaking the speed limit when it does kick in was about 110 in 5th before it came in in the 2.2 prelude i had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RED_ROCKET Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 well mine always kicked in about 5000rpm and yes by then depending what gear you are in you would be over the limit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RED_ROCKET Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 i suspect that would be the same for most sports car ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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