sti grip

So im thinking of selling my 2001 py ITR for a chance to get a 96 spec DB8 R

so what do you guys think ?

i could just keep my R but storing 2 R's ..... i only have a one car garage.... the STI sleeps out side and its has the most money bumped in to it hahah.

so... just looking for input thats all.

thansk

( got some down time at work haha)

98ITR747

All 3 are awesome. Your DC2, JDM DC2 and DB8 really it's personal preference.

Pr-Type-R

piks of all the above

98ITR747

YES PLEASE!!

MiraiZ

Here's my take...DB8 have a slightly longer wheel base so you'll get slightly better handling. BUT the disadvantages are less availability in parts (DB8 R's are less common), and they are slightly slower due to the additional weight of the extra 2 doors.

sti grip

i dotn think the db8 will be that much slowre then my py R.... looks like i will have to do a superlap test to see hahah

i figure 200 whp all motor DB8 R will be fun and it is rare so on with the mugen/feels/enkei's parts!!! hey you only live once right hahah

isn't there a bestmotoring vid with this topic?

cmdr430

around the 5:30 mark


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCYL70Q9wVs

imroadk1ll

very nice video

PaulMc

iTrader: (1)

Get rid of the STI and have two R's.

sti grip

haha i need sonthing fun to drive and that i wont have to worry about leaving at the movies or when i go out to eat i always now that mu subie is there the one time i left my R outside bc my girl wanted to go for a ride in it and then she was hungry and wanted olive garden man....... i didn't enjoy my meal one bit i keep getting up and looking at my car to see if it was still there she said i was being stupid and scared .... but you never know .....
so we never take teh R out its either the truck (too high) or the subie haha

but i still love my R

civicsiboyboy

if you do get a db8 R get a 98 spec

ALLxMOTOR EG

Keep your DC2 since you already have a STI.

forcefedferio

man do we all know this feeling all too well

sti grip

i can aford to have both its just i dont have a garage for both... i dont want to come home and be missing a car or wake up adn be missing a car ya know not good i have alarms and my 45 but still

i might just build another one of i do get a DB8 ..... i think i will something diff.

i can always bring another R back to life

MiraiZ

If you already have an R, I'd keep the R and the STi...you're not getting anything special with the DB8 other than googling theives

sti grip

well when i have kids i wouldn't have to sell the db8 hahahha

Klasse

DB8! Im biased though. Obviously they are a little bit slower, but easier to cart people around. Personally prefer the 4 door look and theres less of them around.

MilanoRedDashR

DC2 for sure. I hate 4 door Integras, regardless of model.

sti grip

any DB8 R owners out there hit me up i got one im looking at hahah 96 spec cw

MiraiZ

When I had my daughter, I toted her around in my R until I got my second car. R's are R's and not good cars for transporting kids around in regardless of how many doors its got. The notion that the DB8 is better for people with families is a huge misconception and was a bad marketing strategy on the part of Honda, and the customers that bought the DB8 for that reason, soon realized that.

They are really rare even in Japan, because the EVO and STi were the better muscle sedans and compensated for the weight better (despite what the video above says...which BTW is biased), so more people opted for the Evos and the STi's over the DB8.

One last thing you really should consider is that although the engine parts are compatible with the JDM DC2, a lot of the other part (ie exhaust, body panels rear wing, some interior parts) aren't, and they are pretty hard to source even in Japan.

Having said all of this, the DB8 is a great track car, and does slightly better than the DC2 on very technical tracks, but slower on the straights. Personally, I would love to have and STi and a DC2R in my garage. That would satisfy all my senses. Unfortunately I had to settle for a Subaru Forester Cross Sport which does have the detuned 230hp version WRX STi 2.0L Turbo engine, from the 2004 STi, but mated to a god awful 4 speed semi automatic gear box.

sti grip

haha i just want one a already have an sti and a dc2R

if your in the us i got sins of spare parts from my sti.... it has been throught a lot of diff setups i learned to drive the car and just keep adding till i was at mi skill limit i can push it as hard as i can nut i sill need to learn more hahah but ...

you only live once and the sti is not going to be the fam car hahha db8 might do it for a bit i still have my truck haha

sti grip

big ups to Shorsh for looking out and hooking it up
will post up picks when i return from iraq unless shorsh will be kind enough

looks like i need a bigger garage haha and still looking foe a usdm itr shell for a later date

bianca_2424

iTrader: (1)

DB8 for me

H-PIMP

Sounds like you need more garage space.

sti grip

thats what mom's are for haha till i can find a bigger place if only i didnt deploy so much haha