just finished watching a spoon video yoshi copied for me..it was true jdm heaven..the civic type r's looked so poised and balanced..on the other hand the integra looked a little lasy and clumsy..oh well..i better start saving my nickels..
im just kidding..i still love my R..just wish they brought the civic type r here..
i know im gonna get lots of flack on this one...

 

flack on you! i'd give anything to have a normal bodied R. *sigh*

yb-b0t: who dreams about the first day the got his car...

 

lots and lots of FLACK!

I do love the Civic Type R though.

 

Man Ep you had my hopes up I was about to ask you if you would sell me your car.

 

actually, i think i'd rather have the CTR if they had brought it here . . . <runs and ducks>

 

Civics are ghey.

 

Yeah civics are cool

 

No offense here, but the only reason to have a civic type R is if you can't afford an integra type R. In every road test I have read, the ITR is quite a bit better than the CTR.

 

Hatchbacks anyway...........coupes STINK!

 

yeah, even though the ITR is a hatchback, really, i like the 'smallness' of the 6th-gen civic hb's better. even though the CTR's weigh only about 100lbs less than the ITR, and the wheelbase is longer, i still dig it.

 

epgonzalez - is there any way you can share that video? Thanks

 

EP -- I was looking into the Civic R before they decided not to import it here ("settled" for my '97 ITR).
How's the waiting list for the Silver State Challenge, I need another reason to drive out there!!

 

I hate my ITR t00

yoshi - who watches them dam tapes over and over and ....

 

http://www.spoonsports.co.jp says it all. The Civic R is a race car from the ground up. Well balanced and easy to drive fast. Spoon calls the Integra R a "good beginners car". Sorry guys, the Civic R's shorter wheelbase and light weight make it a better track car than the ITR. Sad but true!

 

actually, the CTR has a longer wheelbase than the ITR...

 

A little small for my liking. I'm not sure if you could fit 4 race tires in the back or not.....?

 

That one might take a little getting used to (though the wheels would probably fit if placed in the rear behind a roll bar, like on a tire rack).

The previous Civic Type-R ... (maybe even just a factory VTi with a Drag Turbo kit).

 

actually, the new civic hb's are supposedly a LOT bigger than the old ones. i just think they look goofy...

 

It doesn't look as crappy as most civics, but just a little to ricie for my taste.
When someone ask what you drive what would you say "a civic type-r"
Laughter would rattle the building as images of some yo-boy civic with a 3 foot wing and type-r stickers enters everyone's mind.

 

you know, it's too bad that riceboys had to blatantly destroy the 'type R' prestige, you know? in 97 and 98 is meant something, and now it's just a joke, except to those that know.

my $0.02.

 

Totally agree

 

I also agree.......I wish that Honda had put something down that said people couldn't copy the "Type R" name. I have people asking me all the time. "Is that real"......"I saw a Civic Type R the other day." Sucks.

 

yeah, makes me want to do what jason ('big beefcake' ) did . . . remove all 3 type R stickers and put the GSR 'DOHC-VTEC' badge in the rear...

 

Yeah I think it has gotten out of hand. The other day I had some guys ask me if I had a real Type R motor in my car. I told them I hoped so considering that I bought a real Type R.

On another note I saw a 5th gen Civic with a 3rd gen Integra front end this morning. It looked good, it was tastefully done and looked stock. Kinda cool.

 

yeah, i've heard that they swap over fairly easily . . . hmmmmmm . . . i wonder if the 5th-gen civic front end will work on a 3rd-gen teg? me likey those better.