Teggs
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Hi Folks,
Thought I'd drop by this topic for my 1st post and say na' then.
First a bit of housekeeping / brown nosing - Thanks to the Owners and mods of this forum for providing a great resource and to all (hopefully) helpful members. Keep up the good work guys! :xcheers:
Picked my japanese mistress on Saturday and so far absolutely loving it. Previously owned cars were as follows;
Mk1 VW Polo 1.0 Formel E - Drove twice, 2nd time was to the scrappeth, ha ha still loved that car!!
Pug 306 1.4 XN - A considerable improvement, esp. in the handling department
Honda Civic 1.5Lsi - An absolute gem, and surpisingly flighty for a SOHC
Honda Integra DC2, Champ White, from 80K-130K miles #00071 - Bloody Awesome
BMW 316 Ti Compact - Bag of Spanners.
and now have seen sense again and back in a Honda.
2001 Champ White DC5, 41K miles, fresh import from Japan by DCY, pretty much immaculate apart from damaged sticker on flank (heat damage?) and slightly flaky cam cover.
1st Impressions;
I love the body shape and cabin of the 5, IMO the biggger wheels and more aggressive styling still look relatively fresh 14 years later, whereas I never was a fan of the DC2 styling. I initially was looking for a 'C-pack' but glad I've ended up with the earlier model, the styling cues from the DC2 are a nice nod to it's heritage.
Performance wise I'm maybe not best placed to make a comparison between this and the previous incarnation as the '2' had condsiderably more miles on it than this car and I understand that this can affect BHP but I'll have a stab. The car seems a lot quicker and this might be a torque issue, the old car was like walking a boxer, this car feels more like a staffy. Still undecided on the engine note, seems a bit more growly and and the same time a bit more tinny/mechanical if that makes any sense :xhuh: Miss the agressive VTEC changeover from the last car but this one does feel a bit more solid and hopefully should rust better :xaiweb6:
The brakes are bloody brilliant though, and obviously and important part of going fast, I did have AP dixel discs and pads on the old car, but they cant hold a candle to the Brembos.
This is the big one though, and I hope it's just a case of getting to know the car, but IMO the steering feel compared to the DC2 is a big disapointment, and this is also a key to fast driving, in the DC2 they pretty much nailed this on, I'm unsure why there appears to be such a big discrepancy, but then I'm still a :xnewbie:, so it might be a bit of a premature judgement. The car is running Bridgestone Potenza R-010 R's which at this time of year seem to be pretty much useless, so I'm heading over to the tyres topic next for some sage advice.
But overall very happy and very over-protective, lots of curtain twitching going on at the moment when the smallest noise is heard outside :xgrin:.
Teggs.
Thought I'd drop by this topic for my 1st post and say na' then.
First a bit of housekeeping / brown nosing - Thanks to the Owners and mods of this forum for providing a great resource and to all (hopefully) helpful members. Keep up the good work guys! :xcheers:
Picked my japanese mistress on Saturday and so far absolutely loving it. Previously owned cars were as follows;
Mk1 VW Polo 1.0 Formel E - Drove twice, 2nd time was to the scrappeth, ha ha still loved that car!!
Pug 306 1.4 XN - A considerable improvement, esp. in the handling department
Honda Civic 1.5Lsi - An absolute gem, and surpisingly flighty for a SOHC
Honda Integra DC2, Champ White, from 80K-130K miles #00071 - Bloody Awesome
BMW 316 Ti Compact - Bag of Spanners.
and now have seen sense again and back in a Honda.
2001 Champ White DC5, 41K miles, fresh import from Japan by DCY, pretty much immaculate apart from damaged sticker on flank (heat damage?) and slightly flaky cam cover.
1st Impressions;
I love the body shape and cabin of the 5, IMO the biggger wheels and more aggressive styling still look relatively fresh 14 years later, whereas I never was a fan of the DC2 styling. I initially was looking for a 'C-pack' but glad I've ended up with the earlier model, the styling cues from the DC2 are a nice nod to it's heritage.
Performance wise I'm maybe not best placed to make a comparison between this and the previous incarnation as the '2' had condsiderably more miles on it than this car and I understand that this can affect BHP but I'll have a stab. The car seems a lot quicker and this might be a torque issue, the old car was like walking a boxer, this car feels more like a staffy. Still undecided on the engine note, seems a bit more growly and and the same time a bit more tinny/mechanical if that makes any sense :xhuh: Miss the agressive VTEC changeover from the last car but this one does feel a bit more solid and hopefully should rust better :xaiweb6:
The brakes are bloody brilliant though, and obviously and important part of going fast, I did have AP dixel discs and pads on the old car, but they cant hold a candle to the Brembos.
This is the big one though, and I hope it's just a case of getting to know the car, but IMO the steering feel compared to the DC2 is a big disapointment, and this is also a key to fast driving, in the DC2 they pretty much nailed this on, I'm unsure why there appears to be such a big discrepancy, but then I'm still a :xnewbie:, so it might be a bit of a premature judgement. The car is running Bridgestone Potenza R-010 R's which at this time of year seem to be pretty much useless, so I'm heading over to the tyres topic next for some sage advice.
But overall very happy and very over-protective, lots of curtain twitching going on at the moment when the smallest noise is heard outside :xgrin:.
Teggs.
