I’m Driving A Honda Civic Type R For Six Months: What Do You Want To Know?
Our encounters with the then-new Honda Civic Type R last year left us impressed, but one niggling doubt remained: what would it be like to live with long-term? After all, it’s a particularly extreme car, so there’s always the worry that over a longer period of time you’d grow to be annoyed with the hard suspension, the spectacularly sporty seats and the yobbish styling.
To find out, and to do all the things we wanted to do with the Type R last time around but didn’t have time for, the ladies and gents at Honda UK have lent us one for a whole six months. It’ll ‘replace’ the XE S in our long-term fleet, which CT Features Ed. Darren has taken for the car’s final few weeks before it heads back to Jaguar.
‘Our’ Type R is a Milano Red example fresh from Honda’s UK factory, and is the higher spec ‘GT’ model. That means you get extra bits like sat-nav, parking sensors, dual zone climate control and a range of safety warning systems which may or may not end up being irritating - we’ll let you know. As a reminder, it puts out 306bhp from a turbocharged four-cylinder engine, making 0-62mph possible in 5.7 seconds. Oh, and it’ll do 167mph at the top end…
Now, we’ll be doing all of the obvious things like pitting it against the new Ford Focus RS, sending it off on road trips (it’ll be going to our big Nurburgring meet within days) and giving you living with updates, but as ever, we want to know what you want to see.
Perhaps you’d like to see if we can fit Alex in the under-floor storage bin in the boot, want to know a very specific detail about the car or have something else in mind entirely.
Whatever it is, let us know in the comments and we’ll see what we can do!
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
Comments
They aren’t really in the same league, but how does the Type R compare to the Focus and Fiesta ST in terms of fun and driving dynamics? (I owned a FIST and it was an absolute blast) Besides the Golf R and Focus RS, those are about the most relatable for us Murican folks..
Is it worth the money, particularly for a daily driver? Is a substantially better car to drive in terms of fun than a Focus or Fiesta ST? As a track car, you might be better off just building something. Though it’s probably a great car to daily and track…
Those are what I’d like to see answered. The limits of the Type R are so high, I don’t know if it would actually be more fun than the ST cars on the street….
1) How much HP and torque does it make on the dyno?
2) How does it compare to a new STi in speed and cornering and even comfort?
3) How fast does the turbo respond?
Man, I’d love to have a track killer CTR
I want to know how many people/how much stuff can you fit in the boot. Pictures are obligatory. Also, I’m interested to see what sort of mileage it gets. Not the “never touch the accelerator and turn off all the creature comforts” kind of mileage, but a realistic one including all the spirited driving on B-roads that will no doubt occur.
Is it blue?
Will it drift? Is it faster than the focus rs?
How bad (if at all) is the torque steer?
If you take it to it’s limits are the tyres really going to degrade as quickly as some owners have said? (i.e. a few hard laps and the tyres are illegal)
Does the vtech have a sufficient amount of unicorns farting?