Drove one today! HOW FUN!

DanKo · 5th March 2007, 17:31

Ok, Here it goes:

First impression, stunning car! truly the dogs! Sadly the sales guy had to come with me because of new insurance policy etc... Ok, that’s cool with me as the sales guy was sound

So, we walked to the car and he gave me the keys, I was like:O Here I go! so we got in, first thing I noticed was the seat belt, it was rather far back!, not very convenient on reaching for it(N), and the visibility on the back windows wasn’t so great either...

Anyways, sales man ask where I wanted to go, I said motorway straight away!, (Sorry, I’ve been a bad boy today and did some speeding), so I noticed on the rev counter it goes all the way up to 7000rev's! , so I started the car and the first thing I done is stall it haha:P (a bit different to the 1.4 eh?) anyways, started the bad boy back up no problem, and drove out the forecourt towards the motorway, everything seemed stiff and well built, (One thing I loved was the gear stick, that was really nice!)
So after a while on driving the car, it seemed very nice especially the noise from the exhaust, crikey, I didn’t expect that:O there was the downside of the dash squeaking! Which got a bit annoying... and the visibility wasn’t the best I found..
Overall its a hell of an improvement on workmanship compared to the first civics!, the doors feels a bit more stronger/heavier and just nicer to open, and the gears stick changes very very nicely! No plastic feeling!
Interior was very smart I liked the red lights a lot really gives you a racing feel just went with the rest of the interior nicely!.

That’s it for now, sorry if I repeated some stuff, I started typing this, then I had to go out, and I just got back to finish this.

Now I just have to wait for mine to arrive!! Grr...

spsducati · 5th March 2007, 18:37

The rev counter should go up to about 8500 on a CTR 07 at least it did when i hit the rev limiter on the test drive i had (with the salesman sitting in the passenger seat)

DanKo · 5th March 2007, 18:40

I ment its 7000 before the red line.

spsducati · 5th March 2007, 18:45

I'd check that if I were you - I thought that the red line was at 8000 as peak power is produced at 7800 and that wouldn't be in the red line surely?

DanKo · 5th March 2007, 18:46

your probs right, I just glanced then the other funky stuff got my attention:P

That Type R logo on the otherside of the Rev count indicater is cool.

5ummer5 · 6th March 2007, 00:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by spsducati

I'd check that if I were you - I thought that the red line was at 8000 as peak power is produced at 7800 and that wouldn't be in the red line surely?

Yeah thats right, peaks at 7800 then redlines at 8000.

5th March 2007, 17:31	#1 (permalink)
DanKo Magic Rear Seat Join Date: 7th August 2006 Location: Midlands Posts: 541 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	Drove one today! HOW FUN! Ok, Here it goes: First impression, stunning car! truly the dogs! Sadly the sales guy had to come with me because of new insurance policy etc... Ok, that’s cool with me as the sales guy was sound So, we walked to the car and he gave me the keys, I was like:O Here I go! so we got in, first thing I noticed was the seat belt, it was rather far back!, not very convenient on reaching for it(N), and the visibility on the back windows wasn’t so great either... Anyways, sales man ask where I wanted to go, I said motorway straight away!, (Sorry, I’ve been a bad boy today and did some speeding), so I noticed on the rev counter it goes all the way up to 7000rev's! , so I started the car and the first thing I done is stall it haha:P (a bit different to the 1.4 eh?) anyways, started the bad boy back up no problem, and drove out the forecourt towards the motorway, everything seemed stiff and well built, (One thing I loved was the gear stick, that was really nice!) So after a while on driving the car, it seemed very nice especially the noise from the exhaust, crikey, I didn’t expect that:O there was the downside of the dash squeaking! Which got a bit annoying... and the visibility wasn’t the best I found.. Overall its a hell of an improvement on workmanship compared to the first civics!, the doors feels a bit more stronger/heavier and just nicer to open, and the gears stick changes very very nicely! No plastic feeling! Interior was very smart I liked the red lights a lot really gives you a racing feel just went with the rest of the interior nicely!. That’s it for now, sorry if I repeated some stuff, I started typing this, then I had to go out, and I just got back to finish this. Now I just have to wait for mine to arrive!! Grr... Last edited by DanKo; 5th March 2007 at 17:45.

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5th March 2007, 18:37	#2 (permalink)
spsducati Locking Wheelnut Join Date: 27th February 2007 Posts: 100 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	The rev counter should go up to about 8500 on a CTR 07 at least it did when i hit the rev limiter on the test drive i had (with the salesman sitting in the passenger seat)

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DanKo Magic Rear Seat Join Date: 7th August 2006 Location: Midlands Posts: 541 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	I ment its 7000 before the red line.

5th March 2007, 18:45	#4 (permalink)
spsducati Locking Wheelnut Join Date: 27th February 2007 Posts: 100 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	I'd check that if I were you - I thought that the red line was at 8000 as peak power is produced at 7800 and that wouldn't be in the red line surely?

5th March 2007, 18:46	#5 (permalink)
DanKo Magic Rear Seat Join Date: 7th August 2006 Location: Midlands Posts: 541 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	your probs right, I just glanced then the other funky stuff got my attention:P That Type R logo on the otherside of the Rev count indicater is cool.