[Vish8895]

Hi all,

Hope everyone is doing well, just throwing this out there as I am in two minds at the moment.

I've just spent over a thousand pounds having an OEM clutch and flywheel installed and having all the grey trim on my pre-face Type S GT colour coded... but now I am so eager to sell it and buy a Type T.

Has anyone got any input? I'm really fighting with the idea in my head!

Thanks
Vish

 

[Ry_B]

How many miles do you do? That's the only question really. If less than 15ish k then no point suffering with driving a compromise (diesel)

 

[hondacivicnut]

http://www.civinfo.com/forum/type-r/121238-2-2-diesel-fn2-type-r.html

 

[Vish8895]

How many miles do you do? That's the only question really. If less than 15ish k then no point suffering with driving a compromise (diesel)

That's my thinking. I bought the 2.2 as I was doing 15K plus a year, but am now at the final stages of buying my first property and its 5 miles from work .

And thanks CivicNut I'll have a good read now!

 

[Vish8895]

http://www.civinfo.com/forum/type-r/121238-2-2-diesel-fn2-type-r.html

why didn't you do it in the end?

 

[Airzi69]

i havent driven the 2.2. have you driven the fn2?

 

[Vish8895]

i havent driven the 2.2. have you driven the fn2?

No I have not, being 19 my 2.2 is the most powerful car I've driven for more than the odd nip about. I am just dying to go back to petrol!

 

[yasuraka]

No I have not, being 19 my 2.2 is the most powerful car I've driven for more than the odd nip about. I am just dying to go back to petrol!

If you can afford the insurance along with the fueling and mods that are guaranteed to follow (don't even say you won't mod ) then go for it.

I do between 15 and 16k a year mileage and this is my 2nd year with an R and I don't regret changing over from my cts.

 

[purekillforce]

Have you gotten a quote for insurance on an FN2, to see if it's a viable option? It wasn't for me. I could have replaced the clutch on a 2.2 type S twice a year for the prices i was getting (when i was 26, 5yrs NCB)!

That and the fuel costs meant it wasn't an option. It's also much cheaper to get the 2.2 to 200bhp+ than it is getting a type R to 230bhp+. It's not the only factor, but if power is something you're chasing, it's worth considering.

 

[Dale92]

You can get an fn2 pretty cheap these days which offsets the running costs a bit

 

[Syx]

Do it!

 

[Vish8895]

If you can afford the insurance along with the fueling and mods that are guaranteed to follow (don't even say you won't mod ) then go for it.

I do between 15 and 16k a year mileage and this is my 2nd year with an R and I don't regret changing over from my cts.

Well I'm waiting for the devil... sorry, the insurer to come back to me with a price to change over mid term, they wanted £150 to go from my 2.2 to a 335i M Sport pushing 307BHP, so hopefully a type r wont be more (probably will be ;( ).

And i wont mod it... Said every modder ever

Have you gotten a quote for insurance on an FN2, to see if it's a viable option? It wasn't for me. I could have replaced the clutch on a 2.2 type S twice a year for the prices i was getting (when i was 26, 5yrs NCB)!

That and the fuel costs meant it wasn't an option. It's also much cheaper to get the 2.2 to 200bhp+ than it is getting a type R to 230bhp+. It's not the only factor, but if power is something you're chasing, it's worth considering.

I will soon be moving within 4 miles of work (dropping my daily commute by 48 miles) So fuel cost shall not be an issue .

And I'm not chasing power, more chasing that excitement i got from my 1.6 EP2 when i was 17, instead of all these sensible diesels i've gravitated to recently.

You can get an fn2 pretty cheap these days which offsets the running costs a bit

Yes they are going quite cheap recently and i'm hoping to snap one up

 

[Typhoons]

5miles to work? I would have got a FN2. If it's worth the cost to change is up to you ( also no doubt a new car will need a few mods or new tires etc..) Personally I I would keep the 2.2 that you know is sorted and reliable and get cheep fun/track car to scratch that itch.

 

[Vish8895]

5miles to work? I would have got a FN2. If it's worth the cost to change is up to you ( also no doubt a new car will need a few mods or new tires etc..) Personally I I would keep the 2.2 that you know is sorted and reliable and get cheep fun/track car to scratch that itch.

I agree with what you're saying, but the other issue is that blasted DPF in my car, i know it'll give me greif being as the car will only get warm about once a week haha!

I have a 600cc street fighter Yamaha that was supposed to "scratch the itch" but it just doesn't get rid of that hunger for a petrol car with a decent sound track . Don't get me wrong nothing gives me a kick like doing 0-60 in 3 seconds and hearing the thing burble and pop on the over run

 

[deni.babe]

the other issue is that blasted DPF in my car, i know it'll give me greif

dpf yours doesn't have one

 

[Vish8895]

dpf yours doesn't have one

Oh I thought it did, damn, one more reason to keep it

 

[Db4193]

Just get it done. You'll be happy once you do

 

[hondacivicnut]

why didn't you do it in the end?

Fixing up my house costs money so I haven't had the money to change. I've also done some mods to my 2.2 to make it better in the handling department.

Good look insuring a FN2 at 19.

 

[atom3624]

If you are considering selling your 2.2, that means that you have observed the differences, thought of what you like / don't like in the diesel, and considered that there is more of a bonus despite the extra running costs, in the purchase of a CTR - notwithstanding the potential OEM clutch replacement in the diesel.

If you read that out aloud in one breath, then go ahead - get the CTR!!

Al.

 

[Tezza]

Get the Type R