For the last 18 months I've been toiling around in this:
I get a £5.5K pa car allowance and I wanted to maximize what I got in my pocket as the company I work for stated that all I needed was 4 seats. It's been a great car and done sterling service along side my other wheels. The MX5.
Last month I got a payrise and an increase in my car allowance. While the MG has been brilliant I just don't like diesels very much and i was itching for a change. I can't remember what prompted me to look at a CTR but I posted a thread up on Pistonheads asking if I was mad to consider doing 16K miles + a year in one. You can read it here:
In short the PH masses concluded that it was a perfectly sane thing to do and the search began. After looking at some that were over priced or just not the right car I eventually found the perfect one. Sadly it was a 7.5 hour round trip to go and see it. I couldn't spare a whole day just to look at one car. The seller then mentioned he was working just down the road from me the following week and if I was really, really, really interested he would take the Civic for the week. Clearly it was meant to be. Fast forward 3 days and a deal had been done and the car is parked outside the flat.
It's a 2007 on 32,000 miles with a complete and very detailed Honda history. Spec is GT with added parking sensors and ipod cable. He described the car as nearly mint and he wasn't kidding. I've since had it up on a ramp and the only defects are a handful of stone chips which is common on these. The interior looks, feels and smells like that of a brand new car. It's got an HKS induction kit which makes the Vtec even more addictive. I paid £7700 which I think is a pretty good price for the miles and condition.
3 days in and I have done £120 of fuel and over 600 miles in it with a permanent grin on my face. It's also sporting a PH smiley on it's rump. Future plans are not a lot. Probably a flash Pro and maybe the highly recommended 15mm wheel spacers. Many people complain about the ride but it seems fine to me, stiff but fine.
Next stop, the Pistonheads Sunday Service at Mercedes-Benz World this weekend for it's first car meet.
91 1.6 BRG V-SPEC - Compomotive ML 15x8 Alloys, Garage Vary Front Lip, KG Works Ducktail spoiler, Jackson Racing CAI, vented light cover, Larini Cat back stainless exhaust, Non-res de-cat pipe, Koni Sport shocks with Tein lowering springs, WIM fast road geometry, MKII windblocker, Safety-21 4 point cage, Sparco Sprint 5 Bucket Seat and stickers. I <3 stickers.
My build thread on MX5 Nutz is HERE if you want a read.
It's pretty easy. YOu need a tripod though as it's two shots merged together. One with the bonnet shut and one with it open. You then layer them on top of each other and use the eraser to blend out the bonnet in photoshop or similar.
If you can get the two shot I'm happy to do the Photoshop bit.
Witam
Na forum jestem już jakiś czas, ale dopiero dziś opiszę swoje autko Marka: Honda Model: 2007, 5D przedlift, executive + navi (kraj pochodzenia Belgia) Silnik: N22A2 DIESEL 2204 140 hp 103 kw Rok produkcji: 2007 (posiadam go od listopada 2014) Skrzynia: manual Wyposażenie: executive +...
**** Photography Competition ****
Since I've been helping out on this site - I've seen some fantastic photos of various Civics, and thought it might be nice to have a competition!
The basic rules are as follows.
1. Each member can submit THREE photos in total. Members may "swap" photos...
So now I will begin my gallery tread with my progress towards getting the Civic as I prefer it.
Got my civic from a guy who never had done anything to it other than driving it though a washing hall. extremely dirty.
So I started with have the car sprayed with wax treatment against rust...
Comrades please see my freshly washed ' claybard ' and waxed, ctr I thought it was about time I showed it and I hope it compares favourably with the others on this forum as there are some beautiful civic's hear .
Hi guys,
Having given it a quick wash and polish the other day i thought i'd fire up a quick snap i took.
Lots planned and no money to do it of course. I'm useless with any kind of camera too so i can only apologise :grin2:
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