....and BOTH have been a total disappointment. 
I got a 57plate ex-demo and had nothing but issues...down to the brakes being downright dangerous (thread on here somewhere...). I had the noisy rear shocks, a host of rattles, terrible paint...and finally the dealer dented the roof when fitting Honda's extremely crap roof bars. All that was just the tip of the iceberg. So I got a BMW. The dealer blew up my engine on that one and gave me a refund. Two years on, I thought I'd give Honda another chance as the Type-R just drives so nice and I love the design.
I have just gotten rid of my 59 plate (owned from new) with 9k miles on it. Rattles (MAJOR ones that do your head in - been in twice and can't be bothered anymore), noisy rear end, clutch has started to judder in traffic when warm, the paint is still utter crap, the shoulders on the seats are wearing through already and have gone shiny, the b-pillars are all scratched from the seatbelt buckles, the carpets are starting to fluff already, the brake issue is still there even though Honda swore to me they had changed the discs on the MY09, third gear is getting notchier by the day, every time I open the boot in the rain water pisses onto my work equipment, the climate control is utter garbage (hot-cold-hot-cold-hot ***), radio reception sucks, the leather on the steering wheel has started peeling off on the bottom.
Bottom line....I FINALLY learned my lesson, and won't be going near another Honda anytime soon.
As a final insult, I went for one last drive today and wondered why my air-con was blowing ice cold air at me even though it was set to 23 deg.....
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GOOD BLOODY RIDDANCE.
I got a 57plate ex-demo and had nothing but issues...down to the brakes being downright dangerous (thread on here somewhere...). I had the noisy rear shocks, a host of rattles, terrible paint...and finally the dealer dented the roof when fitting Honda's extremely crap roof bars. All that was just the tip of the iceberg. So I got a BMW. The dealer blew up my engine on that one and gave me a refund. Two years on, I thought I'd give Honda another chance as the Type-R just drives so nice and I love the design.
I have just gotten rid of my 59 plate (owned from new) with 9k miles on it. Rattles (MAJOR ones that do your head in - been in twice and can't be bothered anymore), noisy rear end, clutch has started to judder in traffic when warm, the paint is still utter crap, the shoulders on the seats are wearing through already and have gone shiny, the b-pillars are all scratched from the seatbelt buckles, the carpets are starting to fluff already, the brake issue is still there even though Honda swore to me they had changed the discs on the MY09, third gear is getting notchier by the day, every time I open the boot in the rain water pisses onto my work equipment, the climate control is utter garbage (hot-cold-hot-cold-hot ***), radio reception sucks, the leather on the steering wheel has started peeling off on the bottom.
Bottom line....I FINALLY learned my lesson, and won't be going near another Honda anytime soon.
As a final insult, I went for one last drive today and wondered why my air-con was blowing ice cold air at me even though it was set to 23 deg.....
GOOD BLOODY RIDDANCE.
