In November 2008 as part of a work promotion I got a company car. By March of 2009 I had got fed up of the two year old Focus Est and took the cash instead. I bought an Accord i-CDTI with the money (by loan which will be paid back by Feb 2011). At that time I also had a track focused BB4 . I had one cracking track day in the Prelude, but as I tried to start saving money for a wedding and clearing debts (ready for married life) it became clear that I couldn't afford to run two cars. So the Prelude had to go .

Anyhoo. saving is going well and paying off debt , but I think I need something to look forward to once the debt has been cleared and the wedding and honeymoon is out the way. So thinking of what new car to get

Most likely going to be a Honda, so looking for suggestions

1. Honda Civic Type R GT (FN2) - Have test drive one, not that fast std, but reminds a lot of my BB1 (that converted to 2WS). Did everything spirited driving as well as cruising around (cruise control, climate control).

2. Keep the Honda Accord for as long as I can, get a second car a BB4 prelude for occasional track days and weekends.

3. Keep the Honda Accord for as long as I can, get a second car a dc2 integra type r for occassional trackdays and weekends.

Any more ideas

I'd keep the accord as a daily drive and then get the ITR and have it as a trackday/weekend weapon.

I drove the fn civic and hated it, its lost everything that makes hondas fun. I thats your price range i have 1 thing to say to you mate....DC5 integra all the way

Civic Type-R FN2 =

But i would keep the Accord and get a second hand BB4/DC2

i havent been on here for a while but I was in the same boat as you dude I got married earlier this year and bought a house sold my pride and joy 5th gen to help with the deposit but after the honeymoon i did a lot of research to find out how fast i could got for little money and ended up with a 172 clio cup which is really quick for the money and i love it it out handles the lude any day of the week and embarasses big stuff all the time to be honest i get into it and just wanna throw it around its great fun stuff all the expensive stuff i wouldnt swap my cup i love it.

and yes its a s#!t renault and people always say why are you driving that wee clio but it can boogey when the foot goes down.

DC2 for a track weapon for sure

or R32 GTR Skyline for the track

Keep the Accord, but i would Re-Map it

Civic EG with DC2 engine for trackdays/weekends!!

Cheers for the input, keep it coming, not only stuck with the three choices, could look at an S2000 , but a R32 GTR, bit too much money to run me thinks.

k4mr411 wrote:

Keep the Accord, but i would Re-Map it Civic EG with DC2 engine for trackdays/weekends!!

Yeah have considered getting it remapped. Especially as can get the required cable for something like £25. Send the original map to Celtic Tuning get the to make the necessary adjustment and upload the modified map. However, the car is on 110k miles, not sure how much more on the clutch and is an expensive old job on the Accord, especially if the DMF has to be changed. And the accord is really supposed to be saving me money.

Yeah a B18C engined eg would make a cracking car (and give a bit extra room in the garage), however find a clean eg base car could be a bit tricky