Germans To Japs

[zollaf]

any comeback then dsw ?

[mjhamilton]

a customer had a civic type r. horrid little thing it was. she is only young but her cars are her life. it needed an alternator and an abs sensor. the sensor is unique to the type r and dealer only, 200 quid. the alternator is unique to the type r, but managed to get a blue print one, 300 quid. i think it took 5 hours to change the alternator. i made mrs z do it as there was no way i was doing the job. needless to say she has now got rid. guess what she's got now, yes, an absolutely gorgeous orange 58 plate S3. what a freeking awesome car. 365 bhp as well, forge brakes, oz wheels, mint.

Came from an ep3 (that's a honda type r to you guys) to my s4 - to be fair is was a bombproof and solid car - shame most of the owners fall into the DSW category though, they all crave attention and ask for opinions on everything - when an opinion or idea is provided that conflicts with their predetermined one they go off the deep end

Seems pretty standard these days - shame really as the car was very good and dare I say one of my favourites that I have owned in 21 years of driving

[Embisix]

Had a Civic 1.6i-VT years back (the Type-R's Grandaddy!), fitted a JDM LSD and thrashed the nuts off it ofr 8 1/2 years. Best fun car I ever owned and absolutely bomb-proof.

Can't comment on the current crop of Hondas (they seem to have gone all 'Toyota' and dull), but back then you just couldn't break them.

[zollaf]

the old civic vti with the b16 lump was awesome. 168bhp in a toy car. a friend was a honda salesman back then and had a few as company cars. it was the only car i have been truly terrified in. go round corners like its on rails.

[Doctle Odd]

Terrified? You've obviously never been in a Polonez with a Fiat 131 engine in it at speed.

the old civic vti with the b16 lump was awesome. 168bhp in a toy car. a friend was a honda salesman back then and had a few as company cars. it was the only car i have been truly terrified in. go round corners like its on rails.

[HAWKS]

Terrified? You've obviously never been in a Polonez with a Fiat 131 engine in it at speed.

A polenez thats fast..or was that takin speed in a polenez..
Best jap car ive owned for 7years was a Toyota corolla gt twin cam fwd.(square type)
Belta of a car all round.engine an g/box were bomb proof.
Them were the days.

[Doctle Odd]

Terrible suspension, drum brakes the old fiat 2.0 TC was nippy in the FSO considering there was no way of stopping it

A polenez thats fast..or was that takin speed in a polenez..
Best jap car ive owned for 7years was a Toyota corolla gt twin cam fwd.(square type)
Belta of a car all round.engine an g/box were bomb proof.
Them were the days.

[mjhamilton]

Let's not even talk about the Renault 5 GT Turbo that lasted approximately 3 hours from the point I bought it back in the 90's

I am thinking it was lucky the turbo exploded so it didn't have time to kill me

[green A8]

Terrified? You've obviously never been in a Polonez with a Fiat 131 engine in it at speed.

Now who's swearing FSO Polonez , torture on wheels

Another scary one was the (thankfully) not very rapid Skoda Rapid coupe.Then there was an Austin A35 van that my uncle installed a V6 3.0 Ford granada engine into. Shame he never upgraded the non servo drum brakes all round or the neigh on usless lever arm shockers. It almost lasted a year before ending up in the ditch, best place for it really

[chody]

Yugo 55 with chewing gum brake discs or the worst thing I ever drove was a suzuki micro van absolute death trap every time you went round a corner above 4 mph it was on 2 wheels