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Dec 11, 2005 110 Replies

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DervMan 20 years ago

And we're buying a previous-shape Honda Accord, mid / low spec, 1.8 manual jobbie.

Bit of a departure from the normal. I'm like all wanting the diesel option but Charlie's like, well the Accord has the most powerful 1.8 litre engine of the class and cruise and ABS and a/c and... blah.

So now need to gen up on funky VTEC trickery... It's the basic Honda 1.8,

130 bhp or so. Needs revs to perform.

What have y'all done to me, I wanted low down thump, not all the action taking place over 4,000 rpm! :-/

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DanTXD 20 years ago

It'll still be faster than the Ka even if you never go over 4krpm ;-)

Have you actually found one then or?

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SteveH 20 years ago

No it doesn't.

HTH.

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DanTXD 20 years ago

Sshhhh don't scare him away - he might actually end up with a good car for once ;-)

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Lordy.UK 20 years ago

I'm not sure Steven will view that gen Accord as a 'good car'...

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JackH 20 years ago

The Type R isn't that bad, I suppose... :D

-- JackH

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SteveH 20 years ago

Heh. But Dervy appears to be buying the Rover 600 shaped model.

OK as a 2.2VTEC, desperately dull as a 1.8 cooking model.

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DervMan 20 years ago

Don't ask me, I only listened to what Charlie is told. She doesn't consider anything that requires the electrical gremlins to be chased away with ritual chanting to be a proper engine.

Putting away an insult, Alfa's lovely 1.8 twin spark produces more power but less torque. There's also a BMW unit that's pokier than either.

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JackH 20 years ago

The new one came out in 2003... the Type R was available in the model before.

I believe the one you were thinking of, i.e: a pre 1998 model, was non-VTEC.

-- JackH

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DervMan 20 years ago

Nope. It's the in-between model, the one that's neither the current generation nor the Rover 600 in drag.

It's a VTEC unit.

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DervMan 20 years ago

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One of these.

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Alistair J Murray 20 years ago

[...revs...]

I said "944"; them's grunty.

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Vamp 20 years ago

Good car IMO, nothing exciting but there nice enough. anyone else wanna change there car to something SteveH hates a lot? this is getting quite fun :)

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DanTXD 20 years ago

There's a lot of scope to be fair, on the basis that no one is, AFAIK planning on buying an Alfa or a Fiat any time soon, the chances are quite high that the next new motor to the group, Steve won't be a fan of :-) Hell, i'm thinking seriously about a 207 ;-)

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Carl Gibbs 20 years ago

I'm pretty sure he loves both of my cars. And I reckon he'd take either over an Alfa :)

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DanTXD 20 years ago

What have you got at the moment? Volvo and Swift?

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Carl Gibbs 20 years ago

Aye. Both modified (i'm not sure whether I really belong in this group) :)

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SteveH 20 years ago

My car's modified.

It has an Ecotek fitted.

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DanTXD 20 years ago

Why would you modify them and not just buy another car ;-) ?

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Carl Gibbs 20 years ago

Bank balance was suffering doing that, and finally found 2 cars I'm not getting bored with :) Talking of changing cars, my old ZX blew its head gasket last week. Ooops

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