I recently went to see the 24h of the Nurburgring, about 420km from my place, and ofcourse this gave me the opportunity to try out the car's max speed on the German autobahn...
The car went pretty easy up to 200km/h in 5th but once in 6th gear, it felt pretty slow up to 220km/h and took for ages up to 240km/h.
Above 220 the engine was screaming like I was killing it, but I guessed the K20a2 could have this kind of abuse and I insisted to going for it's top speed.
It took around 2minutes of driving around 7200rpm+ to get there but the little Honda did the job!
Do you guys recon the car has trouble reaching that speed as well?
It's fully stock (for now) and was loaded with food, beer and camping gear +1 passenger.
Some more hints for those going on the Autobahn...
1)
The "NO speed LIMIT" isn't applicable everywhere, most of the time you are bound to 130km/h and even 100km/h limits.
The NO speed LIMIT is shown by a round white sign with 3 diagonal black stripes in it
2)
And second, car insurance and taxing in Germany is pretty low compared to UK and other western European countries. This means a 21y old can afford an BMW M3 or Audi RS4 leaving your Type R in it's dust trail.
It happened to me while having fun with a Leon Cupra R and a Volvo 850-T5. We were both stunned as an old guy in an RS4 was annoyed with us being in it's way cruising at 200km/h+
3)
A civic type-R is a "toy" in Germany, people laugh at you driving it. Porsche 911 GT3, Audi R8, Audi RS4/5/6, Ferrari 599, BMW 650i, even the Limited edition Focus RS500, and the BMW M3/M5 are king of the road. If you drive to Germany, don't try anything stupid, you'll just make a fool of yourself. I've seen literally 10'sMillions of £'s worth of cars driving to Nurburgring making me feel like driving a golf cart...
The car went pretty easy up to 200km/h in 5th but once in 6th gear, it felt pretty slow up to 220km/h and took for ages up to 240km/h.
Above 220 the engine was screaming like I was killing it, but I guessed the K20a2 could have this kind of abuse and I insisted to going for it's top speed.
It took around 2minutes of driving around 7200rpm+ to get there but the little Honda did the job!
Do you guys recon the car has trouble reaching that speed as well?
It's fully stock (for now) and was loaded with food, beer and camping gear +1 passenger.
Some more hints for those going on the Autobahn...
1)
The "NO speed LIMIT" isn't applicable everywhere, most of the time you are bound to 130km/h and even 100km/h limits.
The NO speed LIMIT is shown by a round white sign with 3 diagonal black stripes in it
2)
And second, car insurance and taxing in Germany is pretty low compared to UK and other western European countries. This means a 21y old can afford an BMW M3 or Audi RS4 leaving your Type R in it's dust trail.
It happened to me while having fun with a Leon Cupra R and a Volvo 850-T5. We were both stunned as an old guy in an RS4 was annoyed with us being in it's way cruising at 200km/h+
3)
A civic type-R is a "toy" in Germany, people laugh at you driving it. Porsche 911 GT3, Audi R8, Audi RS4/5/6, Ferrari 599, BMW 650i, even the Limited edition Focus RS500, and the BMW M3/M5 are king of the road. If you drive to Germany, don't try anything stupid, you'll just make a fool of yourself. I've seen literally 10'sMillions of £'s worth of cars driving to Nurburgring making me feel like driving a golf cart...