FK8 General FK8 (10th Gen) CTR Release chat
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Thanks. Hope yours comes sooner rather than later.
I got it from Glyn Hopkins from Chelmsford.
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Friend of mine sent these .. looks very nice in BSB. Possibly another fk2 convert
Nice Impreza
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That's my car
Well I wasn't going to put anything up following my test drive yesterday but here is my opinion.
This was a black one which actually hid many of the lines which is a negative but on a positive it didn't show the rear plastic honeycomb bits that make the others look so poor from the rear.
Anyway getting in the car the seats are more forgiving than the FK2 which can fall into either camp really. For day to day driving it's a plus.
So the drive in comfort mode is horrible and a bit wallowy in my opinion. The sport mode was reasonable and I understand why it's the default setting. I found +R mode to be so much softer than the FK2 that there wasn't a great deal of difference between the R and sport. The motor performed as you would expect it to with no noticeable difference in power at all.
The drive was very "refined" which was no doubt helped by the independent rear suspension. The gearbox felt slightly slacker than the FK2 for some reason. I did like the rev matching when changing down as it saved me from doing it.
It was a nice drive but lacked the urgency and rawness you get with the FK2.
So overall do I want to buy one?
No - However if I didn't have an FK2 then I would definitely consider it. It felt too much like a quick bigger saloon car than the smaller sporty hot hatch feeling you get with the FK2.
So that's my opinion only and I think we will b seeing quite a few on the roads. The dealership I was at had 8 waiting to go out with a full transporter full of them waiting to unload. This version doesn't feel to have the innovation and exclusivity the FK2 had when it launched. Anyway for those waiting to pick theirs up - Enjoy they are a great bit of tech and a great GT car.
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This was a black one which actually hid many of the lines which is a negative but on a positive it didn't show the rear plastic honeycomb bits that make the others look so poor from the rear.
Anyway getting in the car the seats are more forgiving than the FK2 which can fall into either camp really. For day to day driving it's a plus.
So the drive in comfort mode is horrible and a bit wallowy in my opinion. The sport mode was reasonable and I understand why it's the default setting. I found +R mode to be so much softer than the FK2 that there wasn't a great deal of difference between the R and sport. The motor performed as you would expect it to with no noticeable difference in power at all.
The drive was very "refined" which was no doubt helped by the independent rear suspension. The gearbox felt slightly slacker than the FK2 for some reason. I did like the rev matching when changing down as it saved me from doing it.
It was a nice drive but lacked the urgency and rawness you get with the FK2.
So overall do I want to buy one?
No - However if I didn't have an FK2 then I would definitely consider it. It felt too much like a quick bigger saloon car than the smaller sporty hot hatch feeling you get with the FK2.
So that's my opinion only and I think we will b seeing quite a few on the roads. The dealership I was at had 8 waiting to go out with a full transporter full of them waiting to unload. This version doesn't feel to have the innovation and exclusivity the FK2 had when it launched. Anyway for those waiting to pick theirs up - Enjoy they are a great bit of tech and a great GT car.
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You can read the Americans views & faults over on civicx.com
http://www.civicx.com/forums/civic-type-r-forum-fk8-10th-gen.10/
http://www.civicx.com/forums/issues-repairs-warranty-tsb.67/
That's very annoying! Go kick some butt!!!!
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pressurise them. It only take s a day to PDI them.
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It does, but it needs free resource to do them (a rare commodity in the run up to new registration dates), and how many other people are ahead of you in the queue.
What you'll be doing in reality is making yourself enough of a nuisance that they move your car ahead of someone else's.
What you'll be doing in reality is making yourself enough of a nuisance that they move your car ahead of someone else's.