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After what seems like an eternity, I have finally found a replacement for the DC5. I wanted to be finance free so I had an upper budget of £3500. I initially looked at DC2’s, but due to the fact that I’d be doing 30 miles a day I started looking at some BWM’s and other barges. Then about two weeks ago the Accord Type R was mentioned to me by Des. In all honestly, I never realised that they could be had for so cheap. The prospect of VTEC again, combined with a good drive and the addition of comfort (for a Type R) was quite appealing. After all, I couldn’t turn up to JAE with a German car.
So I started looking. Finding a clean one, unmolested one was quite a task. A lot had monster mileages, had dodgy mods, were from dodgy areas of the country, had part history or didn’t fill me with a good vibe. Then I found one I really wanted, and it was in Scotland. I had that in the back of my mind but I stumbled upon a black one on eBay. At first I was put off as it was due a service but I decided to give the seller a ring anyway. I ideally wanted one with less than 100,000 miles on it but this one was only 3000 over so I thought I’d delve into the history of the car to get a feel for it. After a good 30 minutes on the phone, and several emails later I decided it was the one for me
Only have this pic so far:
So I started looking. Finding a clean one, unmolested one was quite a task. A lot had monster mileages, had dodgy mods, were from dodgy areas of the country, had part history or didn’t fill me with a good vibe. Then I found one I really wanted, and it was in Scotland. I had that in the back of my mind but I stumbled upon a black one on eBay. At first I was put off as it was due a service but I decided to give the seller a ring anyway. I ideally wanted one with less than 100,000 miles on it but this one was only 3000 over so I thought I’d delve into the history of the car to get a feel for it. After a good 30 minutes on the phone, and several emails later I decided it was the one for me
Only have this pic so far: