gangzoom Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 (edited) The EVO review sum them up well, as good to drive as any RS 911 Im as much of an ITR fan as anyone .......... but SRSLY? Ive driven a DC2 and no, just no. But if you want noise, a good manual box, having to keep the engine in the right rev range, no-mod cons, no TC/electronic intervention, light weight, loud exhaust, immense feedback from the steering, all the mid-corner on throttle adjustably you want thanks to the LSD, the DC2 ticks all those boxes.....But most of those things are NOT what you want when just going about doing your daily commute - which is what I use all my cars for 95% of the time, hence despite how good/engaging the DC2 was to drive I sold mine after less than 10 months, and I was the 5th owner in as many years!! Edited October 14, 2015 by gangzoom 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynamic Turtle Posted October 14, 2015 Author Share Posted October 14, 2015 Hence why I'm willing to forego the last 5% of handling feedback for a 20% improvement in livability and much less tin-worm with a DC5. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linus27 Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 (edited) Actual quote just for clarity, "Back in issue 095, we brought together the 15 greatest front-drive cars of recent times. The Integra was the overall winner. As Meaden concluded, ‘It’s a car as sweet and all-consuming as any I’ve experienced at any price, and as pure and focused in its own way as any Porsche RS. Forget the accolade of greatest front-wheel-drive car. The Integra Type-R ranks as one of the truly great drivers’ cars of any kind.’" Did they test the Teg under cornfield conditions? Haha oh you will pay for that my dear You wait until I see you tomorrow you wink wink :) Edited October 14, 2015 by Linus27 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linus27 Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Hence why I'm willing to forego the last 5% of handling feedback for a 20% improvement in livability and much less tin-worm with a DC5. I will say the DC5 is certainly capable to be a good daily. Just don't fall in to the trap of modding it much as you will lose that 20% of livability. Is livability an actual word?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynamic Turtle Posted October 14, 2015 Author Share Posted October 14, 2015 No, but there's no progressivenosity without innovatating. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynamic Turtle Posted October 14, 2015 Author Share Posted October 14, 2015 P.s. the 350 taught me the pitfall of modifications, less is more and never touch the suspension. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gangzoom Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Hence why I'm willing to forego the last 5% of handling feedback for a 20% improvement in livability and much less tin-worm with a DC5. Cannot argue without your logic. As a weekend toy that spends 99% of its life in a garage and 1% been thrashed around a B road th DC2 is fab. I want another one, and at £5K they are pretty damn cheap. Almost pocket change compared to other cars I'm considering next. But if it's your only car....Even when I was in my 20's I couldn't live with one day in day out. 10 years of getting old, and now not even having a car with a manual gear box on the driveway, I suspect I'll last 30 minutes in a DC2 these days before parking it up 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynamic Turtle Posted October 21, 2015 Author Share Posted October 21, 2015 Big price range for Integras it seems, £4-13k. Market's all over the place, basically, like S2000s people can't actually figure out if they're modern classics or regular rustbuckets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linus27 Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 You won't get a DC5 for £4k, not without something being seriously wrong with it, a scam or crazy miles. Even £5k will be pretty much impossible unless again the condition is poor, miles are high, something wrong or the seller is just desperate for money. Expect prices to start at around £6k for an early one (2001) and then climb. 2006 onwards is the facelift model and the prices shoot up after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynamic Turtle Posted October 22, 2015 Author Share Posted October 22, 2015 Does the post-06 come with higher VED too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linus27 Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Does the post-06 come with higher VED too? No, I don't think so. The annoying thing is the tax can be different depending on when it was imported in. My 2001 DC5 is £285 but I know other people who only pay £220 or £245. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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