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Post by Babw » Tue Jul 27, 2021 11:24 pm

Always wanted one of these and a few weeks ago I picked one up, it was a great alternative to the cars I already have. The drive is so pure, steering is uncorrupted and response is immediate. Only owned it for a couple of days before I had the chance to exploit the limits on a trackday.

The engine which lacks torque for day to day use elevates to a screaming banshee on track. 9k rpm, perfect gearshift, double wishbone suspension and lightweight, everything you could want from a drivers car. Japanese cars are now outnumbering the Europeans on my drive (2 in another garage) and apart from a 997 GT3 it's more Japanese cars I look forward to adding :driving:
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Post by Ed Doe » Wed Jul 28, 2021 8:34 am

Bravo - I do love a DC2 - getting harder to find a decent one these days, and they're starting to go up in price as a result. I had a mate with one - had a shorter final drive (motorway driving was frankly ridiculous in it :lol: ) and a really aggressive diff, it was absolutely epic, made my Peugeot 306 Gti6 at the time feel distinctly average by comparison!

Also, side note - the garage space you have is ace, I'm extremely jealous of that! Since lock-down started March 2020, my M has been turfed out of the garage to make way for a home gym - and with it dragging on I had to find winter storage for it away from the house which although good is a bit of a pain. I'd kill for a decent double/triple garage to have the car and gym under one roof!
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Post by mr.tourette » Wed Jul 28, 2021 8:40 am

Love an Integra..there's a lovely white one just around the corner from me and I have asked the owner for 1st dibs if he comes to sell it..always been a sucker for Japanese cars personally, 3 mr2's ,civic type r's, accords, a crx ..plus a bazillion Japanese bikes down the years, they really know how to screw a machine together :thumbsup:
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Post by buzyg » Wed Jul 28, 2021 9:51 am

One of the best cars out there for fun, always loved the look, am I alone there? and the engine is just a peach. 8) :thumbsup:
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Post by abar121 » Wed Jul 28, 2021 10:05 am

Great cars. I drove a new demo DC2 and absolutely loved it.

Hard to believe it's FWD at times and still the best handling car with that layout for me.

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Post by mgrlane » Wed Jul 28, 2021 10:12 am

They just don't make them like they used too. Epic car from an epic era of cars! Have fun!

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Post by M1k3yC » Wed Jul 28, 2021 10:37 am

That's a special car - very nice!
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Post by True-Blue » Wed Jul 28, 2021 11:25 am

Great cars, had a Championship white DC2 in the past… a very focussed car, even had a lightened windscreen IIRC.

Also had a Civic ESI, then two civic VTI’s, an S2000 at launch in 1999 (Berlina Black), two EP3’s and a DC5

That’s 8 Honda’s and I never had a single fault on any of them…. Ever :thumbsup:

They were all great fun, but you had to be ‘on it’ in all of them :rofl:
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Post by Babw » Wed Jul 28, 2021 2:29 pm

Great to see so much love for the little ripper!

Yeah it is very much a in the mood car, anything less than 8/10ths feels like hard work but when you're on it, it really comes alive.

Video of my friend in a well drive S2000 being gapped by the Teg (I was just finishing my warm up the first lap). The balance is just incredible, not even a hint of torque steer and it just leaps out of the 2nd/3rd gear corners.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zabM7o ... annel=iest

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Post by JamesClements » Wed Jul 28, 2021 3:18 pm

Nice vid :) these cars are absolute weapons on track, you regularly see them outperform much more modern powerful cars.
Ed Doe wrote: Wed Jul 28, 2021 8:34 am
Also, side note - the garage space you have is ace, I'm extremely jealous of that! Since lock-down started March 2020, my M has been turfed out of the garage to make way for a home gym - and with it dragging on I had to find winter storage for it away from the house which although good is a bit of a pain. I'd kill for a decent double/triple garage to have the car and gym under one roof!
I am also extremely jealous of all that garage space!
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Post by RedUn » Wed Jul 28, 2021 10:23 pm

Absolutely love old skool Hondas, B18C, what an engine 8)

DC2 great cars, well ahead of their time, once tweaked they are monsters!

I had an s2000 for years that was very heavily fettled! Most fun car I've ever had!

Lots of love for JDM cars, I keep thinking about a white EK9 and a black FD in the garage to mix it up with the Germans :evil:

Edit to add, probably never going to happen, I'll end up divorced... Well maybe the FD hmmm
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