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Originally Posted by RM7
Rubber looks decently wide. The last R is a monster. It may not be a pretty monster, but it's a monster all the same. The current civic is butt-ugly and hopefully this is showing a better front end.
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Are you kidding? I've been on track with these cars, and the only thing that gets passed more than them is a joint at a Grateful Dead concert.
The 2003 Mitsuibishi Lancer EVO posted a Nurburgring 8:14.98 lap time in 2003.
14 YEARS later, the Civic type R with a full "floating" cage and stripped out entertainment system can lay down a 7:43? I just don't think that's "monster" level. I watch the tests on Throttle House and watch it lose race after race.
Not that it isn't good value. For a car in that price range, it's road course track performance is definitely nifty. But not a "monster".
Shawn