Bye Bye Ibiza

MattyW

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Dropped my car off at the garage today ready to pick up my new one next week.
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Had her almost two years and enjoyed every minute of it. It's the FR TDi. Great performance and economy too.

Picking up this next week:
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Only changing as I have wanted a Type R ever since I passed my test. Wanted one in Championship White since they came out and this come up at a dealers at a decent price so I decided the time was right to get one.

I have read alot more than I have posted on this forum over the last couple of years. Thanks to everyone who has given advice.

Matty
 

Davemau5

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It's a nice car to look at.. Not sure id buy one myself. The VTEC is the only thing good about the TypeR and even thats not amazing! Good luck though!
 

MattyW

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Cheers mate. That's the thing with cars, it's horses for courses.
 

adamb87

cupra gone :(
Feb 13, 2011
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Preston
hasnt the championship got the lsd on it? love the look of them. i will be back in a type r one day after owning an ep3. loved it to pieces. great cars :) all the best with the new car.
 

MattyW

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Thanks Adam. Yeah its got the LSD on it and the white ones have the GT pack as standard aswell which adds a few more goodies. Love it to bits. It's not the quickest hot hatch but the engine and gearbox made me grin from ear to ear. Such an involving drive, and that Vtec noise is addictive as crack!

What made you change your ep3?
 

adamb87

cupra gone :(
Feb 13, 2011
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Preston
erm i may of had a slight accident in it lets say haha too young with too much power im afraid but you live and learn. . that vtec noise is even more addictive with the induction kit on as well. would love another one day once my finances allow me to.
 

BaldyDave

Mildly Deranged...
Aug 12, 2011
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Nice Honda, Matty. I wish you the very best of luck with it. Almost bought a Civic myself earlier this year - though it was a year old 2.2 D-TEC ES, but the dealer just wouldn't give me as good a deal on my FR (over £1,200 short of best deal) so I went elswwhere.

They seem really well screwed together, so I'm sure you'll have many happy miles in it!
 

jimbo1876

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Feb 8, 2013
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Dropped my car off at the garage today ready to pick up my new one next week.

Had her almost two years and enjoyed every minute of it. It's the FR TDi. Great performance and economy too.


Matty

Matty

What sort of mileage are you getting and how does this compare to the book?

Jimbo
 

MattyW

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Hi sorry for the late reply, been away on holiday. I normally fill up the car as soon as the red light comes on. The car takes 40l, and I normally get 420 miles to a tank. This works out just shy of 48mpg. This is mostly country A & B roads, with a bit of town driving and the odd 100mile motorway trip.


The trip computer shows mid fifties which is pure fiction.
 

MattyW

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Actually driving a Honda Insight 1.3l hybrid courtesy car at the minute so I am interested to see how the mpg of this compares with my Ibiza .

I suspect the Ibiza will win but I will let you know if anyone's interested
 

MattyW

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Ha ha no, The car I bought had a private plate on it so had to wait on the dvla to reassign plates and tax it. The garage wanted my car before the end of the month. They gave me a courtesy car for a couple of days so I wasn't without.

Gave me free tax and half a tank of fuel aswell so everyone was happy
 

jellybabybandit

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May 1, 2007
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Very nice car and amazing mpg for a type r

I almost bought a red GT one (paid a deposit ) but pulled out after I found water in the boot

Went up to parks Honda to see another one and ended up buying baldyDave's old FR TDI lol
 

Hawkins94

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Jan 24, 2013
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Looks good mate! Kind of reminds me of the old Integra type r with that colour scheme
 

MattyW

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Very nice car and amazing mpg for a type r

I almost bought a red GT one (paid a deposit ) but pulled out after I found water in the boot

Went up to parks Honda to see another one and ended up buying baldyDave's old FR TDI lol

Cheers mate. Ha ha no that mpg was my Ibiza! Type R shows 30 when driving carefully and I try not to even look when I put my foot down

Hope you enjoy your new car, they are absolutely great
 
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