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Wonder if a future r that is electrified in some manner with bigger hp will have to switch to awd to handle the power

I think it’s worth it. I waited a lot longer than that!

@ for sure I’ve seen 2 at a dealer in a city 30 minutes from me the first one was a 2024 boost blue nice color and just saw a white 2025 and I think the white is so nice but my favorite color is sonic grey and have yet to see one in person

Haven’t heard of it. What can you tell me about it?

I agree. I would rather have a rwd car but to get an m2 is another 30k than the civic and the type r in Canada is much more rare. I’m happy to have a unique car that has so many positives , except the wrong wheels providing propulsion!

My sound system is quite good, but haven’t heard a comparison. All Canadian models have the subwoofer. What country are you buying yours in? The sills look pretty plain so the illuminated option sounds like a good idea.

I bought mine in Ireland at the start of the month ​@@CoolcarCrapcar

I’ll let the owner know. Maybe he misquoted the air pressure. Thanks for the heads up!

That's a pretty big question! I really liked the ST as it was fun and cheap. I sold it to my son as he needed a reliable fun car. The Type R is better. It's bigger, better interior, more power, better seats, pretty much better on all accounts, except cost. I"m not sure if its actually worth the 4x the cost but you're also getting a new car, warranty, and lots of other stuff. I found the ST to be pretty much invisible to other people; very few knowing what it was. The R is different as people know what it is and I kinda like that. If I didnt have much money, I'd easily go for a nicely used ST again, but I had enough to get an R and so far have no regrets. Not sure if that helped, but maybe looking at a lightly used FK8 might be a good compromise. They are very similar to FL5 but many more on the used market for less $$.

@CoolcarCrapcar thank you that helps out and still my fave car is my S2000 miss it 😍

I also had an s2000, but was going to be my all year round car…. But I’m 6’ and when the hard top was in, I felt claustrophobic and the top header of the windshield was always in the way of seeing the traffic lights… as a second, only top down, summer car, it would Have been perfect. Now they’re either all thrashed or super expensive!

@@CoolcarCrapcar totally the prices are nuts for s2ks!

YEs, it's a totally different world. Easily worth the cost over it, IMO but everyone has different opinions and you'd be the one living with it, so you might as well test drive it.

No wrong choice in the two in my opinion. Why would you lean towards the Acura?

I might be tempted by the door sill plates . The sill right now looks pretty plain. Did you install them yourself? I read they were a bit tricky especially with the knee airbag.

Lots of dealers still are. I paid for some accessories (required) but bought at msrp.

I agree on the powertrain. Im still looking for a good deal on a used one, but not many around in Canada.

I just filmed a review of a Golf R; owned by the same guy. Takes me a while to edit but soon!

Good choices. I was required to purchase the trunk mat and floor mats, and thought of selling them, but found they were cool and functional enough to keep. We have tuxmats in our subaru outback and I also agree that they offer more coverage than weather tech, but a total pain to take out to wash. (in the subaru, they also have a piece that wants to come un-velcroed from the rug so have to be careful with that. I've had weather tech in most of my cars and they've done the job. I'm looking for an OEM R car cover so at least I can walk past my car in winter and it would still look kinda cool. Just missed out on one on ebay, but still looking.

I was the first at my dealership to actually drive mine on the road (not in Winter) as the first two simply bought and put into their collections.

That's why I waited 27 months and bought a new car (one of very few cars I've bought new) Do you have one?

I’ve owned quite a few cars (only a few new) and sold all of them at some point. I’m planning on keeping this one and pass it down to my son once I get my license taken away when I’m 100! Last ICE type R hopefully will be a future collectible.

I let him know! Pressure’s on!

Thanks! I’m trying! My kids are so busy I end up having to do too many of these my myself. I like bantering with my kids but have to sort how to keep making content without them.

@@CoolcarCrapcar Their interests change, its part of their growing, the same happens with my kids...

I agree, except maybe the side view looks a little long to me. Its under a car cover for 5 months so it will look REALLY good in April!

Where do you live? Around here, its a complete crap show of ice, snow, slush, salt, sand... I've driven other cars in the winter and see what it does to them. This time I wanted to have something I kept really nice for a long time; maybe give it to my son when I get too old to drive!

Torontoooo

@@CoolcarCrapcar Much respect, and i like your channel a lot

@@silveriojohan Thanks! What do you like about the channel? I"m still trying to figure out how some car channels have soooo many subscribers and I think their content and production quality is pretty crap... I have friends in T.O. (and you can imagine the Leafs jokes that might be flying around...) At least your snow mostly melts here and there. Ours just keeps on adding up and by Spring we have a boatload to melt. I could throw winters on it and survive (like my Miata and BMW 135iM, but it's not much fun and it ruins the car. I have a Subaru outback I like plowing around in teh snow. (doing a review of our 2024 outback vs 2019 we used to have, with. my daughter coming up!)

@@CoolcarCrapcar 2024 Honda Civic Type R real world ownership episode, dragged me to your channel, your uniqueness and fresh words are everything. The joy in your face when you talk about the Type R....

I went and had a look and there is nothing differernt in the middle of the R than the plastic around the R. No cracks. nothing unusual. I can't attach a photo here, but looks like you have a defective one.

Thank you, I will reach out to the vendor. I knew I wasn't crazy lol

Good point. The most I'll use mine is 2x a year and I dont have an impact gun, so keep my fingers crossed! The customer service reviews I read at least gave me enough positives to say they were "cool"... Now if I had an impact gun, that would be a different story. I'm surprised your lug nuts havent had any damage with a bare socket! That is encouraging!

@@CoolcarCrapcar I should take a look at them again (car is also asleep for winter) but I don't remember any major issue, I have a few lugs since I change wheels to my track wheels often and I remember not having any chipping on the color of the lugs. Maybe I am not as picky lol and rather just take the lugs of as quick as I can since I have to do them quite often. Also the dealer or a shop is not going to use the bag so sooner or later someone is just going to use a normal socket on them

@@oficina_moomoo I'm hoping to not (at least not for a long time!) have a dealer to take my wheels off.. I've done brake and suspension work on my own cars before (not with an electric back hand brake which requires some "trickery" to release them I hear)and am a card-carrying cheapskate! Totally makes sense that since you track yours, and take them off all the time, that we are in different "camps" of how we are going to use our cars! I might try some autocross next summer, and there is a track about an hour from my home that I've attended a bit back when I had a Miata. I realize this socket is cheap, but for my use, probably "good enough". And it's purple; who doesn't' love a purple socket??

@ back brake is actually surprising easy to work on. I usually try to do my own work as well. But have to take it in for a recall and the wheel on the drivers side will have to come out for them to do that for example. I try both to take the car in there but sometimes just don’t have a choice if its warranty work

Thanks! That made my day! Hoping to do a local ITS in the snow!

Agreeeeeeeeeeeee 1000%

It has a timeless look!

I wonder if I"ll regret not PPFing the car. I already had to pay for Ceramic coating so that would have been useless if I PPF'd the car. Just hope to stop rocks enough that the damage is minimal. I'm not daily driving it so keep my fingers crossed!

I had to buy the high wall rug mats as part of my "deal". I have a review on those if you want to check it out. I think they will do the trick as I'm not planning on driving in inclement weather. Where did you put the dynamat? I'm also assuming you swapped the R damper to the Integra? There are some rumblings that it might not the fairy tail ending everyone hoped for and there are some other changes that aren't quite making sense in the system. I'll be keeping my eye on any threads about that damper as I AM interested.

@@CoolcarCrapcar oh I haven't heard any rumblings on the ITS module swap. Been great so far. I put dynamat in the doors and in trunk. Seems to have helped a bit. I think next I might look into wheel we'll arch solutions. I'm also not looking to break the bank too much chasing noise demons lol. It doesn't bother me but it's kind of a fun experiment to chase the noise demons a little.

Good for you! I have driven plenty of my sports cars in winter, the last being a BMW 135M and it was great with snow tires and quite a bit of fun because it was RWD. What I didn't like is that our city uses so much gravel and salt, it just beat the car up and rust is big concern around here. I"m not a spring chicken, so wanted to have a car that was in really nice shape for summer.

@CoolcarCrapcar very fair points. Ceramic coating and a good undercoating too, keep up on it, and it should help. I don't mind dailying this gem and experiencing it to it's fullest until it decays into dust, like the rest of us lol.

You're not the first one to suggest that! I'm quite okay with my R and for reasons I gave in the review, I'm not tempted by the ITs. (seats, tacked on back wheel arches, looks etc) Nothing is perfect so I like to point out areas where I think the car could be improved. Thx for your comment.

You DO have a point there… 12 inches of Snow on my driveway this morning!

@ wow.

I will not be starting mine until it’s spring. From what I’ve read, by starting it, you take the chance of moisture forming in the engine and the exhaust system. One clarification I should have made in the video, except one can’t edit once it’s posted, is that I had out fuel stabilizer in prior to winterizing day so it would be in the whole fuel system , not just the tank.

Interesting. Do you use the +R mode on the Civic at all? I found it just way too stiff for any roads around me.

Thanks for the info. I havent even used it, just turned it off. I also don't plan on any long trips where I'd need to charge my phone along the way. Wish my Subaru could be turned off.

Glad I could help!

I have driven some of my sports cars during winter in the past . The amount of salt and gravel they put on roads around here is rediculous and the ice ruts and other poor conditions in winnipeg winter driving doesn’t help. I have a Subaru I have fun in the snow with.

Agreed … why keep the car a garage queen. Enjoy the ride for as long as you can. All seasons are best for the R and I drive nice days in the winter months.

Not sure where you got that; In the video I said I loved the bespoke fenders.

Agreed.

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. I have filmed the winterizing video so should have that out sometime this week.

You’re welcome. I did film my winterizing video and hope to have it out later this week. I did my usual but changed a few things with regards to the tires… stay tuned!

I havent tried the Honda app yet. Are you talking about HondaLink? I gave up with the connecting the car by wifi or my phone hotspot to get the car to not share data. Will tackle that next Spring.

The Honda app is useless anyways. Don’t waste your time

Thanks!

IN what way? I don’t mind the stock width, only think the +R is useless so considering the Integra damper module .

They certainly are interesting cars and I think I now get it why people are so very fond of them!

Seems everything is crazy expensive these days. I usually buy slightly used. Only reason I bought this new was that the used ones were 15-20k more than new here in Canada!

Thanks! Can’t wait to go find some more!

Im a litte (lot...) OCD about things being level and straight. I think I"ll leave the guards/flaps on as they really are hard to see and dont ruin the look of the car. Definitely was going to do something about he vents though, so they are staying on for sure! Have you done anything else to your R outside factory specs?

@CoolcarCrapcar yeah I'm not a mud flaps kind of guy but this is subtle enough to where it doesn't draw attention. I did the PRL HVI just for boost back pressure noises, I'm looking into OBD fake port install next since I'm horrified how easy it is to break in, pair a new set of keys and drive off with it

Oh yeah, I also did the integra type s dampen module swap and my family thanks me lol. 10 mins to do and $200 usd

I am trying trying trying to not go on gravel... Take the Subaru if that is not an option! Now the left over gravel from winter sanding... that's another conversation!

I definitely wanted a more discreet flap, and having to add 3m tape if one wants them poking out further, doesn't sound like the best solution if you really want the poking out look. One thing that FX3D already changed (which was in the video) is they added an L bracket to the back guards so an existing OEM screw is used instead of adding another hole in the older version

rallyarmor as far as looks is definitely over the top. lol

Glad you liked it! I had no idea that your manufacturing equipment were the reason for not making longer ones! Will look forward to seeing the options you'll come up with! Maybe the revision with get a full 5 ice cream trucks!

@@CoolcarCrapcar Without feedback it's tough to know if you are pleasing the majority of your customers, which is the ultimate goal. Personally, I prefer to have the guard in line with the tire and not the body panel. I think it just looks better. In order to fit them how you like or according to your wheel and alignment setup, we have given plenty of adjustment room. It's more work when you install them, but it's worth the hassle in my opinion. Get your 5 trucks ready!

Those do look interesting if one only wants the mesh. Were they easy to install? I was a “mesh only” kind of guy before I tried the 3dfx whole system but am now reconsidering. For now I’ve left everything on as I really can’t see the extra pieces so aesthetically they’re way better than expected.

Thanks. I still think FX3D should sell the mesh separately. And if you tuck the rock guards into the wheel well, they seem to kind of disappear while still providing protection. Too bad I have now officially stopped driving it til April!