@@NickEnglishPhotography1 FK2 is more hardcore. Seats are better, the plane of the shifter (it's at 45° if that makes sense, compared to horizontal on FK8), suspension is more hardcore. They both have equally dead steering, and independent rear on FK8 makes it more playful and allows more rotation, but the diff on the FK2 feels more aggressive too, so you don't ever feel like you need the rotation when the diff can claw you out of a corner.
Re nimble - it’s light years ahead of an ep3. I’ve had mine around millbrook several times with professional instruction and it is incredible what the FK2 can do. I had Dc2 integra for 23 years then went to FK2. Drove the ep3 when it first come out and that was not as good as the Integra.
😂😂😂😂😂You don’t drive that then!! I had an FN2 from 2015 to 2020 put over 50k on the mileage, engine never skipped a beat, Honda reliability for ya!!😉💯✌🏾
got one 2 years ago , and there is no going back , might lack the vtec cross over noise but it makes well for it in tge anazing drive it is ,at the track you can toss the back out and it will hold the sway until you are straight and can open full throttle again , its raw and wild thats why i love it and its a keeper .
Would love a fk2 always been out of budget when it came to getting a new car. I was the proud owner of a ep3 and fn2 both cracking cars. The premier edition ep3 tho is a gem. Some of these later models were fitted with the jdm k20a engine and the gearbox with the factory lsd so that may be worth checking but either way it’s certainly a proper gem.
Hi Calv, been a subscriber for a while, enjoyed the video and the civic but the inserted clips were a bit too much in this video, just distracts a little from the cars. Keep up the content!
I bought one of these two years ago after driving around in a crappy old 2006 Type-S (my first car), and honestly it brings me joy still every time I get in it.
Hi Calvin, if you have a track nearby it would be good to see you doing lap times in the cars your testing. Straight line acceleration is good and all that but handling also plays a major factor in a cars total performance. Lap time leaderboard like Top Gear… ;-)
Graet video of an amazing car, Apart from the type R features, these are seriously practical, room for 4 biggish adults and a masive boot, plus reliablility most companies can only dream of.
Awesome cars, in my opinion they peaked with the FK2 in the looks department. Love them, now stick it on planet of dreams so I can try and win it please 😂
Love it! I never liked the 9th gen at first but then its unique looks grew on me, after having some bad luck with a couple of high brand cars and losing a lot of money I was lucky to come across a low milage 9th gen civic black edition and bought it, I absolutely love it ( to my surprise lol ) so I would Love to own the type R version in 9th gen form ❤
Hey Calvin im the guy who exchanged the FK2 for Ollies A45.. loved the Honda definitely bought i smile to my face every day i owned it. But Ollies A45 is something else.....Guys get down to Binka great cars at some amazing prices......
Having owned Both EP3 & FK2. I miss the full on Vtec Screaming of My EP3 FK2 However is MASSIVE in size comparison and Sounds like. An Asthmatic Darth Vader through the Exhaust with R2D2 on the Dash 🤣😂
Love my FK2, I don’t miss the vtec noise at all tbh I thought I might. A quick map and an add on and 400hp easy. It’s a hoot to drive but forget any power in the wet it sucks!
@@pumpcityy113 mines 380 at the moment with just an eventuri intake. You can get 400 with a more aggressive map for sure and easy done with an exhaust upgrade as well. It’s the torque you feel really, mines 500nm and holds strong with the intake Tbh mines more than enough for the roads. I’m south UK, if you’re local you’d be know than welcome to have a look around and I’ll take you out in it. It’s a great car for sure.
@@samwilde595 appreciate the reply mate. Yea I'd imagine 380 is plenty for our type of roads. Appreciate the offer mate, I'd absolutely love a spin in one but sadly I'm in ireland. Absolutely beautiful cars imo, hopefully have one soon enough
You missed out the Party trick Rear seats 👀👀👍 EDIT The Rear seats lift up..... Horizontal to Vertical Lever on floor press inwards/Lift up with Finger to release.
I have a 2013 1.6 diesil 138k on clock only ever had to change break pads and service every 12 months 0 road tax leather interior sat nav reverse cam best car iv ever owned keeping it untill doors fall off❤
ep3 worth 14k wow, that upsets me, sold my final edition with around similar mileage on it in 2012 for 7.5k, regret selling it but i was doing so much mileage it was costing me too much in fuel they really were very very!!!! bad on fuel for a 200hp NA.
I got similar number plate to 1 of the type R. RO06. From Reading in 2006. I got VW Passat estate 2.0 t-fsi auto. Had similar power standard, but mine not worth anything now, even though only 12 left in UK.
This car vertical is shocking, tried putting a reg in for what is an m3 , and car vertical sent me the report from the car it used to be on in February, so I'm 30 quid down and none the wiser on the check. This feels literally like iv been scammed of 30 quid. Now going to have to spend another 30 quid on hpi a recognised site , thought I'd try car vertical of the backing of calvin
The fk2 is the only one that looks like the ep3 the same shape just nicer in every way with more power. All the other models have to much going on. In my opinion its the best one of the lot .
Like and Subed, love the art on the garage wall by the way, I hope in the future I have a garage with a great art in it like yours, you must be living in the dream!
I think they brought it out a bit too late considering that shape civic started around 2012..? Great vid, I remember you did the vid on a "replica" fk2 type r before.
The plus side is that these are relatively rare; 11-12k built . 4k in the uk 4k in Europe and the rest in Asia . Was a bit of an afterthought by Honda with less than 24 month production run of the FK2 in Swindon , switched to the FK8 which sold shit loads
Sorry imao the original type r is the itr. I went from itr dc2 strait to the fk2 last year. Kept the dc2 in the family and the fk2 feels familiar only more modern, it gives me a grin everyday. If you can't drive through a tunnel feeling like you are 12 years old its not the car for me😅
Definitely my guilty pleasure, currently have a mk3 Cupra which is great but these just have that chav factor and the interior is very out there which is awesome. Just to note everyone has the embarrassing story at the Petrol station with a new car, worst thing was one of mine was with a cap that just opened by pushing it. 😭
Great cars these. Out of R mode you’ll find the throttle more progressive and the suspension is less hard so makes it better for the B roads. Look great in the grey.
Looks like you've got some rendering error/corruption going on this vid calv, vertical lines strobing once a second on the very right and very left of the vid about a quarter of the way down
Stupid place to put a fuel catch, I have the diesel version and get annoyed with it You can’t reach it sat in there and you have to bend over deep into the footwell
@@jordanthom8963 don't get me wrong the FK2 is miles better then the FN2. But the chassis is still based on the MK8 civic. Yeah its door body but it's still the same chassis just with the turbo engine, revised suspension and better brakes. Go underneath one. Same type torsion beam rear suspension same layout. Even the exhaust follows the same path under the drivers side sill. They're even starting to pool water and rust in the same places.
@@jordanthom8963 taken from an old magazine article..... "The FK2 Greatly Improved Upon The FN2 The FK2 Civic Type-R was introduced at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show and was largely based on the FN2 chassis. Honda proudly states that the FK2 is much stiffer than the FN2 that came before it, despite riding on a similar chassis and still featuring a solid beam axle at the rear"
Haha dont even turn off esp, rev from 0 and its front, its not fastest drag car. Roll race is faster... raining day very bad timing... the times are non sense. This car is much faster if the driver can drive it properly
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Get it booked in the garage to see if its had a little tune 👍
Having owned an FN2, FK2 and FK8, and going back to FK2 - I can confirm it is indeed the best of the lot.
How come Vs the FK8?
@@NickEnglishPhotography1 FK2 is more hardcore. Seats are better, the plane of the shifter (it's at 45° if that makes sense, compared to horizontal on FK8), suspension is more hardcore. They both have equally dead steering, and independent rear on FK8 makes it more playful and allows more rotation, but the diff on the FK2 feels more aggressive too, so you don't ever feel like you need the rotation when the diff can claw you out of a corner.
Is the size of the car a inconvenient for nimble driving? I own a Ep3 and the FK2 looks too large and heavy.
@@elaxel1469 Not at all. It's long-ish, but certainly not a chore to lug around town/get parked. As for weight - doesn't feel heavy AT ALL.
Re nimble - it’s light years ahead of an ep3. I’ve had mine around millbrook several times with professional instruction and it is incredible what the FK2 can do. I had Dc2 integra for 23 years then went to FK2. Drove the ep3 when it first come out and that was not as good as the Integra.
The graffiti Calv on the wall speaking @1:35 was pure editing class🤣👏🏽 Smashing it keep up the work!
Happy FK owner right here, great vid great car
I've had mine for 4 months in blue absolutely love it, JDM all day!
Is it possible to get Apple CarPlay on the FK2?
@@stephenbroadstock76not without replacing the whole head unit
Had my FK2 since 2017 and its a great car. Still less than 14,000 miles on mine.
A great car that you don't actually drive, it seems.
😂😂😂😂😂You don’t drive that then!! I had an FN2 from 2015 to 2020 put over 50k on the mileage, engine never skipped a beat, Honda reliability for ya!!😉💯✌🏾
got one 2 years ago , and there is no going back , might lack the vtec cross over noise but it makes well for it in tge anazing drive it is ,at the track you can toss the back out and it will hold the sway until you are straight and can open full throttle again , its raw and wild thats why i love it and its a keeper .
I'm old school i prefer the EP3... Less computer aids more involving
And VTEC
Trust me the fk2 is involving very 😅😊
More involving? 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Drive an FK2
@@richboy900It has Vtec 🤣
@@CharlotteK2008 not the real VTEC though. Real VTEC is where it kicks in at 6K
I have to say the art in the background is such a great touch Calvin. Fantastic 🐾
p.s Tom & Jerry scene, brilliant 💜
Would love a fk2 always been out of budget when it came to getting a new car.
I was the proud owner of a ep3 and fn2 both cracking cars.
The premier edition ep3 tho is a gem. Some of these later models were fitted with the jdm k20a engine and the gearbox with the factory lsd so that may be worth checking but either way it’s certainly a proper gem.
Hi Calv, been a subscriber for a while, enjoyed the video and the civic but the inserted clips were a bit too much in this video, just distracts a little from the cars. Keep up the content!
I bought one of these two years ago after driving around in a crappy old 2006 Type-S (my first car), and honestly it brings me joy still every time I get in it.
Props to the editor on this video 🔥👊🏾
Hi Calvin, if you have a track nearby it would be good to see you doing lap times in the cars your testing. Straight line acceleration is good and all that but handling also plays a major factor in a cars total performance. Lap time leaderboard like Top Gear… ;-)
De chav it a bit, ditch the stupid R number on the spoiler and the dream sticker, the seatbelt pads can go into the bin too
Wayyyyyy too many movie clips in this video, kinda ruined the video but that car is sick.
Thanks for supporting the channel Calvin I appreciate it 👍
Graet video of an amazing car, Apart from the type R features, these are seriously practical, room for 4 biggish adults and a masive boot, plus reliablility most companies can only dream of.
Love the ep3 but fk2 is my personal favourite of all type r's....
Awesome cars, in my opinion they peaked with the FK2 in the looks department. Love them, now stick it on planet of dreams so I can try and win it please 😂
Love mine. Great cars 😁 Not biased one bit 😂
Great vid and edit btw Calvin 👌🏼
Love it! I never liked the 9th gen at first but then its unique looks grew on me, after having some bad luck with a couple of high brand cars and losing a lot of money I was lucky to come across a low milage 9th gen civic black edition and bought it, I absolutely love it ( to my surprise lol ) so I would Love to own the type R version in 9th gen form ❤
Recently been watching loads of videos on these, funny to see you upload a video on one but these are sick little cars
Nice cars these. Smashed it as always Calvin
Hey Calvin im the guy who exchanged the FK2 for Ollies A45.. loved the Honda definitely bought i smile to my face every day i owned it. But Ollies A45 is something else.....Guys get down to Binka great cars at some amazing prices......
That’s a special A45 you bought mate. The spec is unreal. Very nice upgrade from the Honda, glad to hear you’re enjoying it 👌
@eventhorizon4795 yeah stock engine but B pipe center section on the exhaust. It's well worth the money binca are asking for it
Best of its class ever and wont break or let you down❤
i love the EP3 but the FK2 just looks epic!
Having owned Both EP3 & FK2.
I miss the full on Vtec Screaming of My EP3
FK2 However is MASSIVE in size comparison and Sounds like. An Asthmatic Darth Vader through the Exhaust with R2D2 on the Dash 🤣😂
I prefer these to the next gen after! Proper Civic shape!
Fk2 is my favourite type r
Love my FK2, I don’t miss the vtec noise at all tbh I thought I might. A quick map and an add on and 400hp easy. It’s a hoot to drive but forget any power in the wet it sucks!
What mods did you do for the 400hp. Fk2 is my dream car, 400 break sounds nice lol
@@pumpcityy113 mines 380 at the moment with just an eventuri intake. You can get 400 with a more aggressive map for sure and easy done with an exhaust upgrade as well. It’s the torque you feel really, mines 500nm and holds strong with the intake
Tbh mines more than enough for the roads.
I’m south UK, if you’re local you’d be know than welcome to have a look around and I’ll take you out in it. It’s a great car for sure.
@@samwilde595 appreciate the reply mate. Yea I'd imagine 380 is plenty for our type of roads. Appreciate the offer mate, I'd absolutely love a spin in one but sadly I'm in ireland. Absolutely beautiful cars imo, hopefully have one soon enough
@@pumpcityy113 let us know if you have any questions man, get one they’re a great bit of kit
Having owned two older ep3s they make you feel faster than the cars actually going and makes it fun.
The fk2 is amazing don’t know why I yet stopped making them! Although the fl5 is cool, the previous gen to the fl5 is horrendous
You missed out the Party trick Rear seats 👀👀👍
EDIT
The Rear seats lift up..... Horizontal to Vertical
Lever on floor press inwards/Lift up with Finger to release.
Drag co efficiency!
Power to weight!
Functional Aero!
Rarity!
NO FAKE EXHAUST through Speakers!
5 reasons why the FK2 is better than FK8 + LN5 👍👍
Had mine 3 years now, awsome bit of kit! Needs dry roads tho
Is it possible to get Apple CarPlay on the FK2?
Yep this summer has been annoying !
2 years for me.
UK black final edition 2017
EDIT
Coloured ACTUALL Trim pieces instead of Stickers
Wing mirrors,Spoiler ends,front Grill = Rally Red
Ep3 and fk2 best looking type r for me.
I have a 2013 1.6 diesil 138k on clock only ever had to change break pads and service every 12 months 0 road tax leather interior sat nav reverse cam best car iv ever owned keeping it untill doors fall off❤
I love the fk2 especially in that gun metal grey or even better that nice metallic blue 👌👌👌
It's the EP3 for me 👌
After 3 years i still love getting in mine everyday. What a bloody car
ep3 worth 14k wow, that upsets me, sold my final edition with around similar mileage on it in 2012 for 7.5k, regret selling it but i was doing so much mileage it was costing me too much in fuel they really were very very!!!! bad on fuel for a 200hp NA.
Loved my ep3
I got similar number plate to 1 of the type R. RO06. From Reading in 2006. I got VW Passat estate 2.0 t-fsi auto. Had similar power standard, but mine not worth anything now, even though only 12 left in UK.
Great cars mate 👍 another top vid
First video I watched on this channel was of the white fk2 conversion barely missed a video since🤣
Love these but I'm biased 😂😂😎😎👌👍💯
This car vertical is shocking, tried putting a reg in for what is an m3 , and car vertical sent me the report from the car it used to be on in February, so I'm 30 quid down and none the wiser on the check. This feels literally like iv been scammed of 30 quid. Now going to have to spend another 30 quid on hpi a recognised site , thought I'd try car vertical of the backing of calvin
What a beauty, keep up the great content. Great entertainment 👌
😮💨 the fk2 is just something else was in the area for Ford fair today so had to come get a pic of my car out side your yard 😂
Calv you quickly become my favourite TH-cam mate lovely cars to ❤
Looks wise though I deffo prefer the low mileage one haha maybe I’m just weird
Big up Dreams (Honda Specialists)in Luton
The fk2 is the only one that looks like the ep3 the same shape just nicer in every way with more power. All the other models have to much going on. In my opinion its the best one of the lot .
O and by the way Calvin I would love to win a motor from planet of dreams fella. ✨️
Looks like an ep3? 😂 That's like me saying an m3 looks like a golf gti.
Like and Subed, love the art on the garage wall by the way, I hope in the future I have a garage with a great art in it like yours, you must be living in the dream!
Dream sticker relates to Dream automotive in Luton.
Two great Type Rs and loving the back drop.
This is what i intend to get in next 2 years hope the price comes down a bit.
I think they brought it out a bit too late considering that shape civic started around 2012..?
Great vid, I remember you did the vid on a "replica" fk2 type r before.
The plus side is that these are relatively rare; 11-12k built . 4k in the uk 4k in Europe and the rest in Asia . Was a bit of an afterthought by Honda with less than 24 month production run of the FK2 in Swindon , switched to the FK8 which sold shit loads
I need one off them my favourite cars but never had one yet
Sorry imao the original type r is the itr. I went from itr dc2 strait to the fk2 last year. Kept the dc2 in the family and the fk2 feels familiar only more modern, it gives me a grin everyday. If you can't drive through a tunnel feeling like you are 12 years old its not the car for me😅
Definitely my guilty pleasure, currently have a mk3 Cupra which is great but these just have that chav factor and the interior is very out there which is awesome. Just to note everyone has the embarrassing story at the Petrol station with a new car, worst thing was one of mine was with a cap that just opened by pushing it. 😭
ep3 is godly for me
You will know if it's stock by the boost it reads on boost guage 👍
Great cars these. Out of R mode you’ll find the throttle more progressive and the suspension is less hard so makes it better for the B roads.
Look great in the grey.
A properly built turbo Ep3 all the way. I should know I've owned one for few years 😉
The bust turbo one yes .... Best type r no fd2 or dc5
I’m even more old school have a civic EF 1989
Looks like you've got some rendering error/corruption going on this vid calv, vertical lines strobing once a second on the very right and very left of the vid about a quarter of the way down
Calv were you on the packet when you were editing this🤣
I wanted a FK but now with all those rattles, wheel hopping and bumps I will stick to buying a G20 M135i
Have you been hacked Calvin?
Everyones showing as a LUCKY WINNER
Unrelated but your mrs is a badboy chef
Sorry not my kind of cars never did like the civic type r I just think they all look ugly but great review u do keep the good work up
I really like these
I want it. Love these cars
Ep3 all the way! Only because i have 1 😂😂
@LUCKY__WINNER How about no
Loved the car. Not so keen on all the meme's and cartoon inserts.
Wish they sold these in the us 🥲
The fk2 is a great car 👌
calvin i have the white fk2 rep it's giving me nothing but trouble , help a girl out 📞
Great car.
Stupid place to put a fuel catch, I have the diesel version and get annoyed with it
You can’t reach it sat in there and you have to bend over deep into the footwell
The Alfa does really well then considering its only got 240ps in std form.
The FK2 is the same chassis as the FN2 . The FK8 is a completely different car that shares the engine with the FK2
It's most definitely not. Considering the fn2 is a 3door and the fk2 is 5door🤦♂️🤷🏻♂️
@@jordanthom8963 don't get me wrong the FK2 is miles better then the FN2. But the chassis is still based on the MK8 civic. Yeah its door body but it's still the same chassis just with the turbo engine, revised suspension and better brakes. Go underneath one. Same type torsion beam rear suspension same layout. Even the exhaust follows the same path under the drivers side sill. They're even starting to pool water and rust in the same places.
@tidychezza you keep thinking that, it's really not the same chassis.
@@jordanthom8963 taken from an old magazine article.....
"The FK2 Greatly Improved Upon The FN2
The FK2 Civic Type-R was introduced at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show and was largely based on the FN2 chassis. Honda proudly states that the FK2 is much stiffer than the FN2 that came before it, despite riding on a similar chassis and still featuring a solid beam axle at the rear"
EP3 all day long.
Cracking car 👍👍👍
Who’s the dude on the painted background 🤣
You should keep the EP3 for yourself.
Jokes, I know where this is, terrible test drive roads down that farm mate 😂
Sick
Haha dont even turn off esp, rev from 0 and its front, its not fastest drag car. Roll race is faster... raining day very bad timing... the times are non sense. This car is much faster if the driver can drive it properly
sweet
Bruce Lee off car chatter
YES CALV
my dream car
Let me win the FK2... I BEG
A bit of down grade, previous owner swapped for an a45 amg. Fk2 is a much better drivers car
One car that's never appealed to me throughout
this fk2 is the most ruined fk2 ive ever seen. All the stickers and unneccessary stuf from aliexpres. Why people do that i dont get it.
❤
Oioi Calvin
Those dash rattles ahhhhhhh