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Yeah mines championship multi white. Just as it’s rusted through two bonnets, numerous arch repairs etc so it’s varying shades of CW. I also have to park on the road so the bumpers are pretty badly knocked about.
To my knowledge most of these cars have been trimmed down to save weight. Thinner panels, thinner paint, thinner glass, rear seats are just a lump of covered foam, no sound proofing, no vanity mirror, even the rear view mirror was lightened apparently. It’s a great car, my daily since 2007. Don’t drive it so much now as I don’t commute with it anymore but it’s very fun and hard to replace. A 911 is the only thing I can think of to swap it with. But like with you the time bomb aspect of IMS bearings and bore scoring, it’s a worry I could do without. Honda nailed the reliability aspect.
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Woah, didn't know about sound proofing etc.
Seriously cool car. I love how sparse the engine bay is and then the gorgeous crinkle finish rocker cover. Loved that about my EP3 and it looks even better without 'stuff' in the way on the DC2.
A friend of mine used to have one of the yellow Jordan edition civics and put one of the larger wale penis intakes on it, i always thought it looked excellent, also sounded cool on vtec.
JamesNQ
I would absolutely love a DC2! It's on the list of cars to one day own. I looked at a DC5 about 6 months ago, was lovely but sadly the interior had been burnt by cigarettes, particuarly the red recaros, plus the arches had started to rust (rusty arches on a honda, since when!?)
I've read about glass being thinner than regular Integra + the same steering wheel as the Ferrari of the era, small features I love.
I saw a yellow one at the petrol station a few years ago and it had the yellow Recaro seats. Not really into yellow cars or yellow interior, but it looked stunning.
Is yours Championship white? Any pics?
Also the 996 was fun, but really did feel like an old car. The steering was heavy as was the clutch. I appreciate this is the experiece you get with an older Porsche, but to drive as a daily it wasn't much fun unless you were giving it some.
997.1 was a 2006 and really did feel like the first generation of cars feeling 'new' and how they do now. If the entertainement system was updated to an OEM look, there's not really many things you could have dated the car with, unless you really knew Porsche.
Truth be told, I sold it as I felt it was a ticking time bomb of expensive things to go wrong. Bore scoring being the main thing, I just didn't enjoy the car as much and was happy to see the back of it.
Bore scoring, 2 turbos, all wheel drive system and active suspension was just too many expensive moving parts for my liking. Absolute beast of a car. If I could have a 'sunday best' car, that would be it.
They are also ridiculously hard to sell yourself, as for that kind of money people want the car from a premium car dealer who can also offer them finance.
The type of buyers who buy a car of that age also do a huge amount of research on the car and want indepth pre-purchase inspections (quite rightly so, but it's a lot of hassle). You'd think with a car being of higher value you'd get fewer messers, but I found it to be worse.
I prefer the cheaper Porsche's as buying the car or even selling it on is easier.
I work from home a lot and anytime I go into London I get the train, so I only use a car for going to the shops and for pleasure, so even with them being awful on fuel, I was only doing £30 a week, but I'd not want to put fuel in one if I was commuting with it...