savagegeese discuss the Civic Type R after owning the vehicle for over a year. Its an interesting video from the perspective of both an automotive journalist and long term owner.
savagegeese discuss the Civic Type R after owning the vehicle for over a year. Its an interesting video from the perspective of both an automotive journalist and long term owner.
This is an example of hype turning a car that’s excellent in its price bracket into something on the price range of simply better cars. For $50-60K USD there are great condition Porsches (now with factory infotainment upgrades to add AA/Carplay), and even if you step down a few grand on one to account for higher ownership costs, it’s still just a better car. When the markup on a CTR puts it in the price range of the Integra Type S, a car that makes no pretense about being a spicy street vehicle vs a track weapon, you start to wonder who is buying these things and if it’s not just a bunch of influences trying to break even with that markup from YouTube/TikTok views. All these hot hatches are great cars at their MSRP, but their purpose is defeated when the price exceeds that.
r/cars in a nutshell
“If X car is too expensive buy a 7 year old Porsche!”
i love it lol
And they wonder why manufacturers don’t make their perfect car.
That they won’t even buy because of their superior financial acumen
The Caymans and 911s aren’t nearly as practical as an economy based hatchback. Don’t forget that maintenance cost easily doubles and you’ll be out of warranty. A PDK rebuild will financially break if you if it was a stretch purchase. If I only could have one car, 9 times out of 10, I’d take the Civic.
PDK in the 718 and 911 are surprisingly reliable and stout. Very rare they’ll need a rebuild ever if not abused.
The Audi dct in the Macan OTOH…
I thought about a CTR but decided to look for a gently used BMW M340i