elcid79
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I am about to pull the trigger on a 25 in SGP. Just want some helping getting across the finish line. I have done about 10 or so track days when I owned my c7 z06/z07 corvette a few years back. One of the hangups for me with that car was the consumable cost. Between tires, track insurance, brakes pads, carbon discs, etc. It was crazy expensive. Not to mention the car itself. It became cheaper to sell the car when approaching a full brake job and just buy a new one. Had I stuck with it, I would have moved on to girodisc or something similar. Ultimately, I decided I didn't want to pour that kind of money into the hobby. Wound up selling the car and moved on with life. My daily driver is starting to get long in the tooth, and these new type R's caught my eye. I could daily it and do some more reasonable priced track days with it. I don't anticipate fully embracing the hobby for time reasons, but If I could scratch the itch a few times a year at HPDE and autoX why not! So the question, is this car going to meet those needs well, will the driving dynamics, be enough to overcome the comparatively less power to the z06? How do you enjoy dailying these? It has been decades since I last drove a FWD car, and never one geared toward performance. Is it for lack of a better term, fun?
Lastly, If using it as a daily (Living in the southeast. Occasional light snow maybe 2-3 times a year max, sometimes never) I likely would want to get a second set of wheels and tires. All Seasons. I have two options.
1. (What I am leaning toward.) Order the OEM Forged Wheels. Put the installed Michelins on them, run them in summer. Once they need to be replaced put some sort of extreme performance summer tire. Install the all seasons on the factory black rims.
Option 2. Order some track wheels and put somesort of summer rubber on them, run the all seasons on the OEM installed black ones.
Option 3. Cheap after market wheels for winter. Use OEM for summer perf tires.
I am going to do the illuminated Door Sills, Shift Knob, and considering the carbon spoiler.
However, this car will be outside a lot for long periods of time, when I travel for work. Are those spoilers prone to hazing when exposed to sun for long periods? Remaining with painted may be wise.
Last couple of questions. What is special about the "Premium Cabin Air Filter." Which justifies $105. How does the alcantara wheel hold up? Does it get matted down quickly? I am likely going to stick with the leather one. The rear window visor accessory, how does that work? I do have kids. If its easy to pop in and out, that may be nice for them. However, we won't be driving this car all that often with the full family. So probably not needed.
And lastly, it appears that these cars don't come with homelink. Which is a nuissance. How does the MyQ app integration work? Is it simple enough, or do you wind up having to dig through pages to open it, then click your button which sounds frustrating. Any better options? I have read of some people using a dimming mirror off the the integra or something which fixes both issues. May just do that.
Thanks in advance,
Nice to meet you all.
Lastly, If using it as a daily (Living in the southeast. Occasional light snow maybe 2-3 times a year max, sometimes never) I likely would want to get a second set of wheels and tires. All Seasons. I have two options.
1. (What I am leaning toward.) Order the OEM Forged Wheels. Put the installed Michelins on them, run them in summer. Once they need to be replaced put some sort of extreme performance summer tire. Install the all seasons on the factory black rims.
Option 2. Order some track wheels and put somesort of summer rubber on them, run the all seasons on the OEM installed black ones.
Option 3. Cheap after market wheels for winter. Use OEM for summer perf tires.
I am going to do the illuminated Door Sills, Shift Knob, and considering the carbon spoiler.
However, this car will be outside a lot for long periods of time, when I travel for work. Are those spoilers prone to hazing when exposed to sun for long periods? Remaining with painted may be wise.
Last couple of questions. What is special about the "Premium Cabin Air Filter." Which justifies $105. How does the alcantara wheel hold up? Does it get matted down quickly? I am likely going to stick with the leather one. The rear window visor accessory, how does that work? I do have kids. If its easy to pop in and out, that may be nice for them. However, we won't be driving this car all that often with the full family. So probably not needed.
And lastly, it appears that these cars don't come with homelink. Which is a nuissance. How does the MyQ app integration work? Is it simple enough, or do you wind up having to dig through pages to open it, then click your button which sounds frustrating. Any better options? I have read of some people using a dimming mirror off the the integra or something which fixes both issues. May just do that.
Thanks in advance,
Nice to meet you all.
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that’s just me. Power can always be added aftermarket which is what most of us do anyway. The engine vibrations don’t feel natural to me like Honda wanted it to but again, that’s just me. Others don’t even notice them.
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