Boostlag
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04 is cool for being the first but 05 is the real GOAT.True. That 04 STI is forever grailed tho.
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04 is cool for being the first but 05 is the real GOAT.True. That 04 STI is forever grailed tho.
The last Bastien and all thatNot sure why you guys need a comparison to new competition.
The FK8 has kept its crown for the entire duration of its lifetime.
The FL5 has a much improved interior and performance wise marginally improves also.
If you're hoping for a comparison to the GR Corolla - it's not available in the UK or EU market.
The lineup of cars he has chosen to compare against are hot hatch icons of the past, that's a VERY good sign.
Comparing the FL5 with old cars doesn't make any sense.
Cars like the 205 GTi basically invented the hot hatch genre. If the TG story is about the beginning and end of ICE hot hatches as we know it (and "coming full circle" or something), then it's a totally sensible comparison.Is ToP gEaR in such a deep economic hole that they couldn't afford a FK8 for comparison?
clarkson was great as were the other two, but the show wasn’t useful for car reviewing, especially later on.Clarkson can go eat a bag of d1cks. Fat headed buffoon. Harris, despite the entertainment format of the show, is 10 times the motoring journalist Jeremy ever was, and 100 times better as a driver. When Chris talks, I listen. When Jeremy talks, I'm not watching, so thankfully I can't hear him.
Thank you for that link.Matt Bird is a good journo. Here is his first opinion after traveling from the UK to Michigan for the launch.
https://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-driven/2023-honda-civic-type-r-ph-review/46493
I guess the pedal dance still works but that's stupid and unrealistic.
I'm writing about the FK8, but I expect the FL5 to be close given the similarities. Once the maintenance manual is leaked we'll have more information.If as savagegeese says +R is stiffer than the LE then it will be pretty brutal, no getting away from that. But on a glass like track with Cup 2s it will give you the fastest times and take full advantage of the grip on offer. Running on a bumpy track? Dial it back to Sport or Comfort in the individual settings.
I read in one of the FB groups. Someone suggested because they follow Hondata on instagram that it might have an OTS tune. To me that's foolish to make that claim without proof.Rumor has it the blue FK8 in the Throttle House vid had an OTS Hondata tune on it anyone else hear this