- Fri Jul 24, 2015 9:58 pm
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I don't usually like silver cars, bit with the black and red hints, it looks awesome
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Lewisgame wrote:Perhaps, but they have been outdone by all the competition despite taking years to get it ready. Pretty poor show IMOD4Z3D wrote:Evo always does this though, they put the megan on cup semi slicks and compare it to lots of stuff. I wouldn't be too concerned about the times, steve sutcliff said the civic is the quicker car and he compared them all on road tyres. He also said the megans gearbox is rubbish and the brakes dont stand up to abuse. For me the real fair criticism of the civic was the engine, turbo lag is simply unacceptable, i mean 300 bhp from a 2 litre isn't exaclty pusing the it in terms of what is possible. Evo 8's were doing this more than 10 years ago with very little lag. The fact that all the other cars have better throttle response (with the exception of the renault) shows that it can be done and that honda have done a poor calibration job.10 years ago the emissions regulations were no where near as strict as they are now. You can make any engine quick if you give it enough boost and fuel. The Civic probably produces the same power as the Evo, but uses half the fuel, produces half the emissions and will have far better reliability. It takes a lot of technology to produce an engine that makes good power but doesn't kill the atmosphere.
hovblackctr wrote:Grey and red are easily the best 2 colours.
MattRST wrote:Have to agree with the above [emoji17] , unfortunate but I'm already getting grief from senior guys at work on the evo X and this is another level of OTT, front is fine but the back end is borderline ridiculous .What does the car and car allowance have to do with each other.
Not that anyone cares but another guy at work "on car allowance" is coming off the company car scheme and has a 135M on order, 1k depo and & £299 pm on a PCP.
Lewisgame wrote:The Cupra Sub8 and Megan Trophy aren't exactly a daily car. My impression is the Type R can be easily driven every day of the year and perform well on track.Not sure I agree.
EvoStu wrote:Well.Lewisgame wrote:The Cupra Sub8 and Megan Trophy aren't exactly a daily car. My impression is the Type R can be easily driven every day of the year and perform well on track.This is what the others have to be equipped with just to keep up. Over longer distance tracks the CTR just obliterates them.
Car magazine had the best sum up. Basically the CTR does everything the track focused cars do but without the compromise.
pulpmelon_r wrote:I'll agree that the Sub8 is probably more user friendly for everyday use. Adaptive dampers is nothing new in the VAG world. Although I wouldn't have great confidence in them cup tyres when it's cold and wet. But we don't exactly know yet how well these new Conti sport contact 6 will be in all weather. Judging by the previous contact 5 they'll be your usual 'summer' tyre. Looking at the reviews the Sub8 seems to be the closest competitor to the new TypeR performance wise.Lewisgame wrote:The Cupra Sub8 and Megan Trophy aren't exactly a daily car. My impression is the Type R can be easily driven every day of the year and perform well on track.Not sure I agree.
Sub8 pack is lighter wheels, cup tyres and a big brake kit. The Leon still has 3 mode adaptive dampers with the same spring rates as the regular Cupra.
However I don't think the Megane has a comfort mode and is just bone shaker mode only.
Lewisgame wrote:Here's a good piece from PH on the options http://www.pistonheads.com/news/driven/ ... view/32185pulpmelon_r wrote:I'll agree that the Sub8 is probably more user friendly for everyday use. Adaptive dampers is nothing new in the VAG world. Although I wouldn't have great confidence in them cup tyres when it's cold and wet. But we don't exactly know yet how well these new Conti sport contact 6 will be in all weather. Judging by the previous contact 5 they'll be your usual 'summer' tyre. Looking at the reviews the Sub8 seems to be the closest competitor to the new TypeR performance wise.Lewisgame wrote:The Cupra Sub8 and Megan Trophy aren't exactly a daily car. My impression is the Type R can be easily driven every day of the year and perform well on track.Not sure I agree.
Sub8 pack is lighter wheels, cup tyres and a big brake kit. The Leon still has 3 mode adaptive dampers with the same spring rates as the regular Cupra.
However I don't think the Megane has a comfort mode and is just bone shaker mode only.
Cannit wrote:I had pilot super sports on my RS250 Megane. Never again, great tyre generally but really soft side walls. I replaced 3 tyres due to split sidewalls from pot holes and never had the same problems on the same roads with standard Conti's. Massive temperature deviations on track too but lots of gripDont know then, oem on porsche gt3's and they all seem to rate them highly as a general day to da tyre
jasonevans wrote:Yes I find the same thing Lewis.Worrying thing was I'm still running standard Bridgestone RE050a's. They did go off but a car that's not far off half the power and weight, it's probably easier to manage.
I'm running Yoko A048's and Fedral 595RS-R's and I can catch most things under braking and through the corners as I've got the grip.