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Holy $hit!! hondas eh

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    #2
    Jesus Wept
    Registered Users Posts: 25,243 ✭✭✭✭Jesus Wept


    As Jeremy Clarkson once said:

    'If Honda made man, no one would ever die.'

    :)


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    #3
    Yakult
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 7,941 Mod ✭✭✭✭Yakult


    Thats why Im buying a Honda!


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    #4
    Senna
    Registered Users Posts: 8,800 ✭✭✭Senna


    thats just unreal, i wonder if half way through they had of put oil back in, it probably would have done another 100k miles:D


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    #5
    CyberGhost
    Registered Users Posts: 5,554 ✭✭✭CyberGhost


    Damn!


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    #6
    C_Breeze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,435 ✭✭✭C_Breeze


    Oh man , hondas are just so over rated and over hyped its annoying at this stage. (and I have a 1.8 VTEC myself)

    I reckon any other toyota engine , nissan engine . V6, Chevy V8's even would have coped just aswell .


    And R_H_C_P , thats a good reason as any to buy a honda :rolleyes: - so you can hockey the crap out of it with oil instead of water


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    #7
    kluivert
    Registered Users Posts: 2,399 ✭✭✭kluivert


    Honda engines are brillant.

    My next car is goign to be a Honda for sure


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    #8
    JHMEG
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,686 ✭✭✭JHMEG


    C_Breeze wrote: »
    Oh man , hondas are just so over rated and over hyped its annoying at this stage. (and I have a 1.8 VTEC myself0
    You're just feelin sore cos you bought the one that looks like an old Rover!


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    #9
    C_Breeze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,435 ✭✭✭C_Breeze


    JHMEG wrote: »
    You're just feelin sore cos you bought the one that looks like an old Rover!

    LOL . Not Really .. I prefer that one to the "shmmaaaad out of it" white jap import sardine cans that you see about 100 a day of.

    And you know I am right about my point - other engines would be able to cope just as well.

    What exactly was that video meant to prove anyway? - WOW now im definitely getting a honda? Has nothing to do with engine performace, power delivery, responsiveness, smoothness etc .... and all other factor that make a good engine and driving enjoyable.

    Dont get me wrong, they are great engines no doubt - but so waaaay over rated


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    #10
    jayok
    Registered Users Posts: 1,906 ✭✭✭jayok


    If you really want over-rated buy a BMW.


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    #11
    Cyrus
    Registered Users Posts: 20,055 ✭✭✭✭Cyrus


    jayok wrote: »
    If you really want over-rated buy a BMW.

    not liking the 325?


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    #12
    JHMEG
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,686 ✭✭✭JHMEG


    Cyrus wrote: »
    not liking the 325?
    Jayok is one of the few qualified to comment on both!

    @C_Breeze, in what way do you reckon Honda engines are over-rated?


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    #13
    jayok
    Registered Users Posts: 1,906 ✭✭✭jayok


    Cyrus wrote: »
    not liking the 325?

    No the 325 is fine. Nice engine, smooth, I really like the RWD. Different car to the Honda's that I've had of course, but for what it is I feel that BMWs in the public's eye are overrated.

    As a now BMW owner, I meet other owners who are gobsmacked when I suggest that they are simply ok and not the "best car in the world". These hard-core BMWers when start to rant about performance, balance, engines, etc. But miss my point. As a car the BMW is wonderful, but there are equally wonderful, Honda's, Toyota's, Merc's, Fords, etc. no one single car brand has it all.

    Re the Honda's for what the are they are very good at, but I wouldn't over-rate these either. If you was a 4-pot screamer, buy a Honda. If you want a smooth 6-cylinder get a 325. If you want a V10 monster, buy the M5. Horses for courses..


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    C_Breeze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,435 ✭✭✭C_Breeze


    JHMEG wrote: »
    @C_Breeze, in what way do you reckon Honda engines are over-rated?


    Too noisy, unrefined, too hard to get power out of ... you just really have to grab them by the scruff of the neck all the time to get power ... and then you have about 200 people staring at you and giving you dirty looks. - but some people like that.

    ..its no not so much the engines but the cars as a whole driving experience - it just not my cup of tea. Hence why im selling my civic.

    I do a lot of motorway driving and believe me , the civic 1.8 VTEC and even my friends 1.8 SIR integra which i drove are not a patch on the old 323f V6 i used to drive ... even though that had 40 bhp less.

    I currently have an MX3 V6 and its a muuch better drive than the VTI (to me anyway)

    They new type R also got very bad reviews in NewCar magazine. I would take a golf GTI or 3 MPS over that anyday.

    Over-rated in no way means that they are bad, - They are just not my prefference and people always make them out to be better than they actually are in an pre pubescent "OMG VTEC SMOKE ANYONE!!!!!" type of way


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    #15
    chris85
    Registered Users Posts: 4,502 ✭✭✭chris85


    Since talking bout engines, check out this formula one engine being tested, the exhaust is brilliant. Some engineering involved for an exhaust to be able to withstand that heat.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyr5zE7Tets


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    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 39,727 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    Am I supposed to be impressed with the original vid? From what I see its just some cars with the exhaust manifold removed!


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    #17
    Anan1
    Registered Users Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    kbannon wrote: »
    Am I supposed to be impressed with the original vid? From what I see its just some cars with the exhaust manifold removed!
    You have to watch the whole thing.;)


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    #18
    JHMEG
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,686 ✭✭✭JHMEG


    C_Breeze wrote: »
    Too noisy, unrefined, too hard to get power out of ...
    But in what way are they over rated? No-one said they're smooth, no-one said they're refined. As for the VTEC smoke thing, well they are usually the best in class for power -- and therefore not over-rated -- eg how many 2.0 litre normally aspirated engines do 240bhp?


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    #19
    JHMEG
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,686 ✭✭✭JHMEG


    chris85 wrote: »
    Since talking bout engines, check out this formula one engine being tested
    That has to be the coolest way to needlessly burn ever diminishing fossil fuels!


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    #20
    JHMEG
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,686 ✭✭✭JHMEG


    jayok wrote: »
    If you want a V10 monster, buy the M5.
    Jeez an M5 does not qualify for that description. That has to be something that's actually cool: the Dodge Viper!
    2008_Dodge_Viper_SRT10_3.jpg


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    #21
    someothername
    Closed Accounts Posts: 148 ✭✭someothername


    C_Breeze wrote: »
    I do a lot of motorway driving and believe me , the civic 1.8 VTEC and even my friends 1.8 SIR integra which i drove are not a patch on the old 323f V6 i used to drive ... even though that had 40 bhp less.

    That your problem there man..... SIR Integra? drive the Type R DC2 or DC5 then form an opinion ;)


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    #22
    C_Breeze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,435 ✭✭✭C_Breeze


    jayok wrote: »
    Re the Honda's for what the are they are very good at, but I wouldn't over-rate these either. If you was a 4-pot screamer, buy a Honda. If you want a smooth 6-cylinder get a 325. If you want a V10 monster, buy the M5. Horses for courses..


    Perfectly said


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    #23
    Marcus.Aurelius
    Registered Users Posts: 2,314 ✭✭✭Marcus.Aurelius


    Wife has a Honda Legend 3.5 V6, kicks the sh*t out of all those boy racer civics every time. Hilarious stuff.


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    #24
    C_Breeze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,435 ✭✭✭C_Breeze


    maoleary wrote: »
    Wife has a Honda Legend 3.5 V6, kicks the sh*t out of all those boy racer civics every time. Hilarious stuff.


    Eh.. well i sure hope so, because thats a given considering the engine is twice as big. :rolleyes:


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    #25
    Marcus.Aurelius
    Registered Users Posts: 2,314 ✭✭✭Marcus.Aurelius


    C_Breeze wrote: »
    Eh.. well i sure hope so, because thats a given considering the engine is twice as big. :rolleyes:

    True, but its still cheaper to buy than their souped-up rubbish. The funny part is that the Legend doesn't look fast, so they usually get a shock.

    Is that childish? :D


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    #26
    C_Breeze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,435 ✭✭✭C_Breeze


    maoleary wrote: »
    Is that childish? :D

    Maybe....

    but probably a lot of fun i'd imagine :D


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    #27
    jayok
    Registered Users Posts: 1,906 ✭✭✭jayok


    JHMEG wrote: »
    Jeez an M5 does not qualify for that description. That has to be something that's actually cool: the Dodge Viper!

    You need to drive an M5 that V10 just roars. But I don't doubt the Viper is equally as cool.


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    #28
    JHMEG
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,686 ✭✭✭JHMEG


    jayok wrote: »
    You need to drive an M5 that V10 just roars. But I don't doubt the Viper is equally as cool.
    No sorry, M5 doesn't qualify to be a "monster". Afterall it is a family saloon! And unlike the Viper it can't set its own paintwork on fire (as demonstarted by Clarkson on Top Gear).

    Even tho the engine is cool, can the M5 even be called cool even? Luxurious, fast, smooth etc.. but cool.. don't think so.


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    #29
    pm.
    Registered Users Posts: 2,142 ✭✭✭pm.


    check out this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdijTTxWwWk&mode=related&search=


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    #30
    E92
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,147 ✭✭✭E92


    What about this for indestructability? Look at what they do to this poor E28 524td.

    Its not just Honda that can make reliable engines. OKay, I admit its a diesel, and diesels in general can handle more abuse than a petrol, but still, it just goes to show what some engines are capable of.


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    #31
    SouperComputer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭SouperComputer


    E92 wrote: »
    What about this for indestructability? Look at what they do to this poor E28 524td.

    Its not just Honda that can make reliable engines. OKay, I admit its a diesel, and diesels in general can handle more abuse than a petrol, but still, it just goes to show what some engines are capable of.


    haha, the stanley blade on the timing belt was class.


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