Honda Accord 2.2 Type-R Review

Overall Rating

Fast
Reliable
Plenty of space
Looks ok
Not many about

Apart from a few badges and the spoiler at the back it looks pretty bland and I'm yet to sit in another type R and test the blowers they don't seem to be very strong it might just be my car though I might have a family of speed loving mice living in my air ducts.

I never thought of this car until I looked at one at work I have a family so the likes of 2 door sports car sitting on the drive would be a no no and would probably make the Mrs retire to bed early every night in protest but when I seen the type R I thought there is no way she can moan about this 4 doors plenty of space enough room to get a weeks shopping in the boot and then some the only thing that was left to do is test the power and acceleration it was impressive, but nothing prepared me for 6 k boost and when that kicked in I was sold apart from the blowers the only other thing that went wrong was the air conditioning, you needed a small loan to get a new compressor from the Honda dealer but lucky for me it was just the coil that had gone which you can't buy separately but I got one. I had a Rover Tomcat before this car, I loved the look of the Tomcat and it was pretty nippy but when you opened the bonnet it looked like I had thrown a bucket of oil over it and I was putting as much oil in as petrol look under the type R bonnet and there is no oil to be seen the most impressive thing about the Honda accord type R is that it will take you round town as good as a Mondeo tdci but when the 18 year old down the road pulls up next to you in his Saxo vtr he soon realises why they don't insure any body under 30 on a type r unless your dad is Bill Gates, I have put 8 stars for practicality only because of the fuel bill if you hit 6k all the time which you really feel like doing.

Members' Comments onlogic turbo's Review

• Seanie babes on 5th Jul 2004

  I have had my Type R for just under a year now.
  The only thing that annoys me is a clicking clonking noise that comes from somewhere when I change gear.Its been in to the local dealer who couldnt find anything so I guess its ok. As its a noisy car I guess you tend to listen to everything.
  The air ducts are wouldnt blow the skin of your grannys rice pudding and is a liitle bit annoying.
  The one thing you should do is put an air intake kit on,you get an increase in power and a roar that puts a Subaru in the shade.
  Apart from the crippling fuel consumption and the tyres shredding on the front the car is a less expensive way to have a truly rare fast family car.

• chrisob on 10th Aug 2004

  My type-r had to go back to Honda for a new 4th and 5th gear and synchro-mesh as I was experiencing a grind on the way into 5th at high revs. Luckily this was covered by the warranty.

• logic turbo1 on 26th Aug 2004

  I was just wondering if any one had experienced misfire when driving 4 weeks ago I had the engine malfunction indicator lamp come on just before I was going on holiday to sunny Wales so I trotted of to Honda dealer who thankfully got it straight in and sorted the light out for me it was an EGR valve that was coked up so a bit of cleaning and the light was out so all was good and I was on my way up the m6 on my return I have found that when I start the car up after its been sitting there all night or day and drive down the road it starts miss firing for about 4 seconds then races of again I was just wondering if any one else had experienced this also being a cheeky person I was in the petrol station and there was a nice shiny red Honda accord type r there so when the driver came out I asked him if he’s blowers were powerful he said they was and invited me to see for my self and they were at least twice as powerful as mine he sat in my car and I put mine on and he couldn’t believe how crap they were the only difference in cars is he’s was a y reg and mines a w reg so im thinking there might have been a problem with the old models and they sorted it out on the 2001 model upgrade has any one owned both models or have heard of this problem I no its only the heaters but winter is a coming and I don’t want to be putting the air conditioning on when its 3 below zero when I going to work at 5 in the morning in the winter to demist my windows!

• chrisob on 14th Sep 2004

  Are you sure you haven't got a loose plug or HT lead causing your misfire? My car is a Y plate, and my blowers are quite strong, but I still have to use my air-con every time when it's damp.
  
  Has anybody tried any other tyres rather than the Potenzas? The guy I go to for tyres has suggested a couple of others that should give longer life, but I'm worried about compromising on grip.