R as a daily driver??

R-Adrenaline · Post by **R-Adrenaline** » March 16th, 2004, 12:22 pm

How many of you use your R as a daily driver and how do you like it. Meaning, do you wish you had a beater/do you get alot of lookers/do you worry when you park your car places??

RealTypeR · Post by **RealTypeR** » March 16th, 2004, 12:49 pm

I can't afford another car. It's a daily driver. I worry yes, but try not to. If it gets stolen, sure I'll be sad cause there's a lot of money in it, but I'll just buy another one.

40calpal · Post by **40calpal** » March 16th, 2004, 1:41 pm

Yeah i feel better with the Lojack and have trush in it. Try to park under a bright light or near a security camera

Bbasso · Post by **Bbasso** » March 16th, 2004, 2:53 pm

Some what of a daily driver, I use it to go to work, and to friends houses. But if I need to go somewhere that I'm unsure about like malls or if I have to leave it then I'll use my dad's cars. I'd say I use my car 60% of the time.

ITR640 · Post by **ITR640** » March 16th, 2004, 3:19 pm

I used to use mine as a daily driver. Then I bought my pride and joy 1988 Honda CRX (sarcasm). But I thought it made a great daily driver, but I worried alot and thought it would be better just to buy another car then to worry about it being stolen. I had alot of people looking at it and sometimes I would come out of somewhere and some would be looking at it. It was sorta funny if you think about it.

Justin Klemgold · Post by **Justin Klemgold** » March 16th, 2004, 4:45 pm

I paid 1000 bucks for my 91 Accord beater with 246,500 on it as of right now. It runs like a brand new car. I haven't had to drop a dime into it all winter. I bought it last october. My car has been in storage since early novemeber, but when it comes back out, I will drive the accord to malls and movies and school and shit. The R will be safely at home.

BLAAK · Post by **BLAAK** » March 16th, 2004, 6:10 pm

Daily driver here too. I even drove it in the winter season. Car is pretty much like any other car at under 3000 rpm. Climbing slowly the rpm, then the great beast is awaken.

Some of you would probably think I'm nuts to drive it winter but, hey, I'm Canadian. People have ski-doos, I have a Type R!

I have noticed a change in parking habits since purchasing the ITR. I just don't park it any where like most ITR owners do. I do get the bozos chasing me down on the highway. "Just let them go", I think to myself. The car does get a lot of looks 'cause you don't really see a whole lot of them in my town.

Anyways, it still one of the best decision I've ever made.

Blaak

PY 01-0972 · Post by **PY 01-0972** » March 16th, 2004, 7:03 pm

It will be my daily driver when my 03 si lease is up. When I drive it to work
once or twice a week I check on it every 2 to 3 hours. I had a car stolen so
I am of course real paranoid. but to answer your question Hey! its a honda
and will give you years of trouble free service! I think its a shame to leave it in the garage it loves to be driven. I want to drive it every day but end up in the Si most of the time and i know it will be there when I get off work. as far as a daily driver it is a great car!

Justin Klemgold · Post by **Justin Klemgold** » March 17th, 2004, 12:37 am

BLAAK wrote:I just don't park it any where like most ITR owners do.

Blaak

Huh? Most ITR owners are just as paranoid as you. It comes with the territory of buying an ITR.

Hoya · Post by **Hoya** » March 17th, 2004, 12:46 am

My family has a 98 Civic that's sort of like a family beater. I use it to drive to school, or when it's raining/snowing hard (just overall bad weather). But if I go to the mall or something, I bring the R out.

TheSnake · Post by **TheSnake** » March 17th, 2004, 9:04 am

mines a daily driver, i drive it to my high school every day, i go to the mall...no problems really, there are a few in town...more than you would think iowa would have.

nsxtasy · Post by **nsxtasy** » March 17th, 2004, 9:40 am

Post by **Dave-ROR** » March 17th, 2004, 11:44 am

Ok I don't own an ITR, but I would park it wherever. If it got stolen, yeah that'd suck, but no car is worth changing my life to protect. It's just a friggen car. :shrug:

mythias · Post by **mythias** » March 17th, 2004, 12:07 pm

I dont change my life to protect it, but I use my head when I park it.. at night I make sure I park it in a well lit area, and if I can see a camera I park it within site of it. Its not changing my life, its just using caution.

Champ R · Post by **Champ R** » March 17th, 2004, 1:43 pm

Mine has been my daily for about 2 years, i dont have a garage to store it in either, so it sees all the elements unfortunately. Its not the most comfy daily driver out there, but i have fun everytime i get behind the wheel. It's a drivers car, plain and simple.

joe s · Post by **joe s** » March 20th, 2004, 2:28 am

It's my daily driver, and why not? - great mileage, Honda reliability, and great fun. I drive it approx 50 minutes each way to work(some great roads included) and for everything else. If the weather's especially terrible ie snow storm, I'll try to use one of the other cars in the household.
The car gets its share of looks (as it should!) and the occasional kid who thinks I want to street race because I drive an R, but otherwise no problems. I'm somewhat careful with parking (no body-side moldings for protection) but not paranoid about it.
It's a $25K car, not a Ferrari - use it!

typeRated · Post by **typeRated** » March 22nd, 2004, 1:00 am

Yup,
I just moved from my parents house to my own (apt),So i'm a little worried since it is not in a garage but pretty close (covered and gated parking) and use my car to work daily.. And love every mintue im in the R..

George Knighton · Post by **George Knighton** » March 22nd, 2004, 10:17 am

For the first couple of years of its life, my ITR was the commuter car because my ol'e 6.3 Merc got about 8 miles per gallon.

I never experienced any troubles with theft or vandalism, but I'm not sure it'd be the same today. (Hell, "Floyd" just had his car vandalised right outside his apartment complex in a safe neighbourhood just to get the Sparco EVO seats out of it!)

For whatever it's worth, a stock ITR is a very nice daily driver commuter, provided you don't have to use cruise control.

bbqman · Post by **bbqman** » March 22nd, 2004, 11:30 pm

Dave-ROR wrote:Ok I don't own an ITR, but I would park it wherever. If it got stolen, yeah that'd suck, but no car is worth changing my life to protect. It's just a friggen car. :shrug:

Ahhhh that's just it, Dave...if you don't own one , you can't know what the typical R owner feels.
You are right though, it is just a car...but this car can't easily be replaced. And there is no other Honda product that can be daily driven...winter/summer and be this fast on the track...stock!!!

This is what the R is all about.

Justin Klemgold · Post by **Justin Klemgold** » March 22nd, 2004, 11:48 pm

I don't think it's about the car getting stolen, it's about the whole feeling of having something that YOU own and that YOU Paid for ripped out from underneath you. And the cops won't do a damn thing about it. THAT'S what it's about...it's not about a material thing...it's about ethics and morals.

R1366 · Post by **R1366** » March 23rd, 2004, 12:21 am

Justin Klemgold wrote:I don't think it's about the car getting stolen, it's about the whole feeling of having something that YOU own and that YOU Paid for ripped out from underneath you. And the cops won't do a damn thing about it. THAT'S what it's about...it's not about a material thing...it's about ethics and morals.

yup, I guess that's why I find myself looking out the window every 5-10 minutes of the day to make sure she's still there

BTW my R is daily driven

Type R 98 · Post by **Type R 98** » March 23rd, 2004, 1:54 pm

My R is daily driven but i use my beater whenever i feel i'm going somewhere unsafe without attending her for too long.. if i do go to the mall, i park it right outside the store windows so that theres always people comming out to sort of scare thieves away from trying to rob it in front of them..

R-Adrenaline · Post by **R-Adrenaline** » March 23rd, 2004, 2:15 pm

Thanks to all for the input. I have a daily driver and wanted to sell it to pay off a bill but just wasn't sure about having the R as a daily driver. I had a 01 R as a daily driver in KC for about 10months with no problems but now I live in TX, just purchased a 98 R and don't know about crime around here. To me it is just a fun car to drive and an awesome car on the track for its class. I didn't buy it to keep it in the garage. My main reason for debate is gas mileage and theft. Gas mileage is not bad but not as good as a beater getting 35 to 40 on regular unleaded if you know what I mean.

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