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New owner in the West Midlands saying hi...

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2016 3:55 pm
by Wires
Hey Everyone, I've been lurking on the forums for a while now, reading up on as much as I could and closely following the 'spotted' thread to see what cars were coming up.

I finally took the plunge and went, for what I think, is one of the best around. I'm sure you'll all recognise it!

I'll be slowly perfecting what is already a great car into my ultimate FB and I'm already thankful for the all excellent knowledge on here. Hopefully I'll make some FB mates along the way as well!

Cheers

Chris aka 'Wires'

'84 3rd Gen Civic
'85 FB 12a Turbo
'90 3rd Gen Prelude
'99 S2000



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Re: New owner in the West Midlands saying hi...

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2016 6:36 pm
by Hobbawobba
Hey Chris! Welcome to the forum aye. Have you got any pictures at all? Sounds like you have/had some cool cars aye. Where abouts in the West Midlands are you? I'm just in Worcester aye :D

Re: New owner in the West Midlands saying hi...

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2016 8:18 pm
by KiwiDave
Welcome Chris. It's good to see that the car has a new home ... it just needs to get out more now. Is it still going to be kept in a style to which it has become accustomed, heated, dehumidified garage and all?

Re: New owner in the West Midlands saying hi...

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2016 8:30 pm
by Hobbawobba
Your picture wasn't loading on my computer earlier. Just saw it on my phone though. Awesome! :D

Re: New owner in the West Midlands saying hi...

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2016 8:59 pm
by Wires
KiwiDave - yup, it's going straight into the garage... much to the disappointment of the S2000!

Hobba - thanks, she's a looker alright :D

Re: New owner in the West Midlands saying hi...

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2016 10:10 pm
by DKWW2000
Welcome to the the forum Chris, the 7 has some nice stablemates :o

Does she drive to your expectations, certainly looks the part, looking forward to hear/seeing more,
regards Pete

Re: New owner in the West Midlands saying hi...

Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2016 10:15 am
by Wires
Thanks Pete, she seems to drive pretty well, sadly only had the motorway journey back so far, so hopefully the weather will stay nice. There's a couple of things I may tweak going forward in terms of handling, but I like to get to know a car first before I change anything, otherwise where's your benchmark.

Tim the previous owner has done a fantastic job though, I haven't personally driven a stock one to compare, but he says it's a million times better than it originally was. I think the Turbo II steering and front end has a lot to do with that.

It's got a larger turbo on than it's original that the ecu hasn't been mapped to yet, so there is some potential to be unlocked for sure, although it's still pretty quick. Once you get it into boost it just wants to keep going.

The amount of spare parts that came with it is mind boggling, one of every interior switch, spare sun roof, cluster, lights... the list goes on.

So yeah, very happy monkey!

Re: New owner in the West Midlands saying hi...

Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2016 11:57 am
by codge
Hi Chris,
Belated welcome from me. Got the car relocated on the register now.

Cheers
Codge (Dave)

Re: New owner in the West Midlands saying hi...

Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2016 4:27 pm
by Wires
Thanks Dave!

Re: New owner in the West Midlands saying hi...

Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 10:47 am
by gt_james
I'm from Worcester area too, looks like you've had some cool Hondas!