GTP Cool Wall: 1998-2003 Honda Accord Type R

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1998-2003 Honda Accord Type R

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I don't really have an emotional attachment to Honda Accords, but nor do I hate them with a passion. Meh
 
Uncool...I loved mine and I would have another in a second but they're so hard to come by, the wing is silly (altho it does look good...) and it's not really feasible to keep as a daily driver unless you've got shares in a petrol station or income massively over outgoings! I miss my R, the funniest thing was when I needed to go and get a Type-R badge to replace the one missing from the front grille, refusing to pay dealer prices and watching the Halfords monkey do his "yeah, right" face when I told him I needed a Type-R badge for my Type-R :odd:
 
Seriously uncool. It's a family sedan with a spoiler and a R badge on it, it looks like it's trying too hard. Also it has an F1 affiliation and F1 is the least cool motorsport on the planet (and possibly other planets).
 
Better looking and more sporty than the North American Accord in those years...those were uncool, this euro type R gets a meh.
 
Seriously Uncool. It looks like someone slapped some bits on a normal Honda.

Liquid
@Joey D Stock car and drag racing are less cool than F1.
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I think the noses of the last few years have moved it past both on the uncool chart. Not to mention all the politics that go on. Oh, also Bernie... and Tilke...
 
Justin
I think the noses of the last few years have moved it past both on the uncool chart. Not to mention all the politics that go on. Oh, also Bernie... and Tilke...
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In my opinion, that isn't enough to be more uncool than stereotype of fat rednecks named Bobby driving around a circle. It's close, but not enough.
 
Meh. It's a top spec sedan with a Type R badge. Without that badge it would be a random Accord. Which are fine cars, but not cool.
 
The stereotype of snobby Europeans isn't any better really.Add into that the stereotypical F1 or die fan and F1 is seriously uncool. I guess it depends on which side of the pond you're standing though.

Here fat rednecks are cooler than snobby Europeans any day.;)
 
If we're going to talk about cool racing formats in a thread on the Accord, what about BTCC? The events from the 1980's-1990's you can find on Youtube are the best racing I've ever seen.

But, if not on topic, at least following the recent thread of conversation, I think TG fairly covered the subject when it concluded that NASCAR is a lot cooler than many people (who haven't tried it) think. I personally can't sit through it, the crashes make it more a survival sport than a motorsport IMO... but my grandpa loves it, and he's no fat redneck (railroad engineer, homebuilder, Army vet, Airstreamer, HAM operator, and 100% sober.)
 
It probably deserves a low cool, but I'm voting meh (which I rarely do), because for the time period, there are just so many alternatives I'd rather have. And if I really wanted a high revving 4 cylinder honda car, I would go for the Civic if I wanted practicality and the S2000 if I wanted performance, this seems to lose out to both.
 
Conza
if I really wanted a high revving 4 cylinder honda car, I would go for the Civic if I wanted practicality and the S2000 if I wanted performance, this seems to lose out to both.
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The point of this car is exactly that it has both of those things; performance and practicality. Two in one. That said, I'd kill for an S2000; one of the best roadsters of its time and possibly all time.
 
Big, silly wing. Stupid red paint. Unnecessary tie-in with F1 via Damon Hill, whose input most likely came down to adjusting the door sticker tire pressures.

Should be monumentally uncool.

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Still voted cool. It's the only Accord I've ever liked.
 
Justin
I think the noses of the last few years have moved it past both on the uncool chart.
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Plus the ban on helmet design changes.

Though NASCAR is certainly doing its best to regain the top spot for being home to the sort of drivers that beat up their girlfriends.

As for the Accord... uncool. Just. I quite like them, I'd probably own one, and it's undoubtedly an excellent car. But it's still an Accord, one with a big silly wing on the back, and I suspect all but the most informed of bystanders would probably think you'd bought it from Dodgy Dave's Dealership for three hundred quid and slapped the wing on yourself.
 
Liquid
The point of this car is exactly that it has both of those things; performance and practicality. Two in one. That said, I'd kill for an S2000; one of the best roadsters of its time and possibly all time.
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Does it really have performance though? It's got 200 horses in a 1350kg car. That's basically the same as my Bora from the same era, and that's not even slightly a sports car.

It's got a sporty badge, but it's really not a particularly quick car. It might handle quite well for a sedan, but that's about it. It's the equivalent of a Impreza WRX, a fairly warm sedan, instead of a WRX STi, an actual performance sedan.
 
Imari
Does it really have performance though? It's got 200 horses in a 1350kg car. That's basically the same as my Bora from the same era, and that's not even slightly a sports car.

It's got a sporty badge, but it's really not a particularly quick car. It might handle quite well for a sedan, but that's about it. It's the equivalent of a Impreza WRX, a fairly warm sedan, instead of a WRX STi, an actual performance sedan.
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The Bora V6 was over 1500kg, what it does have though is a highly strung 4 Cylinder that will Rev well past anycar in it's price range.

I would say it's uniqueness is better then it's performance.
 
Imari
Does it really have performance though? It's got 200 horses in a 1350kg car. That's basically the same as my Bora from the same era, and that's not even slightly a sports car.

It's got a sporty badge, but it's really not a particularly quick car. It might handle quite well for a sedan, but that's about it. It's the equivalent of a Impreza WRX, a fairly warm sedan, instead of a WRX STi, an actual performance sedan.
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This sort of car is more about the nature of its performance than the quantity.

You can probably buy a diesel 3-series these days that's comfortably quicker than the Type R (in fact, you probably could back then), but it's the experience of taking an otherwise humdrum saloon to the redline in every gear, and then finding out it out-handles anything else with four doors and a boot too, is what makes a car like this special.

I believe the 0-60 time was in the low 7s, which isn't ballistic but is hardly slow either - it's a little quicker than the official figure for a Toyota GT86 despite having a couple more doors, some proper rear seats and sending its power to the 'wrong' wheels.
 
homeforsummer
I believe the 0-60 time was in the low 7s, which isn't ballistic but is hardly slow either.
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Probably find that there's a gear change getting in the way of a more truthful demonstration of its acceleration abilities.

The two previous generations of Civic Type-R's both require a change to 3rd at 58/59 mph.
 
TheCracker
Probably find that there's a gear change getting in the way of a more truthful demonstration of its acceleration abilities.

The two previous generations of Civic Type-R's both require a change to 3rd at 58/59 mph.
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Yeah, that's quite possible. 0-60 figures are often hard to trust for that very reason.
 

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