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I was always confused (and still am) what exi-R is.
Whether it mean't dooRs or type-R.
After cursing the looks of the roof, it's practical and cossy inside with two. Though no oil painting the roof, don't look as bad as I thought in them photos. Or is it just me!
"Good question. Originaly it really was just for any cars that used the Civic 'R' engine but as this was put into the first car with doors it kind of became the new name for both. However if someone builds a car using doors but with any engine except the 'R' then it would still be just a 5EXi."
But once I tell them the name and they stop laughing, tell them it's quicker that a Porsche 911 turbo, they start rolling about calling me a fibber.
But the look on there face, and grip of there hands on the seats, when I floor the throttle after. They come out kissing the ground!
There's a good underground roundabout at Canary Wharf in London. Exhaust sounds great there, and the look on there faces when there hanging on there seats for grip! That's without the turbo!
Comment: Seemed as fast as a Vauxhall red top Lotus Seven. I wait the time when I talk him out now the turbo is working1
