Iron Chef

Sorry, your original quote was ambiguous in the last sentence, so I misinterpreted it. I don't think the EP3 is God's gift to the automotive world, hell if I did I'd still be driving it instead of the Evo 8 I bought to replace it. But by the same token, it's stupid of people to hang shit on a car or a brand just because they don't understand the appeal. On a side note, I had the opportunity to buy an NSX-R personally imported from Japan last year, but it came at precisely the wrong time for me to stretch my finances and grab it. It ended up up being sold back to Japan, what a crime.

So what you're effectively saying is that they are half decent sports cars, but you're just biased against Hondas. Gotcha...

I call them KANACs - Know Absolutely Nothing About Cars...

Ok I'll bite, seeing I was being economical with my words before: Some R32s were brought in under the old 15 year rule, if that is the case, they won't have a compliance plate on them. The ones that were brought in under a compliance scheme WILL have one. No R33s came in under the 15 year rule, so they should ALL have a compliance plate of some kind. Compliance plates issued under SEVS or the system that preceded it are issued by Canberra, not by Regency, and they are virtually impossible to replace. Regency started issuing its own plates in recent times to cars that have come in under the 15 year rule, so that police officers could better identify cars that weren't meeting the road regs. So as I said, if an R33 doesn't have a compliance plate on it, regardless of whether or not it's registered or anything else, I would steer clear. Chances are you may never get pulled over, but if you struck a smart cop on the wrong day, you would, at the very least, have to take it over the pits at Regency, or at worse, end up with another track-only car that could never be registered again.

Since when was the EP3 Aussie delivered?? The JDM version IS the real thing! And all Civic Type Rs were made in the UK, even the EK9. I owned an EP3 as a daily for about 18 months. Pic below: Given that I hopped into it after selling an RX-7, I found it SLLOOOOWWW driving it around town, mostly because you tend to spend your time at the bottom of the rev range, and being non-turbo, a lack of torque just makes it feel like you're always changing gears to get anywhere. But over time, I grew to love it. The EP3 has the gearstick coming out of the dash, and it is the best gearshift I've ever used, I even rate it higher than my old MX-5, and that's a huge call. I liked the fact that I could thrash the bejeezus out of it and still get less than 10l/100km. But most of all, I took it for regular hills runs and suddenly understood what it was all about. I comprehensively smashed a whole variety of very very quick cars through tight hills runs with a combination of using all my 9000rpm, braking REALLY late and throwing the car in, and getting back on the power nice and early. Seriously, they stick and stick and stick. All the people on here who feel they have the right to comment on Hondas without actually having owned or even been in one, I can still borrow my old EP3 off the previous owner - feel free to come and meet me in the hills some time and see if you can keep up.

No, see I don't think anyone is reading my replies....

Ring Kirrawee Towing and ask for Stratty 9521 2300. Yes Port Kembla is a right pain, and towing seems to cost a fortune. I actually send most of my cars through Brisbane - it's cheaper to transport them from there through Kiwi than to get them towed from Port Kembla. Go figure...

Unfortunately not, only the 350GT from what I can gather, the 370 was only released fairly recently.

You guys probably knew that a few places had test cars, but a workshop in Sydney now has plates for them ready to go. They're a huge improvement on looks over the the V35 sedan, that's for sure. Would make a nice daily! http://history.nissan.co.jp/SKYLINE/V36/0611/

Yes but not as quick as your GT-R, that was the point I was making And get yourself a decent damn speedo

You've already driven mine, you know how fast it goes... What speeds are you hitting down the back straight??

^^^Pffft says the Starlet owner.... I say we swap cars half way through the day Luke, then we'll see how quick your car can go

I didn't know you were into that sort of stuff, Luke....

In a word - No.

I remember that one, I think I put 500,000 or something on it just for the engine/drivertrain...

I'm just copy and pasting everything from J-Spec as we speak haha That site is awesome, I can see why it took so long to build! As for mine, I'm still hoping that Aaron's programmer will find the time to do mine, or if anyone is a gun programmer and can help me make something, give me a yell. Three failed attempts to upgrade it so far, damn flaky IT dudes haha

That was me, yes, and that was the car that did a 1:22.35 at Mallala on the weekend on its first outing, comprehensively kicking Heslo's times.

For sure, still got the chunks of rubber around the inside of my rims and under my guards to prove it. Haven't been able to get past the x2 points multiplier in Drift in the Evo though - any tips?

^^^True, it's Aaron who's the wanker, avoid him at all costs hahaha Sorry I forgot to add you to my list mate! Oh and Direct Imported too!

If it's a 32 or earlier, then there's a chance it won't have a plate. If it's a 33 it should have a plate of some kind to be registered. If not, stay away.

Dude, it's Russian, just do what the locals do - use a screwdriver!

Iron Chef Imports J-Spec Prestige Motorsport SVI are Brissy based, not that it matters much where a broker is based, we all sell cars to customers all over Oz.

I think you misread - mine was over a month The quickest I've had was submitted via fax on a Friday, received in the mail (in Adelaide) Monday morning. Can't beat half an hour though, that's awesome. Mr Eps, wait till next month maybe you'll get the next issue in your pack haha Short story was that a dealer in Qld had the exact car she was looking for, had been in their stock for over 12 months. So I introduced her to them and she broke their balls instead of mine!

Bear in mind this is for a car coming in under SEVS, not a personal import or race/rally or whatever, just a rubber stamp job... Date applied for: 18 March Date import approval received: 22 April This was for my own Cube - I think Canberra subconsciously knew I've been criticising them in upcoming issues of HPI mag lol