Used 2005 Honda Civic Type R for Sale near Bellingham, WA

A few years back, I got the opportunity to test drive a customer (!) owned 2005 Honda Civic Type-R car from a Honda dealership. Type R's were so wanted that none of the dealers in Belgium had one for demo purposes, not even the importer. On the test drive day, rain was pouring of course. The dealer drove me around for a few minutes before handing me over the steering wheel. The Civic drives like a fast GTI in the lower rev range with a particularly well balanced chassis and roadholding. You feel instantly at ease in this car. I never quite understood the essence of the VTEC although I read lots about it. But boy is it good. This car feels like it comes with two engines. Somewhere around 4500rpm where a normal engine prepares for its last breath, this thing is not even awake. When it eventually does, the character is so wild and brutal that I was instantly hooked. The Type R is built in superlight spec. Aircon is not available because it would make the car heavier. It is only available as a dealer accessory. The racy interior is well built and has a nice touch. The comfort is very good for this kind of car with the Recaro seats. Braking is up to level with the cars 200hp and excellent handling. The only drawback in this soaked weather was the grip of the Bridgestone Potenza's when the VTEC kicks in. It sure could do with a sensitive right foot. There is no doubt that this is one of the most fun cars I have ever driven. I generally dislike front wheel drive cars, but this one made me reconsider my fundamental judgement.

Love the car the engine revs like crazy and loves it, the handling is amazing as it is so light fantastic car for the money with Honda reliability, the fuel economy is not that great around 20 MPG around town and up to 35 maybe 40 MPG at a push on the motorway, lets face it you don't buy this car for its fuel economy! Fantastic confidence inspiring drive corners like its on rails, the VTEC does kick in a little too late i think it would be nice if it kicked in at around 5 to 5 and a half thousand RPM, other than that a brilliant car. Fantastically fun to drive. Servicing costs are very low and this is a Honda so is ultra reliable. It looks fantastic an all round brilliant package.

Awesome car when bought, awesome car to this day. The new model is nowhere near as sharp and involving to drive. A fantastic second-hand buy if you can find a decent one and very reasonable running costs. Very highly recommended!

Brilliant hot hatch. revs like nothing i've ever seen 8000 rpm, handling's nice too, you turn in, backside comes round...brilliant costs are ok, given the fact that it's got 200 hp, anything from 10 to 30 mpg japanese built quality so not as nice as a german coupé but as good as it needs to be i like the looks fun's there as soon as you turn the ignition key btw: the new one's rubbish

Fantastic car; in my opinion there is very little that comes close for the money. Tried the VXR, ST and GTi, no where near. The R26 is just as good a drive but totally different power delivery. I use mine as a daily drive and it's as at home on a B road blast as it is cruising on the motorway.