Welcome to the third and final part of my Civic Type R story, a fitting tribute to a truly amazing car! The next thing I wanted was a big loud exhaust, so I decided to go for the M2 stainless steel with the right and upwards Japanese "kick" style. I also bought a unsilenced centre pipe too, I believe it was Supersprint but can't remember exactly. It looked the business and sounded amazing! (I'l try to get a video up on Instagram later on). After having the boring K&N cone filter on for quite a while I decided to change the air intake to the Tegiwa carbon airbox. It should of cost £350 but I got it in a sale for around £280. It is a blatant copy of the Gruppe M, which are priced around £650-£780 new! Even the second hand ones were usually more expensive than a new Tegiwa copy. Tegiwa's customer service and deliveries are pretty woeful I found though. The parts came with no instructions and it took me about 3 weeks and numerous complains to get them sent via email. Then when I later ordered the silicone intake pipe off them (which cost me £50) they sent me the small silicone breather pipe instead (which cost £18), and it took me ages and loads of hassle to get it changed!
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Welcome to part 2 of my goodbye post to my Honda Civic Type R. This post is going to be quite picture heavy. While I was away on a family holiday to Disney World in Florida, I booked my car in to a friends bodyshop to have quite a lot of work done on it. Click here to view their Facebook page and see all of their amazing work. They do a lot of work on expensive high performance cars and are second to none, and I had total faith in them to give me the best finish possible, and they didn't disappoint! First of all I had a Mugen (replica) splitter fitted to the bumper, which made the car look a lot more aggressive. It was a cheap(ish) fibreglass splitter bought off Ebay, and required a bit of modification to make it fit to the original bumper properly. It was then painted and put onto the car. Then came the bodywork cleanup and respray. The bumper and front wings had quite a few stone chips and the doors had the usual (annoying!) dints that more than likely came about in supermarket car parks.
Now I've finally managed to buy myself a van, it's time to say goodbye to my Honda Civic Type R. I'm really sad to see it go, but I simply cannot afford to run this along side my van and Peugeot 205 GTi :(. It's been an absolutely brilliant car, never missed a beat and extremely fun to drive. It's definitely going to be missed... After landing a job driving buses when I turned 19, I managed to save up enough money to afford the car (and insurance) I wanted for a very long time, a Honda Civic Type R EP3. I managed to find one at a local car dealership, literally a mile up the road from me, and purchased it for about £3200 with about 90k miles on it. The insurance was a sting though, the lowest quote I managed to get was around £1600 from Admiral, but that didn't stop me buying it as I just loved the car so much. Honda Civic Type R EP3 Facts & Figure
The Civic was in decent condition but as soon as I got it home I began work on cleaning it up, inside and out.
This is just going to be a quick post to introduce the new gaming section to this blog and the YouTube channel to go along with it. I plan to post regular gameplay videos from various games on my PC and PS4, and will probably do some commentaries along with some, but I bet they turn out bad! You can easily access the YouTube channel from the link at the top of the page or by clicking here. Its currently a work in progress but you will see quite a lot of changes over the coming weeks. Please subscribe :D My first video released on this channel is a gameplay video of the classic game (and one of my all time favourites) Rollercoaster Tycoon 1. It features the first and easiest level - Forest Frontiers, from an empty plot of land to an exciting Theme Park. The video can be found below. I also have a Twitch account which can be found @ http://www.twitch.tv/agamerslifeforme/profile
I will more than likely be streaming every once in a while depending on the amount of time I get, but I will keep you all updated. So, the main reason I set this blog up was to document my Campervan project and adventure. The only problem was...I didn't have a van. The plan was to set up this blog, get a few basic posts down and get it looking how I wanted, and then post regular updates. But buying a van took a lot longer than I thought it would. I'd been looking at Volkswagen Transporters, as they are really common to transform into a Campervan and have a massive following. But I wanted to try something a bit different and I couldn't justify the prices the standard vans were valued at. But the wait is now over!! (Kinda) I have bought myself a very clean and looked after (which is quite rare for a van) 2012 Renault Trafic. It is the LL29 2 Litre dCi, 115ps model. It's long-wheel base (LWB) so will work perfect for what I want it for.
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