Harsh .....................

Thought I stumbled into the MK1 Fabia section  

 

If it were, the thread would have mentioned an M3 or the infamous Mustang by now.

You'd know if it was in the fabia section as every post would be the civic wasn't trying or was in the wrong gear.

I had a civic try and pass me so I kept him behind me as we approached a roundabout and then we had it off down the dual carriageway. I was in 3rd going round the roundabout so as soon as I came off I was on full boost and let it pull all the way to 70 (it had average speed cameras) then pulled into the inside lane. I'd not pulled a massive lead but I did pull away from him. According to most in the fabia section it wasn't a fair race because the civic didn't come off the roundabout in 1st so it was in vtec. While I admit they are good cars I think people make them out to be better than what they are and while the vtec is a brilliant bit of kit it is majorly flawed. I'd have a octavia over the civic every time and having driven all 3 octavias my dad hadand quite a few civics I can quite believe they will pull slightly on a type r