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To: "Jarrod Igou" <jigou@dmreg.infi.net>,
Subject: Re: Type R info, Civic Question (was: Re: M3s and Neons and Type Rs,oh my!)
From: "Ron Bauer" <ronbauer@aa.net>
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 14:18:40 -0700
Most of the dealers here in the Seattle area are showing a markup on the Si.
My girlfriend recently bought one from Lynnwood Honda for pretty close to
sticker though.  You might have him check them out.

Ron Bauer
'98 Acura Integra Type R
Team Butt Heat

-----Original Message-----
From: Jarrod Igou <jigou@dmreg.infi.net>
To: Justin Hughes <ka1ult@channel1.com>; autocross <AUTOX@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 1:21 PM
Subject: Type R info, Civic Question (was: Re: M3s and Neons and Type Rs,oh
my!)


>I feel the Type R probably has more in common with the BMW than the ACR....
>
>http://integra.vtec.net/carboy.html has a pretty good rundown of the
>differences between a GS-R and a Type-R, as well as a VERY detailed
>description of the engine tweaks. (They're pretty extensive...)
>
>As was written earlier, they're made to perform the way they look--
>
>My GS-R wouldn't mind if its tweaked brother were re-classed...   ;-)
>
>
>Oh, and while I'm taking up space: I've got a friend looking at the
>new Civic Si, with the new VTEC motor. He's in the Seattle area, and
>the dealers (2 that he's checked with, one in Renton and one in
>Bremerton) have both tacked $2,800 onto the sticker price of the
>cars, as a "Market Value Adjustment." They aren't doing that
>here....has anyone else seen that on the Civics?
>
>Jarrod Igou
>99 Integra GS-R
>Des Moines
>
>-------------------------------------------------------
>
>At 2:46 PM -0400 8/24/99, Justin Hughes wrote:
>
>As for the Type R, I don't know a whole lot about them, other than that I
>saw one absolutely scream at an event on Sunday. :)  They seem to be not
>intended as race cars, unlike the ACR and M3 LTW, but more of a
>top-of-the-line Integra with lots of go-fast goodies.  The Type R does seem
>to be a better comparison to the ACR than the M3.
>
>     - Justin
>
>---------------------------------
>Jarrod Igou
>jigou@dmreg.infi.net
>


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