Thread 28658182

Is this the ultimate dad car?
>good power
>Honda reliability
>5 doors and usable backseats
>manual shifter
>very fun to corner, despite being fwd

Price is a bit high though but on the other hand for 50k there is no better alternative imo. What do you think of it?

>>28658182 (OP)
the integra is nicer and less gay desu

>>28658182 (OP)
No this is
>Supercharged V8, Boomer appeal
>Lots of space for road trips with the kids
>Drivetrain is proven
>Doesn't look like a boiracer car

>>28658188
Out of production.
Limited market.
Rare because hardly anyone bought them.

>>28658189
This, I could buy an ss of the same year for 30k less then make it 1000bhp with 15k leftover for other shit.
Fuck boomers and their hsv
>i know what i got
Prices

>>28658185
Sadly we don't have them in Europoor

>>28658189
>>28658194
>Out of production
Not a big deal, lots of cars are out of production. The Commodore uses a really common drive train and they sold heaps of them so parts are plentiful
>limited market
Not sure why this matters if you want one
>Rare
Definitely less wagons than sedans but they're easy to get.
>Cost
Definitely costs more than buying a cheaper model and modding it.

>>28658221
Limited market matters if you live anywhere that's not Australia

There is nothing wrong with FWD. All responses are either cope or skill issue.

>>28658182 (OP)
WRX VB is a better dadmobile
>cheaper
>AWD
>seats 5

>>28658510
270hp in 2025 is not enough, especially when you are losing a lot of that from the AWD.

>>28658185
I don't know about that - I don't see anything about it that makes it worth it other than seeming more like an adult.

>>28658320
0-60 times and oversteer stupidity ARE parts of a sports car, as someone who got the CTR.

>>28658510
Hear reliability is shit. Looks pretty bad in comparison. Overall, it was an option if you need 4 seats, which I don't.

>>28658550
It would be fine, but it's not the same in terms of all other aspects either.

I think the consensus that I am gravitating toward is that the CTR is pretty expensive for what it is, and at the end of the day it's compromise if you want some hp, are ok with paying $500 for front pads, but don't want to pay more.

>>28658959
Also, see my post here >>>28651457 and ama about it, but I probably don't know. Ever since I got it, I lost all interest in cars

>>28658182 (OP)
v90 is better

>>28658182 (OP)
$40k C7

>>28658982
C7 is the only car today that beats the Supra. There is one key component to dad cars though - not having to spend days under them, which a beat-to-shit C7 won't qualify for. And then there is the whole "have to get the Z06" aspect, because let's be honest, at that point you want to be the undisputed king and not have supras, Mustang GTs, other Corvettes, M2s/M3s, 718s, etc step to you.

>>28658320
This

>>28658185
I agree the ITS is more of a dad car than the CTR.
The CTR is more childless husband.

>>28658320
There's nothing "wrong" with it, it's just objectively worse in every single performance metric possible.

>>28658182 (OP)
This feels like the most invisible car. Literally no one gives a shit about it and the Golf R. Even the GR Yaris/Corolla get more attention. I still don't know wtf a GR Corolla is and why it exists.

>>28658986
>There is one key component to dad cars though - not having to spend days under them
I enjoy working on my cars and having my kids help.

>"have to get the Z06" aspect
mooncricket mentality.

>>28659046
Toyota developed the GR Yaris as a homologation car for a WRC rulebook that didn't eventuate. Because the normal Yaris isn't sold in the US, federalizing the low-volume GR Yaris would not have been worthwhile for Toyota, so they decided to do the easy thing and create a GR variant of the Corolla instead, using the same guts.

>>28658182 (OP)
If if came in wagon then it may be acceptable.

Audi A6 Avant or Volvo V60/90 diesel would probably be the ultimate imo but I'm european.

>>28658182 (OP)
At least all the vents are functional and spray a bunch of dirt on the car.

>>28658221
85k for a 9 year old automatic car lol boomers are fucked in the head

>>28659184
HSV + wagon makes an expensive combination, plus relatively low km.
You can get manual sedan SSVs for a lot less. They're about $10k cheaper if you're willing to go for the 6L instead of the 6.2

>>28659233
And a hsv is just a slightly modified commodore they are not worth double the price.
Maybe if it was a 1khp hsv it would be worth double the price of an ss

>>28658550
A 227hp car will easily break every speed limit in the country, and go faster than you should ever drive with your kids in the car.

>>28658182 (OP)
A responsible parent should never be transporting their kids in a car that sits at below headlight level with the average vehicle.

>>28658959
VB WRX is remarkably reliable. CTR can have issues going into limp mode with fuel pumps/fuel regulators.

>>28658550
Its like 250whp, its 2025 horsepower.

Personally I bought a VA STi for $16k because its half the price of everything else on the market even if the engine blows up and it still feels very nice to drive from how mechanical it is.

>>28659046
IRL its hard to miss a Civic with a big black carbon fiber wing and wide arches. The Corolla is only visible from the widebody.

>>28658986
$40k C7 is pretty damn reliable because its not a old car, and its as fast as anything you listed unless you're a shit driver (or vice versa).

>>28658182 (OP)
Actually the ultimate dad car is a 80s Corvette that struggles to make 200hp with 5.7L of displacement.

>>28658182 (OP)
you can get a used Vette for that money but you can't drive stick and you gotta have McDonald's struts on every corner, wrenchlet.

>>28658182 (OP)
The ultimate dad car is a car which increases your productivity as a father. Ergo, a minivan.

>wagon
A sign of a failed man who has to compromise because of the wife.

>calls himself a man
>drives anything other than a pickup truck or a two door sport car
lmao faggots

How is the reliability of the Type R? Can I drive this thing forever, like 300.000km+ or will it fall apart close to the 200k? Service / oil change every year included.

When I look for used ones, also older gens, they all sit at around 100k km

>>28659684
This. They're just so good.

>>28660501
At least you can reach stuff in the bay, unlike on the Z. Should be fairly reliable, but there is a bunch of sensors still. I imagine they will all glitch out before 200k, but could be wrong.

>>28658182 (OP)
Retards coping over rwd…

>>28658182 (OP)

C6+ Corvette
Mustang GT
Supra
Discontinued Camaro
Golf R
Z, barely
Charger, doesn't count, but ok
???
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CTR

>>28660827
The Golf R is great, my dad used to drive one when I was 16-18, I learned to drive on it, and now I drive one. The CTR might have more leg room for people sitting in the back.

>>28658986
C7s are reliable

>>28658182 (OP)
>fuel dilution blocks your path

>>28660501
very reliable

>>28658182 (OP)
Dad's would cringe at those 20 inch wheels, dad's want actual economy and chuddy sidewalls

>>28661555
>so terminally online their phone autocorrects a real word to chud
>offering takes from the point of view of a parent

>>28658182 (OP)
>good power
Lol
>honda reliability
Not since they went turbo it's not
>5 doors and usable back seats
Just get a crossover. Also back seats are useless unless you're a midget
>manual shifter
If you want your kids and their friends vomiting everywhere constantly.
>very fun to corner despite being fwd
Yeah bro you really showed that right turn whose boss on your all seasons. (Inb4 something something onramps)

A dad mobile is a boring npc car made for utility not this garbage gookshit made for retarded weebs. If you're a grown ass man still driving a Riced out fwd honda you're a literal disgrace to your family.

>>28661667
> Yeah bro you really showed that right turn whose boss on your all seasons.
Learn about what you are trying to troll first namefag.

>>28661511
u wut

>>28661117
It's ok - faster in a straight line / 4WD, but other than that it's a preference thing and it's less reliable just by virtue of being a VW for sure.

>>28661526
Also not sure with all the sensors and the auto-magic rear brake application which is gimicky as shit.

>>28661667
your kids must be fucking defective if they puke from any movement in the car

>>28658182 (OP)
If you're over 30 and you're driving a Honda Civic you really should just give up and find the highest bridge to jump off.

>>28662153
> got smoked by a Civic
> had to buy CTR gap insurance

>>28662153
You think like a woman. Are you a woman?

>>28658182 (OP)
The best version of that car was the last one but in sport line trim.
>smaller wing
>19 inch wheel like the new one but has less harsh suspension essentially driving like the new acura.
>better seats

>>28658182 (OP)
>fwd

>>28658182 (OP)
>22" ashantis stock
Shits riced the fuck out

This is actually the ultimate Dad car (maverick xl hybrid awd 4k tow). You don't like to hear it but it's true. I just got mine a couple days ago and the electric torque is hilarious, I can floor it at any time and it instantly accelerates like an EV.

I can gap almost every vehicle on the road (for 2 seconds).

>>28658185
sedans are pretty fucking gay dude

>>28659233
In burgerland the only difference between the two engines is about 1.2mm of engine bore size. A 6.0 could easily take 6.2 pistons on a rebuild but everything for a 6.2 is wildly expensive, while you could turn any 6.0 into an ls2 for about $500. I'll never understand it.

>>28658182 (OP)
Too small to haul kids with sports gear or anything from home depot. Its a rich college kids car or for childless office drones.

>>28662335
My brother in christ I have a 2025 maverick hybrid (non-poverty spec) and they are not quick at all. What are you on about gapping anything other than your asshole on Tyrone.

>>28658182 (OP)
Panamera Turbo for me.

>great power
>everyone who rides with me is comfortable.
>launch control
>AWD, I won't kill myself with the power.
>4dr+hatch
>pdk in sport+ is very fun.

>>28659271
1. A 50 hp bike can do the same thing
2. Imagine following the speed limit lmaooooooooo

>>28664046
this poster does not have children and is probably underage

>>28660827
Charger is the single mother car, and the Corvette is only the dad car if he's already put his kids through college

>>28664061
this poster is lame af and is probably the organizer of his local cars and coffee (only attended by 60+ year olds)

>>28658182 (OP)
>Married Dad
Any station wagon. Haul the Young'Uns around without looking like a fat cheerleader, like you would in any SUV/Cockover. The Ford Country Squire would have been the choice back in my day but, tragically, they stopped making it around the time you stopped being allowed to smoke in restaurants. Gonna have to prowl the second hand car listings if you want a good wagon these days. Any full-sized sedan works, too.

>Divorced Dad
Assuming you didn't taken to the cleaners, any Corvette.

>>28658182 (OP)
That wing is gay. Makes you look like you're mid-life crisising rather than dadding. I think picrel is actually the ultimate dadcar.
>Can fit three child seats in back
>6 second 0-60
>manual transmission
>doesn't look like you're trying to drift around corners.
>$36K MSRP with all bells and whistles.

>>28666528
I wish we had Skodas in the states. Drove a fully loaded octavia wagon around Germany during vacation last year and it was so comfy with the family. The gearshifter was nice and tight like a Taiwanese hooker unlike the loose American gearboxes you get on any non-sport car.

>>28658182 (OP)
Maybe if divorced. Otherwise, mom has the minivan and dad has whatever he likes.

actual answer here

>>28658182 (OP)
Great car, Jazz would do the job fine too.