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  1. Any of you use a USB stick to play your music? If so, do you convert CD's via Windows Media?

    Sounds like others have used more sophisticated software than me. I ripped most of my CD collection years ago just using windows media player to my PC and copied to a few memory sticks that I have in each car that stopped including a CD player. I also created Playlists as was suggested using...
  2. My Black Friday purchase

    I like big shiny wheels and I cannot lie! I'm so tired of matt black wheels and miss the shiny chrome look. Great choice and a great look on the car. I think they'd look just as good on a BB FL5.
  3. Prepping for Winter storage and tightened gas cap

    I've stored my FL5 for two winters now with no incidents. I top off the fuel and add Stabil. I pump the tires to about 45 lbs. since that is what Honda did when the car arrived at the dealer off the boat. I keep it on a NOCO Genius 1 battery tender, but I've also used Deltran battery tenders for...
  4. Inexpensive Spare Tire Option

    Thanks Bryan. As you know, you have to put the spare on the rear regardless of which tire went flat. The differential will be damaged if you have different tires on the front end of the car. I may pick up some spare lug nuts from an Odyssey or Civic just in case, since their alloy wheels are...
  5. Inexpensive Spare Tire Option

    Hello Bryan, I was re-reading your post today. So, you can use the OEM lug nuts for the Alloy wheel on the steel wheel donut spare? I was going to buy 5 lug nuts specifically for the spare tire. In my other car with alloy wheels the parts counter guy sold me a different set of lug nuts for the...
  6. Inexpensive Spare Tire Option

    2011-2022 fits the FL5. Mine is a 2012 so I will probably be putting a new spare tire on the rim at some point. But the current donut is clean and holding pressure. No dry rot or other degradation so I was going to run with it for a while.
  7. Inexpensive Spare Tire Option

    Hello fellow spare tire fans. I mentioned in an earlier post that I found a fantastic deal ($170 including shipping) on a very clean Odyssey spare tire complete with the foam insert, jack, lug wrench, etc. from a salvage yard that posts on eBay. I store the car on Cape Cod so I just got up here...
  8. Purchasing Type R out-of-state

    Have you considered a road trip? I live in Tennessee in the winter and Cape Cod Massachusetts in the Summer. I found a Boost Blue FL5 in Manchester, CT just before Christmas last year at MSRP. I flew into Hartford CT, the dealer picked me up and I drove the 170 miles to Chatham, MA, parked the...
  9. Inexpensive Spare Tire Option

    I Just wanted to report a very good eBay salvage yard in Utica New York called JDP Autoparts. They sold me an unused 2012 date code tire on a Honda Odyssey wheel with the foam insert holding the Jack, lug wrench and jack handle for $170 including shipping. The package arrived in 3 days and was...
  10. Inexpensive Spare Tire Option

    Oh, thanks so much for testing this all for me and the rest of us! Now I can confidently pick up a complete Odyssey spare tire set and know that I can use the jack and lug wrench. $200 all in is still a bargain compared to the Modern Spare option. I'm going for it!
  11. Inexpensive Spare Tire Option

    I haven't had much luck finding local "pick and pay" salvage yards, but I see a lot of Odyssey spare tires on eBay, many with that great foam donut inside that holds the factory jack and lug wrench, etc. I think I'm going to go that route and then just pick up a storage bag on amazon. I already...
  12. Inexpensive Spare Tire Option

    This is a great option and I'm going to start looking for my trunk. I was just about to spend $500 for one of those Modern Spares, but this is a much more economical option and certainly "good enough" for the number of times you are likely to use it. From some preliminary looking, I can see the...
  13. Stock rim paint too weak?

    Thanks for this post. I am getting scratches from my gravel driveway! I've been looking for the correct color and couldn't get a straight answer from Honda. So it's the "Matte Black Satin" color?
  14. Does Comfort Mode Completely Turns Off Active Engine Sound

    Thanks for the video. I'm sure I won't risk pulling the dash apart. I've removed enough auto interior parts to know when something is too delicate for me to attempt. I'm going to settle for the Comfort setting, which I already like better than the R-mode and I'm definitely going to try that...
  15. Lane Keep and Adaptive Cruise

    Thanks for the advice from the fellow drivers who are reluctant to relinquish control of their cars to machines, especially dumb machines who can't even feather the brake pedal or accelerator. I appreciate the advice on how to turn off the Adaptive Cruise control and will try it right away. To...
  16. Lane Keep and Adaptive Cruise

    Lane keeping assist and adaptive cruise Control are the first options i turned off on my wife's Volvo v90 type R and my Civic type R. Adaptive cruise control is the worst form of cruise control I have ever used. It forces your car to slow down to the idiot in front of you driving 54 mph in the...
  17. Brake Creak and Groan at very slow speed

    Hello, I've got about 1400 miles on my 2023 CTR. Car is great and I have no complaints. I do notice that the brakes creak and groan when stopping from slow speeds when tooling around in parking lots. I have no braking issues at speed or under normal operation. I just thought I'd ask before...
  18. Service Manual for FL5 Civic Type R [PDF Download]

    I thought so. I've kept trying without success. I guess it's just me. No one else is complaining.
  19. Service Manual for FL5 Civic Type R [PDF Download]

    FYI, I've tried to download this 3 times and I'm getting a virus detected error message.
  20. Rev Indicator Lights Not Working

    I thought my lights didn't work at first too. They don't come on until nearly 6,000 RPM and then its a very quick flash from green to yellow to red. I was wondering if the red indicators mean that you are approaching redline or have you just blown past it? Anybody know? The manual doesn't even...




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