Its blatent hes getting a rise out of everyone - fair enough, hes bored and obviously hasnt downloaded Live For Speed yet!!
Heres my honest opinion on the CTR:
I think they are nice, quick, look good, sound good, respond to tuning, good build quality(?), good handling.
Now - if i had £15,000 (which i have) to spend on a car, itd be between the above mentioned cars. I honestly dont know which id spend it on. Both cars are pretty rare, both are quick, both are nimble. If i was going to get a Type R - im afraid it would either be the old CTR or the ITR, those 2, in my opinion are proper "type Rs" - stripped out etc. I dont think 1250 kg is light enough. Yeah they may have the 6-speed, but id rather have light weight like the ITR. If they kept the ITR going at £15,000 id have bought one of those because i like the idea of the stripped out racer. Id have a CUP if it had ABS. Not too bothered about build quality - mine is really bad - i moan about it all the time, but i have a warranty and everything is sorted using that so im happy.
If the CTR weighed 1035 kg id DEFINATELY have one. Itd probably (most certainly) handle better too. Why dont they make a Civic Type R Type R. Its WAY too heavy to be classed as one.
Id be very happy with a CTR if id bought one. Whenever i see one i think, mmm not bad. But i wouldnt swap my 172 for one as im VERY happy with it.
Now if you want to compare power to weight:
197/1250 kg = 0.1576
0.1576 x 1000 = 157.6 bhp per tonne
VS
172/1035 kg = 0.1662
0.1662 x 1000 = 166.2 bhp per tonne
the cups 168.4 bhp per tonne btw.
p.s. im bored too