I moved to this country 6 months ago and got a 2004 EP3 Type R. Very happy about it!


But there's a big question in my head even before I bought the car. When I googled about common issues for EP3, there's a lot of discussions on replacing the timing chain after 100k miles (imperial I believe, as most of them were British), or at least change the chain tensioner. But the local Honda dealer here told me I don't have to do so since it's a timing chain and should be maintenance free. The internet somehow rendered changing the timing chain like a "must-do" and I really don't know if it is true.
Do you guys have any ideas?