NZ Performance Car

EF9 IRON

Going off the clever title and golf-orientated subheading, you’ve probably gathered by now that Andy Gratton, the owner of this particular Honda Civic EF9, knows his way around a golf course. There’s no denying that the cars you first drove around in as a young ’un had an impact on the cars you choose to drive now. Whether you’ve moved on to the newer version in that particular make, or you’ve gone full circle back to that old platform, with a better understanding of modifying vehicles or with a bigger budget — or both. For Andy, his passion for golfing is what got him into his passion for Hondas; while pursuing one, another emerged.

He explains, “When I was 17 years old, Mum, my sister, and I moved to

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