Losing heart in your car??

kris_aka_edu · Post by **kris_aka_edu** » Thu Jun 06, 2013 11:56 pm

Yep all the time, especially when I had the problems with my thermostat I thought to myself why can't I just have a brand new car with warranty.. Now it's all fixed I just want to spend all my money on it. Which I stupidly am! Lol

YouTube · Post by **Sailor** » Fri Jun 07, 2013 12:37 am

I used always to run interesting or older cars as daily drivers. This meant that working on them at ever closer intervals was a necessity. Then came the years of company cars. Once that time was over and I had to go back to running things I actually owned, I found that I'd prefer to pay someone else to do the work. Trouble is, I can no longer afford it.

My wife and I have four cars between us. Only one is running reliably at the moment. Well it should: it's a mere 15 years old.
Somewhere in the back of my shed, along with with the gently rusting spanners, is a box of enthusiasm. If only I could remember where I put it.

Post by **Pushki** » Fri Jun 07, 2013 2:01 am

DaveyBa8 wrote:Just wondering do many people go through this stage if wanting to sell up or scrap there car

No! Never!

Post by **Kemp** » Fri Jun 07, 2013 5:06 am

I own my Prelude since 1998 and love it more then ever

ive started a complete overhaul last Year

spend nearly 15k € and bought a lot of new stuff i´ll never sell my Lude im happy i have a Garage and happy that the whole car is completely free of rust

Froidas · Post by **Froidas** » Fri Jun 07, 2013 6:44 am

Wow, beautiful

Good work !

I have never had this feeling and I'm not planning to sell my Prelude ever. I was dreaming about it for 6 years, then bought it and for last another 6 years I am trying to fulfill my dream. This summer I think I will be able to say "I've done it"

But you can always do more and I will.

Post by **lewd lude lover** » Fri Jun 07, 2013 8:00 am

4th gen problems

I only feel this when the project is finished. then it is hard not to sell and begin again

Post by **vanzep** » Fri Jun 07, 2013 8:06 am

Only once in the last 14 years i have felt like getting shot of the lude and that was recently - got over it prety quickly tho

Post by **4th Gen Doug** » Fri Jun 07, 2013 8:26 am

Yep - thinking about it right now..
It spent a year up on stands while I poly-bushed it, removed and cleaned up the suspension while I was at it and ended up replacing most of it.. £80 to get the wheels re-aligned and 3 MOT's later, it just scraped through.. 2 weeks later, the head gasket went..

Now it's sat outside my kitchen window looking very sorry for itself while I do my best not to set about it with a lump hammer..
I hate the f*cking bus!

Post by **Merlin** » Fri Jun 07, 2013 9:16 am

Pushki wrote:
DaveyBa8 wrote:Just wondering do many people go through this stage if wanting to sell up or scrap there car
No! Never!

I am with you Pushki. It never goes through my mind to part ways with either of my Ludes. It took me a few years to get my 5th the way I like it and if anything the 4th would be reshelled. Car problems are a challenge to be overcome

The only way I will get rid of my 5th is if there is a 3.2 NSX to replace it with.

bennyboy · Post by **bennyboy** » Fri Jun 07, 2013 10:18 am

The only time I've genuinely considered selling up, was about 5 years ago when the lude hit 'that' patch, where bushes etc need doing, it had become noisy, rattly even, uncomfortable, but it all happens over a long period so you don't notice, until you get fed up.
I honestly went through every make on pistonheads classifieds, having a browse and trying to be inspired, and I just wasnt. Well, not for my budget anyway. I really thought an S2k might be on the cards, but drove one and was, well...meh TBH.

So, a call to PAW and a thorough going over, lots of bushes changed etc and about 700 notes lighter, the car drove like new again and the love was restored....so much so that a couple of years later I went and had them all replaced for poly bushes and had a new engine built

All you need is a PAW pill to banish the blues

Lude Generation

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