Lude Generation

Hi Guys

I've been abit quiet lately due to being very busy at work.

As you most of you may know my daily commuter was a 1999 Seat Arosa SDI which I bought in April 2010. I bought this car due to the fact that my company moved to Kent and due to getting married and buying our first property at the time I thought it would be best to stay put. I was doing a 140 miles round trip so the Seat Arosa was perfect to rack the miles up.

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Since then I have now got a new job and work much closer to home. I've been in this new job for the last two years now so I thought it would be a good opportunity to upgrade the daily.

I have had my eye on 4 door Honda Accord saloon diesels. I love the shape and they have come down in price now. I do like the 8th generation accord but they still cost a bit to much.

I managed to bag one at a very good price last week and part exchanged the Seat Arosa. It was a fond farewell to the Seat Arosa as it served me well and saved me lots of pennies in diesel over the past 4 years.

The Honda Accord is such a nice car, more refined and smooth than any car I have owned. It needs some work tidying up but overall the engine is sweet and has full Honda history which shows. I have heard horror stories with the clutches and DMFs but the clutch currently has a low biting point and is really smooth. Also these NA22 diesel engine inlet manifolds have been known to crack - The service history shows that it was changed under warranty in 2012. I have also contacted Honda Bindley where it was done and they have sent me paper work to confirm this.

Hope you like guys. I wont be doing any modding on it and it will be staying standard as it will be the potential future family car

It will be just a matter of getting the car to a highly maintained standard

I will also still be keeping the Prelude for as long as I can 


Any one know of good Accord forums to get some good support on these cars. They do seem a lot more complicated 

Here are some pics




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Just had an MOT done this week (all passed) and managed to snap a few shots of the under carriage













Thanks Guys 

looks like a diffuser under the rear wheel section

mercutio wrote:looks like a diffuser under the rear wheel section

Yes they do. There is a thread on Preludepower where one dude custom fitted that on his 5g. It's barely noticeable as the 'fins' are not as massive like others.

Sweet, love the 7th gen Accords Nice buy matey

Nice motors these I was looking at buying a Tourer version 2ltr petrol. Good buy chap. Also if you get a ABS light on, it will req a replacement modulator. Getting common on these now

Tidy motor that chap A touch lower and/or bigger rims and it'd be bang in imho

Thanks guys. Definitely has to stay standard. The missus will kill me if I start modding this. lol

Ahh nice. Didn't know that was a rear diffuser. What do they do?

Yeah, I heard those ABS/VSA modulators do go. Fingers crossed it gives me a few years of service before it does. lol. I assume the car is still driveable though if it does it attention?

Something tells me I should have bought the K20 or K24 petrol Accord - Less things to go wrong LOL

Yea you can still drive it. Just have a light on and no ABS. Yea knowing what I know about the iCTDi motor, I would of brought a k20.