If the Prelude becomes my second car...

Post by **simonc** » Tue Mar 13, 2018 9:03 am

Weird, isn't it? A more or less empty car park, and some otherworldly magnetic force pulls these plonkers towards our cars.

sol-lude · Post by **sol-lude** » Tue Mar 13, 2018 9:37 am

Yes I think what you have described is a normal day on the roads here

completely get what you are saying with the parking issue. Park miles away so remote it hasn't seen sunlight in a millennia. Yet come back out and some granny in an Aygo or family of 10 in C2 have parked next to the car.

Post by **vanzep** » Tue Mar 13, 2018 12:39 pm

get a rat lude - dont worry about rust or paintwork

my BB4 has had so much damage when parked its unreal so i got another lude a BB1 - will be fitting bull bars and a huge towbar to the BB4 in the future

ATR84 · Post by **ATR84** » Tue Mar 13, 2018 4:09 pm

When I stopped using my last one as a daily it started going wrong more, nothing major, little niggles more than anything.

mr_drc · Post by **mr_drc** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 8:31 pm

Had lude sat in garage with hole in piston whilst saving for rebuild had her on smart changer the whole time 2yrs fired straight up when I went to get her out to go to paw! I would have a cover on if I where you nd on charge will be absolutely fine

Post by **norks27** » Mon May 07, 2018 2:34 pm

@simonc

simonc wrote:Hi all, just wanted your opinion on a matter which may become a reality. If I were to use the Prelude as a second car

Just wondering the pros and cons of this myself, did you decide to retire the Lude from daily duties?
I've been looking at cheap HR-Vs' on eBay

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Mon May 07, 2018 8:57 pm

How often do you think you would still run her, Simon?
In cold climates, leaving a car standing can be bad news, because you get condensation build up in all sorts of places (inside the engine, in the distributor etc)
That's not something you'll get over there, but things like brakes prefer being used frequently. All manageable though.

Stevee99 · Post by **Stevee99** » Mon May 07, 2018 9:08 pm

Reading with interest here.....it's funny, if the world was about to end I'd be doing a tour of Scotland in my beloved Prelude but, because it's in such good nick, I'm almost paranoid about getting out there!

Post by **norks27** » Mon May 07, 2018 9:46 pm

Stevee99 wrote:because it's in such good nick, I'm almost paranoid about getting out there!

Feel the same