Lude Generation

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Hi folks,

Today was the day Drove to Hampshire in the Golf with my girlfriend to pick up our Prelude, then convoyed back home Anyhow, I know photos are more important than words so here are a couple I took when we stopped off at Marwell zoo to make the most of our day out





She's not perfect as you can see but for a 20 year old I think she's doing well. Bodywork wise, there's only the rust on the rear arch you can see in the photo, some bubbling on the sunroof, and 3 tiny dents in one of the rear pillars where apparently a fence fell on it in a storm. The rear brake repeater needs sorting too, it's gone manky which is a shame as it's one of the 'prelude' text ones. Need a Japanese size front plate too, I'm thinking offset on a bracket. Otherwise she's good! Mechanically she drives great, apart from a bit of a crunch into 5th... I understand this is a bit of a common problem though, and as I'm used to my Golf 'losing' 5th every now and again, it wasn't a sticking point for me and I will look into it at some point. All in all very pleased for what we got for our money though

The drive home from Marwell was fantastic, the engine felt effortless on the motorway and even seemed fairly economic, I did about 130 miles on a quarter of a tank-ish (still getting my head around the bars ). Got her home in time for another photo or two before I shut her away whilst I sort insurance (was on a day's temp insurance just to get her home)





Only downside to a new car is I'm already trawling the for sale thread for nice parts to put in

Nice car. It's always nice to buy a new car on a nice day - you always find something fun to do. Best of luck.

J

looks good matey what do you mean by the brake repeater has gone manky? if you have a spoiler brake light it will have been deactivated

mercutio wrote:looks good matey what do you mean by the brake repeater has gone manky? if you have a spoiler brake light it will have been deactivated

I'll take a photo tomorrow, looks like a clear plastic layer over the top has gone yellow and started disintegrating, I might just try pulling all the plastic out lol. I was wondering if it worked or not though as I've never seen a car with both a spoiler brake light plus a high level light in the rear window.

funkmasterjay wrote:Nice car. It's always nice to buy a new car on a nice day - you always find something fun to do. Best of luck.

J

Yeah it was a good day, I loved cruising along in the sun with my new lude, and we had a great time out at the zoo. She was a bit nervous about doing such a long drive in the Golf, but we got home and she actually said she had enjoyed the drive, and that she thinks the Prelude was a really good car to buy. I was so happy to hear her say that

Nice buy mate

Lovely car she looks great. I want to buy another one now!

nice buy

Cheers guys

Here's what I meant about the rear repeater



It's been deactivated as was suggested so I may just remove it. I can see it forms part of the internal trim though, is there anything you can use to blank it off?? I don't fancy buying a new one that'll never be lit up lol.

I'm also wondering if anyone has a list of paint codes as I'm not sure of what mine is, and there's a couple of places that need touching up. Here's all the info



And here's the obligatory badge shot

Phantom Grey Pearl. The best Colour

That would be either a high level brake light or a light up prelude emblem.
choices are to either get another light and re-wire it in (I retrofitted the high level light into my car)
or
Remove it all and get a plain roof lining