Lude Generation

mercutio wrote:

wurlycorner wrote:Tenner in the kitty? Or something else in the kitty?

sorry... My turn to get my coat

yeah keep walking

hondaman wrote:

Merlin wrote:

Kawa wrote:Well I've had my lude for nearly 12 years now but I think enough is enough. It needs about 3 or 4k spending on it to bring it back to its former glory.

It will be a sad day when I break it as the engine is sound and still pulls like a train. I have my eyes on an accord type s... got to keep it Honda.

ATM I would rather spend the 3-4 grand on the Lude than buy a newer car, luckily the Lude still ticks all the right boxes for me. New cars are a pain in the ass, expensive, often poorly made, common, full of bonging audio notifications .




You have to keep on top of the issues on your lude or (if you are not totally committed) it will slip in to a state where you have to choose to spend a load on it or get rid of it. My road car needs currently needs its ~3 yearly visit to the body shop and a few other things sorted on it before it gets to that dreaded stage. Luckily it doesn't need £3-4 grand spent on it though

Couldn't agree more, I had a 1994 BB4 Lude back in 2003 for about 18 months, did the usual "I'm bored need something else" consequently I've been there, over the last 20-30 years always thinking I need something newer and more reliable... and look where it got me, broke and back with a 20 year old car, that does everything I need, which I paid peanuts for admittedly I've spend twice on it that I paid for it, but it goes pretty well which puts a smile on my face when I drive it, it isn't the usual Ford ST or Scooby that every other petrol head seems to drive and I can still overtake more powerful and newer cars...

Probably should have just keep my BB4, it would have saved a shed load of money over the last 12-13 years