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Post by Shiny » Tue Jan 14, 2014 2:46 pm

Ah, way back in 1987 i bought a 1980 Honda Accord 1.6EX, 1602cc of power, from my dad.

Electric sunroof, electric windows all round, 4 doors, comfortable, cruise control, power steering, the envy of mates in their little gay 1.3 MG Metros and 1.3 Escorts. I was king pimp.

I spent the first 3 months of ownership with it in my grandad's garage learning the joys of P38 filler and rattle cans from Windmill Hill Honda, good old Honda Tudor red.

Alas 3 years later the rust problems had filled the MOT sheet, so much so they ran out of space to write any more, that i had to say good bye and EJB 491V went off the the scrappy.

The love of first cars cuts deep into your soul, I was a Honda man, more importantly an Accord man.

1997 saw me buy me buy my second Accord, a 1994 LSi 1997cc (CC7) £9200 with 27k on the clock. I loved this car, had it for nearly 14 years and sold it looking like this -

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drokking loved that car, thought i would never be able to replace it, but then i bought this -

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Promised the missus i wouldn't spend a penny on this, will keep it standard and just keep it clean every now and then, Yeah right!!

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Always regretted selling the Lude, but i had too at the time. But those regrets do disappear when i sit behind the wheel of the ATR :mrgreen:
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Post by wurlycorner » Tue Jan 14, 2014 2:54 pm

I think I've asked this before... :facepalm: Is your old lude still about do you know?

I bet the green accord looked better when you sold it, then when it was 14 years younger, right?!

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Post by Shiny » Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:01 pm

My old Prelude is still showing as taxed with DVLA (or it was a couple of months back). The lad is sold it to put some leather seats in it (something i wanted to do) and then put it up for sale with some crap wheels and a cracked bumper. That was probably 2 years ago now. Not seen or heard anything since.

Here's the CC7 probably about 3 years after i had bought it. I had changed the indicators and it was before Zippy was installed on the rear view mirror. Exhaust came shortly after. The pictures above were taken when i sold it, so yeah, it didn't do bad! lol!

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Post by nick_s » Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:15 pm

Both look good Lloyd :) Still hankering after an ATR myself, more practical than my Lude :D 4 usable seats would be a godsend!
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Post by Shiny » Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:28 pm

The ATR was the perfect compromise to going down to one car, the 4 doors, big boot and practicality of the CC7 and the power, handling and fun of the Lude.

I prefer the ATR to the Lude, it drives better, handles better and doesn't feel like a big family saloon, in fact it feels a smaller car to drive than the Lude, probably due to the big bonnet on the Lude.

I doesn't have the kerb appeal of the Lude though, it isn't as pretty and isn't quite as satisfying to turn round and look at it after you have parked it up.

I loved the look of the CC7 too, that looked spot on in my opinion.
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Post by nick_s » Tue Jan 14, 2014 5:12 pm

I know what you mean about the kerb appeal. Never had that with any car I've owned. The lude though, sexy....especially the arse end.
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Post by prelude91 » Tue Jan 14, 2014 7:33 pm

I still have my Honda that's on an original V plate, and it's still immaculate, but its only a 650cc, and got 2 wheels!!

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Post by Shiny » Tue Jan 14, 2014 7:46 pm

That must be a CB650?

I spent a lot of time in the 80's on the back of my mate's CB500. It was possessed by the devil.

He slid off on a roundabout, he went one side of a lamppost and his bike the other. Trip counter was reading 666 when we picked it up off the floor. Lol.
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Post by prelude91 » Tue Jan 14, 2014 9:41 pm

Gosh, not many people know what a CB650Z is, good on you, same era as the 900f's and, of course, the awesome CBX 1000, they're worth a fortune these days, I almost bought one about 7 years ago with 250 miles on the clock for 5g, it'd be worth about 10 -12 now!!! I also have a CB750 K2, '74 model and a yam FJ1200. Funny how Honda cars of the time did suffer from tinworm, though, unlike their modern equivalents. They were good days, though.

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Post by Sailor » Wed Jan 15, 2014 9:56 pm

I used to have a 400F: eminently chuckable and as much fun as the bigger fours, even if not as quick.
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