RE: Shed Of The Week: Honda Prelude VTI
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Fantastic Shed!
This was the most reliable car I have ever owned and loved every minute of it, until the rust started to bite. Bought it with 60k miles at 5 years old for £3500 sold it seven years later on 120k for £1700, now that is cheap motoring!
in 60,000 mile it only ever had to have rear wheel bearings and part of exhaust, the highest cost was the front tyres but this is due to the way it was driven every day!
It was also quite exclusive as you don't see a lot of these on the road, they were quite expensive when new compared to the Celica and probably why Honda stopped making them.
This was the most reliable car I have ever owned and loved every minute of it, until the rust started to bite. Bought it with 60k miles at 5 years old for £3500 sold it seven years later on 120k for £1700, now that is cheap motoring!
in 60,000 mile it only ever had to have rear wheel bearings and part of exhaust, the highest cost was the front tyres but this is due to the way it was driven every day!
It was also quite exclusive as you don't see a lot of these on the road, they were quite expensive when new compared to the Celica and probably why Honda stopped making them.
Good choice and well written.
I have this feeling that velour and cloth seats from the 80/90's have lasted a lot better than expensive leather. If you look at Audi 80/90/100's with those cloth seats with the oblong hollow headrests they still look toptrunps all these years later. Leather would be saggy and cracked.
I have this feeling that velour and cloth seats from the 80/90's have lasted a lot better than expensive leather. If you look at Audi 80/90/100's with those cloth seats with the oblong hollow headrests they still look toptrunps all these years later. Leather would be saggy and cracked.
Is there any modern equivalent? I'm aware of the Renault Laguna Coupé where some models had 4WS. Are there any other more contemporary examples before you get into Porsche 911 or similarly expensive territory?
EDIT: Excellent shed. My brother's was excellent until some numpty drove into it.
EDIT: Excellent shed. My brother's was excellent until some numpty drove into it.
Edited by blearyeyedboy on Friday 28th August 16:47
Brilliant shed! I had one of these, purchased for a shade over shed money. I really miss this car. I did prefer the gen 4 (which is what I was looking for when purchasing). This gen 5 was in such good condition and I'm glad I chose this in the end. Mine was on 144k when I sold it and it felt like it could do that mileage again.
Very thin lacquer on Honda's of this age though. Bird s
t needs to be removed instantly or it will mark forever:
Very thin lacquer on Honda's of this age though. Bird s
t needs to be removed instantly or it will mark forever:abitlikefiennes said:
If you could graft the front of the Gen 4 onto the front of the Gen 5 you'd have a very decent looking and capable car.
Taken from http://www.preludepower.com/forums/showthread.php?...
Car I always assumed I'd own one day but never did. Body kit improves the look enormously I think.
I was at Centre Gravity a couple of years ago and Chris said the fastest speed he'd ever achieved around the small RA nearby was in one of these (and he gets some real exotica over there). 4WS it seems is not merely a gimmick...
I was at Centre Gravity a couple of years ago and Chris said the fastest speed he'd ever achieved around the small RA nearby was in one of these (and he gets some real exotica over there). 4WS it seems is not merely a gimmick...
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