RE: Shed of the Week: Honda Prelude VTi

RE: Shed of the Week: Honda Prelude VTi

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Reeves_and_Mortimer

36 posts

81 months

Friday 23rd November 2018
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Very nearly bought one of these a few years ago. Took it for a test drive and it was very strange, the first time you make a turn, felt like the back-end was sliding out even though I was only turning slowly out of the dealer forecourt! I liked it and it was good to drive and can't quite recall why I didn't buy one. Probably bought something Italian instead! Typical of most 90's Japanese coupes, it was like a Corolla inside https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/imgs/12.gif

TheJimi

24,862 posts

242 months

Friday 23rd November 2018
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CoolHands said:
These have been in the hands of boy racer drongos for ages. There's none left that haven;t been mullered.
Really? None left that haven't been mullered?

So, what do you call the one this very thread refers to?

Reeves_and_Mortimer said:
Typical of most 90's Japanese coupes, it was like a Corolla inside https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/imgs/12.gif
I'd politely suggest you're talking bks smile

Edited by TheJimi on Friday 23 November 13:03

BMWill

447 posts

178 months

Friday 23rd November 2018
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is this because they featured one on jalopnik this morning?

Turbobanana

6,160 posts

200 months

Friday 23rd November 2018
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TheJimi said:
Reeves_and_Mortimer said:
Typical of most 90's Japanese coupes, it was like a Corolla inside https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/imgs/12.gif
I'd politely suggest you're talking bks smile
Errr... pretty accurate, IMO. Even the feted Imprezas, Lancers and Skylines were pretty characterless indoors.

TheTyreAbuser

170 posts

97 months

Friday 23rd November 2018
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God f**king damnit. I've been after one of these for literally months without the wedge to fork out for the nicer ones, took a punt on an Alfa GTV, then 3 weeks later this turns up.

FFS

rastapasta

1,846 posts

137 months

Friday 23rd November 2018
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Eng274 said:
I also quite liked this generation of Prelude, being of the Gran Turismo 2 generation this was a favourite FF vehicle (if I recall correctly there’s was a texture rendering glitch on the leading edge of the bonnet which spoiled its look somewhat..).

I’d happily own one of these, ideally 2.2, to go with my other ageing crusty jap car, the Galant. But it also must have a rear wing; like the mk2 Toyota MR2, the Prelude looks ugly as sin without it IMO.
Love the Galant!! VR4??

corden

72 posts

133 months

Friday 23rd November 2018
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dinkel said:
Great engines slurp oil. Period.
Aaahhhh. That'll be why the 1.2TSI in my Ibiza get's through it then.

Good to know thumbup

Eng274

232 posts

110 months

Friday 23rd November 2018
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rastapasta said:
Love the Galant!! VR4??
No, a V6 Sport 2.5 non turbo. Still looks amazing to me and a bit of scope for modest tuning. Would love a VR4 but they go for silly money even when they've been ragged all their life, such is their rarity. I haven't seen a manual saloon VR4 on sale anywhere for ages.

rastapasta

1,846 posts

137 months

Friday 23rd November 2018
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Eng274 said:
rastapasta said:
Love the Galant!! VR4??
No, a V6 Sport 2.5 non turbo. Still looks amazing to me and a bit of scope for modest tuning. Would love a VR4 but they go for silly money even when they've been ragged all their life, such is their rarity. I haven't seen a manual saloon VR4 on sale anywhere for ages.
yeah there's something nice about them and I think its the rallying heritage that does it for me. I would have had one if they still made them when I was looking for a new motor a few years back. I went for the subaru legacy instead, for similar reasons I guess, Group A prowess in my formative years.

BigMon

4,155 posts

128 months

Friday 23rd November 2018
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Very nice. Always liked these.

Nerdherder

1,773 posts

96 months

Friday 23rd November 2018
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Oddly great (looking )this one. Like it!

skylarking808

778 posts

85 months

Friday 23rd November 2018
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Quite an under rated car, possibly because of a slight "old man" image?

I think they are quite sleek and stylish.
If these drive anything like the previous model it should pretty good fun. Some did come in a horrible metallic light green which thankfully this shed avoids.

Must be some interesting Jap upgrades too.

scoobyPPP

239 posts

175 months

Friday 23rd November 2018
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This was one of my first cars back in 2004. It was silver with red leather, absolutely loved it. Would love to own another and tune it all the way.

AdamAJP

189 posts

176 months

Friday 23rd November 2018
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This is not fair PH - as an owner of a 5th gen Prelude Vti (which was also Shed of The Week!) I am now missing mine even more. Why oh why did I sell it? Replaced with capable machinery (one more GT and one more focussed) but I really do miss mine and makes a great all round car if you had to pick one - the 4ws was fantastic (and is making a comeback I see).

Fantastic shed - bought mine after extensive research into the absolutely best all round car I could get for the money at the time as they are/were so underrated (probably due to the front "face" being one only a mother could love). Behind the wheel you don't see it luckily. Such flat cornering and fantastic to drive at 8 or 9/10th's.

As many others have said - if I had more space I'd have another in a heartbeat. Priced seemed to have bottomed out which is surprising considering only 600 left on the road!

If memory serves - in the pre-euro-NCAP times this was manufactured (all in Japan not here which might explain the rust?) Honda used to crash test them at a higher speed that NCAP eventually tested at and into a brick wall rather than a deformable barrier too!

zb

2,498 posts

163 months

Friday 23rd November 2018
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Spotted this at a show a few years ago.Lovely, think it was an auto though? Anyone able to muse on the pros/cons of this?




AdamAJP

189 posts

176 months

Friday 23rd November 2018
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My old "shed"... I see the MOT expired in May this year so perhaps a casualty of the tin worm itself - come on existing owner nothing a bodyshop couldn't fix (although recall the arches are two layer so more difficult than some).

AdamAJP

189 posts

176 months

Friday 23rd November 2018
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zb said:
Spotted this at a show a few years ago.Lovely, think it was an auto though? Anyone able to muse on the pros/cons of this?



The automatic gearbox somewhat ruined these according to some (very slow to respond - quite out of character for that engine. I might be wrong but I think the power may have been lower in the auto's also). Perhaps someone could confirm?

supacool1

365 posts

178 months

Friday 23rd November 2018
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First Car I cracked 140+MPH in. Mine was the late model 'Motegi' spec one. Loved the 4WS and when the tacho went over 5200 and the Vtec Kicked in, yo!


Bolin27

8 posts

95 months

Friday 23rd November 2018
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I had one of these up until a month ago with the sequential box. Lovely car and the box was one of the good ones (100k on it and counting). The only thing I wished it had was more gears! Also, the back seats were next to useless. This shape has aged very well and the build quality, despite the plastics, was very good. I'd still have it if I didn't have an s2000 itch to scratch

aaron_2000

5,407 posts

82 months

Friday 23rd November 2018
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Reeves_and_Mortimer said:
Typical of most 90's Japanese coupes, it was like a Corolla inside https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/imgs/12.gif
I'd politely suggest you're talking bks smile

Edited by TheJimi on Friday 23 November 13:03
Not really no, Japanese interiors are characterless. Especially so in the 90's.