The car that I eventually decided on! My Honda Accord Type S
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It took me long enough!
Difficult to get pictures now its dark nights as well.
Headlights need to be restored. Nice little project for when I get a free Sunday.
There is some rust on the rear arches which is common with these. This is the better side:
And this is the worse side:
Its driving nice. Engine very quiet and I can drift along in 5th/6th at low speeds without issue. Now I know what wafting means! Its very stable on the motorway too. Gearbox is a tad notchy, so I have obtained the Honda gearbox oil and its booked in to the local indy on Wednesday to get that swapped and also an engine oil change as well.
Only concern at the moment is the economy. I have been driving very conservatively and have used more than a quarter tank in 100 miles. That included 50 miles of motorway too. Therefore I expect a fair bit less than 400 miles out of the tank. I got 500 miles to a tank in the old diesel. I'll just have to see how it fares after a couple of months. Not sure what I'll do if it turns out I can only obtain 25mpg
Difficult to get pictures now its dark nights as well.
Headlights need to be restored. Nice little project for when I get a free Sunday.
There is some rust on the rear arches which is common with these. This is the better side:
And this is the worse side:
Its driving nice. Engine very quiet and I can drift along in 5th/6th at low speeds without issue. Now I know what wafting means! Its very stable on the motorway too. Gearbox is a tad notchy, so I have obtained the Honda gearbox oil and its booked in to the local indy on Wednesday to get that swapped and also an engine oil change as well.
Only concern at the moment is the economy. I have been driving very conservatively and have used more than a quarter tank in 100 miles. That included 50 miles of motorway too. Therefore I expect a fair bit less than 400 miles out of the tank. I got 500 miles to a tank in the old diesel. I'll just have to see how it fares after a couple of months. Not sure what I'll do if it turns out I can only obtain 25mpg
Good luck with it! Nice colour and should be mechanically reliable. I bought an 03 2.0 exec tourer about 4 weeks ago with 206k on it and its still nice to drive. Changed the gearbox oil in mine as it was crunching into second to try and cure it- sadly didn't work though - I'll just live with it until it packs up. Another gearbox is only £200 and about 3-4 hours to fit.
The 2.4 is supposed to be the pick of the tourers, not much worse on fuel than the 2.0 and much more fun to drive. The local steeler in Kings Lynn recons that the only things normally to go wrong on the petrol engines are electrical sensors, mechanically they are brilliant.
The interiors seem a very comfy place to be and seem to wear very well, most things still work as they should, those that don't I can't argue with due to the mileage on mine.
The 2.4 is supposed to be the pick of the tourers, not much worse on fuel than the 2.0 and much more fun to drive. The local steeler in Kings Lynn recons that the only things normally to go wrong on the petrol engines are electrical sensors, mechanically they are brilliant.
The interiors seem a very comfy place to be and seem to wear very well, most things still work as they should, those that don't I can't argue with due to the mileage on mine.
I smoked a saloon version for a couple of months in the summer.
Best I got mpg wise was 41.59mpg, worst 28.14 and an overall average of 34.72.
I reckoned that was pretty good and they were all brim-to-brim calculated figures. Furthest I got on one tank was 458 miles.
It was really an excellent car and I was sorry when it went.
Best I got mpg wise was 41.59mpg, worst 28.14 and an overall average of 34.72.
I reckoned that was pretty good and they were all brim-to-brim calculated figures. Furthest I got on one tank was 458 miles.
It was really an excellent car and I was sorry when it went.
steveo3002 said:
pbarlow0032 said:
Sorry to hijack the thread, but I've got similar rust on my front arches (Audi a4). Is there a cheapest way to fix it?
scrap yard one thats same colour would be cheapestIt's a shame you can't get the stickon rear arches that were fashionable in the 90s for Merc's. The chrome was nasty but the idea good. Of course, if it were an Eccy Mk2 or a 1275 GT you'd just rivet on some fibreglass arch extensions and that would be the job done.
steveo3002 said:
whats the plans for the arches then ? bit worse than i imagined from the other thread
gone beyond a spray with that rust killer stuff hey
Its about 3 inches long on the worst arch. What i would like to do is sand back the paint / rust and use fibreglass filler to keep the area ok for a couple years. But im worried if i do that the whole thing will disintegrate. Is that likely?gone beyond a spray with that rust killer stuff hey
No. of course it won't fall apart. It's what we all did in the 70's and 80's. Smoke around in it for the winter, come a bit of decent weather in spring sort the arches out and do the do with a bit of catty.
Many, many years ago I spent an awful lot of my teenage years tarting up an old minibus that we used to take camping as Scouts. One year it was coming up to the Test so the usual laying on of spanners was engaged in. I started welding up an inner arch and discovered that it was getting rather difficult to tie it to the non structural bits with the rest of the arch. After a brief consulation involving a certain amount of swearing it was decided to weld up the structural bits and bodge the rest with P45, P38 and corrugated cardboard, as I saw fit. I got artistic and sorted it out, with plenty of body schutz to hold the water back once completed. 3 years went by, by which time I'd been off to university, started work and someone else had taken on the mantle of chief bodger. One day our paths crossed, he was most indignant that I'd bodged the inner arch returns with cardboard because he'd had the Devil's own job trying to get the MIG to stick to it. Only when informed that I'd done it 3 years previously was he mollified.
So you think your arches will fall apart if you start digging and bodging with a bit of filler? Pfft.
Many, many years ago I spent an awful lot of my teenage years tarting up an old minibus that we used to take camping as Scouts. One year it was coming up to the Test so the usual laying on of spanners was engaged in. I started welding up an inner arch and discovered that it was getting rather difficult to tie it to the non structural bits with the rest of the arch. After a brief consulation involving a certain amount of swearing it was decided to weld up the structural bits and bodge the rest with P45, P38 and corrugated cardboard, as I saw fit. I got artistic and sorted it out, with plenty of body schutz to hold the water back once completed. 3 years went by, by which time I'd been off to university, started work and someone else had taken on the mantle of chief bodger. One day our paths crossed, he was most indignant that I'd bodged the inner arch returns with cardboard because he'd had the Devil's own job trying to get the MIG to stick to it. Only when informed that I'd done it 3 years previously was he mollified.
So you think your arches will fall apart if you start digging and bodging with a bit of filler? Pfft.
it will be a gapping hole once cleaned off , but yeah the car wont snap in half
i remember dad patching up old bangers with bits of newspaper and mesh shoved in the holes then filler etc , it was the norm back in the 80s , ask your dad /grandad they will know what to do lol
hardest job for a diy'er will be making the paint look half reasonble
i remember dad patching up old bangers with bits of newspaper and mesh shoved in the holes then filler etc , it was the norm back in the 80s , ask your dad /grandad they will know what to do lol
hardest job for a diy'er will be making the paint look half reasonble
Had a 53 plate saloon for a few years, messed about with eibachs and konis, a good addition is an xcarlink if you like your music.
Great car, remember getting somewhere near 40mpg once coming back from Gaydon one evening, though that was a rare occasion. Friend just sold his 2.0 tourer, 115k though to be fair it was fairly reliable up to 105k but then the clutch went, then the exhaust, then the radiator. Parts can be got at a reasonable cost - a complete cat back system was about £160 from Honda, rad was just over £100 and the clutch £158 genuine off 'tinternet.
I thought Id like another one when the time came, but instead I went for a 3 series touring.
Great car, remember getting somewhere near 40mpg once coming back from Gaydon one evening, though that was a rare occasion. Friend just sold his 2.0 tourer, 115k though to be fair it was fairly reliable up to 105k but then the clutch went, then the exhaust, then the radiator. Parts can be got at a reasonable cost - a complete cat back system was about £160 from Honda, rad was just over £100 and the clutch £158 genuine off 'tinternet.
I thought Id like another one when the time came, but instead I went for a 3 series touring.
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