Whereas right this moment’s Good Worth or No Cube Acura could have over 200K on the clock, the vendor assures us that these had been all New Jersey Freeway miles. Let’s see if this cool coupe’s value has you eager to hit the freeway.
In line with its advert, the 1979 Chevy Corvette we checked out yesterday gained’t be hitting the freeway any time quickly. At the very least not till somebody places some sweat fairness into the automobile, fixing all that’s mistaken with it. From the appears to be like of it within the advert and the vendor’s considerably imprecise description of the automobile’s wants, there was a little bit of a dust-up within the feedback when it got here to the automobile’s $5,500 asking value. Just a few of you felt that was an excessive amount of to ask contemplating all of the unknowns, whereas others figured that as an previous Corvette it could be so simple as a pimple to wrench again to well being. In the long run, the worriers gained out and the Corvette misplaced in a slim 52 p.c No Cube vote.
One factor about yesterday’s Corvette about which I anticipate we’re all in aggreement on is that its “Arrest-Me Pink” paint scheme proved appropriately cool for the sports activities automobile. I ponder, nonetheless, in that case extrovert a hue can have the same impact when utilized to a extra sedate grand touring coupe similar to this 1995 Acura Legend.
Acura’s Legend presents a cautionary story about mannequin line monkeying and the abandonment of a working nameplate. When Honda launched the upscale Acura model within the late Eighties, the fashionable Legend immediatelty turned the torchbearer for the marque. So widespread waas it that at instances it bested its Mercedes, BMW, and Lexus opponents in gross sales. As time went on, the Legend nameplate gained stronger market recognition than that of guardian Acura, a scenario that bode poorly for the corporate and its lower-market fashions.
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In what’s now seen as a reasonably dumb transfer, Honda changed the Legend identify in 1998 with the alphabetical jumble RL. The corporate adopted the identical observe for the remainder of Acura’s line, making the fashions nearly indistinguishable from each other and arguably kneecapping gross sales for the subsequent 20 years.
In hindsight, it’s apparent that the Legend nameplate ought to have been leveraged throughout each current sedan and coupe fashions in addition to for the burgeoning crossover market the place it might have served rather than the nondescript MDX identify. Shoulda, coulda, woulda.
Regardless, this Acura continues to be a Legend and at 223,000 miles and counting, it’s just about lived as much as that identify. The automobile seemingly hasn’t been uncared for alongside the way in which both. The advert notes a slew of upkeep work and updates, together with, most notably, a current timing belt substitute on the 230-horsepower 3.2-liter C32A1 V6.
Oddly for a Honda, that all-alloy engine sits longitudinally within the engine bay regardless of the automobile being FWD. That’s a nod to its RWD opponents and it does shorten the shift linkage for the six-speed guide because it sits within the tunnel nearly just under the lever. The vendor claims that every little thing on the automobile works because it ought to, and contemplating all of the elements which have been changed, it very effectively should. The one fly within the ointment right here is the vendor’s be aware of some clutch chatter that they ascribe to the throwout bearing. A clutch job ought to be thought of a honeydew checklist merchandise for any new proprietor.
One other factor so as to add to that checklist is the substitute of the driving force’s seat. Or no less than its upholstery. Whereas most of the remainder of the inside appears to have held up effectively, that throne is beat all to hell and reveals the sacrifice to the mileage gods this automobile has supplied.
The outside appears to be like to be in very good form, carrying the aforementioned pink paint and a set of BBS baskets that the vendor says had been just lately modified from gold to silver. JDM lights paved the way and match the U.S. spec automobile with out situation. You may take situation with the window visors, which apparently are a factor in Japan, however look a bit bizarre right here. The title is clear and the vendor is keen to ship the automobile for any severe purchaser. I’m not too positive how large an incentive that truly is contemplating that the vendor doesn’t appear to be providing to pay for that delivery, solely handy the keys to the surly transport driver.
Ought to anybody want to simply saunter up and kick its tires, the asking value on the Acura is $8,000. What do you assume, does that appear truthful contemplating the automobile’s situation and spec? Or, is {that a} value so excessive that it’ll go down in historical past?
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