Mazda Man

Re cutting out (hot start) I had this too when I had mine, can’t remember whether it was the fuel pump but leave it a minute or two then it should fire. Stu will enlighten you as it’s pretty common I think. 

That’s unfortunate as I traded in my 08 Legend literally Friday. There’s a few Legends on Auto Trader but they’re in the £5K range.  

No mention of the Accord Coupe though, not enough sold in UK presumably so no one knows what they are! 

Happy Easter peeps.  Whilst browsing through one of my fave magazine I happened upon this article which I thought everyone would find interesting.  You might have to zoom in a bit to read though. 
 

Good job they ain’t arriving via the Suez Canal!  😝

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Cheap KB1, well it could be an expensive fix though. ☹️

My god, “uneconomical to repair” is the phrase, I believe?  I’m no expert but not only does it look like it’s been at the bottom of the North Sea for a while, the rear axle is surely bent.  If it’s parted out I’ll be there for a few bit but there’s no way that will be on the road again.  

Ha ha, seen a few Volvos with literally a pint of water sloshing around inside the rear lenses in the past. Presumably very light condensation will clear once the weather warms up a tad and I start driving him a bit more than once a week? 

6 minutes ago, PTR200S said:

Nice one!

Just nip round and do mine too, please 😆

Got a right arm like Arnold Schwarzenegger.  I do like a nice shiny car though. As he’s not driven every day at the moment, I’ve noticed that the inside of the windscreen had loads of condensation, so much that I had to use kitchen roll to mop it up!  Must be lack of use and the air inside not being renewed etc?  Nothing damp in the car either?  Also noticed earlier that there was a bit (maybe an inch at the bottom) of condensation in the headlights too. Never had it before.  🤔

Well...I’ve been working from home now since March 2020 and although Lennie Legend isn’t driven every day at the moment, he looked like he’d been rallying with the sand and dirt.  Therefore the sun was out and as I’ve been cooped up inside all week, I just couldn’t resist giving him an Autoglym Resin Deep Shine.  I might have an aching right arm but we’ll worth it..

Must wrap that front grille when the warmer weather arrives though  

Brilliant, love Quentin, tells it how it is.  Like an English Scotty Kilmer. 

The guy fitting it commented on the thickness of the glass too.  Very clever how they fit the tints though, no bubbles or creases.  Was told not to lower the windows for 3-5 days to give the adhesive time to cure properly. As Stu mentions the film  cuts out the harmful sun rays that dry and crack your leather.  Plus as the colour is Opulent Blue which is quite dark, plus the black interior, the tints really set it off nicely.  
 

He showed me a ‘chameleon’ film for front windscreen (£700 a roll!)...it’s clear but when you look at it from different angles different colours pop, a bit like the paint on my old Nighthawk Black Accord, that was black, purple and other colours depending on the angle of view.  Lovely. 

1 hour ago, hughezee said:

Nice one Geoff, a great way of keeping the interior cooler and protecting your leather from the sun 👍😎

Exactly Stu, there’s also the privacy and security aspect, the glass shouldn’t shatter as much as the film should hold a lot of it together. 

Hi peeps, well Lennie had his windows tinted earlier today and I must say he looks all the better for it.  Lovely..
 

oh and if anyone after a 720 BHP BMW M6, he’s selling one!  It was a beast!

Done just in time too as rain on way peeps.  

Be great to pop over and see you Brett, weekends are always preferable. 👍

Great job. 👍

Another pleasurable few hours were spent earlier at Planet Honda.  I’ve not seen since Stu since Mid March When I had my air con regassed and it was nice to see him and catch up.  Lennie Legend was overjoyed too as his oil and ATF was overdue due to lockdown etc:

Whenever I pop to Stu’s it’s either lashing down, sub zero or blowing a gale, today was 25 degrees and glorious.

Richard popped by too (see above) in his lovely Honda Acclaim Avon and must have wondered why I was standing in the shade of the house all the time.  Ouch...that’s going to smart in the morning:

Needless to say, Lennie is smoother than ever now (he had an engine flush too) and the gear change is sublime too.

i have a slight clicking noise from the rear and Stu diagnosed a bit of a lip on the disc and the sliders on the caliper need rejuvenating, so another trip to Stu’s will be coming up imminently.  

Happy Days.  😎

Ha ha, I only buy stuff that comes with the Honda Man Seal of Approval, you know that. 😚

 Yep, same in my old 2001 Accord it smelled awful too. 🙂

I keep a small bottle of this in my boot, Asda sells it and sometimes it’s on offer too. 

Great stuff Stu, thinking of getting the turkey baster our soon and replenishing my reservoir with the Comma.   

Great story. 👍

Article in this months Modern Classics magazine that I thought you like to see:

Well, I took the plunge and fitted my new Nextbase HD DUO HD dash cam.  My previous camera was expertly hardwired by Stu via the rear of the cigarette lighter.  I’m always a bit nervous messing with electrics, especially when you hear horror stories of multiplex units blowing etc.  Due to the current lockdown, I can’t pop over to Stu’s so I thought I would have a go myself.  Yes, I did call Stu before, just to double check a few things though.  🙂

I firstly very carefully removed the trim surrounding the shifter.  Popping the shifter to neutral helped.  The connectors to the two heated seat switches were removed which allowed better access.  I then proceeded to remove the existing wiring from under the trim etc in readiness for the replacement new Nextbase hardwire kit.

instead of undoing Stu’s soldering, I thought I leave the soldering alone, cut the wires a couple of inches away from the switch and then connect/solder the two wires from the hardwire kit.
 

RED AND BLACK WIRES EXPOSED READY FOR THE SNIP:

WIRES WERE THEN CUT SEPARATELY, NEW WIRES WERE THEN TWISTED ON AND SOLDERED TOO, FINISHING WITH A GENEROUS APPLICATION OF YELLOW ELECTRICAL TAPE, ENSURING WIRES ARE FREE TO MOVE AND NOT SNAGGING:

BEFORE BUTTONING EVERYTHING BACK TOGETHER THE CAMERA WAS TESTED BY TURNING ON THE IGNITION.  VOILA  CAMERA WORKS FINE:

WIRES WERE CAREFULLY THREADED UNDERNEATH THE TRIM, THEN UNDER THE DASH (USING SMALL CABLE TIES TO KEEP THE WIRE TIDY AND SECURE).  EVERYTHING STILL WORKING FINE.

I know most of you could do this in your sleep but for me, I felt quite chuffed.  As you can see, there are black raised dimples on the windscreen where the dash cam needs to go.  The suction mount is quite useless, therefore, I have ordered a non-suction mount with some 3M VHB tape which is mega strong!

Happy Days.

Welcome to the Wikipedia of all things Coupe and indeed Honda.  I’ve had a couple of these coupes and they’re cracking motors, just remember, regular preventative maintenance is the key, regular oil changes, ATF change, etc.  Don’t cheap out and only use whatever is recommend on here and you’ll be fine.

Mazda RX7 rims bolt straight on, look cool and fill the arch a bit better.

Best thing to do is have a good look around all the topics.

Welcome again.