Moderators Laird_Scooby Posted May 3, 2016 Moderators Report Share Posted May 3, 2016 I suspect it's been owned by someone from the USA recently so even if it has been serviced, i doubt it will have been done properly. Also they don't seem to be too bothered by cars, apart from those who have their own US spec cars, the others treat them as "disposable" sadly only doing bare minimum maintenance. While it may look like a nice car, i suspect it will need some TLC in all the important areas. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founding Member Mazda Man Posted May 3, 2016 Founding Member Report Share Posted May 3, 2016 Hmmm...rather cunningly the number plate isn't clear so unable to check MOT history either. As you say Dave, if it's in Lakenheath (at a secret location ), then it's probably owned by an airman. Perhaps more digging is required, even a phone call asking for more pics? The front bumper looks damaged but it could be the light. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Laird_Scooby Posted May 3, 2016 Moderators Report Share Posted May 3, 2016 See what you mean about the bumper Geoff, looking at the main photo i think i know where it is and in fact i saw one out of the corner of my eye the other day as i flew past. If i get 10 minutes tomorrow, i'll whizz up there and have a better look. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Laird_Scooby Posted May 4, 2016 Moderators Report Share Posted May 4, 2016 My guess was correct about the "secret location" - not so secret at all, on the A1056 coming from Fiveways Roundabout (where the A11 and A1065 meet near Mildenhall) about a mile from the roundabout on the left, heading towards Brandon. The bumper does have a bit of minor cosmetic damage, the chrome has gone crinkly. Also has the remains of a headlight beam diverter on the drivers side lens but as far as i can tell, both headlamps are Left Hand Dip so ok for UK use. Other than that and what i call a "bullet hole dent" in the bootlid, it seems pretty spotless all round. The MoT History : Registration number: RE51KCJ Vehicle make HONDA Vehicle model LEGEND Date first used 1 January 2001 Fuel type Petrol Colour Silver MOT history of this vehicle Test date 2 February 2015 Expiry date 1 February 2016 Test Result Pass Odometer reading 124,279 miles MOT test number 2186 9343 5070 Advisory notice item(s) exhaust starting starting to corroded Test date 23 January 2014 Expiry date 27 January 2015 Test Result Pass Odometer reading 116,987 miles MOT test number 4669 7352 4004 Advisory notice item(s) Front Brake pad(s) wearing thin (3.5.1g) Rear Brake pad(s) wearing thin (3.5.1g) Rear Exhaust has a minor leak of exhaust gases (7.1.2) engine management light on Test date 25 January 2013 Expiry date 27 January 2014 Test Result Pass Odometer reading 109,644 miles MOT test number 8269 4582 3003 Advisory notice item(s) Nearside Rear Suspension arm damaged but not seriously weakened (2.4.G.1) Test date 28 January 2012 Expiry date 27 January 2013 Test Result Pass Odometer reading 96,030 miles MOT test number 9294 1862 2049 Advisory notice item(s) Nearside Rear Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1) Offside Rear Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1) Nearside Rear Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c) Offside Rear Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c) Nail in offside rear tyre Spare tyre defective o/s/r brake shows signs of binding n/s/f tyre has slight sidewall damage exhaust corroded Test date 18 January 2011 Expiry date 17 January 2012 Test Result Pass Odometer reading 80,736 miles MOT test number 1196 9861 1413 Test date 10 December 2009 Expiry date 9 December 2010 Test Result Pass Odometer reading 68,995 miles MOT test number 4519 0424 9310 Test date 10 December 2009 Expiry date 9 December 2010 Test Result Pass Odometer reading 68,995 miles MOT test number 1216 9078 2079 Advisory notice item(s) Brake fluid level low Nearside and offside rear metal brake pipes are corroded and will soon need replacing Offside rear brake disc has a reduced swept area AC fluid leak Test date 18 August 2008 Expiry date 17 August 2009 Test Result Pass Odometer reading 64,096 miles MOT test number 4112 2173 8203 Advisory notice item(s) o/s/r brake disk rusty Test date 10 August 2007 Expiry date 15 August 2008 Test Result Pass Odometer reading 58,751 miles MOT test number 8800 5242 7228 Advisory notice item(s) Nearside Rear brake disc slightly pitted (3.5.1h) Offside Rear brake disc slightly pitted (3.5.1h) Nearside Rear Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c) Offside Rear Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c) Test date 28 July 2006 Expiry date 15 August 2007 Test Result Pass Odometer reading 53,086 miles MOT test number 9527 6970 6289 Advisory notice item(s) Nearside Rear Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1) Looks like it's been fairly well looked after, rear tyres looked new (but cheap!), fronts not so good but passable. Most of the glass is heavily tinted so looks a bit of a "pimp-mobile"! :lol: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founding Member Mazda Man Posted May 4, 2016 Founding Member Report Share Posted May 4, 2016 Good work there Mr Holmes....bottom line is though it has NO MOT and NO tax so shouldn't be on the road: Registration number: RE51 KCJ ✗ Untaxed Tax due: 02 March 2016 ✗ No MOT Expired: 01 February 2016 If you have just purchased this vehicle, you must tax it even if it shows as taxed above. Vehicle tax cannot be transferred from keeper to keeper. If you have taxed, made a SORN or had an MOT it can take up to 5 days for these details to be shown above. You can check with your bank/building society to confirm your payment was successful. Vehicle details Vehicle make HONDA Date of first registration 01 September 2001 Year of manufacture 2001 Cylinder capacity (cc) 3474cc CO₂Emissions 291 g/km Fuel type PETROL Export marker No Vehicle status Not taxed Vehicle colour SILVER Vehicle type approval M1 Wheelplan 2 AXLE RIGID BODY Revenue weight Not available 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Laird_Scooby Posted May 4, 2016 Moderators Report Share Posted May 4, 2016 Daresay he ran it up on trade plates Geoff - the pics could also have been taken while it was still road legal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founding Member Mazda Man Posted May 4, 2016 Founding Member Report Share Posted May 4, 2016 Could have been Dave, however, raises a few questions as to why the owner hasn't had it MOT'd for 3 months, especially when he's trying to sell it and it's advertised as having 12 months MOT too. In these days of instant online MOT checking, perhaps he's hoping no-one will check and get it MOT'd when he has a buyer? Even on trade plates the car has to be MOT'd i.e road legal...surely?? There's something fishy going on here me thinks, my Spidy senses are tingling.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators hughezee Posted May 4, 2016 Author Administrators Report Share Posted May 4, 2016 Just so long as he's booked in for the MOT locally on a test drive he's fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Laird_Scooby Posted May 4, 2016 Moderators Report Share Posted May 4, 2016 I suspect it will have the 12 moths MoT on purchase, a common motor trade ploy. Trade plates are used by the trade to move vehicles that don't necessarily have any MoT or tax (in the old days when tax stayed on a vehicle) as often vehicles are bought at auction and need to be driven for MoT etc or like above, no MoT and the seller isn't going to MoT it until he has a signed sales order and by the same token, having 20 cars sat on the lot all with road tax isn't good business sense especially if he only sells say 8 a month, that's a lot of money just wasting away. It also means the mechanic working at your local garage can pick your car up when it's run out of MoT for whatever reason and drive it legally on trade plates to the garage, repair it, take it for MoT and return it to you. There are a few drawbacks to using trade plates - they're not cheap for a start but are cheaper than a dozen cars sitting round doing nothing while fully taxed and tested. They also can't be used for private use, unless the user is a sole trader and is bringing a car for business purposes from one place to another. I'm not sure if the seller has trade plates but he does have premises. Not sure which of these is selling this car as it appears in neither of their stock lists : http://www.fliteline.co.uk/used-cars-for-sale http://rpvcarsales.co.uk/services.htm That said, the first car in the second ones list is parked next to it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founding Member Mazda Man Posted May 4, 2016 Founding Member Report Share Posted May 4, 2016 Blimey, you didn't work for MI6 previously did you Mr Bond? Excellent detective work again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Laird_Scooby Posted May 4, 2016 Moderators Report Share Posted May 4, 2016 Well i could tell you Geoff, but............................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founding Member AhsyV6 Posted May 5, 2016 Founding Member Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Just just been told by a close friend that he is considering selling his beloved Legend.....I'm absolutely gutted and if I had a garage I'd consider it! You would need to drive it to believe how solid and smooth it is. Just needs a very slight spruce up on the bumpers, one of the doors and the wheels need refurbishing. If anyone is interested in owning her I will tell him to offer you first refusal as and when he sells. I know it will go to a good home if a forum member buys it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founding Member Mazda Man Posted May 5, 2016 Founding Member Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 What a cracking example Ahsy. Bet he's gutted. I just don't have the room on my drive, can just about fit the coupe and the civic on!! That plate's got to be worth a few £££'s too I suspect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Laird_Scooby Posted May 5, 2016 Moderators Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Beautiful looking car Ahsy! How much is he after? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founding Member AhsyV6 Posted May 5, 2016 Founding Member Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Thanks guys! Price has not been discussed and I'm sure he will be clearer after he has completed the work(which may make him reconsider keeping her or me owning her) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators hughezee Posted September 27, 2016 Author Administrators Report Share Posted September 27, 2016 A nice KB1 with a rare light interior, potential bargain http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/182288729108?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founding Member Cryistic Posted November 21, 2016 Founding Member Report Share Posted November 21, 2016 Cheap low mileage Legend close to Stu. https://www.gumtree.com/p/honda/exellent-honda-legend-automatic-for-sale./1198814199 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Laird_Scooby Posted November 21, 2016 Moderators Report Share Posted November 21, 2016 Very nice too! Looks vaguely familiar for some reason too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founding Member AhsyV6 Posted January 13, 2017 Founding Member Report Share Posted January 13, 2017 I just wanted to share this and also I think Dave you might be interested. http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C822554 I beg to differ on this being the best colour.....my silver one was the best colour 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Laird_Scooby Posted January 13, 2017 Moderators Report Share Posted January 13, 2017 Red is definitely not the best colour for me, I could write a book with the misfortune I've had with red cars! Looks nice though but I have to say I'm not a fan of two-tone colour schemes, perhaps on a vintage Rolls-Royce but it's horses for courses then. Also slightly scared by the low mileage - has it just been cosseted and only used once in a while or has it done loads of very short journeys all with cold starts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators hughezee Posted January 13, 2017 Author Administrators Report Share Posted January 13, 2017 Thanks for sharing Ahsy, cracking example 1 hour ago, Laird_Scooby said: Red is definitely not the best colour for me, I could write a book with the misfortune I've had with red cars! Looks nice though but I have to say I'm not a fan of two-tone colour schemes, perhaps on a vintage Rolls-Royce but it's horses for courses then. I did chuckle at this comment buddy, but didn't you say disliked the coloured bumpers on the SLi you had for a short while and preferred the two tone on your other two Rovers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Laird_Scooby Posted January 13, 2017 Moderators Report Share Posted January 13, 2017 45 minutes ago, hughezee said: Thanks for sharing Ahsy, cracking example I did chuckle at this comment buddy, but didn't you say disliked the coloured bumpers on the SLi you had for a short while and preferred the two tone on your other two Rovers There's a big difference between black body-length rubbing strips and painting the bumper tops to match (as per the OE spec) and painting half the bottom of the car in a totally different colour Stu! When Rover first launched the 800, a lot of cars had "Stonechip Grey" below the rubbing strips, some had a a darker, more metallic grey, like graphite metallic with "Vitesse" or "Sterling" graphics on them in the area under the rubbing strip on the doors. Then on the Mk2b (96 on) they tried reintroducing the "Duotone" colour scheme - none of them looked particularly good or were popular. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founding Member Cryistic Posted January 27, 2017 Founding Member Report Share Posted January 27, 2017 Classy looking Legend in Stone, Staffs. I think it's cheap at £995 http://www.davefoxcars.co.uk/used-HONDA-LEGEND-stoke-on-trent-stone-staffordshire-977283 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators hughezee Posted January 27, 2017 Author Administrators Report Share Posted January 27, 2017 Nice looking motor there Richie, Thinking of chopping the LAXUS already 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators hughezee Posted January 27, 2017 Author Administrators Report Share Posted January 27, 2017 One for Geoffers http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201701211527127?advertising-location=at_cars&onesearchad=Used&onesearchad=Nearly New&onesearchad=New&radius=1500&make=HONDA&model=LEGEND&postcode=de143dp&sort=price-asc&page=1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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