Stuart Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 Bought a 2001 Accord 3.0 V6 with 75,500 miles on it around a week ago. Bust exhaust, now fixed. SRS warning light on, now fixed. Radiator leaking, now fixed. Got to admit fixing a plastic radiator was no fun but seems to be holding up. Genuine Honda part was £310, aftermarket was £75, the repair cost about £15 and needed a heat gun, some epoxy resin and loads of time .... loads of time! Great car and looking forward to putting some miles on it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founding Member AhsyV6 Posted May 15, 2016 Founding Member Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 Welcome Stuart. Enjoy the new coupe.....a very different driving experience! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BN Coupe Posted May 16, 2016 Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 Welcome Stuart. Remember we like to see photos so we can admire each others' cars. They're so rare now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators hughezee Posted May 16, 2016 Administrators Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 Hi Stuart, welcome to the club and would this coupe be George's AKA member gbn former coupe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Laird_Scooby Posted May 16, 2016 Moderators Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 Welcome aboard Stuart! You've just found the best single source for all your knowledge for your coupé on the web - as already mentioned, loads of pics are the law! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founding Member Mazda Man Posted May 19, 2016 Founding Member Report Share Posted May 19, 2016 Welcome Stuart, you're in the best place for all things coupe. Please post some pics up of your beast so we can all admire it. Have a good look around, there are lots of threads about everything and anything for your coupe and more. Please ask away of you have any questions, we all own coupes (or Honda engined Sterlings and Legends) and you're sure of a great response from people who know. Welcome. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamrmaccordcoupe Posted May 30, 2016 Report Share Posted May 30, 2016 Yasss another Scottish owner. Where you from ? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founding Member Mazda Man Posted May 31, 2016 Founding Member Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 Good stuff, Scottish Coupes rule! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Laird_Scooby Posted May 31, 2016 Moderators Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 2 hours ago, GeoffPurpleHaze said: Good stuff, Scottish Coupes rule! Says he driving a Hampshire registered coupé! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamrmaccordcoupe Posted June 3, 2016 Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 Scottish coupes ftw!!!!!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founding Member Mazda Man Posted June 3, 2016 Founding Member Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 Hampshire?? My coupe is Brummie through and through I'll have you know....Alllllroiiiiiiiiiigh. On another note he's in for his MOT next Saturday, should sail through again. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Laird_Scooby Posted June 3, 2016 Moderators Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 Actually Geoff - my mistake but i wasn't far out - "RV" is actually the Reading area identifier but as some car dealers in the north of Hampshire would have had Reading as part of their postal address (for example Mildenhall a few miles from me has Bury St Edmunds as part of the postal address) then there's a chance it was originally registered in Hampshire to a reading "postal address" if you see what i mean? https://www.newreg.co.uk/dvla-number-plate-identifiers/ That gives more information and explains it in greater detail. Good luck for the MoT, not that you'll need it i'm sure! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators hughezee Posted June 3, 2016 Administrators Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 I thought area identifiers for vehicles applied to vehicles first registered from 1 September 2001 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Laird_Scooby Posted June 3, 2016 Moderators Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 We've always had area identifiers Stu, way back in the 60s they were introduced to help determine where cars were from. From 2001, the position on the number plate changed. Instead of being the last two letter of the group of three, they are now the first two letters of the registration. *** EDIT *** I've just double checked and the link i posted applies to post-2001 registrations so RV is definitely a Hampshire identifier, Portsmouth to be exact Here's a link to another site that explains ALL of it much better : http://www.wolfbane.com/vreg.htm Scroll down to the pre-2001 identifier section and look for RV and you'll see it's Portsmouth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators hughezee Posted June 3, 2016 Administrators Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 My mistake Dave, only time I ever acknowledged them was from 2001 , so my motor is UG = Leeds and Geoff's is RV = Portsmouth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Laird_Scooby Posted June 3, 2016 Moderators Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 No worries Stu - they seemed to make a big thing of the identifier being the first two letters of the plate when we changed to the current system in 2001 and i suspect this is where the confusion came about. Before that there weren't many people that even knew they existed in my experience. Mine are UR, OJ and JF which work out to Luton in Hertfordshire (it is and always has been Bedfordshire - the car was originally supplied in Cheshunt, Herts), Birmingham (i suspect given the age etc of the car it was an ex- B-Ae. Management car from the "OJ" reg) and Leicester respectively. Quite weird how things happen in a way - Geoffs Purple Haze originally reg'd in Portsmouth and now in Birmingham, my Jeep originally reg'd in Leicester was bought from someone in Portsmouth and is now within shouting distance of Leicester. To my knowledge, my coupe worked its way from Birmingham to Bristol via Cardiff and possibly some other locations and the Sterling lived in and around Cheshunt for the first two owners, the third i'm not sure but the fourth was near me until i moved here 3 years ago but still isn't far in the great scheme of things. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founding Member Mazda Man Posted June 4, 2016 Founding Member Report Share Posted June 4, 2016 Interesting Dave.....how far cars can travel between owners and sometimes turn up 20 years later not far from when they were first registered. Black magic I tell you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Laird_Scooby Posted June 4, 2016 Moderators Report Share Posted June 4, 2016 <hums theme from the twilight zone> Definitely Geoff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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