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    Adds padding to the word-count, I suppose...and...

    Adds padding to the word-count, I suppose...and everyone now knows Ayrton Senna didn't design the thing.

    But what does rile me is that one hack makes something up and it eventually becomes an...
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    My hatred for Autoarse has persisted for decades,...

    My hatred for Autoarse has persisted for decades, now.

    I'd sooner pay the extra and use the independent that Norton Way recommended to me way back when.
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    The S2000's steering is actually quite stable at...

    The S2000's steering is actually quite stable at high speed - it's the rear end that fidgets and tramlines. One learns to hold the wheel lightly and just ignore it. At speeds where the S2000 feels...
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    I don't do antisocial meeja so often drop in here...

    I don't do antisocial meeja so often drop in here to see if anything's happening.

    But after all this time, just about everything has been said that can be said (about the NA at least) so nothing...
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    Well, the obvious solution is less obvious when...

    Well, the obvious solution is less obvious when comparables aren't obvious either.

    There's a lot of difference between a leggy rebuilt one and a lowish-mileage completely factory one. Especially...
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    Replying to oneself is a sure sign of insanity,...

    Replying to oneself is a sure sign of insanity, but where WOULD one go to get an agreed valuation.

    Bit of paper with NSXCB written on the top in crayon, or..?
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    The NC's a bit different from the NA - those are...

    The NC's a bit different from the NA - those are basically Honda prices.

    There are an awful lot of oils to change on an NC and wait until you get to the major service items...one of the things...
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    Regendo alternator: ...

    Regendo alternator:

    https://www.buycarparts.co.uk/honda/legend-ii-coupe-ka8/4217/10450/alternator HONDA (31100PY3003)

    NSX:
    ...
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    Yes, about a fortnight and starting gets very...

    Yes, about a fortnight and starting gets very grunty.

    Same with all the 'alarmed' fleet - only the unalarmed S2000 is a bit more durable. Well was; the battery is now ancient. I mean, really...
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    Yeah, I painted mine gold and then realised that...

    Yeah, I painted mine gold and then realised that was just the bubbles that had those...can be repainted if too anachronistic.

    That interior's a bit late-S2000. OK if you like cranberry pink,...
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    Me too. The reason I do it is, it's very hard...

    Me too.

    The reason I do it is, it's very hard to find comparables and Sod's law...

    I invariably have a long telephone discussion with the underwriter and to why, no, that's a slushbox, and no,...
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    Clean the element/contacts with contact cleaner?...

    Clean the element/contacts with contact cleaner?

    Sounds like a high resistance is making the wrong part hot.

    I had a car (MX-5, I think) that would fire the fag lighter like a missile, which...
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    D'oh! Soon as I read P27 OLU I remembered that...

    D'oh! Soon as I read P27 OLU I remembered that was Simon Prelude's. Had a slight curtain in the driver's door paint.

    Signed,


    Brian Fade.

    It's still alive & showed 103,000 miles on its...
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    Reg looks familiar (press car) but I cannot...

    Reg looks familiar (press car) but I cannot remember.

    Was Simon's ex-Harvey Postlethwaite?

    I think Simon's was past that mileage a decade ago and the paint wasn't perfect.
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    I'd disconnect at the headlamp end and replace...

    I'd disconnect at the headlamp end and replace the switch with a blank.

    Pretend it's JDM Yo!

    I think it's the 'needs to function where fitted' thing. And it's not as if you regularly carry a...
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    AD08Rs hate being cold and have minimal tread -...

    AD08Rs hate being cold and have minimal tread - kudos that man!

    At least it's a trad LSD - the Torsen one in the S2000 and 86 don't function if there is that big a difference in mu and it's fully...
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    Hmmm... The third edition might be interesting...

    Hmmm...

    The third edition might be interesting for the technological side of the NC1 - a car which doesn't really inspire me as yet.

    I'd really like to know a lot more about the 'NB' - The...
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    :D My ring(!) doesn't illuminate either. I...

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    My ring(!) doesn't illuminate either.

    I got a new lamp for it ages ago but then discovered it's practically an engine-out job to change it and I wasn't prepared to risk damaging the plastic...
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    I wouldn't leave that on the internet - you never...

    I wouldn't leave that on the internet - you never know what bots are trolling!

    Those wraps are rather artistic. Dunno if I'd want to drive around like that, though.

    Not that I do, much.
    ...
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    It's called patina! I agree - you'd be nuts to...

    It's called patina!

    I agree - you'd be nuts to sell a nice car just because...

    Maybe some Pioneer/Spoon/Toyo/Youass stickers? Go full Rice-Boy!
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    Indeed - I was thinking badly-neglected Caterham...

    Indeed - I was thinking badly-neglected Caterham (or naked NSX) but DeLorean is more apposite!
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    :D I like that! Surface irregularities...

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    I like that!

    Surface irregularities wouldn't matter.

    Actually, I found a brushed ally wrap, so you could look like one of those German-car lessees who could only afford the primer coat...
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    Surface really needs to be pretty good for a wrap...

    Surface really needs to be pretty good for a wrap to work.

    Might get away with a matt black rat-look?
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    Indeed - a workaround might be to replace the...

    Indeed - a workaround might be to replace the pop-up switch with a blank, install some square number plates and keep yelling "Yo JDM!" when at the MOT centre...
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    Fine so far. Cannot swear that I've tried the...

    Fine so far. Cannot swear that I've tried the front end of the Leg End, yet...only the lightweights and I swear the NSX is made of helium.

    But then I always put a sheet of cardboard (usually a bit...
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