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So, was collected and driven back by a member of staff. I followed thinking what have I done, why did I buy it and what am I going to do with it??!! Back at work and in the yard and all the staff came out to take the p155. Having been sat for several months unloved, it was rather dirty with moss nicely growing in certain areas, nice! So, the one lad who laughed the most at my latest financial disaster was assigned the job of cleaning it 😊 Insured and taxed it and at 5pm I was off home (pub) for my maiden journey, it’s 2.6 miles to said home and in that short time it felt great. The seats are like armchairs and it’s whisper quiet. Although alarmingly the fuel gauge moved on that short journey, it does that often! We are very busy at work so apart from a wash and a levels check, I decided to dump my Merc in the yard and carry on driving the new steed. First load of fuel went in and off I went, wafting around in a £500 car that I knew nothing about, what could possibly go wrong? As part of my job I travel to carry out estimates on vehicles that require restoration/repairs. Just so happened day 3 of ownership, I had to do a 50 mile round trip to a customers, obviously took the Legend…. Didn’t miss a beat, well it had a funny noise on L/H bends but hey ho! The following weekend I treated it to the quickest of quick machine polishes, wow it a big car! Will post pics of the results honest! Now it was a little shiny green machine, I started to like this car, like a lot… Carried on driving it everyday, then realised MOT was due in 3 days… No worries, got it booked in for 31st Oct at 13.00. Thought we best have a little look to show willing, thankfully one of my guys is a true Honda fan (Lee I blame you for this purchase) and he got it on the lift for a good look round. I mentioned the ‘cha cha cha’ noise in passing so wheels came off the rear, started taking the pads out and the material fell on the floor…. That will be the noise then! Obviously, parts for Legends are plenty full….. BUT, seeing at they share a lot of the braking parts with other Honda’s, pads were on the shelf at our motor factors (thanks Autosupplies) discs were ordered and delivered the next day, the day of the MOT… Thankfully Lee go the car on the lift, replaced rear discs and pads, road tested and parked on the front ready for it’s MOT with 45 mins to spare. My other tech Dave, took it round for the MOT and the tester couldn’t believe what good condition it was in underneath, so 40 minutes later a clean MOT was received and I could then make a plan going forward. As I bought it with only 2 weeks mot, I wasn’t going to spend much money until I knew it was a ‘goodun’ More fuel went into the surprisingly small tank and I carried on driving it everyday. Full service kit ordered and fitted. So far in the 4 weeks in my ownership it has covered 700 luxurious miles, it just gets better and better! Apart from the fuel, £260 of super unleaded has so far been pumped into the tank, to be fair I still have ¾ of a tank left as of today. Right, next instalment will be the issues with it and the plan going forward 😊 Oh and what i have purchased so far........