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Acura Legend (1995)
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Price: US $200.00

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1995 Acura Legend LS Sedan
I have owned this beautiful vehicle for about a year now and I didn't think that I'd ever be interested in selling it. I purchased the car for my 16 year old daughter since we are a Honda/Acura family. We have always had great luck with our Honda's in the past and when I found this Acura Legend in such excellent condition, I jumped at the chance to buy it. The car was immaculate on the interior and exterior, but did have a few mechanical issues. There was an oil leak, the CV boots were torn and the brake rotors needed to be replaced. I wanted this car to last 200, 000 more miles, so when I went through it mechanically...I went overboard on making repairs.
As I said, I wanted to make the car last until my daughter graduated college (at least 8 years and 160, 000 to 200, 000 more miles), so I started with the oil leak, then started doing preventative maintenance items to make sure it would last as long as possible. I read through all of the information I could find on-line and found that the head gasket failures were really common. To prevent that from ever being an issue, I decided to change the head gaskets and also upgrade the lower intake manifold chamber to the new version Honda engineers fixed in the 1996 and later versions of the engine. Needless to say, I went through everything and ended up doing over $7, 000 worth of maintenance on the car.
Here is the list of the maintenance work done to the car in the past year:
1. Rear Main Seal replaced
2. Transmission Seals replaced (3 on extension shaft, 1 behind torque converter)
3. Transmission Rear Mount replaced
4. All Motor Mounts replaced
5. Transmission Fluid and Transmission Filter changed
6. Left CV Axle Shaft replaced
7. Right CV Axle Shaft replaced
8. Differential Fluid Change
9. Engine Oil flush with BG Products EPR
10. Engine Oil Change with BG Products MOA
11. Coolant flushed and changed
12. Hoses to/from Heater Core replaced
13. Hoses to/from Radiator replaced
14. Timing Belt replaced
15. Water Pump replaced
16. Timing Belt Tensioner replaced
17. Camshaft Seals (Front) replaced
18. Camshaft Plugs (Rear) replaced
19. Cylinder Head Gaskets replaced
20. Valve Stem Seals replaced
21. Clean EGR Tube and Intake Manifold Interior
22. Intake Manifold Bottom Chamber Changed to Revised Design P/N 17120-P5G-010
23. Fuel Injector Seals replaced
24. Fuel Injectors pressure cleaned
25. Front Crankshaft Seal replaced
26. Oil Pump Cover O-Rings replaced
27. Brake Fluid replaced
28. Air Filter replaced
I have been debating about what to do with the car for a while now. The problem is that my daughter is 16 and isn't the greatest driver yet. I rode around with her in the car this past weekend and we almost wrecked it, which made me start thinking about trying to fix the body or replace it with another one in the same condition. It will be very difficult, if not impossible, to find one in this condition again...so it made me wonder if we would be better off just selling it and getting her a regular Civic or Accord. This Legend is a classic, beautiful car. I would hate to see it get mangled up in a wreck.
It had just under 79, 000 miles on it a few days ago and has never been wrecked. I say that it had just under 79, 000 miles on it because my daughter is on a trip out of state with it now and it will end up with probably 500 more miles on by the time she returns. The first three owners were all in the same family (the guy I bought it from got it from his aunt who had purchased it from his grandmother). As far as I can tell, the car was kept in the garage and never spent much time in the harsh Texas sun (where the car spent most of its life). I have cleaned the interior, but haven't done anything to the exterior other than taking it to the car wash and spraying it off. The paint looks amazing, and the interior is actually better than my 2011 Acura MDX.
I had a list of items I planned to do next if I decided to keep the car, so here is are the things that need attention:
1. The front brake rotors need to be resurfaced or replaced. There is a vibration on braking that could be fixed with new rotors. The pads are fine.
2. Differential input seal has a slow leak (drips differential fluid sometimes and sometimes not). I would change the input seal as well as the 2 output seals.
3. Need to figure out why the driver's sun visor is droopy. Hangs a little low and needs to be repaired to snap up tight to the headliner.
4. Need to replace the retractable antenna mast (my daughter's first attempt at going through an automatic car wash).
5. Need to get some touch-up paint for the chip on the front passenger's side near the wheel well. This is the only place rust has started on the vehicle as far as I can tell.
6. Need to spray some paint on the door guard bumper on the drivers door. For some reason that guard is slightly scuffed up and can be noticed when everything else looks perfect.
7. Need to replace the door check on the driver's side (it squeaks when you open the door some times). This is the part that prevents you from opening the door too far and is mounted on the inside of the jamb in-between the hinges.
That's all I can think of as far as items that make it not perfect...other than that, it is an awesome car for being 20 years old. This headlight lens' are clear as if brand new...this thing is simply in excellent condition. See the photos below:

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