I know that feeling was better than sex... or almost, I should say

 

Awesome Neil. It's true what you say, clean Legends are few and far between. Makes the ownership experience that much more rewarding when your car is recognized by others who appreciate it for what it is. Glad to hear the coupe is still treating you well and getting looks wherever she goes.

I usually get a pretty good reception at the dealerships. I wish I had a hidden cam on the service advisor at the Las Vegas Acura dealership last Saturday when I showed up for an oil change. I had pulled up in the service drive and gotten out of the car so he could take down some information. He sketched something from the VIN on his clipboard and then sat in the driver's seat to take down mileage. I swear he must have been staring at the gauges for a solid 10 seconds.. twice... before he stepped out of the car, turned to me and said, "Is that for real?" Hahaha... Priceless.

 

Awesome Neil. It's true what you say, clean Legends are few and far between. Makes the ownership experience that much more rewarding when your car is recognized by others who appreciate it for what it is. Glad to hear the coupe is still treating you well and getting looks wherever she goes.

I usually get a pretty good reception at the dealerships. I wish I had a hidden cam on the service advisor at the Las Vegas Acura dealership last Saturday when I showed up for an oil change. I had pulled up in the service drive and gotten out of the car so he could take down some information. He sketched something from the VIN on his clipboard and then sat in the driver's seat to take down mileage. I swear he must have been staring at the gauges for a solid 10 seconds.. twice... before he stepped out of the car, turned to me and said, "Is that for real?" Hahaha... Priceless.

Yeah, last year I took mine in to Bloominton Acura, and the service manager's like, woah, that's been driven a bit huh? It ONLY had 285,000 then....:headscrat

 

Yeah, was going through some construction (where the guys flip the Slow/Stop signs for one lane at a time), and the dude is staring and pointing at my car with a smile. I turn down the radio and roll down the window to hear "Hey man....how much you sell that for?" I explained it wasn't for sale, and he shared that he had a coupe he wrecked but missed, etc, etc.
It's nice to have a car people recognize and desire even though its 15 years old.

 

It is a great feeling... my favorite compliment was a uniformed military officer catching my attention while I sat in traffic waiting to get onto one of the major highways into DC (I imagine he was headed to the Pentagon) and he said it was a beautiful car (i'd just detailed it and I must admit, it did look damn good at the time).

I considered it a huge compliment given he was driving around in a beautiful condition late 60s MGB convertible I'd been gawking at from a distance myself until I'd just then when I happened to catch up and find myself next to him.

 

the dealership here doesnt seem to have much respect for my legend. but its usually not very clean. i went to the parts desk to ask about those kotter pins on the valves (i lost HALF of one redoing my heads). it took a long time just to get across what car i had, and more incredulous responses when i explained the work i was doing. 'dude he should just get a TL...' was heard from confused parts guys.

 

'dude he should just get a TL...' was heard from confused parts guys.

:nono:

 

^agreed that crap pisses me off

 

Just means they have no idea about the Legend... anyone I've ever met who has actually driven the Legend has the same thing to say about newer Acuras: it basically amounts to "they're great cars but they aren't my Legend"

 

indeed, yupppiesss!!!!!! nah, im really young too legend is my first car but i have driven several other cars, a renault laguna, a mercedes c320, porsche cayman, mercury minivan, lexus ls 430 and though all of them shifted nicer, i still like my legends combination of ride comfort and handling