![]() ![]() He didn't approve of my '84 Nissan 720(or my GPz900R for that matter). "Nuthin, and you need a respectable car." he said! Oh.really? The old guy hardly drove it.27,000 miles.whats wrong with it? I had absulutely no knowledge of a "Vigor" when I was offered one in trade for my carpentry skills. Good to see a Vigor section, although I only recently stumbled upon my Vigor by chance(or dare I say Fate! hmmmm), it has been a fun car. Hello, all! Haven't checked out the whole forum, but I'm sure I will enjoy exploring the site. Still not sure if I like the leather in the Vigor over the cloth in the Legend.īoth make about the same hp so expect the same passing and highway driving experience haven't really taken a road trip so far. It is soooo well balanced it really corners like it's on rails. The Vigor idles rougher (inline 5) and shifts smoother and is a much tigher, firmer ride. Legend idles smoother (once warmed up and the tappets stop hammering) and shifts stiffer (that darn "sport A/T" they put in that car) with a softer ride. Previous ride was a 90 Legend L sedan sold it a year ago dumbest move I ever made and have been looking for something to replace it ever since.Ĭomparing the two rides: the 6 cyl. Future work will include fixing a small rust problem in back quarter panel (Honda signature?) and brake pads and fluids in early winter. Car goes like stink can only ponder what the 5 spd is like. Only had 125K Km (72Kmi) and in really good shape. Just bought a 92 Vigor GS leather A/T less than a month ago. The snootier GS comes with leather seats, power sun roof and an audio system with the strangest addition to radio sound since Paul Harvey.Happy to have a home here. ![]() But all the niceties of motoring-including wood accents (their satin finish will offend some), a driver’s side air bag and anti-lock brakes-are standard on the base LS model. It could work in reverse, with potential Vigor owners damning the expense and thumbing out another $3,535 for the more powerful and undeniably prestigious Legend.Īlthough the Vigor’s exterior is barely one yawn above bland, the interior more than compensates. Whether the Vigor-for a little less money, performance and luxury-will eat into Legend sales, remains to be seen. In matters of money, mechanicals and the marketplace, Vigor (with a base price of $23,265) is slotted in Acura’s lineup between the entry-level, four-cylinder Integra (at $12,000) and the V-6 Legend (at $26,800), which has moved up-market to challenge the mini-Infiniti M30 and the little Lexus. ![]() There is no incantation from Vigor’s lines, no great incandescence of visual spirit, and certainly no incarnation of very much beyond the argument that most Japanese cars look alike these days. That rosewood body paint is closer to self-denial umber. Here is a four-seat sports sedan that needs something to give it distinction, if only a saucy name. But not plain old vigor, a label used less majestically in the past to imply the vitality of a detergent, lawn food and a discontinued scalp tonic. Maybe vie-gaw in a reference to the seminal side of life as expressed by Onasander. “How do you pronounce the name of that car?” he asked. My neighbor Peter had a penetrating question about the new Acura-all polished alloy, warm leather and rosewood brown lacquer twinkling in the driveway. ![]()
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