Long Way Home & Clint’s Vigor
Odometer: 508,370
Here’s a flashback as well as a clue as to why I got so hooked on Acura at a young age. This picture is from about 1996. I was 15 years old and obsessing over a family member’s 1989 Legend LS coupe in Salt Lake City, Utah. Little did I know that 15 years later I’d be blogging about my travels in a half million mile Legend of my own!
My current home is located just a block away from a large Indian reservation called the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. This land covers about 53,000 acres and borders the Arizona cities of Scottsdale, Mesa, and Fountain Hills. I drive through the reservation each day on my way home from work as a way of bypassing the congested southbound Loop 101 freeway, even though it adds about 10 miles to my drive. Yesterday, I decided to take a side road and see if I passed by anything worth a closer look.
At the other end of the mileage spectrum, I thought I’d also share a few new pictures of my friend Clint’s immaculate 1992 Acura Vigor GS that you may remember from a prior post. The Vigor is a bit of a rare breed, having only been produced for 1992, 1993, and 1994. Clint recently took his Frost White Acura on a round-trip to Phoenix from southern Utah (about 800 miles) and the car handled the trip flawlessly. He said he’s now just over 90,000 miles in the old 5-cylinder sedan. A fresh coat of wax and she looks showroom fresh. Thanks Clint for sharing these latest pictures!
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February 29, 2012 at 1:05 am
I recall well the day I took that photo of you in front of that red car at Dart’s house. We both fell in love with it, and even to this day I love that body style. It was a clean one! Excuse the pun, but in my case one can safely say “It runs in the family.” In your case, we might substitute “run” with “drives.” Happy trails!
February 29, 2012 at 1:38 am
Yes I remember that day, too. It was Wendy’s mom’s car, right? Do you remember the Legend 2 door that you drove in St. George of that bodystyle? Brown color, chrome wheels, Brent Statham, I think? To die for!
February 29, 2012 at 4:12 am
Yes, Wendy’s mom. And yes to the brown car memory. No details escape you! I drove Craig Morley’s Vigor once too.
February 29, 2012 at 3:23 am
Nothing quite like taking the long way home on a nice day! Nice to see a clean Vigor, too. Beautiful photos.
February 29, 2012 at 4:38 am
Thanks Tyler! I know you can relate! I’d love to spotlight your duo of super clean classic Hondas, too – if you’d like. Send me some of your best “glamour” shots 🙂