Going to look at a 97 prelude. What do look out for?

Eric C · Post by **Eric C** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 4:14 am

Looking for something to drive to work. It's a Base with Auto.

What are things that I should look out for?

02Type-S · Post by **02Type-S** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 4:41 am

Altezzas. Never buy a car with altezzas.

lurch95hatch · Post by **lurch95hatch** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 5:04 am

Daddy_Danglez · Post by **Daddy_Danglez** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 5:08 am

A different car.

But seriously.. Look for oil burning, and ask how the oil consumption is. Check the trunk for signs of water getting in there.

Sparky65 · Post by **Sparky65** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 5:10 am

The automatics on fifth gen Preludes kinda suck...just an FYI.

muha22752 · Post by **muha22752** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 5:48 am

The auto trannys in 5th gens sucks, usual they start to have problems around 100k miles

RyanA · Post by **RyanA** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 11:33 am

+1 on transmission issues. They will typically do a flare on a shift (rev then shift) when in auto mode.

Eric C · Post by **Eric C** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 2:51 pm

He apparently had the transmission rebuilt last year.

Anything else?

Eric C · Post by **Eric C** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 2:53 pm

Daddy_Danglez;298487 wrote:A different car.

But seriously.. Look for oil burning, and ask how the oil consumption is. Check the trunk for signs of water getting in there.

I asked him about Oil Leaks or Burning, he said it had neither. Unfortunetly, the burning issue I would have to trust him on.

92_luder · Post by **92_luder** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 4:50 pm

See if it smokes at all, cuz one an h22 start smoking its on a, down hill slide cuz of the sleeves