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

modthesol · Post by **modthesol** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 7:12 pm

Daddy_Danglez;298487 wrote:A different car.

couldnt have said it better.

Sully · Post by **Sully** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 7:23 pm

Sparky65;298488 wrote:The automatics on fifth gen Preludes kinda suck...just an FYI.

+1 i had a 98 with an auto. it went out within six months. and i wrecked it... made me sad

Eric C · Post by **Eric C** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 7:48 pm

modthesol;298523 wrote:couldnt have said it better.

Why does everyone say that? Are they that bad of a car? Even for daily driving?

modthesol · Post by **modthesol** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 7:50 pm

Sully;298529 wrote:i had a 98 auto. it went out within six months then i wrecked it.

you made the world a better place

99PreludeSh · Post by **99PreludeSh** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 8:31 pm

Eric C;298533 wrote:Why does everyone say that? Are they that bad of a car? Even for daily driving?

I've had mine for 10 years in August and I still love it. As soon as I get sometime to get it running again I'll be driving it a lot more, been pretty spoiled with the BMW though. Gets decent gas mileage and looks better than most Hondas(my opinion).

RyanA · Post by **RyanA** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 10:42 pm

Unless you see paperwork for the trans rebuild, it didn't happen. Keep that in mind; so many people these days lie about rebuilds. heck, the guy I got my BMW wagon from said the engine was rebuilt 50k ago. I met the guy that owned it before him and he said "Nope, it has 19X,XXX miles on it and I got it from the original owners." Just goes to show you people will lie to make a sale. He had no paperwork so I figured it was a lie and I was right.

Sparky65 · Post by **Sparky65** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 4:06 am

They arent a bad car, but the transmission, no matter how well they are rebuilt, are just. Just too much to deal with. That and their silly security issues. Other than that, I love the fifth gen Prelude. My dad has one and its not a bad car at all.

Sully · Post by **Sully** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 6:47 am

modthesol;298534 wrote:you made the world a better place

for the few months the car ran great i loved it. i think one day i might try to get another one, only manual tranny.

Eric C · Post by **Eric C** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 6:53 pm

Alright, you guys talked me out of it.

Now what?

Phate · Post by **Phate** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 7:01 pm

Eric C;298603 wrote:Alright, you guys talked me out of it.

Now what?

Stock as fuck DC Integra. That's what I'm looking for.