AFTER MARKET CAR PARTS : Okay, after procrastinating for almost 2 weeks, I finally broke down andpurchased a VERY clean '91 Prelude SI. I had a hard time making thisdecision because I'm not accustomed to buying automobiles with 115,000 mileson them. This car was purchased sort of "for the heck of it" though, it isnot my primary transportation.I bought this car from the original owner. She purchased it brand new inJune of 1991. I've never owned a Prelude (or any Honda) and when I boughtit, I thought it was just the standard 2.0. Upon finally looking it overtoday though, I find that it is the 2043 or whatever it is, DOHC 16 valvemodel. Is that a good thing or bad? Is this engine more or less reliablethan the SOHC model?The car is a Prelude SI, DOHC 16 valve, 5-speed, rear deck spoiler, powersunroof, the factory stock but optional alloy wheels. She gave me theoriginal sticker of the window and it was almost $18,000.00 which I felt wasfairly expensive for that year. She gave me a whole stack of receipts whereall the oil changes, services, brake job, battery, even work that was donein '91, '92, and etc. under warranty. The car is bone stock in every way.
AFTER MARKET CAR PARTS : The one major thing that she DIDN'T ever have done was the timing belt andwater pump service. I'll probably have that done next week. Anything elseI should watch out for?One last question. It also still has the original Honda AM/FM/Tape unit. Iwill remove it and install a AM/FM/CD player. It appears to be a standardsingle DIN size, am I correct?watch for leaky windows and trunk, and you're correct about the single DINstereo.Too much I think. That's why it took me so long to decide. Ended up paying$5500.00. Really is well cared for though.On Sat, 10 Mar 2001 01:48:42 GMT, "Don Nelson" wrote:You gotta wonder about someone who saves oil-change receipts but istoo stupid to have the timing belt changed with it's supposed to.
AFTER MARKET CAR PARTS : cuz daddy taught her to get the car jiffy-lubed, and they dont ask how thetiming belt is since they dont replace em. if they did replace em, thered bea lot of cars with timing belts replaced every 20k miles.I just sold my '89 *sob* a few weeks a go. 350,000 kms [220,000 miles] andruns like a top. i wouldn't sweat the timing belt. The one I had in the carwhen I sold it was over 120,000 miles on it. But do get it done soon. Ireplaced the car with a '97 Accord EX-R coupe 5-speed. The two do not evencompare, despite the age difference. The Accord may be a touch faster in thecity, but not on the highway. And the handling - it's night and day. Accordis to 'wishy-washy' .Although the Accord is a little more refined androomier, out of the 6 Hondas I've owned, the Prelude is BY FAR, the bestbuilt and the most reliable. I never drove that car without redlining it andI never suffered an engine problem. Biggest expense? Two new drive shafts ataround 150,000 MILES.Suggestions? Do get the oil changed religiously every 3000 miles [by Honda].They use better oil and can spot things totally unrelated to an oil changethat needs attention. Besides, ever see a cutaway of a Honda oil filter nextto a Fram or generic? No comparison. Hell, I cannot even change the oilmyself as cheap as Honda does it.DO get genuine Honda clutches and drive shafts [if needed]. As a formerfactory worker where aftermarket AND genuine import car parts were produced,I can tell you the raw material and product tolerance for Honda and Toyotaare unbelievable next to the others. Unfortunately, I worked this job afterI put an after market clutch and drive shafts in. The drives shafts had tobe immediately re-done. You can get even better than Honda partsaftermarket, but it is a specialty part usually and very $$$$$.Clean your A/C condenser every year!Put 'H' rated tires on, not 'S' or 'T'.I never ran premium fuel, but, if you'll pardon my arrogance, Canadianregular grade gas -although the same octane - is better than the US stuff;ask any outboard motor owner. Maybe you should at least stick to midgrade.Avoid ethanol fuels.Try and lube your temperature control cable behind the dash, if possible.Replace the muffler with a Honda one.Tune-ups? One every three years [about 60,000 miles for me]. I never did thevalves. But I did changes plugs and air filter at specified intervals andflushed the rad bi annually.Rust starts at gas cap cover, just above of the rear mud flaps and the topcorners of the windshield first. Watch for it!Definitely rust-check [aerosol can] the mounts for the license plate lightsNOW and as frequently as possible.Do not use oil based lube on your antennae, use graphite, like the kind forlocks and guns. And, if you are so inclined, remove the entire motor unit[ it is forward of where the tire jack is] and clean it inside and outyearly - you will never have to replace it. You will need snap ring pliersor a special tool from Honda to remove the chrome retaining ring on theoutside of the car.NEVER use additives in the oil. They do squat. I 've spent yearsresearching. Just change the oil.Above all, ENJOY it. I know you will.
AFTER MARKET CAR PARTS : You can expect to see Sears and Wal Mart, begin building Super-Storescontaining Durable Goods, Appliances, Food, Meats, Sundries, Clothes, SportsGear, Toys, Gardening, Pharmacy, Optometetry and Automotive.Stores are expected to be free-standing buildings, of around 300,000 to 400,000sqft in size and not be attached to a mall.Now if Lowes and The Home Depot join the fray, who can predict where it willend.What we need is a regional shopping center, or a Mall with Food Couts,Restaurants, Movie Theaters, a Lowes, The Home Depot, Sears, Costco, Sams,WalMart, K-Mart, Car parts AutoZone, next to an Auto-Mall, selling cars andtrucks, attached to an after-market car parts zone, attached to a VehicleService Zone, Attached to a Disneyland. It would be 5-miles wide, 10-miles longand have its own Zip-Code (Hey toss in a Post Office too). Add a few hotels andmotels, beacuse you cant't do all of your shopping in a day, and a fewSelf-Storage centers,
AFTER MARKET CAR PARTS : Do you prefer to shop in the General Store of the Specialized Store, and why?Halcitron misc.survivalismCheck your six and know when to duck.NRA Member since 2002The Law of the Land, is the weapon in your hand.We've got one too, one of the biggest malls on the East Coast. It has aHome Depot, a Target, a BJ's (like Costco), and a lot of other stores.It even has a post office, and probably has its own zip code. The onething it doesn't have is a supermarket, but one just opened across thestreet. However, while I love it for certain things (some specialty stores movedinto the area that were an hour away before), the parking situation isso difficult that it's hard to shop there. It's very difficult to makea huge mall like this work well when you think that there's a car forevery 1-2 people inside the mall. For malls like this to work in thelong term, I think there has to be some creative solution to parking.One nice thing that they did with this mall was to create a largeoverflow parking lot that is used for commuter parking during the weekand for shuttle mall parking on the weekend. But the shuttle is toounreliable to depend on - I was stranded a couple of times and gave upon the shuttle after that. Public transportation covers the mall butit's hard to get enthusiastic about taking an hour and a half on a busto get 20 miles to the mall.
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