I've worked up the bravery to get it into VTEC a few times, and it hasn't punished me...
...yet.
It's nearly broken in. Keep clocking those miles!
this post was submitted on 28 Jul 2023
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My wife and i had a '95 Civic that we got rid of at 237k and i would have kept it if the exhaust had not rusted apart. It also needed transmission work, 2nd and 5th did not work and you had to hold it in reverse. I miss that little car.
The longest lasting cars I’ve ever had have been a pair of Suzuki Sidekick Sport and Jeep Liberty SUVs.
I have three of those Jeeps still yet and my son has one of the Sidekicks.
I drove my 1998 sidekick way over a decade. My son is driving it today, over 300k miles. My 2007 Jeep liberty has over 300k miles and still runs. My 2004 Jeep Liberty (one of two) has over 280k miles. One is for parts.
I’m terrible for maintenance and those cars have all chugged along with minimal work.
Blows my mind.
My ex's mom had a jeep liberty from around that time frame that was an absolute heap. It had constant issues. Crazy how yours have lasted and she was ready to drive hers into a ditch.
So it's just loosened up nicely then :) Enjoy the next 250K miles.
How is the exterior holding up?
I have an ‘09 accord with 340K+. VTEC everyday son!
Wow a 97 prelude!? That was my middle school dream car...
I got my 2011 Forester XT to 276k before I had to get rid of it for an oil leak, and mushy brakes that were too difficult to resolve. Loved that car.
My parents got me a 2000 Prelude for my 17th birthday. It was the four speed. Pics here, here, and here. It was such a fun car to drive. It was having tons of issues I was too broke to fix so my parents urged me to trade it in. It had about 197k, which I hear is pretty good for the autos. I think Honda had a bad run of autos in the mid-00s. So anyway I caved and bought a 2016 HR-V. Which I hated. Partly because I had to give up my Prelude for it, and also because it was so dogshit slow. I think I'd have actually liked that car if it used the 1.5T they put in the '16 Civic. It actually handled very nicely and was super practical. We traded that off for an Acadia, which got sold, then replaced with a 10th gen Accord, and now we're selling the Accord to my sister-in-law because we just bought my parents' 2nd gen Sequoia.
For the HR-V, they used the same 1.8 found in the 8th and 9th gen Civic. It's a great engine, and it's a pretty perfect match for the Civic, which weighs 400 pounds less. And I'd know, because my other car is a 9th gen Civic LX. That car actually has a little bit of pick up and go. I love my 9th gen.
Anyway, I'd been telling myself I'd get another one for years and the opportunity finally came up for a cheap, rust free, manual Prelude so I sprang on it. I just didn't think the opportunity would spring up literally two weeks after posting my old car on here lmao
I once had a '96. Great car but non VTEC. Blew the head gasket about 16 years ago and that was the end of that.
Shame, the head gasket is actually super serviceable in that car.
A lot of cars in the 90's have pretty serviceable head gaskets, I had to change the two of them on my subaru forester, and if you're experienced in the process it's a rather quick fix since you dont need to lift the engine