1988 Honda CRX HF from North America - Comments

Replaced clutch at 186,000 miles, but I learned to really "DRIVE" a stick on this car so I hold myself partly responsible.

Replaced CV joints at the time of replacing the clutch.

The brakes couldn't be better.

My CRX is very quick, especially for a 1.5L.

I will probably never go without a CRX. This car is just so reliable and fun to drive. My parents have a Corvette and tell me they love my car like it's their other Vette. There is really quite a bond between CRX owners, and hope that everybody that owns a 'Rex' and sees this will contact me and maybe we could exchange info about the CRX!

I have a 1988 Honda CRX. A family member bought the car from the dealer in 1988, and sold it to me for $1.00 in 1998 with 122,000 miles on it. I have since put 20,000 miles on it, and it is doing great!! I can afford to buy a new car. I just cannot seem to let go of a car that is so fun to drive, still has a lot of pep and can get out of its own way, and has not (knock on wood) given me any major expense so far. Why would I want car payments? I was so lucky I only paid a buck for it!!

Well hopefully I'll be buying a 1985 Honda CRX, for only $200. The seller said the engine and tranny are in great shape (but then again, when are they not, it's a Honda!).

I've heard they lack in top speed and pickup (and I just have to quote 40-50 MPG) and also they're very nimble!, you wanna go right, well you can, the car behind you probably couldn't, maybe you should slow down ;P.

Just thought I'd throw in my $0.02.

Ps: they're cute lil critters ain't they?

1988 Honda CRX HF.

230,000 miles later and still speeding every day.

I just purchased a 1988 Honda CRX si and within a week of owning it the engine blew. It had almost 300k miles on it and the owner before me raced high octane fuel in it causing the cylinders to melt. With only a week of CRX driving experience I decided to pay 1000 dollars to get a new 1.6 liter, 1990 civic engine put inside it. I only payed 1100 for the car in the first place. I'm waiting for the car to be finished. to get the car back today. I think that if taken care of a CRX is a perfect car for almost anyone, or at least me!

My CRX is my baby. I bought it last year from a total sleazeball used car salesman, but the car has more than made up for that experience.

It currently has racing seats, aftermarket exhaust, a video monitor, custom subs built into hatch, and custom paint job. I'm in the process of researching turbos for it.

This is the best car I've ever had. If anyone wants to e-mail me to yap about the rex, it's psychobirdkiller@hotmail.com.

I just bought a 1989 REX HF for $450. It has 193,300 miles on it. It smoked a lot when I started it, but then again it had sat for 5 months without being started. I have only driven it for a week, but I drive 180 miles round trip for work. Mileage, I am very pleased with. To have 193k on it, you could never tell it. After the first week of driving (total of 900 plus miles) it only used ½ quart of oil. I am not sure that it even burnt the oil, since I haven’t looked for leaks as of yet.

The best investment I have made in a very long time.

Where do you guys get the cars so cheap???

I live in Australia and the cheapest I can find a CR-X for is around $8000-$10000.

Please tell me!

From a die-hard CR-X fan!

Long live V-TEC!

I live in Muncie Indiana and people don't really know how to take care of cars here other than me and I purchased an 88 CRX HF a little after 2003 it is in fairly good condition and I LOVE it, it has the best gas mileage I have ever seen. I only bought the car for $425 and when I got it all it needed was oil. I have since then put a little over 20,000 miles on it. It is so fun to drive in and I will never drive a full sized car for along time or until my baby breaks down. If it does I will just drive our Corrado G60 (Atleast it is a hatch back).

Sincerely

Crazy man with CRX

(Sweet car)

My honda baby 85 CRX HF gets 40-45 mpg has 280000 miles and runs like a charm body looks like S*** but who cares when gas is $2.75 a gallon. I bought it new and it only

had 16 miles on it.

THANKS GOD.

Just bought one for $1500. 176000 miles. Pretty clean, fun to drive. Lots of vibration over 55 mph. If it gets 50, I'll keep it. Rust Free Phoenix. Yippeee.

We had an 88 that vibrated because the aftermarket rims were missing clips that were supposed to hold the rim in tight. So the whole car just vibrated and there was nothing we could do without replacing all the wheels.

1991 Honda CRX Si 5spd.

I bought one about 3months ago, for the top dollar price of $1900. It was TERRIBLE when I got it. But after a good bit of TLC and some time its up to par. I love the 40mpg I get. Everything still works, runs nice, slight modification here and there. But lovely. And for the person that was wondering why his/her car is slow. Its because it's an HF. The most sought after CRX for people who love gas. 63hp, no top-end speed or low-end torque, but GOD you get 64+ mpg.

I've got a 1991 CRX HF with the upshift light and I love this thing. Yeah it is not fast, but it still is a lot of fun to drive. I have a little over 190K miles on it and it runs like new. There is some rust is the standard areas around the wheel wells and around the gas opening. I will be doing a ground up resto on this car soon.

I may have one of the few CRX HF that has never been modified to SI specs. I plan on keeping it the way it was built. The HF is by far the best mileage for the least amount of money there is. And a lot of fun to drive. I may update the suspension to SI specs... but this motor is too reliable and too economical to change.

I love this car so much I think I will be burried in it!

60 miles to the gallon on the highway with Amzoil in the crankcase and the transmission...5 speed. I also do some hypermiling and have recorded a MPG of 79.25 while drafting behind a semi truck on a trip to Florida from Ohio. I put a lot of highway miles on and this car is great for freeway driving.

I have a 1989 Honda CRX HF. I am the 3rd owner of this fine car. The previous owner had replaced the manual transmission with an automatic as he wanted a car for bumper to bumper traffic. That's exactly what I use this car for. It's loud going highway speeds, but in the bumper to bumper crawl of rush hour it sips gas. I'm averaging low 40's in traffic, and I have gotten a maximum of 56 mile per gallon highway speeds (65mph) at sea level. In the mountains it's around 50-51 mpg.

I have done a few add on's and upgrades to make my CRX HF more liveable for my daily needs, such as upgrading the headlights, changing out the seats to newer more comfortable Civic seats, new stereo and speakers, sound insulation, window tint, LED tail lights/high brake lamp. It's a really good car. With 296,000 miles on the odometer and fluids checks and changed as recommended, this is a good car for my needs.