1985 Honda CRX DX review from North America

The car doesn't run at present.

This review will focus on getting this car up and running again after an extended sitting time.

I bought two of these cars from a friend for two hundred dollars. This is, by far, the best two hundred dollars I have ever spent. Both cars are white. This means they're DXs (In 85, the only white model was the DX.). It's got the standard 1.5 leter D15A1 SOHC engine, and being a DX, it's got a carb. I live in the middle of the Mojove desert, so you can probably imagine the extremes in temperature. Yet, even after sitting unprotected in the sun for five years, both cares are in extremely good condition. The paint isn't faded or chipping, all (And I do mean all) of the seals are still perfect, all of the tires still hold air. One of the cars was a flash flood victim, so it's got a little rust, but not too much, and it's not even visable unless you're really trying to find it.

As said before, the engine hadn't been run in over five years. The flood had fried the ECU, and made the car inoperable. A few friends and myself pulled an ECU off of another CRX, installed it, changed the belts, put in oil and all the other vital fluids, sparked it, and she purred like a kitten.

Both cars still need a lot of work, but the fact that they're in such good shape after enduring such conditions in the middle of the desert for so long..it's a true testimate to Honda.

Burnin' Rice for Live.