1993 Honda Prelude SR from North America - Comments

My car leaks oil from the gasket.

Distributor cap and rotor was replaced 3 weeks ago.

Electrical problems all the time with brake light indicator.

There might be a possible transmission problem (let's hope it's not!!)

(I love my car and it looks really good.. but is it really worth all the money I've put into it?)

When I purchased the car, I knew that there were a few minor things wrong with it. I later found out that it was leaking oil from the gasket.

Because it is a nice looking sports car it has been broken into more than 3 times even with the compustar alarm.

While driving one day my car stopped and I later found out that I had to get the distributor cap and rotor replaced which cost me about $2000 to fix.

Yesterday while my boyfriend was driving my car the transmission light was blinking and when he pressed on the gas there was no power although it was revving.

I really love my car, but there has been way too many problems with it. I paid $9500 for it and I've put thousands of dollars for repairs. No one else I know ever has this many problems with their car.

Ummm...$2000 dollars to replace the rotor and distributor cap? I wish I was your mechanic. I would have made about a 1800 profit off you.

Yeah, your mechanic wasnt very honest with you. In fact I just had a distributor cap replaced on my 93 SR and my guy charged me like an extra 50 bux during another repair if that. 2000 bux for anything short of an engine overhaul on that car is not worth doing. I would say if you have anymore problems, get your boyfriend to take it to the mechanic because they often take advantage of girls sorry to say.

I just bought a 93 prelude. I absolutely love it, and am hoping to god it will be a good buy. This is my first car, too. Did I make the right decision? I'm a bit knowledgable in mechanics, but what do I do if it won't start (what do I have to replace and how do I do it?) on early model hondas--something to do with the ignition. I was thinking on a sunbird or sunfire but since my family is a japanese car lover (toyota camry) I figured i might as well buy a honda, and considering it was cheaper and looked well maintained, I said why not. So far, all i had to replace is the water pump and timing belt, this is at 100000. If I had the brain capacity of most people I'd have bought an american car but..really, with hondas reliability, looks and punch for the price I thought wth? Next time I buy a car, though, I can guarantee you it will be a cool ford mustang or corvette. (yeah, right, man..in my dreams maybe). I was looking at an oldsmobile (a 96 cutlas for 4000 bucks!) but it was wayyy to luxurious for me. So, thanks for reading my long, long comment, and I hope this will help a buyer buy a car..lol. I've dragged this out as far as it'll go, so goodbye and may honda keep its quality and good looks! Me and my prelude will be together until death do us part. Ok, that was just wierd, and I don't know where that came from. This comment will never be rated good in the comments section- I just know it!

Tyler

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