Thanks Scott! Yes very low mileage and it looks brand new everywhere accept
the tail pipe.

I talked to a Honda Mechanic and he said this is normal for Hondas. The
second owner bought this car from the original ower with only 8000 miles on
it in late 2004. The original owner only drove on weekends.

Now I am looking at every car make on the road and I see no soot on the
majority of the cars, even the Chryslers. I have to be careful as to not
rear end the cars!

The previous owner was putting a ton of highway miles on it recently. Drove
from Washington State to Arizona a few times.

It runs sweet! Just over concerned about the black sooty tail pipe. I do not
think this is right. I am going to throw Mobile 1 in it as soon as I get a
chance.

Jim

"zonie" <sjemoomaw@nospam> wrote in message
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> That car has really low mileage for its age. Sounds like it has done a lot
> of shorts trips. Has it had any engine modifications done? You mentioned
> that you just got the car, I think I would drive it on the hiway for a
> while and see if it cleans up.
> Scott
>