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Been hunting around for a car for a while to ’play’ with. Wrecked the
front end of my Jeep cherokee and got it fixed, now its time to get
another car to drive more often and give the other back to the
parents.

Decided on a 1985 Honda CRX...just a plain factory build..nothing
special. Since im not really a ’deep’ car person, any help would be
appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

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Word of advice (aka smart-ass reply) following...

thejackbull wrote:
| Wrecked the
| front end of my Jeep cherokee and got it fixed, now its time to get
| another car to drive more often and give the other back to the
| parents.
|
| Decided on a 1985 Honda CRX.

If you like wrecking cars, be careful with the CRX. On the Jeep the front
end might have been gone, on the CRX the radiator would be sitting on the
back seat...

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thejackbull <UseLinkToEmail@AutoForumz.com> wrote:

> Been hunting around for a car for a while to ’play’ with. Wrecked the
> front end of my Jeep cherokee and got it fixed, now its time to get
> another car to drive more often and give the other back to the
> parents.
>
> Decided on a 1985 Honda CRX...just a plain factory build..nothing
> special. Since im not really a ’deep’ car person, any help would be
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance.

Check the ads in the local newspaper. Some towns and almost all cities
usually have special booklets--in my town we have three--Photo Ad, Easy Ad
and Auto Trader. They may have different names in your town or city--get
them and hopefully you will find Honda CRX for sale. You may have to visit
the nearest city (if you live in or near a small town) to find the special
booklets.

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"tomb" wrote:
> Word of advice (aka smart-ass reply) following...
>
> thejackbull wrote:
> | Wrecked the
> | front end of my Jeep cherokee and got it fixed, now its time
> to get
> | another car to drive more often and give the other back to
> the
> | parents.
> |
> | Decided on a 1985 Honda CRX.
>
> If you like wrecking cars, be careful with the CRX. On the
> Jeep the front
> end might have been gone, on the CRX the radiator would be
> sitting on the
> back seat...

It wasnt intentional. And perhaps i exagerated ’wreck’. I only backed
up at an angle, caused a pole base to cut in right infront of my front
left tire and rip off the bumper.

And yes, with a CRX, i will be careul. So many speed bumps and dips
and holes in the roads here. My Jeep can fly over them easily... a
CRX.. would scrape im assuming?

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Look on Ebay motors. You may have to travel to pick it up and drive it home
or tow it or even have it shipped if you're willing to pay for that.


"thejackbull" <UseLinkToEmail@AutoForumz.com> wrote in message
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> Been hunting around for a car for a while to 'play' with. Wrecked the
> front end of my Jeep cherokee and got it fixed, now its time to get
> another car to drive more often and give the other back to the
> parents.
>
> Decided on a 1985 Honda CRX...just a plain factory build..nothing
> special. Since im not really a 'deep' car person, any help would be
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
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thejackbull wrote:
| And yes, with a CRX, i will be careul. So many speed bumps and dips
| and holes in the roads here. My Jeep can fly over them easily... a
| CRX.. would scrape im assuming?

Not quite that bad, unless you have one of those "lowered because it's cool"
CRXs. The stock suspension is OK, yes, you are low on the ground, but it'll
handle most "normal" driving just fine.

Just keep your distance to other cars. In collisions, you loose (against
those dreadful SUVs at least).

Take care,
TomB

"tomb" wrote:
> thejackbull wrote:
> | And yes, with a CRX, i will be careul. So many speed bumps
> and dips
> | and holes in the roads here. My Jeep can fly over them
> easily... a
> | CRX.. would scrape im assuming?
>
> Not quite that bad, unless you have one of those "lowered
> because it's cool"
> CRXs. The stock suspension is OK, yes, you are low on the
> ground, but it'll
> handle most "normal" driving just fine.
>
> Just keep your distance to other cars. In collisions, you
> loose (against
> those dreadful SUVs at least).
>
> Take care,
> TomB

I hate cars that are lowered so far to the ground you can barely see
the air between them. There are alot of trucks and SUVs heres like
that. I wonder how they get around at all.

Do you think its possible to ’lift’ a Honda CRX a few more inches off
the ground, for a ’just in case’ factor?

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i am lookin for a 1988 or a 1989 cr-x