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Any thoughts on the 1997 Honda Prelude?

3 THOUGHTS!!!!1. BLAND2. BORING3. BEIGEThey raped Rover cars by teaming up with them in the 80's learning how to make a good European car and then took all their technology and dumped them when they were most needed. I would never buy Honda.

I bought my car 2 weeks ago with 133,300 miles, and it is already in the shop. I loved everything about this car, and I thought honda's were reliable, but now i'm having second thoughts. I was testing out my car, seeing what this V-tec thing was all about, then the engine light came on. Apparently I scourched a cylider wall, and it made a horrible ticking and rattling sound. The mechanics are telling me that I need a new engine, which i priced at about $6,000 OUCH!, or find a used engine, which is extremely hard in South Dakota. One mechanic told me that to overhaul this engine, it would cost $2500 alone in labor. Preludes are nice, but damn expensive to repair

IMO preludes are excellent cars, and have some good potential. To the person above me, you can buy an h22a motor for $2500 shipped online if you need to do a complete swap, so $6000 seems kind of unreasonable lol

nope

There was once a Mr Honda... who had a dream. A dream to make cars and bikes... This is unique in the Asian car market. There was never a Mr Nissan etc... What I'm saying is it has heritage and that other thing I can't remember the word for! However, they are mostly driven by boring, bland old men... hope I've helped!

Since they are the first year of a new "model" 97-01 :"style. There could be electrical problems and little things like that. Just as long as you get it checked byt a mechanic before buying it. Making sure regular maintenance is kept up on a 10 year old car is important, too. But overall, when V-tech kicks in at about 5,000 to 5,500 rpms, you can definetly feel it pull.