Honda Car Forum

ok..i'm 17 years old and trying to get a car. my dad wants me to get a car around 5k and i found Honda Prelude for $5.5k and Nissan 240sx for $5.7k...which car is good for me to buy??? and will my insurance go up?i kno it will a little because its a 2 door car but will it go up alot? and i dont think its alot cause its kinda old car..so please dont ignore and please please help me thank you....

i drive an sc300 reliable good car and its faster than those 2. around the same price also. everything about it actually is better than those cars

240SX, soooo much better than a Prelude.

you found a 97 prelude for 5,500 ? ok either it has over 160,000 miles on it or its salvage title, preludes the 5th gen models like your looking at dont come that cheap.if you raced them stock the prelude would it has more hp, the prelude is fwd and the 240sx has rwd, the 240sx has better handling since its rwd. both cars have tons of potential for the prelude you can go turbo and have a h22 turbo beast, with the 240sx you can get a turbo or do a swap with a sr20, rbd26 and have a rwd monster

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I own a 98 prelude and my buddy owns a 97 240SX. if you found a 97 prelude for $5,500, thats a good deal. And to whoever said you can't find one for that price, yes you can, i bought mine for $5,000 and it was still under 100k miles. Most of them sell for around $5-7k. The really low mile ones (under 50k miles) sell for close to 10,000 though. If you get a prelude, don't buy an auto, the 97-01 preludes are plagued with auto transmission problems, trust me, im in a prelude club, i've had my transmission rebuilt once and i know a guy in the club who has had it done 3 times in the past 4 years. So if you buy a prelude, go for a manual, or if you get an auto, save up for a manual swap when the auto fails on you! The 240SX is a nice car, its fun to drive, but even my buddy loves to drive my prelude more than his 240sx. Prelude definitely looks better than the 240, but the 240sx responds to mods better (more hp for the mods than my prelude does for the same mods) and the prelude is FWD where the 240SX is RWD. (RWD > FWD) i wish my prelude was RWD. lol. rear wheel drives make the power really worth it, i love my prelude but if it was RWD it would have been a lot better. The prelude is better for longer trips though, and it has more rear seat room than the 240sx does (which isn't much for both cars anyways), prelude feels better around the turns but the 240sx feels better on the straights. I like turns more, so i prefer to drive my prelude when my buddy asks me if i want to use the 240sx =) Insurance will go up on either one, because they are both 2 door cars. There's not too much of a difference between the 240sx and the prelude in car insurance, me and my friend pay about the same for a clean driving record and full coverage. So its not a big insurance difference. Being 17, this is one thing to think about too. THE GIRLS! haha all i can say is girls definitely like my prelude over the 240SX, but the 240sx still looks good and gets attention from some girls. Turbo either car and girls go nuts. I'd say if a girl saw the 240sx drifting on a track, they'd leave my prelude and go for the 240sx....lol RWD > FWD. So for the money, its up to you, you can have a great handling and still powerful Honda Prelude, or you can have a 240sx, a RWD car that is great for modding. (240SX is really good if u drop in a good engine - SR20 baby!) I love both cars, but because i drive one, i gotta say get a Prelude =)

Alright right mate, 1st i would personally go for the Honda, were all Honda freaks on here, they are the most reliable cars ever built, 2nd just because it's an old car doesn't mean the insurance is going to be cheaper, more likly to be dearer as the security on the car won't be as good as todays technology on locking systems. 1st year of driving, non of these cars are going to be cheap on insurance, not a good 1st car, especially if you live in the uk, insurance is through the F**KING roof. I would advise you to go on your parents insurance to make it ALOT CHEAPER. happy days