Experienced pips Pliz help me decide

I finally have raised enuff cash to buy me a car. I want to buy a 1990 civic HB with 100k miles. The body looks good. No rust. Should I expect to do some major work on the car eg get new pistonz and other stuff like that or are Hondaz reliable enuff to let me sleep peacefully without having nightmares of the engine falling off??:( :( Thanx

100,000 is just breaking in a honda many people take then well over 250,000 as long as it has been taken care of and everything is regularly maintained i don't see why it wound not last as long

yea...that low mileage for a honda engine. My dad had a 79 accord with over 375,000 miles on it.

before i crashed my civic, i put 20k miles on it in a year and i didnt take care of it all that much since im broke and unemployed ...

she had 205k ...

What!! That is such good news. That was the only thing that was keeping me. So on Monday(probably), I am gonna get me a honda. Cant wait. Approximately how much does the labour of replacing a clutch cost??:flash:

You should be able to get clutches installed for $400 (includes parts+labor).

I too put 20k miles on my car in a year but I am up to 151k (bought car at 130k) and I am not on the original engine. Why the high miles?

My road trip to Fort Collins CO (http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70367&highlight=colorado)

My trip to the Oregon 4th gen meet (http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=64925&highlight=melt+oregon)

More pics from my oregon trip (http://gta.crestfallen.com/oregon/)

And a couple of other places I have gone.

except for a trip from frisco to san diego ... all my miles where done commuting to and from school.

Hey dude...welcome to the board....yeah 100K is nothing...there is a reason our odometers have 6 digits ;)

I have a great shop in Glen Burnie I take my car to for work..it isn't really too far from you...just around the Beltway and they are worth the drive for me every time. He did my clutch (replacment of original) at 168K miles. The first time up (at 147K) he told me it wasn't time to replace it yet so I was like :alien2:

Anyway - cool to have another Marylander and buy the car. That is low mileage and still can be taken care of and get lotsa miles. My Civic has 205K and is the only car I own - peace!

Originally posted by Melt

More pics from my oregon trip (http://gta.crestfallen.com/oregon/)


you means Greg's pics from the Oregon Trip. :) since you said more pics from my trip people might think your lying about your real name since that page says Greg Oregon Pics on teh very top ;)

whatever, the fact of the matter is I went on the trip, not who took the pictures.

just trying to keep people from thinking you were BS'in about your real name :) no harm done.

Fantastic!! I've been checking out and almost drooling over guyz hondaz on the web and cant believe I can finally own one. I already have the order by which I am going to sup it up so cant wait. Finally months of stocking and arranging stuff at a local Giant store are paying off.lol:D