Just got a prelude..good buy or not?

[Eclipse racer]

Hey guys, I just bought a 98 honda prelude and am having second thoughts. I paid $4,500 for it. it has 115000 miles on it but it had a new engine with 40,000 miles just put into it. Its also an automatic with sportshift. It needs new front and rear bumper a hood and a paint job........ Did i pay a good price for it? Should i have gotten a manuel? Can the sportshift be almost as fast as a manuel? I heard my car was worth 7-8 grand.

[Gohan Ryu]

4500 for a 5th gen is a damn good price. 7-8 grand is still on the low end. They usually go for over 10k if it's in good condition. Tiptronic is good but manual is better.

You should be able to replace the front/rear bumpers and hood for under 1000, so still a very good price.

[Eclipse racer]

Originally Posted by Gohan Ryu

4500 for a 5th gen is a damn good price. 7-8 grand is still on the low end. They usually go for over 10k if it's in good condition. Tiptronic is good but manual is better.

You should be able to replace the front/rear bumpers and hood for under 1000, so still a very good price.

Thx man i feel a little better about my purchase pics will be up soon. I was wondering would i be able to take stock but manuel vtech civics and manuel celica gts???? Also my engine is all dirty how can i clean it?

Ill brb imma go take pics of it 4 ya

[ritalin]

Originally Posted by Eclipse racer

Hey guys, I just bought a 98 honda prelude and am having second thoughts. I paid $4,500 for it. it has 115000 miles on it but it had a new engine with 40,000 miles just put into it. Its also an automatic with sportshift. It needs new front and rear bumper a hood and a paint job........ Did i pay a good price for it? Should i have gotten a manuel? Can the sportshift be almost as fast as a manuel? I heard my car was worth 7-8 grand.

i just got my car painted and it cost me $3,000 grand. a $3000 grand paint job is the cost of just a regular car paint job. a nice show car type looking paint job is about $5000 grand or more. also you have to add the cost of the bumper and hood, i think some dude say $1000 grand. and so if you do some arithmetic calculations..that means your total cost is a lot of money. oh and with that kindna of damage your prelude is probably salvade title. as you can see..looks like they rip you off big time..my dude.

[Gohan Ryu]

Originally Posted by ritalin

looks like they rip you off big time..my dude.

$3000 for a regular paint job? Someone got ripped off all right, but I don't think it's eclipse racer...

[ritalin]

its a paint job done by the honda dealer. my car looks like brand new and u cant tell it was repainted. i really didnt care if it was $3000 or $5000.. it was actually paid by the insurance.

but hmm.. sounds like someone is jealous out there...and hes probly a secret gay lover of eclipse racer...

[NexTnmE]

i had a civic before my lude and i got it painted with a two stage paint, charcoal metallic, it was sweet as hell i also got the dents from the doors taken out too (from dumbasses at the mall opening their doors into mine). it only cost me $3,200

[SiGNAL748]

Originally Posted by ritalin

its a paint job done by the honda dealer. my car looks like brand new and u cant tell it was repainted. i really didnt care if it was $3000 or $5000.. it was actually paid by the insurance.

but hmm.. sounds like someone is jealous out there...and hes probly a secret gay lover of eclipse racer...

At least he's not the one with ADD, Mr. Ritalin

[ritalin]

Originally Posted by SiGNAL748

At least he's not the one with ADD, Mr. Ritalin

hmmm....must be another secret gay lover of eclipse racer..

[SiGNAL748]

Oh right, I'm sure that agreeing with someone somehow directly correlates to homosexuality.

Whereas Ritalin is used for nothing other then fucks who don't have the mental capacity to pay attention for 5 seconds.

[honda_racing101]

Keep that 5th gen as a daily driver.

[honeydee]

yah dude you may have payed a lil too much but new engine and mileage- wise it was a deal . i payed 2 grand for mine but mines a 89 2.0 si with 4wheel steering and only 90k miles with spoiler and snrf but now i got a radiator leak I think????

[Gohan Ryu]

Originally Posted by ritalin

its a paint job done by the honda dealer. my car looks like brand new and u cant tell it was repainted. i really didnt care if it was $3000 or $5000.. it was actually paid by the insurance.

but hmm.. sounds like someone is jealous out there...and hes probly a secret gay lover of eclipse racer...

No, I'm not jealous of a second-hand paint job...my car has original paint and it's flawless, so why would I want to repaint my car?

...and this website is about cars, why are you introducing homosexuality? Unless it's something you think about a lot...don't worry, I won't judge you for your unusual sexual preferences, just don't talk about them here because no one here is interested.

[gaylude]

Originally Posted by Gohan Ryu

homosexuality.......

Me here is gay like you.. but i am only interested on honda prelude cars..

[honda_racing101]

Originally Posted by gaylude

Me here is gay like you.. but i am only interested on honda prelude cars..