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Looking at buying a 2000 Prelude. Any advice?
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 9:51 am
by crxxx
After the failure of my Delsol on MOT day I have decided to strip it and scrap it. I have been looking to get a new car and have looked and civics, another delsol, then a prelude caught my eye
the car that caught me eye is a 2000 w reg 2.0i prelude. It only has 80,000 miles on the clock.
Is there anything i should be aware of with prelude of this age?
Are they prone to rust in certain areas? ie like the EK civics and the DELSOL in the rear arch bottoms along the sills
are they belt driven motors or chain driven? if belt should be changed at 60k?
thanks in advance for the advice
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 9:53 am
by Merlin
Hello, welcome to LG!!!
Unless you really want the 2.0L, my sugestion is don't buy it. Get a 2.2 VTEC instead. Running costs and insurance are reportedly only sightly more. MPG is similar as well.
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 10:34 am
by rob quilter
Merlin wrote:Hello, welcome to LG!!!
Unless you really want the 2.0L, my sugestion is don't buy it. Get a 2.2 VTEC instead. Running costs and insurance are reportedly only sightly more. MPG is similar as well.
^this! There's not much difference in running costs between a 2.0 and 2.2 vtec, also go for a manual not an auto.
Preludes are pretty solid, the most common issues are:
5th gear crunch
Rust spots on rear arches, around sunroofs, around windscreen.
There's plenty of good examples around.
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 11:24 am
by Ammo
Main thing with any Prelude is research what lights should come on and then go off when you turn the ignition on. As it's common just to remove the dash bulb than actually fix the fault it's hiding.
Re: Looking at buying a 2000 Prelude. Any advice?
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 12:00 pm
by Pushki
Welcome to LG!
My opinion is that you should fix the DelSol. They're getting almost as rare as the Prelude and they are nicer looking than the 5th gen'.........at least from the front.
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 10:03 pm
by wchestnutt
Pushki wrote:
My opinion is that you should fix the DelSol. They're getting almost as rare as the Prelude and they are nicer looking than the 5th gen'.........at least from the front.
*switch to american voice* Say WHAAAAT?!
DelSol looks like a civic and an mx5 got down with the dirty...
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 10:05 pm
by wchestnutt
But yes if you enjoy driving then save yourself the time and get a nice 2.2VTI. You will not regret it. If you can find a nice low millage one with a Montegi kit then even better!
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 10:10 pm
by nitin_s1
They are belt driven.
Get a manual 2.2 (H22A8)
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 12:14 am
by lewd lude lover
manual 2.2 vtec or at some point want to find out how to do a h22 swap and a auto 2 manual conversion
anything else is just cruel.
5th gen FTW!!
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 10:55 am
by toadster
LO
Is it the black 2,0i Lude manual with type r badges on it , thats for sale on PH
It looks really nice if it is
take the type r badges off straight away of course
, he says its got a Mugen rear spoiler and he has the original Motegi badge that he took off
Cheers
Toadster