Honda Prelude vs. Honda Civic/Accord?

[donnydarkoIRL]

I once saw a Prelude in the parking lot of the dorms ar Cal State LA beat the shit out of a Mustang...

Fucken Stang didn't even put up a fight.

I personally prefer Acuras as far as for racing...

The Japanese have racing down to an art.
Particularily in terms of the street.
Even in the case of the scumbag Nick Hogan. He was beating a Dodge Viper with a Supra.
Great cars.

Acura and Honda are one. In fact Acuras don't exist here, only Honda, Acura is a marketing name for Honda in the US.

So all the Acura cars you know are Hondas over here.
I can never remeber the Acura names, but here they're just Hinda Integras or Del Sols etc.

Ah, so they don't get quite the gas mileage.

No they wouldn't just because they're a bigger car and very fast.

But if you could afford to run any Honda car the Prelude would give the biggest bang per buck.
But the Civic and Accord are fine cars and very comfortable.

The prelude I looked at HAD to be fairly new (at least a 2000 model or up) with it's shiny paint job, but the paper they had taped to the window said "Asking $5,900". A damn good deal if you ask me, because I once went to the Honda dealership and looked at 2 Honda Civics, (one was a 2004 model, the other was a 2003). They were both 2 door. He said the 2004 was $16,500, and the 2003 was like $14,900. FUCK THAT SHIT!!

Now, I know the Honda Civic is a great car, very reliable and also very good on gas (which is probably why they're asking so much), but Jesus flippin' Christ! It's still a rather small car, and sixteen thousand dollars is just too much!! They can keep those damn cars at the dealership for all I care! Now this has been over a year ago, so I'm sure the price would have fallen slightly by now. Gas prices are high, but they ain't THAT damn high!

But when I saw that prelude for sale for only $5,900, I was shocked. I know Hondas are good cars, but I had to ask if there was anything wrong with it for being so cheap when compared to what that damned dealership was asking.

Wow cars are cheap where you are!!!

I think Dealerships are always more expensive, but at least then you've got your guarantee that the finance is paid and you've got a comeback if something goes wrong.

Would love a CRX MKII SiR

[Douglas]

here you are!!!

No hell they're not. That was either freak-luck, finding a car that cheap, or there may be something wrong with it (the owners ran it raggid, so they're selling it cheap.

Yes, the dealerships are always a bit higher, but the good thing about them is they won't sell you a lemon car on purpose (whereas some people will just patch a worn out car up just to make it run for a few days.

[donnydarkoIRL]

here you are!!!

No hell they're not. That was either freak-luck, finding a car that cheap, or there may be something wrong with it (the owners ran it raggid, so they're selling it cheap.

Yes, the dealerships are always a bit higher, but the good thing about them is they won't sell you a lemon car on purpose (whereas some people will just patch a worn out car up just to make it run for a few days.

I hear ya.

Over here a 98 Civic 1.4 mwould go for €5000 - 6000, thats a min. of $7750, crazy man.

[Douglas]

here you are!!!

No hell they're not. That was either freak-luck, finding a car that cheap, or there may be something wrong with it (the owners ran it raggid, so they're selling it cheap.

Yes, the dealerships are always a bit higher, but the good thing about them is they won't sell you a lemon car on purpose (whereas some people will just patch a worn out car up just to make it run for a few days.

I hear ya.

Over here a 98 Civic 1.4 mwould go for €5000 - 6000, thats a min. of $7750, crazy man.

I think so the resale value doesn't decrease as fast as some. Brand new, they cost a bit less than a brand new Toyota Camry, but if you compare an older model Civic with a Camry of the same model, they're about the same.

[littlebif]

I paided £8000 for my civic 1.9