Hey guyz, I've been looking to buy a used 97 or newer lude in Nor cal for some time now, just haven't found anything good under 9,000. I have noticed that often prelude sellers say they installed a new clutch, brakes, ac, starter, radiator, timing belt, etc. Are repairs like this very common with preludes over 100,000 miles? Are these repairs recommended by the manufacturer/technicians? I'm mainly looking at cars between 90-150k.

If these are common issues with the prelude that I can expect, then perhaps it is a good thing that the previous owner already paid for these repairs. On the other hand, if the seller says they never had to repair anything like that, is that an indication that they're hiding something and should I expect these things to fail soon after I buy? I plan on taking the car into AAA before buying anyway, but I figure I could save time by asking people here who actually own the cars.

Again, the main question being, are these problems common with Preludes and should I be concerned with buying a car that hasn't yet had these repairs? Thanks for the input guyz.


Modified by realslimstevie at 8:13 PM 3/5/2005


Modified by realslimstevie at 8:14 PM 3/5/2005

 

it could be issues or keeping up with the maintenance scheduals... for example if they changed their timing belt/water pump and they have like at least 70k-120k miles on it.. then that would be reasonable...

but yea.. i think you basically just answered your own question...

 

From what you are saying it sounds like the owners of the cars have just done the scheduled maintainance, and as for the clutch, 100-150,000 is a decent amount of time for a clutch to last, after that its time to be replaced.

 

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That's when I had to replace all of my parts 90,000-110,000 miles. Basically its the same with most cars. It's the cars that haven't had the regular maintainance you need to watch out for.

 

my OEM clutches needed replacement at about 110,000 miles. Brake master cylinder seems to be between 80,000 and 110,000 miles. Timing belt is at 90,000 miles. Accessory belts are ususally done at the same time.

 

Thanks for the help guyz.