First of all, About 1 week ago, I hit a milestone for my 97'



After 4 winters of driving my car in all elements since owning the car, I decided the daily driving has taken enough of a toll on the R. No more of this. The gunmetal Millenias and snow tires shown below are for sale BTW....see sale thread for this forum for more info



This weekend I bought a 1988 CRX HF with 163,000 miles. Doesn't leak or burn oil. Kept up on maintenance and best of all cheap. Engine bay was as clean if not cleaner than the Type R's engine bay. Body is a bit rusty, but not terrible. Here's a picture of the less rusty side of the car. Should be cheap to drive and maintain and great for driving downtown to work. Has CRX Si seats and thats it. 62 Mindblowing horsepower. I don't know if I can control this beast.

The part about the CRX I get the biggest kick out of is the shift light that tells you when to shift for the best fuel economy (2500 RPM )




Now my R can look like this most of the time


-Larkin

 

nice,do u ride too? nice r1

 

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No, Maybe some day. I want a bike and so does my wife

Thats the driveway of the guy I bought the CRX from. He had an NSX and his buddy had the bike.

 

Nice beater man.

My ITR will soon stop being my daily.... Thank god

 

Its about time you let that baby rest for the winter. Although, I'm gonna miss seeing it in the snow.

 

Wholy nice house

 

forget the car, i want that house tooooooooo, sweet ride, I have a beater too, an 86 sabb that has the shift light tooooooooooooooo lol!

 

Should have done it long time ago to keep the mileage down. Good luck!

 

Nice Congrats...I too just got myself another DD ...My R has seen its last Rainy and Snowy day!

 

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You got that right, but other financial responsibilities Owned me and I was a poor college student. I'm finally making some money now that I've been out of school for over a year. Not enough for that house in the background though. My wife and I own a simple tri-level home

 

Beater
100,000 miles

 

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What did you pay for it?

 

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Paid $825 for the beater but it needed an alternator. Found a used OEM one for $50. Soo I paid $875 with a Panasonic CD/MP3 player in it. About as good as its gonna get for that price. Had new clutch, newer tires, new CV's, drives strait as it ever could. Transmission shifts smooth. Has a few minor quirks for me to work out but what do I expect for this price.

Yup, I'm a cheap bastard. Plan is to drive the CRX for a year or two as the beater, then upgrade to a more respectable beater.


Modified by Larkin W. at 11:51 AM 9/25/2006

 

damn thats nice..
that rex looks so cleannnnnnnn

good pick up..
i use to have a 90 Si as a beater, but the timing belt snapped on the b16 and i got rid of it and picked up an 89 240 for the winter now.

 

good work man. I guess its time to give the R some rest since its been going strong for 100K. Of course it should have alot more in it

 

larkin, that picture of your car riddled in snow is awesome! great to see your car endure so much. i guess your '97 can get some "rest" now.

kepani

 

ya more pictures of the house please, hahah jk nice ride

 

I rock an 88 CRX DX for my DD..... no shift light.

Mine is also rated at under 100hp, still a fun *** car though.

 

That's funny. There is a guy around where I live that has a blue CRX and an NSX. Maybe the CRX's came bundled together with the NSX, like those toothpastes with the trial-sized mouthwash?

 

man, how bad is winter on cars? I live in Houston and it has snowed about three times in the past 25 years, so I have no clues what the deal is about the winter time on cars

 

I live in miami no snow for me or my R. I sold my beater to get the R Lol i guess i did it a lil diffrent.My wife drives 06rsx-S i was driveing a stanza 90 since my commute was longer to work about 6 miles.Her commute is less than a mile. I wasnt haveing fun in the stanza now in the R im haveing a great time.

 

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My front end has plenty of pits and chips for road salt and gravel that gets flung at the front end. Rust isn't much of an issue if you re-undercoat the rear wheel wells from time to time and keep a good coat of wax on your car. I Detail my car quite offten soo the paint is nice besides chips, dings, scratches. I have a few of each

 

Larkin!! Rock on! EF Civic/CRX

Me love mine!

 

Congrats on the retirement! 100k and still strong, gotta love Honda
Maybe treat heR to a fresh paint for being such a good girl? Start off the next 100k miles on the right foot

 

Nice one Larkin!