hey yall, im about to buy a ep3, there are 2 local 2002's one is silver with 100,000 on it for 7,000, and another is white one for 7,300 which i like a lot better, but it has 150,000, i only need this car to last at most another 50,000 miles or 3 years till i get out of college, and im going to rebuild it with a k24 blah blah blah, i am a d-series guy and i know you can run those forever.....but how are k-series with high-mileage? should i just the white one with higher miles??? any problems with high mileage k-series? let me know please thanks guys

 

its a honda.... but no really if u can tell if it was taken well care of it can really last but i would go with the 100,000 b/c 150,000 in 6 years is a lot ur deff goin have some probs down the road

 

my ep3 with k20a2 engine has about 100k on it and i beat on it and race it all the time, i just keep good maintenance on it! highmileage hondas are fine, just make sure there are no oil leaks and things like that

 

I know the feeling of being afraid or whatever of a high mileage car. But I recently bought a 2003 RSX S and it had 76,000 miles on it and within a month it now has a little over 80,000. The car runs and starts fine no issues just try to buy whichever one is closest to stock and has no mods whatsoever and looks good and has no leaks etc. Good car I have no issues and I sometimes beat on it for the fun of it and the sounds.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Angelo118 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I know the feeling of being afraid or whatever of a high mileage car. But I recently bought a 2003 RSX S and it had 76,000 miles on it and within a month it now has a little over 80,000. The car runs and starts fine no issues just try to buy whichever one is closest to stock and has no mods whatsoever and looks good and has no leaks etc. Good car I have no issues and I sometimes beat on it for the fun of it and the sounds. </TD></TR></TABLE>
You just proved the stock RSX's get beat on also. Don't be afraid of a nicely modded car. Make sure no corners were cut.

 

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You just proved the stock RSX's get beat on also. Don't be afraid of a nicely modded car. Make sure no corners were cut.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Very true....Also what stops a person from taking off all his mods and going back to stock. First thing I would do is do a quick compression test and then test drive.

 

yea im bringing my compression tester for sure, checking the plugs and then the timing belt, my parents drove it and said it feels and looks great, but they don't really know a lot, sooooo im coming home from college next weekend, and hopefully it hasn't sold by then and i will have myself a new project

 

^rsx's have timing chain. I believe your talking about the other belt

 

Yeah, don't worry about the timing chain.

 

its a honda. and with the timing chain not belt it will last and be less maint. my first honda i bought was a 94 coupe with 140k on it with not one problem.

 

no ****, its a chain huh, bout time they did something smart like that lol i have a lot to learn about the k-series, its going to be hell to work on though it looks like, nothing like my old d16

 

mmmmm they just lowered the price on both of them, white one with higher miles is now only 6500 and is emaculate.....silver one is 6900 with 100,000 on it and its still in very good condition.....**** 150,000 still scares me, but like i said, i only need it to last 3 years will the k24 steps in.....we will see what happens this weekend.....

 

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this quote should be stickied

TS i wouldn't worry about, if you're worried about it, take it to a mechanic and have him look over it, costs like 50 bucks

 

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You just proved the stock RSX's get beat on also. Don't be afraid of a nicely modded car. Make sure no corners were cut.
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That's very true and I agree with you 100%. My point that I was trying to make is that it is less likely a stock vehicle was beaten on than a modded one. But those who mod a car and put it back to stock I can't stand. And well I was actually looking a modded RSX before I bought mine.

 

GOOD FOR 100SHOT NOS! LOL

 

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True but how many people that could afford a RSX/EP would beat on it? Maybe the rare rich fool, but for the most part, most cars are taken care of. My CRX had like 4 or 5 owners and no problems at 212,000 miles.

 

i bought my 02 rsx-s in 03 with over 36k miles on it. then i turbo charged it with 78,500 miles on it, and it now has 93,732 miles on it and it still pulls hard in every gear, runs great, compression test was great, great gas milliage, etc...

its like most hondas, theyll run 4ever if you take care of them. i do all the maintanence myself, give it regular oil changes with synthetic oil, and only the best spark plugs, and i only run 93 oct. i rarely beat on it and when i do, its not for extended times, just a quick vroom vroom psshhh!!!! to say hahaha to some V-8 guy or an EVO / STi next to me. lol

 

well the silver one sold today, doing a compression test and other various things saturday and then its mine

 

as long as its not boosted. it will last! you see integra's 1991 still modified driving around the street.

 

honda last forever.

 

hahahaha you guys are going to hate me, i picked the car up yesterday, the white one is expletiveing MINT!!!! just high miles....and i didn't even know it till I got there but it was on stock ride height with tein coilovers, a comptech exhaust and aem cold air......and then i talked the dude down telling him those were cheap parts caz he told me the thing was stock and it wasn't and i would need money off to replace it back to stock, out the DOOR at 5500, im sooo stoked right now....its expletiveing white gahhhh the new project begins

 

congrats on your new car, sorry to steal your thread but i didnt think a new thread was needed as i see some of my questions were answered in this thread. as we all know hondas last forever. i was just wondering what maint. items would need to be done for a dc5 with aprox. 100k miles. how many miles is a timing chain good for? thanks in advance

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by young noob #2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hahahaha you guys are going to hate me, i picked the car up yesterday, the white one is expletiveing MINT!!!! just high miles....and i didn't even know it till I got there but it was on stock ride height with tein coilovers, a comptech exhaust and aem cold air......and then i talked the dude down telling him those were cheap parts caz he told me the thing was stock and it wasn't and i would need money off to replace it back to stock, out the DOOR at 5500, im sooo stoked right now....its expletiveing white gahhhh the new project begins </TD></TR></TABLE>

Good for you man, that's fricken' awesome!

 

thanks guys, now im in the process of looking for a tsx bottom end with a little hondata