this girl that i work with needed new seatbelts for her car. So i told her to go to honda and get them for free since that is hondas policy. They said that her car was done and when they went to pic it up the found it like this!

apparently the kid that was bringing it around back had the clutch pop on him or something and slammed it into the back of a 2003 civic They gave her a 2003 accord to drive untill she gets another car. (AWESOME car! ) And when i talked to her yesterday she said that the car is totaled and they are offering her 2000 dollars for it!

edit: doesnt look like much but this is a 1988 prelude, that has been beaten to death...there was also some slight damage to the radiator

fine do i dont know my prelude generations.....shed up!!!




cHeCk OuT dA tRi-StArS yO!





[Modified by FifthGearOnline, 1:43 PM 12/27/2002]


[Modified by FifthGearOnline, 1:51 PM 12/27/2002]

 

That's not a 1st gen Prelude




This is.

edit: damn I want one of these!


[Modified by satan_srv, 2:44 PM 12/27/2002]

 

well fine....so i dont know my prelude generations....bite me!

 

I hate picking my car up from the dealership. They always leave the damn thing in gear, and I NEVER leave it in 1st or 3rd when I park; always Neutral. The last time I picked it up they left it in first, so of course I hopped the damn thing when it started up. The jackass salesman standing near by had the nerve to say "glad that's not my office in front of you." I wanted to get out and deck the ******, but I calmed down and said "Well if your mechanics wouldn't leave my car in gear I wouldn't be doing that" and then drove off. Stupid asses That's probably exactly how your friend's car got totalled.

 

thats kinda debateable. I always park in gear.

 

yup yup me 2..always park in gear

 

the guy wasnt parked....he was moving the car when it happened. Wonder if he still has a job

 

Why do you park in gear? Aside from reasons like being on a very high grade hill or something?

I never do, and I hate when I pick my car up, and it's in gear, with the Ebrake pulled to the mother F'n ceiling of my car, so far that after i try to engage it again, it won't hardly engage.

 

You and me both man, I'd love to have that car!

 

ironically, i know where that dealership is

 

Why would you NOT park it in gear? Do you park it with the e-brake disengaged as well? I really wouldn't call that parked.


[Modified by jji106, 7:22 PM 12/27/2002]


[Modified by jji106, 7:25 PM 12/27/2002]

 

i NEVER leave my car in gear. although a lot of cars need the clutch in to start it, mine doesnt, lol. so i just keep it in neutral, i justhop in my carand turn the key and thats it. hell i dont even need to sit in my car to turn it on, i just lean in the window. lol

 

any chance you could get those badass borbet tri-stars off the car

 

Mine's sorta that way. I put a DEI 551R on mine (basic remote start)... used the "special output" wire off the DEI to my clutch switch, so the clutch gets by-passed only when it's remote started. if you hop in with the key and try w/o pushing in the clutch, it's a no go. good for those people who park my car and leave it in gear (parking lot attendents and such) who might forget to push the clutch when they start it

 

well you really should always park in gear, ebrake has been known to fail. one time i drove to a friends house pulled up to his drive way, pulled the ebrake up forgot to put in gear, when i got out, the car started rolling down driveway almost hitting a mailbox, turns out i pulled the ebrake up but not all the way up.

 

Honda replaces seatbelts for free...what if I took my teg in. my seatbelts were cut and now I have 4 point harnesses..will they give me free seatbelts or does it not work like that? I didnt cut the seatbelts I bought the car like that.

 

I've never heard of Honda replacing seatbelts for free.
I wonder if they'll do that over here in NZ...
I've been meaning to buy new front seatbelts, since the driver's side one doesn't retract properly. (Have to pull it then let go for it to retract.)

 

i used to park in gear, but no longer do so, since i have a turbo timer to keep the car running, it probably wouldn't be a good idea to leave it in gear

 

dang that sux

 

Which dealership was this and when?

 

i dont see why not...call up your dealer and ask.

 

i leave my car in gear because it's less of a chance that it will move even wtih the e-brake up.

 

sux for you friend. Hope things work out for the best.

FYI- it's a 3rd gen.