Faults:

Routine maintenance.

Occasional exhaust work (expensive in these cars).

Routine electrical including alternator and battery

Typical Honda Wagon rust around the wheel wells.

Only 1 minor tune-up!

General Comments:

This car has done our family extremely well. Very roomy for such a small car (big enough for my wife and I to do road trips with my twins in the back seat).

Excellent gas mileage, on par with many of the most efficient modern small cars. This car has never broken down in my 7 years of ownership. It is not unusual for these cars to reach 400000 KM or more. Few cars built today will ever accomplish that.

Even if I get a newer vehicle, I will hold on to this one until it goes no more - long after the first manned mission to Mars.

This Honda is more refined than my 1992 Corolla wagon, and certainly more peppy.

Faults:

Leaking coolant at 310,000km, a simple fix by replacing one of the tubes.

General Comments:

This is by far the best and most reliable car I have ever owned.

We're currently touring Canada and the States, and we wanted a cheap and reliable car that we was cheap enough so we wouldn't mind dumping it at the end. In this respect, we've been pleasantly surprised at both reliability, comfort, ability and economy of the car.

We've been in the Canadian Rockies in -30 degrees and through Death Valley in 108 degrees, the car has started first time and every time. Snow, sand, ice hasn't fazed the car and we've been through conditions I would normally find testing in my 4wd. (Snow tires and chains were also a good investment)

Lack of air conditioning meant Death Valley was a little "uncomfortable", but a $3 cooler full of ice was a quick and simple fix!

Amazing little car and has totally changed my opinion of Honda. When we return to Australia, I'm looking for a Honda.

Faults:

No problems with car. It was 20 years old but ran great. The heat didn't work but I bought it like that. And since it was spring/summer I never replaced the heater blower. It died out once and that was because I left the lights on. Other than that, the car was good. There was rust on a quarter panel but it was less than an inch big. Couldn't even notice it.

General Comments:

Great gas mileage. Good thing because gas was over $4 a gallon. I could put $15 in and last all week, driving it everyday back and forth to work.

I had some 2000 Si wheels, tinted windows, lowered, mugen steering wheel, Aem intake, and window visors. Car was old but looked really good.

Faults:

Replaced clutch at around 150k.

Replaced radiator at around 175k.

Replaced suspension bushings at least twice between 150k and 200k.

General Comments:

Very reliable car.

It lacks low end and mid range power, but still manages to be fun to drive being fairly light. Pulling into traffic and merging onto highways can take planning. To get up to speed, the car can be very noisy.

Has decent handling, but not very sporty or tight.

Gas mileage is wonderful, and can get in the mid 30's on the highway.

This car has never stranded me.

It was driven hard at times, and handled being driven all day as a pizza delivery car very well.

The springs were in poor condition, especially on the front when I got the car. The car would develop a creaking sound when going over bumps, and the bushings were replaced to remedy the problem, but it only seemed to be a temporary fix. It was only a minor problem considering that the motor and transmission still worked very well.

The seats were also broken down, and the drivers seat had a tear with metal and foam sticking out. The seats were not comfortable in the condition they were in, but were bearable.

This car would have lasted me longer if it were not totalled at about 200k. The car was hit in the front left corner when someone taking a left going the opposite direction in front of me failed to yield to oncoming traffic. Their car was a newish 2002 or 2003 Civic, and their whole front end was smashed in. The only damage I had on my car was leaking windshield wiper fluid and a busted left turn signal, with maybe a small fender dent. The car still drove fine, but was technically totalled, and we received about $1400 for it. That was the worst decision I had ever made taking the money. I would have been much better off keeping it. This is one of those cars you will probably miss when you lose it.

Note to anyone considering this car: the transmission and motor on this car are not made for performance at all, and you will wear them out very quickly if you are always racing people and doing burnouts. Don't even do one burnout. This is a reliable means of transportation and can be fun to drive, but is NOT by any means a sports car!