Faults:

Timing belt broke at 149,000 miles resulting in bent valves and cylinder head. Don't let it happen to you!

Passenger side seat belt won't latch.

Car completely overheats before the fan kicks on initially, then maintains temperature. Does anyone know why?

General Comments:

I bought this car for only $1000 because I needed something "disposable" that got good gas mileage. After driving it for only a short time I realized this was anything, but a disposable car.

Except for the rust spots on the outside, this car is in showroom condition. Everything on it works and it is seriously fun to drive.

I do a lot of highway driving and the Prelude has the pick-up to quickly pass anything else on the road.

I can't recommend this car highly enough. I would buy another in a heartbeat.

Faults:

Worn clutch

Leaking power-steering pressure hose

Heater knob

Front driver side speaker

Slow moving power windows

Rear defroster stopped working

Some rust.

General Comments:

The car is great and reliable. Starts in -15C temperatures with no problems. It does pretty good in snow and ice as well. Not too difficult to control. Very quick and responsive, but desperately needs a sixth gear. At about 100km/h (highway limit) engine runs at about 3400 rpm. The four-wheel steering makes it possible to get into any parking spot no matter how close. Gets about 27 mpg in the city. The transmission is great for city driving. Not really the best highway vehicle or long trip vehicle. It needs a bigger fuel tank. The A5 engine is great. I put a short ram intake with a cone KN filter and an Apexi cat-back exhaust system and it sounds and responds great. The car is very fast, but the 4WS made me a little nervous at high speed. I got up to 190 km/h (120 mph) and did not feel too safe. The cabin gets really noisy (5500-6000 rpm) and steering is uneasy.

With repairs, an OEM replacement clutch kit cost me about $400 CDN, the power steering pressure hose was $250 CDN and that is all that I have had to fix. The last owner replaced the engine for less than $1000 CDN.

Faults:

When I first got the car the motor was blowen and thir was a lot of rust on it the paint was bad.

General Comments:

I am sixteen and all about power so I re did the motor I got the head port and polished after market cams, gears, header, pistons, intake and re painted this is my second car I owned and I love it it's got around 250HP.

I love to drag race my friends who think their escorts and cavilers are fast I out handle them I have had it well over 140MPH on the highway it's a true V8 eater. I hope all the prelude owners love their car.

Faults:

Other than expected with age or wear, one problem.

Both front wheels needed to have a part replaced.

There was screeching when I turned the steering wheel.

General Comments:

This has been a great car, and I hesitate to give it up.

It passed its stringent California smog test for older cars with flying colors (off the charts in the right direction).

Repainted, it looks as good as most cars on the freeway.