Someone's a Friggin' Idiot - Honda Prelude Forum

overdrive23 · 11-25-2003, 06:24 PM

So, i bought my lude w/ 98k miles on it right. and i was stupid for assuming the previous owner TOOK CARE of it, but i guess he's just a blithering dumbass. b/c now it has just over 100k on it and last wed MORNING at 330 am my ride broke down. not sure of what it was i had it towed b/c it was raining.

later i call the place where it was and end up drivng there to talk to them b/c at 4am i wasn't aware that they needed my keys (daym tired @ the time) so i gave them my keys and went to look at it with them. only to find out that since the tow truck driver DIDN"T put it in a safe area someone tried breaking into my baby.

the cops took prints and im waiting on thier call, b/c im gonna take care of whoever tried to steal my alpine....TRIED.

that evening my cell rings and i find out that it was my timing belt that went. FVCK FVCK FVCK, right? yeah...bent valves etc.im sure you have heard this horror story b4. so since the original owner didn't change it at the 75k marker my 9k car is costing me ( a poor college student) 2k more.

thanks for reading through if ya really did, just needed to vent.

MR.CLIFFORD · 11-25-2003, 07:23 PM

I'm confused.

Are you the idiot or the other owner?

I always replace the belts on my hondas. It should be the first thing you do.

Now you can swap an engine.

What condition was the car in to make it worth 9k?

bsi · 11-25-2003, 07:45 PM

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Originally posted by MR.CLIFFORD

I always replace the belts on my hondas. It should be the first thing you do.

Now you can swap an engine.

What condition was the car in to make it worth 9k?

you should replace the belts on any used car you buy

h22- i dont care how long it takes to save

and yeah why was the car 9k??? especially w/ 100k

Mark94 · 11-26-2003, 08:09 AM

No disrespect, but I'm with Andy. Who's the idiot?

If someone tells me that they took care of the car, I wouldn't assume that all "preventive maintenance" was completed without seeing proof. If someone were to buy my car, I can honestly tell them the car was well taken care of and can show all my receipts for all the work done to the car (including the timing belt, tensioner, water pump, and all drive belts receipt).

It is your responsibility to ask questions and find out if things like this are maintained. If the belt was never done, then you must renegotiate the price since that must be taken care of right away.

It's common knowledge that all timing belts need to be changed around 75 - 90k miles no matter what car it is.

I feel bad for you that you have to spend that much shortly after purchasing the car but it is not really the previous owners fault.

Live and learn man.

Mark

[SUB[EX] · 11-26-2003, 08:24 AM

for that price, you can drop a jdm and sell the engine with the bent valves. Someone will buy it. say 1500$ for the swap. You can sell you engine for at least 600-700$. That would put you at 800-900$.

CrazieLude · 11-26-2003, 03:00 PM

i changed mine on my accord at 120 and it was ok. Good luck on getting your car all fixed up.

T

BlkLuda · 11-26-2003, 06:56 PM

yea i bought my lude from someone who said they took good care of the car...then my alt and p/s snapped a month later. luckily it wasnt the timing belt but i went ahead and got that replaced too while the car was in the shop.

MidNiteMysT · 11-26-2003, 09:08 PM

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Originally posted by [SUB[EX]
for that price, you can drop a jdm and sell the engine with the bent valves. Someone will buy it. say 1500$ for the swap. You can sell you engine for at least 600-700$. That would put you at 800-900$.

where can you get a full swap for $1500? just the complete swap costs $2100 on hmotorsonline.com

overdrive23 · 12-08-2003, 12:47 AM

Both of us are the quoted 'idiots'
Him for not taking care of the car
Me for assuming too much

I bought the car from a dealer who didn't know all too much regarding the vehicle, besides the fact that it was 'clean'.

I will have paid close to 9k once its paid off, this is after interest has been calculated into the total price paid. It's a 3 year loan and the car was 7800 off the lot.

I bought it a year ago with 87k miles on it, and the body was perfect..and so was the engine.

I did think about a swap but its winter here, I live off campus, its my only car; so time was a factor.

I tried contacting the original owner but the number he had has been disconnected, so that left me to make assumptions; sadly.

Hope this clears up any misconceptions that my previous post may have caused.