Mirus

I have a 1992 honda prelude s with about 230000 miles
It was just in an accident and the repair shop is saying 2500 for repairs (about half labor, half parts). The hood is crumpled, the bumper, front lights, radiator and A/C are all needing to be replaced.
The car in general (pre accident) was running great. The shocks probably needed to be replaced sometime soon and the CV boots were torn. The engine runs quite well, but i have to rev it over 1000 when stopped if i don't want it to shake the whole car.
The car has been in a few accidents in the past, but the only real problem was a slightly shifted frame that causes the muffler pipe in general to be a few inches out of place.
There is a new clutch and the belts are good.
The car has been well-maintained its whole life.

So my question is is it worth repairing or not.
The idea would be to get it to last to mid 2010. We would replace the shocks whenever it comes time ourselves.
The other option is to find a new car in the sub 5K range for that same time period or a bit more (I was thinking another prelude :P, but thats just because this car has been running like a trooper)

If the car is not worth keeping, are there any things special to preludes that its worth scrapping separately?

Thanks,
Mirus

(p.s. we need to make the decision within the next day because the car is sitting in the shop's lot)

new2prelude

That is a lot of damage, but it comes down to whether you like the car (or love it!). I love my Prelude and am at the point where I would do anything to fix it. But, for 5k or so, you can get a pretty decent 4th or 5th gen even on here. It's all your choice, but sorry about the accident. 230,000 thousand is a very impressive amount of mileage!

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Mirus

Well, you bring up an important point there... Do prelude's tend to last well past 230,000 miles without having to do any more major work (other than the things I've mentioned so far) The amount of more miles would be in the 20,000 range in city

(also are there any major differences with the 5th gen, I know the 4th gen i reliable and very good, but is the same true with the 5th?)

THanks again, Mirus

Duston

Don't do it Ive done the same thing with a civic.I decided to repair and fix everything.Is a good running car but something about it is just not the same. Good luck

dawn0621

So not worth it. You can get another car on craigslist for $2500 or so probably with fewer miles. Part it out or sell it to a junk yard and go shopping.