I owned an 1980 accord like over 15 years ago that had major miles on it from my dad, ended up just running til it blew white smoke :) sure this car was a chick magnet, 4 door. fixed it up nice, but it could'nt handle the pain i caused it after taking it away from being stock, sure it had the 4 banger style motor that liked to rev. Joe On 29 Jan 2003, David Brodbeck wrote: > On Wed, 29 Jan 2003 BenTbtstr8@aol.com wrote: > > > MY GF's was a 93 Civic EX. The condenser > > burnt up according to the mechanic who > > handled it. Unfortunately Honda only sells > > units rather than parts. Bastards. They > > won't even sell CV's. They make you buy a > > rebuilt axle. > > Yeah, that's a problem. There are fewer > aftermarket Honda parts houses than there are > for VWs, too. > > > Funny I don't recall that happening to any > > of mine. > > I can think of at least three VW recalls, > though not three for any one vehicle. FWIW my > '94 Civic was never recalled. > > > After my experience with the w/ the CRV and > > the Civic all in one month I've changed my > > opinion about the Japanese VW's. I suppose > > it's just a question of familiarity. > > Afterall, they must be doing something right > > for half my neighborhood to be driving > > Hondas. > > Yeah...personally, I have a Vanagon as my "go > on vacation" and "tinker with" vehicle, and a > Honda as my reliable "go to work without > having to worry about anything" vehicle. A > friend of mine has over 200,000 miles on an > Accord, and the engine has never been apart. > You won't find many Vanagons like that. ;) I > figured if I was going to own a vehicle with > known reliability issues, I ought to have > another one that has a reputation for only > needing oil changes. > > _ _ __ _ _ _| | | | David M. > Brodbeck (N8SRE) Ypsilanti, MI / > _` | | | | | | +----------------- > --------------------------------- > ----- > | (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org > \__, |\__,_|_|_| "To the optimist, the glass > is half full. To the > |___/ pessimist, the glass is half empty. To > |the engineer, > the glass is twice as big > as it needs to be." |
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