Originally posted by skunk:
really hard ? to answer because on any used car honda or not if the previous owner/owners didn't care for it then you wind up in trouble. some things to look at is overall condition inside and out. you tell alot about the owner and how they cared for it. see if they kept maintance records.


Sometimes. My Contour looks dirty on the outside on most days (don't have a garage and park under trees most of the time. And work in the field quite a few days). On the inside, it looks like new as I have not messed it up. As for the engine, tranny, etc., I have kept up with the maintenance as well as I could (dealer, indies and recently myself). My suggestion is to drive it hard on the test drive. If it doesn't "perform", you should be suspicious abd definitely have a mechanic check it out. In anycase, I wonder if $7,500 is a little too high for a 98.5

"Always do the cheap and easy ones first." 1996 V6 ATX 96K miles