Car payments

[blackspeed]

Just curious, how much were your car payments? We paid $400 a month for 5 rotten years. It was a used '91 black prelude that we bought in '92. So did your payment kill you?

[Anthony]

I bought my 94 in 02. Paid 5800 for it. Paid it off on the spot. My buddy had a 00 Tiptronic Lude and was paying 289 a month. I think you got raped.

[tytyguy]

i got my prelude for 9,500. it had 30,000 miles on it! and a grandma drove it and she never hit vtec, she didint even know what that was! im still payin it off.

[THE ONE]

baught mine for 16k four years ago... I felt like I got raped but I'm happy:D

[MUlrich07]

my car... 20$ paid in full... repairs to get it running... about 300 i think. i bought the head ($185.50) and my dad bought the rest to get it running for my bday.. which it blew a t-belt... so it wasnt much.

[Prelude13]

I bought my baby for $1000. FIRM.

Put in way more than that over the course of 1 year...

:D

The Prelude Gods have blessed me with a smokeless b21 that sips on oil like a fine aged motor should lol!!

[jesseunvoas]

i pay 310 cdn and month and i must have spent over 6 grand or more on it not including labour i saved doing it myself :D

[sleepyH22]

i paid 7k for my black lude on the spot and 4100 for my green lude on the spot.

[jdm bb6]

Just curious, how much were your car payments? We paid $400 a month for 5 rotten years. It was a used '91 black prelude that we bought in '92. So did your payment kill you?

bro you got molested.. i have a 98 prelude i got for 7.. i paid 2 on the spot i pay 150 monthly

[o0pz]

I pay $232.60AUD a month over a three year contract I think. Bought the car for $5500AUD but took out a 7k loan to cover on road costs [ie. rego, transfer fees, etc etc] I'm down to 4.5k at the moment.....

[91Si4WS]

haha $4000 cash for a 91 Prelude Si 4WS, it only had 120k miles when i bought it, ant the interior is was and still is flawless with he exception of that dang chord on the drivers side seat on the wing but all 3 of ours have the same problem

[TwoToneLude]

I paid 3,000 cash for my 95 lude!

[91Si4WS]

the first one we got we paid 3000 for and bought it right here in SC, the second one we paid 3400 for and went to KY to get it and then mine we paid 4000 for and had to go to ATL GA to get it but it was in the best shape out of the 3

[bboixtc]

dad bought my 92 4ws si wit 66k or 67k on it back on june 25th 04 right from the honda dealership and paid in full after taxes and everything came to 6000.. ive been paying my dad back 200/month for my car. car was mint no rust, no dings, no scratches, no fading except for mirrors.. car was garage kept by this old dude, who traded it in for an s2k. came with the bra oem cd player, side moldings, door and fender moldings, spoiler, original manual and brouchure, reciepts for oil changes and mait. no accidents ever. new tires, warranty, original keys and valet and alarm, donut, and they gave me a honda hat and keychain. lol.

[sleepyH22]

sounds like they were really enthusiastic about sellin you a lude but you were prolly happy as hell about it too tho :D

[monkey]

I can't believe some of the prices so of you paid for a 91-ish Prelude. I paid like 700-900 dollars for a 4ws 88 Prelude in Japan when I was stationed there in the Navy, in 1999, off of a used car lot, mind you. I also bought another one almost identical to it back here in the states, in 2001 but it has auto and no 4ws for 500 bucks. You guys are morons. Both of my Preludes were in very good condition when I bought them, too. I guess the old saying, "A fool and his money are soon parted", still holds true today.

[o0pz]

I can't believe some of the prices so of you paid for a 91-ish Prelude. I paid like 700-900 dollars for a 4ws 88 Prelude in Japan when I was stationed there in the Navy, in 1999, off of a used car lot, mind you. I also bought another one almost identical to it back here in the states, in 2001 but it has auto and no 4ws for 500 bucks. You guys are morons. Both of my Preludes were in very good condition when I bought them, too. I guess the old saying, "A fool and his money are soon parted", still holds true today.

That's a bit harsh and unfriendly dude, calling us morons for paying more then what you did. Maybe in some countries and areas it's a lot easier to find cheap cars, but here in Australia it's not that easy considering most 3rd gen prelude are going for $2k-$3k minimum AUD, and for one in great top condition your looking at about $7k-$8k AUD max.

[monkey]

That's a bit harsh and unfriendly dude, calling us morons for paying more then what you did. Maybe in some countries and areas it's a lot easier to find cheap cars, but here in Australia it's not that easy considering most 3rd gen prelude are going for $2k-$3k minimum AUD, and for one in great top condition your looking at about $7k-$8k AUD max.

I'm not saying anything about Australia. I know where you are is different. I've been to Australia. I've dealt with the Australian to American conversion. I was in the U.S. Navy for 8 years. I went to Perth and Sydney. I'm talking about some of these guys over here in the states that have paid a couple thousand or more for a 3G. That's insane. I don't care how good a condition it's in. Blue book value is blue book value. It won't change. It's the worst I've ever seen people try to resell a used care down south. People always want a couple thousand for a car that's only worth 5-7 hundred dollars. You never get out what you paid for it, simple as that. I just looked at Kelly Blue Book that's here in the states, and for what's all up with my car, it says private party value is $1,155.00. I'd never ask that because, although it's a good running car, it needs some work. I might ask a thousand for it, but that doesn't mean I'd get it. I was harsh talking smack about some of these guys paying too much, but like I said, they're not always worth wait they paid for them. You have to be smart when you buy a car, whether it's new or used. You might buy a car for a couple of grand, and find out that later on, it needs about 3 or 4 grand to get it back to good shape again, because you didn't know what all was wrong with it before. That's why you bring someone along who knows what he's looking for. I've been a mechanic off and on since high school, and working full time as a mechanic for the past 5 years. I'm 31, now. I know pretty well, what I'm looking at on a car.

[J90lude]

$400 bucks 4 mine but the pain came later but insurance just $105

[mugenwhore]

the 94 vtec guy was asking like alittle over $5000 lowballed it to $3900 after negotiating for about a month, finally the guy moved to LA and his friend sells it to me on his behalf, gave it to me for $3800 good humble long island NY people:biggrin:

My 97 "the crocodile" Wrangler 82k mi $6500 182$ a month

[cudaboy]

haha $4000 cash for a 91 Prelude Si 4WS, it only had 120k miles when i bought it, ant the interior is was and still is flawless with he exception of that dang chord on the drivers side seat on the wing but all 3 of ours have the same problem

yeah I have the same problem with the seat. May try to get the bolster reupholstered someday. I paid $2,250 for mine, a 91si w/4ws off of ebay spring of 2003. It was suppose to be $2,500 but when I drove 900 miles south to alabama to pick it up it had a cracked windsheild almost all the way across that wasn't mentioned in ebay auction. Also has a small dent in passenger rocker. He settled which was good being 900 miles from home and spending about $500 round trip including gas and hotel 2 nites. Love it! No more cracked windsheild either. Totaly rust free alabama style inlcluding disfunctional a/c but that will soon be totally overhauled by me already got the parts!

[ogsmakdade]

I bought my 99 lude in 02 w/ 54k mi on her. my payment was supposed to be 400/mo for 5 years...... She was perfect though and it took me forever to find exactly what I wanted. So I didn't mind paying a little extra for her.
currently the car has 103k mi, the powertrain has 3k mi......lol