I pretty much love everything about this car. I got the Electron Blue color and I have already put a K&N filter on the stock intake tube and I cut the front grille out and those two black pieces under the blinkers and custom made a mesh grille for those areas ( as well as the piece right under the hood ) for about two dollars and some change ( instead of paying two HUNDRED for the pre-fab kits). Im gonna put a JR supercharger on this badboy before too long to fill in that notorious torque rape from 0-3000 RPM. This is a great car though except for..........(read weakness)...

I only have 2200 miles on it and the tranny wont shift into reverse!!Its not your normal little problem where you just shift to another gear and your fine, it just WONT go into reverse. The HONDA dealership is really screwin me too, they said I have to have an EXTENDED warranty to get a rental car from them, ( I guess the normal warranty isnt good enough for them ). Other than that it seems to be a real swell car.

Overall I REALLY love the car, but the problem with the manual tranny not going into reverse is really upsetting me.

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nothing Ive had before compares.

Toy is an understatement.
-My Lude corners like a banshee! No to little body roll.
-Beefy acceleration, sounds good but a little more performance in second is desired. Other than that, the baby is FAST to 60.
-Great interior guages.
-Rock solid car. Bumpers and accessories are plastic. No plastic door panels or flimsy add ons. WELL BUILT CAR!
-Looks, chicks dig this car (TRUST ME ON THIS ONE!)
-Engine placement is great and easy to maintain.
-Folding mirrors are great for downtown use.
-2.3i H23A1 engine.

-Show-small back seat ends up being "stuff" place.
-A little more accelleration at 2nd gear is desired. Still no complaints.
-Sun roof rattles. What else is new.

Going from an 88 Lincoln Town car Signature Series, I was worried about the Prelude. Now that I have no 4 doors or back seat, less friends of mine are happy to drive with me anymore. What is nice about the Lude is it's power, response, and vigor. All my friends are breathless when I take them for a ride on I294. You can easily cruise at 100Mph with little worries or complaints from the car. Another thing about the car is the HANDLING! My lude cuts corners like butter. No car I have owned had driven as sharply as this one.
I bought it from my neighbor for an even 10400 with 54,000 miles on it. A steal I can say the least. What is unique about my lude is the VIN number. Half of the Vin is in Japanese and so is the manual and buttons. I was told that the car was imported from Japan. I am not sure but I love the car never the less. I had done some lighting upgrades and added side markers. Soon I will add a 1000+ sub system. All I know is that the car is gonna hurt. The stock system in the car has little to be desired. If you rip out the stock radio and replace it with a good Pioneer radio, you can accually get some feeling from the stock speakers. If you want to see pictures of my Lude check it out at www.psykomantis.com!

I continue to love this car. I cannot believe that I will ever love an import as much as this one. If I ever trash my Lude (god forbid) I am getting another one! BUY THIS CAR. Get one any way you can!

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Honda Civic 95, 97, 98, 2K1.
Honda Prelude 97, 98, 2K1

Smooth engine, handling, great fit if under 5'-11", unique looks, not everyone has one like say an integra

Not for people over 5'-11", my 6'-2" roomate hates the car and complains of torque steer. I have no problems with it

This car is not but belongs to my other roomate, not the one who hates it. I wrote this since i felt the need to respond to the guy who thinks a Prelude costs $30000 and is bettered by a tiberon. First off it's $24-26 new, my roomate got his 97 for $16000 with aftermarket wheels and leather. I'm jealous everytime i drive it. The only real problem with it is the fact that because of its high revving engine and gearing i can't be legally driving in the powerband in second gear around town. I just want to hang a corner and ride to redline but that puts me close to sixty. But its such a temptation.

It really loves highway speed and everytime i walk away from deiving it i hate my 87 mazda 626 POS, too bad it is still in too good of condition to get rid of while in college. I hope to pick up a third gen RX-7 this summer so then i should stop complaining.

The prelude is a damn sexy car that is plenty practical, and planty fast. There are aftermarket parts if you look, not as readily as a civic but that's the appeal for me. Plus none of the body kits do it justice.

At full price new I could give it 4 stars, the WRX wagon would be my first choice with AWD and 227hp, such a sleeper
For what my roomate got it for though its a deal and has had no problems, except for a tree branch.

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240sx, Subaru WRX

I BOUGHT MY PRELUDE NEW.THE TIMING BELT HAS BROKE TWICE.A HONDA DEALER(HUGHES) IN WARNER ROBINS, GA DID THE WORK. THE FIRST ONE BROKE AT 88000, THE NEXT ONE BROKE WITH ONLY 60000 ON THAT ONE. MY CLEARCOAT AND PAINT ARE PEELING ON THE SUNROOF.I FEEL I HAVE BEEN TAKEN FOR A RIDE. THE SECOND TIMING BELT SHOULD HAVE LASTED LONGER. THE DEALER SAID THEY REPLACE ALL PARTS WITH HONDA PARTS. WHAT IS THE PROBLEM? THEY DO NOT WANT TO REPAIR IT OR HELP.I ALWAYS FELT GOOD ABOUT HONDA,I WOULD NOT BUY ANOTHER ONE. THEY DO NOT STAND BEHIND THEIR WORK. I HAVE NO CAR TO GET AROUND IN. THIS IS BAD BUSINESS. HONDA CARES NOTHING ABOUT THEIR CUSTOMERS.

TIMING BELT AND ENGINE.

TALK WITH A HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE IN CALIFORNIA, SHE SAID SHE COULD NOT HELP. SHE NEVER LISTEN TO WHAT I HAD TO SAY. SHE WAS VERY RUDE.

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Where do I start? Perfect Handling, ATTS, perfect petal placement (for those of us that like to toe and heel), velvety shifter, fully loaded outta the bag, micron-air purifier, lovely engine, etc, etc.

I think the production on them is going to stop soon :(
Lack of aftermaket mods (almost no JDM parts for it)

The perfect car for me. It has a dual personality. On one hand it is a true driver's car, but on the other hand it's quite practical. The rear seats fold down and I've never had a quam with how much crap I can stuff in there (then again I am a college student- all I transport is dirty laundry).

But more about the performance. It's quite perfect out of the box. The handling is neutral and can be provoked into oversteer using the e-brake (not really necessary when you have that ATTS, but still fun). Oh and the ATTS! Wow, I never really thought that it would help at all, but comapring it to the base model, it really seemed to cure understeer and torque steer. (note: it is a bit slower in a straight line, but in the corners it really helps). And the engine is so awesome! At idle it is quiter than my mom's Mercedes, but at full throttle it sounds like an F1 engine. The transmission is quite good too, and the pedal is set up perfectly for toe and heeling. The only thing that can make the experiance more pleasurable is a set of racing gloves.

Put quite simply, this is the best car I will ever drive.

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1991 Infiniti G20 - Same suspension as a 300ZX, however the Prelude is much faster and can corner much better.
1990 Celica All-Trac Turbo - like driving a WRC rally car! Personally I'd prefer the Prelude, much more refined and nicer inside.

My car still turns heads and its over 8 years old. People, can't believe it when I tell them it's a 92. It's also in high demand because some people just don't like the new gen. I can't tell you how many times I get stopped and asked if I want to sell it. The design was ahead of it's time, and so much can be done with aftermarket parts to give it a look and personality of its own. I have over 160,000km and it still drives straight as an arrow. The interior is also a head turner, people love the huge sweeping dash, and the tweaters are very well placed, there's nothing like it.

Everyone knows the back seats suck, but who cares its cheaper on insurance. Also, I have seen a little rust forming over the rear wheel on some preludes, but this is probably due to our winter driving in Canada.

You can't go wrong with Honda, this is my third Honda prelude, I started with an 86 then 89, and I have to admit the latest generation is growing on me too. If you want to spend reasonably low money and get a car with great looks and great performance that still looks better than most cars on the road pick up a used prelude, you can's go wrong.

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I have driven probes, celica's, integra's and they all have great qualities but overall they just don't compare.

Handling, braking, reliability, fuel economy

waiting for VTEC to hit 5k, poor paint quality

In my opinion, this is the best 2 seat value for the money anywhere. I've had this car for 22 months and 28,000 miles. It is pretty nearly perfect in every way, though I am very interested in securing a supercharger for it to fill in the torque "hole" you get from idle to 5,500. This is only a minor nuisance during stop lights grand prix where you'd like to get to redline a few seconds faster. Trade journals indicate 0-60 in about 7 seconds, which is pretty respectable even with a torque "hole". You have to like an engine that revs, and you have to like to rev it or else you'll be missing out on the true performance of this car. I test drove a Civic Si in 1999, but really thought it was too loud and I didn't like the shifter. The Prelude's forte is steaming at ludicrous speeds down mountain roads. You can, in general, safely double the speeds posted on off ramps with very little concern. It feels like the center of gravity is slightly beneath the center of the pavement. The brakes have outstanding feedback and the ABS is far superior to that on say, GM and Ford products (rental vehicles I've had). Steering is superb. The car is also a competent autocrosser though it is a bit heavy to compete with a hopped up Civic on a very tight course. The stock CD player / stereo is even good! Finally, under very, very hard driving, the car returns an average of 25 mpg all the time, though it only drinks snooty super unleaded. Just go for a test drive. It sells itself.

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smokes my old '93 Civic Si; way nicer than new Si's; nothing else interested me

Strong engine; A rush when the V-tec kicks in. And can corner.

Low end torque; interior trim sometimes rattles.

I agree with the guy below, one of those guys is on crack talking about the Hyundai. He obviously was lying about the Prelude and probably just learned how to drive. I actually think he might be a Hyundai salesman trying to curb sales. I actually drove most sports cars under $35k and the Prelude wins hands down.

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My previous car was an '96 Acura TL. I absolutely hated it and lost approx. $10k to get out of it. If I didn't like the 'lude so much, I would've bought the Lexus IS300.

Engine
Looks
Reliability
Incredible handling
Nice engine sound
Exclusivity (here, at least, you hardly ever see 4th gens around)
Very short shifter with the 5speed allows nice short throws
Factory sound system is nice
Nice factory rims on the

Back seat...yeah we all know it sucks, stop complaining about it. at least its there unlike most sports cars in its class. better to have to put somebody in the small back seat than in the trunk. also the dash-pretty poorly designed but who cares, this is a drivers car not a freakin luxury car. keep your damn "autostick," onboard internet connection, GPS satellite connection and all that other crap that is so unnecessary. just drive it.

This is a great car. For those of you who want to drag, and only drag race, this probably isnt the car for you, unless you want to spend 7 grand on a crazy turbo/nitrous setup. When its stock, the car isnt super, super fast off the line, but it handles like a dream, there is almost no body roll. my tires suck, but other than that this car handles like nothing ive ever experienced. you will not be dissapointed with this car, trust me.

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Kill list:
2000 Mustang GT (hard to believe i know)
1996 Grand AM
1995 Neon (eww)
1997 Jetta (2.0 engine-no prob)
1991 RX7 (cool rotary engine, good top speed acceleration not great)
1998 Ford Explorer (obviously)
2000 Civic SI (barely beat him)
1989 Pontiac Bonneville (hahaha)

People that killed me:
1998 Camaro with a Vette engine
2000 Audi S4
1997 Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4
1991 Nissan 300ZX twin turbo

Nice speed, cornering, great feeling car, with few faults. Great reliability, have had the car for almost 2 years, and not a problem yet.

poor placement of cup holders, needs auto up for driver window, plus auto up and down for passenger. A little noisy on the freeway, but thats how you pay for performance.

This is a reply to Tim the moron three reviews below who payed 30K, for his prelude, and thinks a tiburon is better.
Man you must be stupid, why would you pay 30K for a car the dealer only paid 24K, and i'm really sorry you have had problems with you car, but honda should have fixed everything up. Now, you must be Korean to think the Tiburon is a better car than the prelude. Not only would the prelude smoke the Tiburon in any race, all Hyundai's are crap. Even if they were good cars, how could you compare a 140HP@6000 to 200HP@7000, there is no comparison. Stop smoking the crack dude, it screws with your head.