What To Expect Owning A Honda Prelude 

really good information for prelude owners! Pinned! thank you for viewing and commenting keep on preluding!

not only the valve stem seals but also the piston rings burn up after time, you can order rebuild kits that include both items

Thank you for viewing and sharing that prelude squad! Can’t imagine how it felt buying a prelude off the show room brand new hitting vtec all day long :)

@@bb6.v a ton of fun. 1997 an SH prelude was especially pretty rad. Felt like a lot of power then :). Honda service department told me it would be normal to see 1 litre of oil max used per month on any VTEC Honda but, for me I’ve owned many and never been the case.

@@theNSXman I have a '97 SH, and in my opinion it is fast, obviously not to modern standards but it still pushes you back into your seat.

Dope to hear you have / owned a 2001 with 199k for 11 years I agree it’s amazing! yes but aslong your engine is fine nothing wrong with topping off with some oil to keep the lude good! yes even tho I am auto manual is the way! love the way the dohc vtec sing as well in high rpm! Thank you for watching prelude squad!

That is awesome!

thanks for watching prelude gang ! that’s so cool you owned 3 from 2019-2021! Yes sorry to hear you miss the lude! i understand completely! thank you cheers!

Happy you picked one up prelude gang have fun and enjoy the lude life awesome you been wanting one since 99

Thank you for sharing that happy you owned a prelude and enjoyed it drove it the most possible! appreciate you viewing and commenting prelude squad!

Thank you for viewing prelude squad! same here

Thank you boss and prelude gang! I noticed once when I uploaded and until now lots of people have told me I pronounce it wrong but I love saying it the way I do! Just feels right!

Thank you for commenting and watching! So awesome you owned 3 ludes!!

That’s so cool to hear man thank you for sharing that! Stay luding 🤘

Thank you for watching prelude gang you will own one ! You got this

Thanks for the kind words prelude gang! Nice you own a 99sh and since it was new! Nice experience and you have 445k miles that’s insane ! glad the lude is treating you right and you got some good parts I love mugen and skunk2!

happy you have a prelude it’s a vibe to own a prelude! I’m sorry that happened to you didn’t know that was able to lock the engine! I would say to look up on Google HMO or on your maps gps HMO they have imported Honda motors and also just lots of motors including for preludes!

thank you for sharing your story prelude gang! Super nice you got one low mileage boss! that’s a good attitude man the lude is so fun still automatic! enjoy your lude and thank you for watching !

thank you for sharing your experience with your prelude boss! sucks all that happened but I hope you still had lots of fun in it!

Haha good one! Appreciate you viewing and watching prelude king

Thank you for watching and sharing prelude squad ! So cool to hear your retired and working on your prelude mines a 98 as well ! yes h22’s are known to be oil burners

Wow that was muy rapido reply. Im currently driving my 2006 subaru sti

Si gracias prelude compadre! enjoy your sti

Appreciate it mr low blue lude 🤟

Agreed boss! Just wanted to let others know what their getting themselves into since I own a auto crystal metallic blue and my brothers is black and is auto as well! auto matic ludes aren’t as bad as people think but can cause faults later on in high mileage! Manual is Rock solid like you said though! Thanks for viewing and commenting prelude gang

That’s good to hear man! keep getting that maintenance done prelude gang thanks for viewing 🙏

That's what I do too! My transmission starting having issues at about 155,000 while doing a long drive through the desert and I had it rebuilt. Since then I've been draining and refilling the transmission with fresh fluid about once a year and it's at almost 190,000 now with no issues so far!

I think automatics from that era are generally less reliable, but I think you could get away with an auto. A manual would most likely be better I’m sure, though.

If it’s your only car it’s ok to get auto. If you already have another, get manual. Some days you’ll hate manual, others you’ll love it. Keep your options available

I agree that manual preludes are more reliable, but if you find a clean automatic or just in general a well kept automatic then go for it as well many swap it down the line if it goes out, thank you for viewing everyone #preludelife

Go manual

Honda auto trans back then weren’t exactly the greatest and the prelude had the tiptronic as well and I believe that’s where a lot of the problems stem from. Prelude often had the newest idea thrown into it, hence the name lol

that’s good you have it low miles! thank you for watching prelude squad! not trying to scare anyone just most ludes are high mileage and do need oil if parts aren’t fixed ! it’s more than a great car it’s amazing one of a kind and that’s awesome thank you for sharing you had it for 11 years !

Automatic?

Thank you prelude gang 💯

I agree that not every prelude burns oil like everyone thinks. I think it applies to people who have worked on their h22 engine good in general for leaks and upgrade the parts or even engine swapped it themselves. but for most ludes im going to say it does especially hitting Vtec is when 🙏 YES keep your lude it’s already classic to me.

Sick you owned all those Hondas damn…..

Visually inspect the engine bay to see if everything is working and all parts are intact and also try to test drive the car try to push the car alittle like do a small pull to see how it reacts and also check while running parked if the car has leaks under the car also that’s a fair price for a prelude but the mileage is high but still can be reliable and running great for a long time! I’m at 220k currently on mine!

Fresh s15. Your hilarious. But good luck bro.

Chequa el sequro de caro $$$

Thank you for viewing prelude squad!

Thank you for viewing prelude gang and your 4th gen is clean! love how it’s a si as well 🤟

Agreed man! Thank you for watching prelude gang !

That’s a good swap!

Haha good one thank you for viewing prelude squad!

Sick man! thanks for sharing that you had a prelude all generations are amazing and you can get one still !

Thank you for viewing Prelude gang!

Thank you boss! Appreciate you viewing the video as well!

I have a base and so does my brother but that is a common problem on ludes thank you for commenting and watching ! Prelude gang

@@bb6.v hello... Quick question. Do you prelude have the federal sticker? And if it does. Where is located? Thanks

@@djohnnineonesix820I live in Los Angeles boss

Hey prelude squad thank you for commenting! I’m sure the 2.0i is reliable/ good but even though it doesn’t have vtec it still is a prelude, I say if that’s the only one you can find and can’t find a dohc vtec prelude 5th gen then get the non vtec one and use it if you ever want vtec you can just import or swap the motor. Thank you for watching agreed on what you said about the oil eating thing as well it just can be any old part. But yes definitely go with a manual boss and that’s insane to hear there’s only one in your country !

I have the exact car. 2.0i. Not sluggish at all. Pretty snappy and quick. Doesn't have Vtec, but still fast. The 2 owners before me maintained it decently, the thing is 23 years old and feels amazingly tight and precise in every way. If it has a nice affordable price, please don't pass it up, you will love it. I have a manual. If the one on sale is Automatic, all i can say is that I only heard the worst about it, as with every honda automatic transmission. Anyway, go try out the car, if it is in good shape you are gonna fall in love and take it is still 2.0, it still has a low center of gravity, sporty suspension, stays flat in the corners and has decent accelaration(unless you're used to driving extremely powerful cars)

Eee vidim po imenu da si nas, da nisi slucajno iz Beograda? Ja sam se plasio posto vozim hjundai kupe koji je 2.0 i ima 143 konja i opet nije nista SUPER brz kapiras ono normalan autic, ali ima bas lep zvuk sa odradjenim zadnjim loncem i isto je nizak i dobar centar gravitacije ima u krivinama i to i plasio sam se da uzmem tu hondu iako spolja izgleda super ocuvana jer nisam znao da li ce toliko star auto da bude dotrajao, trom, ne znam kako je odrzavan ni koliko je tesko naci delove itd. Sada vise ta honda nije na oglasima tako da ni nemam priliku da je kupim, ali ako naleti jos neki primerak mozda ponovo razmislim o zameni ili prodaji mog... Naravno automatik ne dolazi u obzir :D @@srdjanstevanovic4245

@@AstekOst ta Honda sa oglasa je sad kod mene :) da si je uzeo ne bi se zajebao, a moja sreća da sam je se ja dokopao. Iz Pančeva sam. Moj drug je imao Hyundai coupe. Bio je zadovoljan, ali meni kad stavis hondu i Hyundai iz 2000. jedno pored drugog... nema dileme. Preporučujem da skupiš pare za Toyotu Celicu, jer baš u vreme kad je drug vozio Hyundai Tiburona, kum.je uzeo Celicu i rezlika je bila za citavu klasu. Ja mislim da je Honda prelude ta klasa iznad. Južnokoreanca da izbegneš ako si u prilici ozbiljan brend da kupiš, Toyota, Honda, Mitsu...sve u svemu ako te zanima da se ispričamo o Hondi ili šta već, dodavaj na ig - srdjolino

Haha you Right 😹

Thank you for viewing and commenting advice prelude gang!

Mine is a auto as well! when he got it the transmission was already rebuilt and he has low mileage 150k so it’s running good and he’s going to run it until it dies. I say you buy it good deal considering market price for it. you can do the swap or learn as well I believe you can do it 🙏

@@bb6.v yeah im gonna go look at it this week, i want a prelude so bad def not missing out on this opportunity, new sub from me forsure

@@ichi8088 definitely man hope you cop the lude and all goes well! You got this! Appreciate the sub prelude gang!

Make sure there is real proof of the rebuilt or replaced items. Good cars, if you take care of it, it will take care of you. Maintainance is key. Make sure to check the oil every few days if you drive it alot.

@@dubiousf00d couldn’t have said it better agreed

Sounds good man it’s my first time looking up amsoil👌 I use lots of different types of oil brand as long as it’s high mileage 5w30. yes it is a never content plate on my grey prelude. Everyone is starting to buy them or have them sick you had one for years 🙏👌 appreciate you and thank you for viewing !

Haha 😂

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Agreed boss! Being a auto prelude owner myself i dealt with a lot of problems it’s worth it but at times a headache !

@@bb6.v yea but its worth it at the end of the day

Agreed! Even in accords and civics it was garbage. either way still reliable but just have to expect it in high mileage. yes manuals way better. Thank you for viewing prelude squad!

#preludelife thank you for viewing 🤙

Sometimes agreed! but for the most part ludes are so fun and reliable 🤙

I dunno man..I've had my lude for 3 yrs now and its tons of fun. Easy to work on when it does break and decent on gas IF I'm nice to it.

how much this car consomme fuel is it so bad ? abt fuel consumption

Agreed my transmission just went out yesterday on my prelude! Getting it fixed as we speak. Prelude curseee

@@lmoudenyoussef1428 if car is stock then fuel consumption is great even when modding it it’s still good gas mileage

I guess I’m lucky then. Currently have two auto preludes that are still shifting

glad your 01 lude is still running boss! Thank you for viewing lude gang and the prelude curse always hits! hope you get it fixed all in all boss you got this! You’ll enjoy your lude this summer in Texas