Shoudl I go for it?
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Hi Guys,
A wagon has appeared for sale in my city, they're asking $2000AU for it.
Scary thing (imo) is that it's got rust *in* the a-pillars.
How bad of a problem is it to have rust in the a-pillars?
A wagon has appeared for sale in my city, they're asking $2000AU for it.
Scary thing (imo) is that it's got rust *in* the a-pillars.
How bad of a problem is it to have rust in the a-pillars?
Comments
Wipe the surface down with alcohol.
Spray it down with primer.
Fill that portion of the pillar with Bondo Hair.
Sand smooth.
Re-primer.
Paint.
What's with the "Dual Carb"? Does it really have carburetors?
Its the same engine as our ED3 sedans (ie: a D15B4 Dual-Carb)
I've actually never seen one in real-life before so it was smaller than what I was expecting. (I thought it would be at least a little longer than my ED3 sedan but it seems to "look" shorter?)
Anyway, had a good look at the car. The body is relatively straight apart from some nasty bits of cancer *in* the a-pillars and the front bumper being replaced with a grey one. No doubt the car has had a hit in the front at some point. Interior is so-so with some non-standard esky thing screwed in as a centre-console (taking up some of the rear passengers leg-room)
Driving:
Ok, the owners claimed to have spent $3000 fixing the gearbox or something, but i didn't notice anything in the driveline running well. The gears are notchy/grabby from 1st - 2nd & then worse again from 2nd -> 3rd. Grinds into reverse as well. Shift feel is extremely loose, it feels like I'm flailing a beach towel about. Front CV joints are on their way out and are noisy in both left and right turns, and this was all during some very slow speeds(under 60kph), I can imagine it being much worse at freeway speeds (100+kph)
The Good.
The steering was incredibly light. It felt like I was driving on a sheet of ice. (ie: aussie wagons never came with P/S) I couldn't believe it at first and it kinda made me a little excited to think that the CRX could easily run with no P/S when considering that wagons are heavier(?).
The Bad.
Having never seen a wagon, the boot space is very small. Only big enough to put some shopping bags in. The owner wasnt very interested in 'selling' the car so I don't know how much more space could be had from folding the rear seats down. But looking at the boot only, it appeared smaller than the boot in the wife's Jazz. (Would love to know if I could get a CRX bonnet in there for example) Also, I didn't know that the tailgate has no handle. You can use a release in the car but you can only pop the tailgate via a key from the rear
(our CRXs has that little groove to hold onto but the wagon has nothing like that which was kinda weird... or maybe it does but i just didn't see it.)
Do I still like the idea of a wagon? Yes. It's an ED/EF and they're still my fave hondas. If the price comes down more, I might go for this blue one, but I doubt it. Ultimately I'd love a gold one more a lot more though.
Yet another honda related dillema...
- do you buy one in a colour you don't mind (blue), or wait for one in the colour you absolutely love (gold)
What would you guys do?!?!
Yeah, they did have gold ones here. Here is the one I missed about 6 months ago...
<punches self in face repeatedly>
$2000 might be a very acceptable price for the Australian market, I know in NZ our cars are about 25% cheaper a lot of the time due to a large volume of Japanese Imports