It’s a 25 year old car. So, reliability is never a given. It could be, it could not be. Finding parts might be a challenge as well. I wouldn’t expect this to be a daily or anything.
P-sychotic
You should really be doing your own research outside of Reddit if you want to own something this old/unusual for your area.
As mentioned, reliability cannot be guaranteed, though I’d definitely trust an older Honda more than a lot of newer cars. Pretty sure the B20 (and variant) engine would have been available in America in some form of Civic or Integra, so I think engine parts would be fine from a maintenance perspective, but other bits and pieces may be hard to get your hands on. You may be becoming very familiar with Yahoo Auctions to find those bits and pieces that need replacing as it comes up (like trim, maybe electronics) if no one locally can fix for you.
I disagree that this couldn’t be a daily. I think this looks like the perfect daily and I know people (myself included) who daily their imports.
I just think you need to educate yourself a bit more on what this involves, I feel like an import is probably not a great starter/first car (if this is your first car in general), as you may find yourself investing more into it than you anticipated.
PartTimeDuneWizard
Reliability will be a lottery. I would recommend going to Amayama, finding the model and getting yourself a full basic maintenance parts kit. Belts, brakes, filters, etc. No way to know for sure unless it’s been meticulously recorded (and with wheels like that it definitely hasn’t) if basic maintenance parts have been changed as and when they should.
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It’s a 25 year old car. So, reliability is never a given. It could be, it could not be. Finding parts might be a challenge as well. I wouldn’t expect this to be a daily or anything.
You should really be doing your own research outside of Reddit if you want to own something this old/unusual for your area.
As mentioned, reliability cannot be guaranteed, though I’d definitely trust an older Honda more than a lot of newer cars. Pretty sure the B20 (and variant) engine would have been available in America in some form of Civic or Integra, so I think engine parts would be fine from a maintenance perspective, but other bits and pieces may be hard to get your hands on. You may be becoming very familiar with Yahoo Auctions to find those bits and pieces that need replacing as it comes up (like trim, maybe electronics) if no one locally can fix for you.
I disagree that this couldn’t be a daily. I think this looks like the perfect daily and I know people (myself included) who daily their imports.
I just think you need to educate yourself a bit more on what this involves, I feel like an import is probably not a great starter/first car (if this is your first car in general), as you may find yourself investing more into it than you anticipated.
Reliability will be a lottery. I would recommend going to Amayama, finding the model and getting yourself a full basic maintenance parts kit. Belts, brakes, filters, etc. No way to know for sure unless it’s been meticulously recorded (and with wheels like that it definitely hasn’t) if basic maintenance parts have been changed as and when they should.
9k for that is retarded