Just about a 1989 5 speed

[Edison Carasio]

I just bought a 1989 Honda Accord LX for $100 last night. I have a freind that is pregnant and has to move back to Alabama with her family, and couldn't take the car with her. She was gonna give it to me, but I wanted to help her so I gave her what I had to help out (I really wanted to help some how). Now I'm stuck with three cars. 2008 Honda Fit, 1993 Mustang LX 2.3L and the Accord. The Accord has all power options and lots more luxery than my Mustang. The thing has 190,000 miles on it and needs a clutch, brake master cylinder, upper ball joint on the left front and half shaft on front right. Bleh. Paint is faded and has normal Honda rust above the rear wheels.

[accordion89]

hell yeah! honda rust colored honda!

[Edison Carasio]

I wish it was fuel injected rather than carbed. Guess I need to decide to keep it or sell it. Maybe you guys can convince me to keep it.

[accordion89]

convice you, LOL, I would sell the mustang and the accord if your stuck with 3 cars

[Edison Carasio]

I need two cars. One to drive to work.

[accordion89]

what car do you drive to work?

[LewZur]

Sell the mustang or do a V8 swap in it. You can always do a fuel injection swap into your 3g like I did. Or if you want to drive it down to the AR/MO border I'll give you $150 :lol:

[Edison Carasio]

I bought the Mustang to drive to work because I'm gonna end up with 200k miles before I even pay off the Fit. But the gas mileage sucks and it cost me double what the Fit cost to drive in a week.

[Edison Carasio]

Sell the mustang or do a V8 swap in it. You can always do a fuel injection swap into your 3g like I did. Or if you want to drive it down to the AR/MO border I'll give you $150 :lol:
Clutch and master cylinder are preventing driving it down there, otherwise I would. The 3g is way more comfy than the Mustang, so I'm leaning towards selling the Mustang and fixing the 3g. But the Mustang only has 104k miles on it, where as my 3g has 190k. But Honda engines are good for like 270k, so it's a tough choice.

[ShyBoyCA6]

If you want a realiable car use the honda and mustangs suck period not a mustang guy but like the older mustangs problem I have with mustangs that they break down more than any car I bet the accord would last longer then the mustang and the accord would be a big gas saver to go to work and I pump 28 bucks for a full tank of gas and it wil last almost 3 weeks and a week and 4 days if I go out a lot you can use the accord for work and the fit for going out and the mustang you can sell it cause it won't last long and its not a gas saver and think about it this way you'll have a bit more money for yourself to spend on the car or help out pay bills

[ShyBoyCA6]

I think some one on here is at 400 xxx and another one at 500xxx miles on their car

[itzdave]

KEEP THE ACCORD!!! those little issues u said need to be fixed are SUPER cheap, and these cars are easier than easy to work on(maybe cuz ive had two of them and touched every bolt so many times...)

if ya have any carb issues, or if ya just wanna make it faster, i recommend a weber carb upgrade. its super easy, costs a few hundred (new, that is. but used shouldnt be hard to find) it makes all the difference in the world and ya can get rid of all those hideous vaccuum lines too, lol.
take some pix, and welcome to 3GEEZ!

[itzdave]

I think some one on here is at 400 xxx and another one at 500xxx miles on their car

and im pretty sure a few people have gone further!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSWUixb6NiU

[Edison Carasio]

I love the way the CA5 chassis Accords look. I tried to buy it (before all these issues) like a year ago. lol A JDM B20A fuel injection would be sweet, or if I hit the lottery a JDM DOCH VTEC B16A would be epic.

And I'm on a local Mustang forum, and all those guys cars are broke down all the time, so I may ultimately take you're guy's advice.

[ShyBoyCA6]

Were are my manners........welcome to 3geez bro and I think your gonna love your car when you get it where you want to look like and performance...post some pics don't hide her from the other cars

[LewZur]

And I'm on a local Mustang forum, and all those guys cars are broke down all the time, so I may ultimately take you're guy's advice.

Is the Mustang a hatch or coupe?

[ShyBoyCA6]

I love the way the CA5 chassis Accords look. I tried to buy it (before all these issues) like a year ago. lol A JDM B20A fuel injection would be sweet, or if I hit the lottery a JDM DOCH VTEC B16A would be epic.

And I'm on a local Mustang forum, and all those guys cars are broke down all the time, so I may ultimately take you're guy's advice.

Lol yup they break down a lot and cost money to bring them back up and wow you think about a good engine already haha man I was gonna do a B18c5 swap but it would take a lot of time and money to get it up there and I have other plans for a cb7 type R baby v tec

[ShyBoyCA6]

Is the Mustang a hatch or coupe?

There no such thing of a mustang hatch lol

[accordion89]

yeah theres hatch mustangs and trunk mustangs

[ShyBoyCA6]

A 93 mustang hatch?? I never seen one in california

[accordion89]

they dont sell them there because of strict emmision test, available in all states exept yours

[LewZur]

There no such thing of a mustang hatch lol

That's funny cause I've owned 5 of them

[ShyBoyCA6]

Oh alright lol didn't know ima look up the hatch haha so I can how it looks

[LewZur]

Hatch

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff223/xXxMutexXx/Cars/49b3436d.jpg

Coupe

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a170/stangbum/mcapic2.jpg

[accordion89]

http://media.photobucket.com/image/93%20mustang%20lx/LX93Coupe/LX006550x420.jpg - mustang with trunk

http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/mustangtuning/1993-vibrant-white-mustang-lx-03.jpg - mustang with hatch

[accordion89]

beet me to it

[LewZur]

beet me to it

:lol:

[ShyBoyCA6]

Oh ok and nevermind there are some here I seen a couple

[accordion89]

I like the mustang aerodeck better, hella sick with the tokyo drift skyline engine swap

[accordion89]

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.shorey.net/Auto/American/Ford/Mustang/Ford%2520Shelby%2520GT350%2520Station%2520Wagon%25 20-%2520RVL.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.shorey.net/Auto/American/Ford/Mustang/htmltree.html&usg=__-8Tu6lt34TXKBnRSavux4m6f9Dw=&h=768&w=1024&sz=105&hl=en&start=17&um=1&tbnid=nDQnH9ermYn0CM:&tbnh=113&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmustang%2Bwagon%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dof f%26um%3D1

[accordion89]

http://blog.hemmings.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/intermeccaniciawagon_resized.jpg

[LewZur]

Oh ok and nevermind there are some here I seen a couple

They're more common V8 mustangs, the coupe V8 is a rare bird, or horse. I wouldn't ever own another for myself but my buddy loves them. They do break down a lot.

[LewZur]

http://blog.hemmings.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/intermeccaniciawagon_resized.jpg

:rofl:

[charliekuney]

How does emissions apply to the body style of a car?

[accordion89]

it applies to every aspect of it

[charliekuney]

3g in America: sedan, coupe, or hatch. Same engine, transmission, whatever. Differences in drag coefficient: abysmal. Explain?

By the way, I meant "How does the body style of a car apply to emissions?".

[Civic Accord Honda]

lol charlie... they sold hatchs here :lol: there just fuckin around ya kno

[ShyBoyCA6]

notice that too and i guess they werent selling enough hatches in california so they stop selling and making them only the convetibles and coupes but fuck them mustangs cant stand the people that get thinking that they are the shit

but i got respect for only one mustang and i would never go up against and that is a 1967 ford mustang fastback in other words "Eleanor"

http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae295/Prettyboi_22_/1967-forsd-mustang-eleanor-movie-ca.jpg

[ShyBoyCA6]

http://blog.hemmings.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/intermeccaniciawagon_resized.jpg

man that shit is ugly as hell

[Sh4d0w]

man that shit is ugly as hell

+1

Keep the 3G, sell the Mustang, use that $ to fix up the Accord. Drive the Fit.

But first things first - get a for sale sign in the stang.

Then post pics of the 3G <3

:welcome:

[LewZur]

notice that too and i guess they werent selling enough hatches in california so they stop selling and making them only the convetibles and coupes but fuck them mustangs cant stand the people that get thinking that they are the shit

but i got respect for only one mustang and i would never go up against and that is a 1967 ford mustang fastback in other words "Eleanor"

http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae295/Prettyboi_22_/1967-forsd-mustang-eleanor-movie-ca.jpg


I like the 65-68 Fastbacks. What I h8 is all the damn eleanor clones, even if you put the eleanor kit on your fastback it doesn't make it a GT500. But if I were to ever own an old mustang fastback it would be Hertz GT350 rental car :lol:

[Edison Carasio]

My Mustang is a hatchback. Here's a link to a pic.

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o46/edisoncarasio/banner.jpg

Only bad thing about the CA5 is that I gotta learn to drive a stick now. :) I drove it around a little last night, or at least as much as I could with a bad clutch and no brakes :) :)

But I'm pretty sure I'm selling the Mustang to fix the Accord, or sell them both and find a clean CA5 LX-i with as many power options as I can. I bought the Mustang as a DD, and haven't been able to DD it. So it's useless to me. A V8 swap would be fast but the Mustang handles like a boat. Obv. I own a Fit so handling and cornering is more important. Some new springs and a rear disc swap and the Accord should do great.

[LewZur]

My Mustang is a hatchback. Here's a link to a pic.

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o46/edisoncarasio/banner.jpg

Only bad thing about the CA5 is that I gotta learn to drive a stick now. :) I drove it around a little last night, or at least as much as I could with a bad clutch and no brakes :) :)

But I'm pretty sure I'm selling the Mustang to fix the Accord, or sell them both and find a clean CA5 LX-i with as many power options as I can. I bought the Mustang as a DD, and haven't been able to DD it. So it's useless to me. A V8 swap would be fast but the Mustang handles like a boat. Obv. I own a Fit so handling and cornering is more important. Some new springs and a rear disc swap and the Accord should do great.

Well let me know if you plan on selling the 3g, I'd be interested in it:cool:

Also let me know about the stang and I'll pass that info to my friend. He may be interested but idk.

[Edison Carasio]

Mustang is officially for sale.

[ShyBoyCA6]

Only bad thing about the CA5 is that I gotta learn to drive a stick now. :) I drove it around a little last night, or at least as much as I could with a bad clutch and no brakes :) :)


dont worry man about the stick shift its pretty easy only hard part is the take off and not stalling in traffic other than that you gonna love the 5 speed and your in control of the car and its fun give or take 1 full week for you to learn how to drive standard the right way and to figure out the gears and to know when the engine asks you to shift (2500-3000 rpm shift normal) or unless you like to rev it higher but more gas haha

[Edison Carasio]

Yeah, I figure in a couple weeks after the repairs are done I might be proficient enough to drive back and forth to work.

[LewZur]

Mustang is officially for sale.

He wants to know what you're asking.

[Edison Carasio]

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