Looking to get back into a 3rd gen

Hi there. This is my first post here. I am a long time Honda owner and the original owner of a 91 CRX Si. My father owned a 1987 Accord LX Sedan when I was a teenager and I still have fond memories of that car.

I am currently looking at a Canadian 1988 LXi sedan. It has 230,000kms (143,000 miles), no rust, a small dent on the driver's door, BUT, the engine needs a head gasket. The asking price is dirt cheap at $250, but I'm wondering if I'm going to be entering a money-pit nightmare. Your website doesn't allow links for newbies, but if you put an http in front of the url below, you can see it.

//london.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-cars-1988-Honda-Accord-LXi-Sedan-W0QQAdIdZ159998774

heres the link for you...

http://london.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehic...AdIdZ159998774

and good luck man hope its worth it to you.

looks like a gude car 2 buy! git it!!!

Thanks for posting the link. I'm waiting for a reply to a couple questions I've sent to the owner. The real challenge will be convincing my wife that we need a fourth car in the driveway. She's going to think I'm :nuts:.

tell her you plan on buying it as a fixer upper then turning over for a profit. :D that works for me haha just end up keeping it and say you grew attached to the car :rofl:

i would replace the headgasket...just take the head to the machine shop so they can check if its straight

I've seen a lot worse than that. I bought my second Honda with the crankshaft in the trunk. I rebuilt the engine and loved it. It really worked out well for me.

dude that is totally worth 250........ even if you have to shave the head and pay somebody else to do the gasket you're lookin at most a 1000 bucks...... looks to be in excellent condition.....I'd hit it lol

Tell her it gets 30mpg and it's $250? Go get it man.

Looks clean as hell. I'd buy it even if the wife disagreed :lol: