Car problem help :(

[loka]

Yea I got it used, I recemtly sold my 01 Bmw 330ci. Got sick and tired of everything breaking on it and forking over 1000s to get it fixed, and the sad thing is the car only had 80k miles. Was also sick of the payments. The previous owner had done tons of stuff to this vehicle. I have not found a part of this car that someone has not been in to. From the fuel pump to O2 sensors to exhaust to distributer and now speedometer. Hell even on the dash you can tell where someone had about 5 extra guages. It's got a cold air intake, headers, alarm system, high airflow cat converter, sway bar, lowered, nice looking rims ( best part of car imo.), I am starting to think maybe an engine swap or at least computer work done. Because I know I have pushed the engine to 8k rpms, and if my car engine is the LS engine it should be rev limiting at around 7300 rpms. Only did it once though just to see how much power it had at max rpms. It used to have one of those loud ass sport mufflers on it, but I switched it to a cheaper one just because I did not like the sound it made. The guy wanted 3k for it, but I got it for 2k because I was bitching about the misfire problem, didn't like the muffler and it was missing a cd player. It needs a little body work as well but nothing major.

Sounds like a good buy, but I would def try to get the chip checked because it sounds like he did a complete engine + chip swap. Then to maximize the RPM switched out a GSR dash with the LS which is what most people do when they swap the engine out. My biggest concern with the chip/ engine swap is exactly future motor issues down the road. I dunno if this is your first Acura/Honda, but they are very feeble cars when it comes to modding. Easy to mod, but shitty because some people mod the Honda's where they just implode. In HS through my 2 year in college I was in a Honda/Acura car club where we saw alot of issues coming from used modded cars. The engine/chip swap was a huge issue in future engine problems and it drove us crazy sometimes that we'd have to do complete engine swaps again.

If you want to check the engine the GSR engine is a DOHC VTEC where as the LS is a standard DOHC. The GSR has dual intake, but the LS engine doesn't. Keep in mind the fastest engine is the Type-R which I doubt you have, the GSR is the slowest engine I believe of the VTECs now.

Edit: Fastest car I've been in. Doing 140 in a 30mph street in Puerto Rico.
This is my cousins Supra Turbo. Wish I had focused on the speedometer.

[-=NYS=- C.O.]

I have a problem with my car too. I need to turn it in on November. My problem is should I lease another Honda ? LOL

[loka]

I have a problem with my car too. I need to turn it in on November. My problem is should I lease another Honda ? LOL

The new Accord coupe looks hot. I'm feeling the X-Runner Tacoma Toyota or a regular Tacoma with one of the TRD packages.

[uuntiltheendd]

I have a problem with my car too. I need to turn it in on November. My problem is should I lease another Honda ? LOL

lease a subaru. wrx, sti, or forester 2.5xt are all nice.

[Kavinsky]

You can't go by the reputation of any of the brands anymore, every models problems are different.

The best thing to do before buying a car like that is look into its score in consumer reports, that usually gives you a good idea of what your getting into.

I remember reading about that BMV too, the thing had all black dots for that particual years reliability.

[uuntiltheendd]

if you want a reliable car at a reasonable price, get a subaru.

[-=NYS=- C.O.]

if you want a reliable car at a reasonable price, get a subaru.

Subarus are ugly cars.

[uuntiltheendd]

Subarus are ugly cars.

true, most of them are except for 07+ wrx's and sti's.
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oh and i forgot you are leasing so you wont need a car that will last you 15+ years.