Hey, Lager! You are fantastic. I wish everyone on HAN had your knowledge and personality. Now for my question..... I have a 2000 Prelude base five speed (as it says in my signature), and I was currious about this timing belt auto tensioner issue. It seems alot of people have this problem. I just changed my belts and water pump and found nothing wrong with the tensioner (yeah, I've got 85k on the car now). There has been some concern about a growling noise at about 1500 rpm. Is this something I may have to be concerned with in the future? Also, what other issues do you see with higher mileage 5th generation Prelude manuals? I'm gonna blow by 100k in no time, so I figured if you'd be willing to spill the beans as to what (if anything) I need to worry about. Just to let you know, I am religious about changing my fluids at the right intervals, so no need to ask if I do. Thanks.