ItsaHonda - The car was driven and not sitting for years, so I wouldn't worry about dry rot and siezed bearing. If the car was older and sat for years, then these things would be an issue. Also the car was said to have been serviced on the dot so I assume that would mean fluid changes were done per the service schedule. What your saying is correct but in this case I don't find those to be valid.
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Correct, which is why I stated in an earlier post that since his car is a '99, he shouldn'tr have much to worry about... so long as the basic maint. has been taken care of. My only argument was that older low mileage cars arent always as good as people think, nor are higher mileage cars as bad as people think. I'd rather have a well maintained 98 w/ 200+k highway miles than an 89 with only 40k city-driven miles.