We're narrowing this thing down to microscopic levels. This tensioner deal and any other problems (outside of the SportShift tranny) that I've mentioned are such small problems and low occurrances that you really should have no worries. On the big picture, a fifth gen Prelude is just as reliable as any other Honda. There are little problems with lots of Hondas, but again in the big picture they're great cars. I just don't want to get this thread stuck in a discussion of detailed problems which may or may not occur at all. Preludes are great cars. I'd recomend them 100 times.