Hey all, Newbie here...

I'm about to pick up an '01 GSR, got an opinion question about having the car checked out by a dealer. I'm buying the car private sale, I was going to have it checked out by a nearby Acura dealer but all the service departments are booked up too far out.

I'm normally my own mechanic so I've already checked out the usual stuff, I'm new to Hondas and I was just a bit concerned that the first owner has never had any service other than oil-changes and a new set of tires. The car has 54k so I would expect that it's missed a valve adjustment in there somewhere. I don't know what else to expect?

I'm leaning towards just giving the car another good look and going for it, but figured I'd check in to say hello and see what some others thought.

Should I worry about premature wear or damage since the valve clearance has never been adjusted? All the cars I've ever owned have hydraulic lifters.

 

54k? that honda is still being broken in...lol

 

54k your safe.

 

Seriously, if all looks well most likely it is. And rule of thumb valves don't need to be adjusted unless a clatter is detected, otherwise they are fine.

 

Cool, thanks for the advice guys. All does indeed appear well with this Integra so I'm going to go for it. Satin Silver '01 here I come!

-Andrew

 

thats a sweeet ride man, great color too, good luck with it

 

- Just Do It

-You Can Do It

congrats on your purchase. You'll love it.

 

hey man how much u getting the teggy for anyway?

 

$11,750, I'm pretty happy with the price.

-Andrew

 

For an '01? With 54K miles, assuming the car's in really good condition, is a fairly decent price... Welcome to the club of FWD cars that don't suck! :exnbp: