Honda CRX...

[AaronB]

I was looking around Autotrader and I noticed that old Honda Crx's seem to have gone up in price since the last time I looked at them.

About 4 or 5 years ago I bought an '89 Crx that was identical to the one I linked below in both appearence and approximate mileage for under a grand. I got a great deal on it but when I sold it a year later after doing some minor mechanical work it was still only worth under $2000. What the hell happened to the prices of these things?

Link to an example.

Another example.

A byproduct of "The Fast and the Furious"?

 

[NutBucket]

They were cheap and are very light. Drop an H22 in one and you can easily run 13's.

EDIT: They sure as hell aren't worth those prices though!

 

[Actaeon]

Those guys are smoking some good drugs.... really good drugs.

 

[AaronB]

The one I had was able to get 40+mpg. That was the coolest thing about the car. (as far as I was concerned)

The 240sx I have now struggles to beat 16mpg. Granted that's because I treat the accelerator as an on/off switch but still...

 

[b0mbrman]

Not nearly as ridiculous as the prices you'll see on 1980's Corollas

 

[Chrono]

AE86 baby!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Promethply]

Too bad Honda discontinued the CRX, it was such a fun car, and I really miss my 1985 CRX Si.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: NutBucket
They were cheap and are very light. Drop an H22 in one and you can easily run 13's.

EDIT: They sure as hell aren't worth those prices though!

H22 :heart:

 

[HiTek21]

when they discovered you can drop in Integra and Prelude motors easily they became very popular to the ricers.

My brother had a 91 CRX that had a B18A1 motor off a 91 Integra LS that got wrecked then he bought another 91 CRX Si and put a B18B1 from a 94 integra LS motor in it but could never get it passed emission testing. He rebuilt his stock D16 motor but he did something wrong and it won't pass emissions.

 

[jagec]

Great mileage, fun to drive, you can fit anything in the back. Still not worth THAT much though...

 

[Confused]

Originally posted by: AgaBoogaBoo

H22 :heart:

I :heart: the H22 in my Prelude

 

I would never pay >$4000 for something with over 200,000 miles on the clock. NEVER.

 

[SilentZero]

The ricers make the prices go up.

 

[StageLeft]

OMG there so damn lite and you can drop in teh different motar and zoom! LOL!

 

[Toastedlightly]

Originally posted by: jumpr
I would never pay >$4000 for something with over 200,000 miles on the clock. NEVER.

I'd do it for a Mack.

 

[Calin]

They're cute little cars. But 4 to 6 grands is outrageous

 

[OS]

it's light and it has double A arm suspension on all 4 wheels. It's a good platform to build up for road courses or dragstrip.

 

[PeeluckyDuckee]

*hugs his H22* :heart:

 

[spidey07]

Those things can be some of the most fun cars you can drive.

Few mods, decent motor =

street legal gocart

 

[BurnItDwn]

Am I the only one with the opinion that those are tiny ugly little POS cars?
I wouldn't drive one if it was free!

I probably wouldn't fit into one at all actually ........

 

[Nomada]

Look at the Pontiac Fiero. Ugly misshapen tin can, and in it's last year of distrobution, could beat the 'vette at 0-60. Resale is pretty high on them aswell.

 

[randomlinh]

when did "ricer" apply to folks doing an engine swap.

 

[Toasthead]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
OMG there so damn lite and you can drop in teh different motar and zoom! LOL!

 

[Papagayo]

I used to have 1991 CRX.. sold it for $600 back in year 2000. Should of kept it..

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Originally posted by: HiTek21
when they discovered you can drop in Integra and Prelude motors easily they became very popular to the ricers.

My brother had a 91 CRX that had a B18A1 motor off a 91 Integra LS that got wrecked then he bought another 91 CRX Si and put a B18B1 from a 94 integra LS motor in it but could never get it passed emission testing. He rebuilt his stock D16 motor but he did something wrong and it won't pass emissions.

Sounds familiar. A coworker of mine did a B16 swap, but didn't transfer over the emmissions equipment, and wasn't willing to put in the cost of it. After putting in some $8000 into the car he had a race car that ran 13.8. Could've been a street car a state or two over.