Used Car of the Day: 1998 Honda Prelude

by Tim Healey

Published: May 9th, 2025

It's always a good day when I see a Prelude for sale in our parent company's forums. Because the late '90s Prelude remains a desirable ride. Today we have a 1998 Honda Prelude for y'all.

This one is a base trim with the manual transmission and 197,000 miles on the clock. There are no mods, and it does run and drive.

The engine does leak oil, and the car needs suspension work. The paint also has dents and sun damage that need to be addressed.

All this explains why our seller is offering this one up for only $1,000. Still, a little bit of investment to fix the oil leak and suspension, plus maybe a paint job, and this could be a pretty nice Prelude.

You can see more of this car by clicking here. It's based in Berkeley, California.

[Images: Seller]

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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MaintenanceCosts on May 10, 2025

Needs a lot, but the price allows for doing a lot. And the end product would be worth it. Nice find.

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- Lloyd Bonified on May 10, 2025
  
  stock and a decent interior goes a long way
  
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EBFlexing on ur mom on Nov 25, 2025

Sad they ruined it by making it an EV

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