1993 Honda Prelude Si VTEC: Regular Car Reviews
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- Опубликовано: 22 сен 2019
- The 4th generation Honda Prelude is my favorite Prelude. This one is in rough shape but it's still very fun to drive!
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is nobody gonna talk about the dashboard design? its amazing
That it is...
I was more amazed no one has taken a bolt out of the the number plate so it hangs at a jaunty angle. 🤔
Honda's had great interior design. From around then early 90s to the early 00's, anyway.
I miss my old 2001 Accord.
Seriously. Of all things I remember positively about mine was that dash. Hnnnnng.
We call it the "spaceship" generation where I'm from, not sure how widespread that is
Meth couple... Aurora, Colorado... $700 it all makes sense
JM A right? I saw the CO plate and I immediately thought Aurora, Pueblo, or Greeley. Was not disappointed.
@@Sentraman4 Can't forget out by Grand Junction, some of those people have some crazy stuff out near the farmers
Ah yes, Aurora, where meth and heroin are close pals. Oh, and the cops are drunk as shit.
Is it easier to talk to girls with a GoPro on your forehead?
It should be a good conversation starter
Hasn't worked for me so far. Most of them just walk away looking confused.
@@mikebagwell8229 you have to actually be doing something with it instead of just walking around with a GoPro on your head.
@@ellisjackson3355 I am doing something with it-trying to talk to girls.
This Sarah is a DECENT car girl. One who actually WOULD HAVE a life with a guy. Maybe a couple of kids. Not your average stuck up blonde bitch who is always obsessed with having the best. Wanting a guy who earns more while she won't work any more than 20 hrs a week herself. You know the type. We all do. Sarah is not one of those.
The Honda Prelude is the type of car that you just never give up on. Even as your neighbors are buying new Porsches, miatas, and Mustangs, you know that that Prelude you have in your garage is more special.
YES! My friends are buying VWs and even a q50 but my prelude is more fun. It has so much character and never ceases to catch the eyes of anyone and everyone who even remotely knows what it is. I feel like every 4th gen prelude has some kind of story to go with it also, we hear this one's story in the video while others we have to learn through the owners directly. mine lived the first half of it's life in new york, then sat in a field in iowa for 3 years before i bought it. Now it's on its way to becoming a monster that eats hellcats like a stoner eats doritos
All cars those are better🤣
I owned an AW11 I just sold, along with my 5th gen Prelude, while people loved the MR2, the Prelude still gets more attention everywhere I take it. People know about the MR2’s and remember them, the Preludes got forgotten and when you make people remember them they go nuts.
"His favourite Bob Marley song is red red wine by UB40"
I cannot 😂
I was hoping someone else found that just as funny as I did lol
Informer by Snow would also be accurate.
2:40 👌
I busted out laughing
@@GeorgePerakis Or maybe Eric Clapton's cover of _I Shot the Sheriff._
i love her enthusiasm for that car
A lot of fun.
WAAADAADAADAAA! So accurate Vtec.
It's the first thing I've ever owned myself. I know its a box of rats but its MY box of rats!!!
That is it... so many want clean and pristine... yet a beater is the best thing to drive.
@McLarenBMW Thanks I wish I could stare at my own butt.
This car was awkwardly positioned between the NSX and the Del Sol. That's an uphill battle if there ever was one.
Don't forget the Integra was also it's competition
Honda CRX sucks, prelude has always been better.
@@trcs3079 >:c
@@trcs3079 I respectfully disagree
@@smirage22 Yeah, and the Integra was generally considered better. Not to mention, there were Civic Si's and Type R's to contend with, all going for the same customer niche. And Accord coupes. Honda had tons of internal competition at that point.
My dad had a 92 Prelude S when I was in high school. I tried to get him to teach me stick, but he was always too busy. So when he was at dinner w my mom, I would take the Prelude out and teach myself how to drive stick. Loved that car.
You're a bad ass my guy. No words lol you're just a G
This car looks like the generic "coupe" on any renderware game made for the ps2/GC era.
LMFAO why is this so accurate
Or is it the vice versa?
Did you ever play The Getaway? I loved trying to see which real cars' likeness they were going for; the Nissans had PERFECT tail lights...and giant wings
It almost looks better when rendered digitally.
Happy Haunter The Getaway only had licensed cars, so if it looks like a Prelude, it is one.
its 700 usd and it has h22? what a deal, you basically just buying an engine and get the rest of the junk thrown in for free
H22s are out of date these days and not very desired. It took me months to sell a complete low mileage H22A4 for $400
Plus free meth.
bairdandrew77 sir then you are doin something wrong. The H-series is a highly desired engine in Honda culture, good ones in my area are over a grand and sell like hot cakes
crutksdub Los Angeles
Lmao I can relate to this I bought a 1993 prelude With an h23 for 600 bucks. Engine is solid but everything else has at least one issue
"If you get it to red line on second gear it goes waatttaaatttaaattaaaa"
YOU AIN'T A R33L CAR GIRL UNLESS YOU CAN GO "WATATATATATA!" Sorry, truth hurts.
I have to admit that was pretty cute!
I love when people are totally amazed by their hobby, be it cars or anything else.
I don't even watch these for the cars. I watch them for the random crazed metaphors and jokes. I love it.
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Braeden Hamson +++
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Totally, I can't believe this dude doesn't have a podcast.
I found a meth pipe in a CVPI once, fun part is I bought it from the police auction, it was the cops pipe. Small town Oklahoma ladies and gentlemen.
Stanford prison experiment gone too far
Which one? I’m in Tulsa these days but it sounds like something a town I broke down in years ago on my way back to New Mexico; it was called Chanute.
@@BurlyMammoth Webbers falls.
I would report it but seeing how the cop got away with doing meth there'd probably be no point lmao
@@Karmy. small town politics, I'd never be able to drive through that town again without being harassed or jailed and literally nothing would happen to the cop.
Casually chilling in a coffee shop doing homework a friend was considering her first car. "What about a Prelude?" and I went to use the restroom. When I finished my business "I bought one!" was the response I got sitting back down with my laptop. Great. 26 hours on a Greyhound from Cleveland to Dallas we had Prelude! Didn't quite plan it right though -- neither of us knew how to drive stick.
A 92 prelude was my first ever car purchase. I wanted to drive stick so I bought it and learned on the way home, It became too much to maintain so I sold it to a guy who is now faithfully restoring it. I miss that car, so much character.
Dylan Shaw Buy it back once he is done!
I took a 90-hour Greyhound trip from Oregon to North Carolina and wouldn't wish that experience on anybody. You never get any real sleep, you can't shower, and you're eating gas station food. Then, there's the toilet in the rear that gets hosed down once a week, children (and adults) losing their minds, and grifters at each station.
I sold my "it's just temporary" 1991 Accord to a lady who couldn't drive stick. But she had cash, unlike all the low-lifes that wanted to pay me $100 a week for it.
@@myBRisOK to much to maintain?Do you see what hers looks like?
She's cute. The girl is alright too.
RICKY weird
RICKY she’s more like a 4 5 tops with fake up and heels
preludeF20Bking nah she’s pretty hot
No.
Has an Onlyfans....
I had TWO Prelude VTEC’s (a 94 and a 96) both low mileage and in mint condition (got the 94 in 1997 with around 30k miles so it was basically still new at the time). Then, seven years later in 2003 I found a unicorn 96 VTEC with just 40k miles (completely stock), dark green exterior and the rare tan leather interior, bought it from an older gentleman in Hollywood, FL, and drove it back home to Brunswick, GA. They were both among my very favorite cars I’ve ever owned! The slick 5-speed manual, starship-Enterprise-dash, screaming VTEC switchover at around 4500 rpm, and loved every second of driving it. My buddy had a new 2002 RSX Type S at the time and my Prelude could beat it in a roll-race somehow. Ahhhh, those were the days. Today I drive a perfectly civilized and modern 2016 Mazda 6 GT with nav and the white leather interior and I love it immensely. But i still miss my old Preludes because they were beautiful (to me anyway), they had triangle tail lights, and that H22A was just so sick when VTEC kicked in yo! But that early 20’s kid in love with his Hondas is long gone now and this middle age dad and his nostalgic memories is all that is left….
Prelude.....The pages of my Sport Compact Car magazine are stuck together!
LOL
“This is such a box of rats.... I LOVE IT!” 😂😂
there's something beautiful about super shiny and perfect cars,
but there is also an equal charm in a piece of shit that you know even the methheads were ashamed of.
@@afmb9096 methheads aren't ashamed of anything, they'd just rather smoke in the back of a used vic, makes them feel at home.
@@biteme294 4AM
4th Gen Prelude Owner: "Hey man, can I crash at your place tonight?"
A month later you'll swear he's never gotten off the couch once, but got so high in the first week he managed to eat every crumb of food in the house anyway via some type of munchie osmosis. You've considered ditching your $3000 sectional just to get rid of him, but somehow know he'll just wind up floating in midair where it used to be.
Meanwhile his Prelude has dismantled itself in your guest parking stall like the Bluesmobile. Your neighbors blame *you*(Still. Though you've told them its not yours), and are so angry they're forming an HOA, despite the fact y'all live in apartments
This sounds deeply personal
Stop judging me dick! I paid rent this month and I apologized about the food too! What more do you want!
Sorry, man. If it makes you feel any better, you aren't the first person my mom has pulled that shit on.
Suspiciously specific 🤔
@@maggiecallahan935 Let's just say there's a reason I'd sooner live in a trailer than ever have room mates again. Also why I love Preludes EXCEPT the 4th gen
The flash an air soft pistol bit. Had me dying 😆🤣
"Dave Chappelle said 'good people gotta be louder than bad people' and in much the same way your victories, your accomplishments, your triumphs, you have to let them be as loud as the failures that help you grow in the first place." I really love that.
Idk. I dont like people who brag their accomplishments.
I filed it away with my other favorite RCR quotes. As well as quotes from historical figures I like; I'm a quotes fan!
@@swingonthespiral The only accomplishment I can't stand anyone bragging about is the sexual position that made their partner squeak like a chew toy the previous night 😂
strap in boys it’s a raw one
Oh man, you're bringing back memories. The Prelude was also my first virtual car purchase on Grand Turismo 1. Mine was grey, I bought it in the used car section and put an intake and exhaust on it. It was also the first virtual car I ever modded. I loved how the sound of the exhaust changed after buying the upgrade.
The PC correct name for the 4th gen is wild rice.
6:43 This hasn’t seen premium since Bill Clinton first took office
Those damned blue-collar tweekers, they're the backbone of this town ...
PS
now you got that song stuck in my head lol not a bad thing
HAYA!
Primus Sucks🤙🏼
Have a cup of joe
An Acura did assist in killing the Prelude, but it wasn’t the NSX. It was the other FWD coupe in spitting distance of its MSRP. Integra....
Plus the Accord coupe in the US pretty much made sure we didn't get a 6th gen lude.
Yup. Accord and Integra. Three friggin coupes right around the same price and Civic coupe not much cheaper? Nonsense.
@@mattmatthews5414 The 90s were a truly magical time...
The Prelude was always used as a testbed for new technologies, so it doesn't share many parts with other Hondas. In the early 2000s Honda Accountants started to take control of the company and an aging platform with limited shared parts was ripe for the cutting block.
4th gen lude is my favorite 90's Honda. Eg coupe a close 2nd
The owner of this Prelude is amazing. She seems chill to hang with. I live in Colorado and yes, the amount of meth cars around here is unreal. It's hard find clean cars in here Colorado. They exist, but there are few and far between. That being said, congrats on your Prelude, Sarah! Take great car of it!
Somehow this car evokes more 2000s nostalgia than any car made in the actual 2000s
Not because of its model hell i dont think i saw any preludes in the 2000s but bnecause of the condition its in. There were TONS of small cheap 90s cars rolling around in the 2000s with spray can paint jobs half missing exhausts dadhboards that were probably painted and for some reason we thought those were super cool cars. They reminded us of the cars from our knockoff racing games
Corner-diving is exactly my secret to winning in Gran Turismo 3.
upvoted purely for Gran Turismo 1/2 references.
I drove a Prelude as the first car many a times with GT2.
i was addicted to gt2 HARD! for years. if you played that game with a meth pipe i would have it with me always lol favorite starter car rx7 fc
this whole story just extremely relatable, but instead i have NFSU2 and 350Z...
@@19ThreeLions97 To the windowwwww to the wall....
@@Hotlog69 thats the 1st nfsu :D
This car should have been Rear Wheel Drive just look at it.
Yeah but Honda doesn’t DO rear wheel drive
@@justinhedrick2906 RWD is character FWD is flaw
It could’ve been the Nissan S-Chassis’ rival! A Honda Silvia
@@faraziqbal188 The S2000 and NSX would like a word with you.
That would eliminate the advantages of the 4WS system. The whole point is that you can put more weight over the front tires for increased traction without some of the associated increase in moment of inertia, as the 4WS system moves the centre of rotation forward from where it normally is (the rear axle), thereby allowing FF acceleration and handling to no longer be at odds.
I absolutely love this episode. Thank you for being so excited about a crazy little Honda.
OOohhhhhh..... Steve Madden... Women's shoes... ludes. Now I get it.
Gabe Solomon I don’t get it...
@@ElZamo92 wolf of wall street
STEEEEEEVEEEE MADDEEEEEEENNNNNNNN
Shteve Maaaden
The Big Man would walk 20 miles for a lude let me tell ya
VTEC?
SI VTEC!
*Slow clap*
underrated
ha
Hahaha so dumb
I've been subscribed to your channel for years and have been waiting for you to do a video like this on the 4th gen prelude. I saw the one you did a while back on the 3rd gen, which was my first car, and have checked back sooooo often in hopes of seeing a video like this. At long last, you did it. This reminds me of the '92 that I'm driving currently. At 220,000 miles, it's still the best feeling prelude I've driven by far.
The laughs I get from this channel are so genuine. I LOVE IT.
This car has a serious story to tell cause it's seen some shit. Lol
i sense a vinwiki story
There's a saying in Russia that all gen fours have been in a crash.
are preludes popular in russia??
Cars that I never even knew about or have a passing memory of are suddenly given new life and meaning to me just from your channel! (And other channels too, but yours especially!) this Prelude went from being just another car to being a vehicle I might consider researching more about! Thank you Mr. Regular!
You throw “meaning of life” type of knowledge regularly. This video had “be your hypeman”. Love it!!
"How is this a Wolf of Wall Street reference"
"Send ludes"
Oh
Gapplebee's is being added to my shit talking library
Brandon Alvarez don’t forget the gappetizer
It's no doubt the cringiest shit talk.
It wasn't already??
Watch that src channel. With the twin turbo s10....gaptized
I HAVE THE DOCUMENTS opinions
Man
Loved that personal attachment that you have towards the prelude, that's what cars are all about.
"got to the end of the game with a TVR or something"... you and me both, buddy.
This is why I watch this channel. Passionate reminiscing about nineties nostalgia, cool cars, and cool people.
lmao the gran turismo driving dirty thing, i used to do that in GT4 when i was little
I did it in sega gt 2002 😂
FUCK YOUR CHICANE IM THE FASTEST LAWNMOWER AROUND!
Braking is for 1st place, everyone else has a car in front of them for brakes.
I loved GT4 so gaddamn much lol.
I switched the damage model to cosmetic only in the later Forza Horizon games so that I could still do this if I felt like it.
You always put a smile on my face and laughter when I watch your videos rcr. no matter what I’m going through in life you brighten up my mood man thank you so much. That gran turismo reference has me dying of laughter because that’s exactly that i did just to get 3rd place at least with my shit box starter car.
8:54 Watatataaa! Love this video and this car! Keep it up! 4th gen nation baby!
I loved these things. I know the B16 gets all the love but so many people forget about how awesome the H22A was.
The old school Honda "big block"
Good to see im not the only one who loves the h22a
Sad but true..
H22 Accord 🤘🏻
I don't think anyone forgot about the H22 It's just all of us that grew up with those cars could only afford cars that came with the B series of engines. When I was in high school in the early 2000s every Honda guy dreamed of dropping an H22 in their civic. They just didn't have the money or know how.
Out of all the front wheel drive cars, Honda had the best shifter feel with the mechanical linkages.
Definitely, Toyota’s don’t like to do what they’re told, VW’s make you feel like you’re rowing the worlds smallest boat, but you just jam a Honda linkage forward and backwards and it just knows what to do
and they're the only ones with independent suspension..
H, F, and K series are cable shifters believe it or not! Still, very tight and precise though!
My 89 Celica GT would like to have some words with you
My 4th gen prelude had cable linkage. Not rods
This is one of my favorite videos. I love the 4th gen and have owned 3 and am currently driving one. To truly appreciate this car, you just have to drive it: the dashboard has a retro futuristic feel and just takes you back to the 90s, the seats keep you snug, and once you engage the VTEC you will know...
Lovely nostalgic vignette Mr. Regular
have a good week
Oh the ending song was a fucking CLASSIC today, great job
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.
@@LimitedTimeRoman what song is it? Sorry I'm young and out of touch
Sadly a lot I found in my area of SoCal are stripped and barely moveable. But always makes me smile when I see one running
It astounds me how the latter third of so many of your videos includes some great life advice through the lens of the car world (I'm talking about the part about self care). It gets me feeling about the car being reviewed in a way nobody else on the internet that I've seen has. Also I totally relate to the virtual car experience. If I ever saw a Mistubishi Mirage Cyborg R on the street I would shit my pants.
"You're on Bring A Trailer, aren't you" - you caught me, you magnificent bastard!
"That smell of '93"
i think it smells like teen spirit
I owned the JDM version of this car the first time I was stationed in Japan but the non-VTEC Si with the F22B engine. Man it was still a fun car to drive.
PA has some good country driving roads. Pretty cool to see a young women enjoy an old 90's Honda car with a stick box.
Bought the same Prelude in Gran Turismo, all the upgrades and full racing package, fell in love with the car the same way.
I remember when I was four and living in Estonia with my family, the first car my mother ever bought herself, was a 1993 honda prelude, manual vtec, I can't remember if it was the 2.4 or the 2.0 but I do remeber how this car looked, and felt, and everything else about it really, I was 12 when it was sold, and I've missed it ever since. I spend so long most weeks, looking for one just like the one we had, but I can't ever find one that matches it.
I bloody loved that car, and I will own one someday.
I love the fact these videos can even bring such nostalgia to you, without even being there.
I loved my 4th Gen Prelude, it was so much fun, the dash was really unique and the H22A went hard but it felt heavy in the corners
Dude i felt for you on that Gran Turismo talk at the end. My little bro and i had GT4, and our first car was a first gen mazda miata, bright cherry red. Turbo charged the shit outta that thing...no exhaust, no weight management, didn't bother to balance the thing, nothing. Just stage one, stage two, stage three turbo chargers. Thing prolly had north of 300 hp. Thing couldn't handle for shit but could pass a stock mustang gt on the straights....Great memories.
Loved the "a kiss from a rose" ending, Roman.
“His favorite Bob Marley song is Red Red Wine by UB40”
Hats off for finishing GT1 with a TVR, i remember those being very tail happy in that game
Man you should so reviews like this for every car. Loved it.
I love how this came out the day my little brother wanted me to help tune up his 01 Prelude.
Thank you RCR. My first was a 92 Si (non-vtec) with the H23. I drove it like I stole it, and it ran like a champ to 280k. Nostalgia for sure.
My first car, absolutely loved it. Written off in 2011, still miss it
Your words near the end nearly brought me to tears. I too played Gran Turismo with the Prelude, and I did buy one later in life partially due to the game car. It was a special car that made special memories!
10:47 EXACTLY
This is the exact reason why I bought myself one of these. Going through the Honda dealership with that crazy bgm and ending up buying this in Pacific Blue is something I cherish so much
Hahaha that ending song was absolutely perfect.
Powerhauz Glad I knew that song
Same thing happened to me I bought the prelude in gt1 and fell in love and I ended up owning 3 in real life but she's a cutie talking about the lady not the car lol
you’re the best car review RUclipsd in my opinion
This is the kind of video that gets me choked up. Keeping my Miata close to my chest, he's my ride or die.
Without a doubt the best FWD Honda ever. An H series cracking VTEC warms even my cold hard V8 heart.
Do a 5th gen Prelude video, please! I finally got at the age of 30. It was my favorite car back when I was in grade school. I'm slowly but surely restoring it, but it was already in good condition, to begin with. Little upgrades like interior LEDs, HIDs headlights, replacing headlights with fresh OEM ones, high-end touch screen radio, tints, added the SH stock spoiler, finally, I'll be painting it the whole thing including the side skirts & rear skirt to make it like SH, all to bring it into this century.
I saw what Roman did with the outro song. Nice!
Another quality RCR vid.
omg i didnt think it would be this day
ive been searching for a video with this specific car
I love my 86 prelude si. Been through hell and back in it. Still runs quietly like a sewing machine. Would love to have you review it for one of your episodes
I had both that generation prelude and the last gen professionally built with a more mild turbo. They were great fun to drive slot cars.
My mom had one. She had a 1992 Si with the H23. The burple color was my favorite and I really do miss that car. Too bad it succumbed to the rust disease around the rear quarters and eventually spun a bearing at 250000.
I'm on BaT right now...
Another amazing piece
Another one to make me cry...
My first car in gran turismo was the 1990 Toyota Supra 2.5gt tt. It was unbeatable after a few upgrades.
The shift boot is creativity at its best
You've captured this car perfectly. They are ridiculous but fun as hell.
This video makes me so happy on so many levels
First car was a 92 that cost less than a set of decent surround sound speakers. Repo’d four times before I got it, and so we had a K-9 officer look it over for drugs shortly after purchase.
The Lude legend grows.
Smart. I bought a car, was pulled over, everything was all good. But then a few days later I found a crack pipe under the seat and a dead bird under the spare tire in the trunk. The crack pipe was the focus obviously lol
Dude I found a meth pipe and a huge crack rock in mine under the seat. What the fuck is up with meth heads owning these csrs
"His favorite car is a Honda Prelude b/c he can't afford a NSX."... why you gotta hit me like that lol
Says my lil brother too
She reminds me of another enthusiast I knew years ago in the TST Freshworks days back when I had my NSX. Those old ludes were always super cool.
I sometimes question my motives for coming to this channel. Is it just the car reviews or the sarcasm that Mr. Regular brings along with it?
Honda Prelude: the car that should’ve been RWD.
It’s got a big hood, short deck, and FRONT WHEEL DRIVE >:(
this^: basically everyone
It worked for my dad and been like it since. He wouldn't opted for a second option.
@@AustinRBa California is still workable.
@@AustinRBa I was an ignorant youth when the 4th rolled out, and even I knew that was way too much for those things.
@@fokjohnpainkiller if you can't have fun in a prelude that's your problem. Or any sports fwd
The Prelude was the coolest car in my little town along with the Opel Calibra of course
omg, my vtec never kicked in so hard bro!
This is Regular Car Reviews at it's finest.
Had a non vtech but i loved this car the most i had the way it sits and the body style
This lude is a mobile tetanus shack but is still faster than a lot of cars on the road today and I love it
I guess it's still more exciting than your generic econobox
This makes me love my 5th gen even more
As a owner of a reliable yet very chicago rusted 91 3rd gen Si with 4WS seeing any old lude alive always makes me happy... A girl owning one is just a awesome bonus
I've been waiting for this review for 3 years ever since I got my 93 lude :D