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| Talk me out of it...; 1995 Honda Odyssey | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Feb 12 2016, 01:59 PM (1,789 Views) | |
| banginmetro64 | Feb 12 2016, 03:01 PM Post #16 |
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test drive it and drive it like you stole it. trans will not slip under normal/slow driving. hammer the throttle and go through the gears to see if there is any slipping or no shifting. my old tacoma had a bad trans. showed no issues with normal driving. race it from a stoplight and it would hang up from 1st-2nd and then sometimes skip 3rd. normal driving, no issues at all.
Edited by banginmetro64, Feb 12 2016, 03:02 PM.
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| Stubby79 | Feb 12 2016, 04:01 PM Post #17 |
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From what I've read, it's to do with how the hondamatics work. Ie a clutch(or some such) for each gear. It should be fine with the earlier ones, as they appear to have 4 cylinder engines. The 98 up to whenever have the 3.5L V6...too much damned torque for those little clutches (or lockup solenoids or whatever they are). In other words, assuming it's the 2.2/2.3 engine in it, you don't really have to worry about the transmission....any more then usual, anyway. |
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| Coche Blanco | Feb 12 2016, 06:17 PM Post #18 |
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Holy shit you couldn't have been more right. (updating the first post now) |
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| scratchpaddy | Feb 12 2016, 07:49 PM Post #19 |
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Not so fast
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I hate it when they do that. Just come out and say it. "I'm a dealer, and this car's a turd, but it's cheap. I really don't know anything about it, so no warranty, and the title's not in my name. Good luck!" Save us all the trouble. ![]() If there's no evidence of a license plate in the pictures, and they don't mention anything having to do with owning the car (even if it's something simple like, "it's always been reliable" or "it's too small, I need a truck"), I don't bother. Sorry it didn't work out for you. Edited by scratchpaddy, Feb 12 2016, 07:56 PM.
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| MarkZ28 | Feb 12 2016, 08:24 PM Post #20 |
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Probably saved you a lot of money on repairs. Even in the newer midels with the V6, its still a common breakdown in the trans. If you want a minivan, the Sienna is decent and even a decently maintained mopar van is good, but they can have the known bad mopar trans. The thing about tge caravans is that there parts everywhere and cheap stuff, plus easy to work on.
Edited by MarkZ28, Feb 12 2016, 08:25 PM.
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| Turbo Dan-O | Feb 12 2016, 09:01 PM Post #21 |
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Yes!
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| brsja | Feb 12 2016, 10:45 PM Post #22 |
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WOW, I don't usually hear a lot of Honda reliability unhappiness... I have a 2000 CIVIC LX 4 door with 240,000 miles, power windows are slow in winter and some panel lites are out. I would say all other costs were routine mtc or self induced. I have two buddy's that had for a long time, and just sold, Honda Odysseys. One was a 97 I think and the other was a 05. They both loved them for there reliability, neither ever had an issues and both were over 100K on the clock. |
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| iveyjh | Feb 12 2016, 11:55 PM Post #23 |
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I always liked the old Toyota Previa, never bought one though. |
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| cwatkin | Feb 13 2016, 12:05 AM Post #24 |
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I was talking to a guy at a bar once. He was REALLY drunk and talking about how he had planned to sleep outside in his car. It was an older Mazda or Toyota minivan and he brought it just so he could lay down and sleep easier. He was talking about the van and said it was a 5 speed with 4 wheel drive. It was an old school 4WD with a transfer case and hi/low range which I thought was neato. Maybe look for one of these. I don't remember what it was but I am pretty sure it was a Toyota or Mazda. Like most guys I am not a big follower of minivans but this sounded pretty neat. Conor |
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| Coche Blanco | Feb 13 2016, 12:32 AM Post #25 |
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I love minivans. The main thing that drew me to this car was the price... and it just wasn't worth it even at the low price listed. |
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| ZXTjato | Feb 13 2016, 12:39 AM Post #26 |
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bass heads
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I love mini vans also, one van I WANT is a Toyota sienna with the AWD v6 package BUT I want a bi turbo system on it bagged suspension hella nice wheels and a bangen audio system. yep a bi turbo sleeper mini van that's what I want late model XLE limited, leather stuff sat nav stuff that I wont use, heated seats I wont use but I want, I want the power every thing even auto close door and trunk, and that vacuum cleaner built in, yea I want that. but I don't have 80K for the car then another 30 k for all the turbo crap
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| Cobrajet25 | Feb 13 2016, 05:41 AM Post #27 |
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Those older Odysseys are basically disposable nowadays. Just drive it until the transmission shits and scrap it. From what I understand, the transmissions in the older ones are 'better' than the later ones, but can't be called 'good'. My brother had a '99, and it also had trouble with the coil packs going bad. It died last year of...a transmission failure. |
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| Cobrajet25 | Feb 13 2016, 08:47 AM Post #28 |
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Probably one of these. ![]() My parents almost bought one of these when I was a kid, but my mom didn't like how far forward in the van she sat when driving it. "I want to HAVE a hood ornament, not BE a hood ornament." Yes, she actually said that. We ended up getting a Dodge Colt Vista wagon. Also available with 4WD, but ours was 2WD. |
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| Coche Blanco | Feb 13 2016, 09:19 AM Post #29 |
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Woke up this morning and i'm still pissy about this van... |
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| Turbo Dan-O | Feb 13 2016, 09:43 AM Post #30 |
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You knew better for that price. Would have been cool if it was super clean though. I think I have told you about my bosses old Sienna that has over 330k on it and still gets hammered at 90+ MPH everyday. These days, you pretty much fill it up with oil and check the gas but still... Edit: Over 350k and 100 MPH!
Edited by Turbo Dan-O, Feb 13 2016, 09:50 AM.
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Save us all the trouble. 


You knew better for that price. Would have been cool if it was super clean though.

7:25 PM Jul 10