There comes a time in every man’s life where he wishes for a better car. Something with a more efficient engine, more power, something that looks more modern, sleeker and faster. And I think that time has finally caught up with me.
The last few days/weeks I’ve been going a lot of googling about it and I’ve yet to find a seriously good reason for not buying it. It’s like the damn car is it’s owner’s honeymoon ride.
I’m talking about a 93 Honda Del Sol with a Vtec engine.
It’s sports a 1.6cc engine with 160hp, very comfortable, very fun to drive, and underneath it’s mild purr lies an incredible amount of power, ready to be unleashed whenever your foot desires. I hope I don’t have to use the full power of this engine very often (when I do it will probably be to show off a little).
I took it for a test drive today, and got opinion for quite a few of my friends and family, all of which liked the car very much, but it was only when I lent it to my friend that I saw it blossom and witnessed it’s true potential. It’s not turbo charged, or anything of the sort, in fact, most modern sports cars can overtake it, but it’s no pushover.
Whereas my Peugeot is exciting to drive (exciting as in, oh dear lord it accelerates so quick and leeches all of my gas), the Honda’s engine has better manners and let’s you grow accustomed to the acceleration, and I have to say, it really sucks you in.
Regarding consumption its’ more or less what I expected. It seems to consume as much as my Peugeot does on normal roads, but I’ve yet to properly evaluate it on a highway, I reckon it won’t drink too much there, because it has been compared to Prius’ consumption in some of the reviews I read.
I’m hoping on making the deal soon, as soon as the owner and I sort some kinks out. But I have to say, from all the cars I’ve driven this year, and they were quite a few, this is by far my favorite.
If you want to see some pictures I took of it today, head on to my flickr homepage.
Hey man. Found your tweets about buying a del sol and wanted to leave you an extended comment about it.
You definitely will love having a del sol. That are such unique and agile little cars to drive. I own a 97 S model. Yes. Only
sohc with no vtec. But I still enjoy the heck outta it. The photos you have of the sol in question for buying look awesome. Very very well kept for a 93. How many miles are on it? The only thing I’d be cautious about with ont of the earlier models are the roof gaskets. They tend to leak on older models of the sol. Also they might rattle. The bad part is, of this is happening to yours. There’s not much you can do to alleviate the problem. The replacement seals, if you can even find them, are well over 700 bucks! But I digress. You’ll love the car. Mine has been such a maintenance free car and ice owned it since 2000. The stock factory battery alone lasted tol 115k miles. I’m sitting at 128k and the clutch is still pretty strong and brakes are doing just fine. Got the timing belt changed out last year and I just replaced the o2 sensor. But besides that, no real mechanical probs to speak of. Let me know how the purchase goes. Add me as a friend on Twitter if yah like. “delrazor”. Good luck, man.
Sorry for the bad typos on some of that last post. Posting from my iPhone.
Hi Greg, thank you for taking the time to write the comment
I’ve obviously heard of the leaks before, and despite my best attempts, I could only find it dripping if I applied a hose directly on the gaps. Since I doubt rain comes down horizontally, I think I might have gotten lucky on that one.
I’ll let you know how it goes
It appears to be all stock and in good condition, they’re usually very modified.
Good luck with it