The information source I used was incorrect. This was not the vehicle that VTEC was as introduced on. It was the Integra. Thanks for the help guys.

I´ve come here again to pay respects to this car.

Little did he know, that in two months, that car would be totaled. :(

A stock Prelude, wow that’s rare! -Automatic Oh, that’s why

R.I.P this 2001 Honda Prelude.

Wizard: 'Honda doesn't make cool sports cars' Wizard one month later: 'this Honda Prelude is a cool car'.

Glad the preludes finally getting some recognition, hidden gem in Honda’s lineup

It's funny how this was a suggested video right after I watched the video where your daughter ruined the Prelude.

Car Wizard! Don't let your daughter drive it!

Still driving my 01 , electron blue and its manual. Been 19 years on the road and it still runs like new. Never been in the shop and i proudly do all the work under the hood. Still love this rare jem.

The directional rims on the wrong sides is killing me!

He was so excited about it... RIP :-(

Keep it *STOCK*!!!

Stings like hell to see this show up in recommended

I'd manual swap it with all the factory parts to do so, interior and exterior, and leave it there.

RIP Prelude 2001- May 2020

I'd keep it standard, maybe swap out the exhaust for a stainless one. They're too rare to butcher with heavy modifications.

Lots of people re-watching this one now. Sorry it's gone. Can your daughter drive manual?

Thank you Car Wizard for giving the Prelude the love it deserved! Underrated car!

If Hoovie bought Hondas hed run out of content to make. On this weeks episode all of my cars are running and there are no leaks! Goodbye!

A real, honest project for the car would be a manual transmission conversion.

I've always love the 5th gen Prelude, such a nice, understated design.

That car has directional rims the rear wheels need to be flipped. Great car though A manual transmission will make it even more fun to drive and not that expensive to do

Wizard is turning into Hoovie, starting his own hooptie fleet

Wizard says “don’t buy a Northstar” then buys 2! Wizard advises “which Hondas to buy....NONE with automatic trans”....then of course buys a Honda with an automatic.

Just do a transmission swap for a manual. The car is perfect as is.

Such a fun car to drive, steering is so precise, I think this generation of prelude is my favorite. It has that 80's prelude retro look.

I had a 98 Prelude. I really loved driving that car! Felt like driving on rails! But 12 years later it was wrecked in a flood. :_(

The rear wheels have been swapped from side to side. Those are directional rims back ones are on wrong side

As always they messed up the directional wheels at the tire shop :)

Back in 1998 I had a H22a Vtec and 5 speed from a 95 Prelude swapped into my 92 Accord Coupe. A sleeper for sure, especially back then.

Lucked out hard and found one for sale locally around where I live this summer. 2000 Prelude, manual, bone stock and clean as a whistle with 55000 miles on it. Paid a pretty penny for it, but what a beautiful little car it's been. They're at a weird place now where the clean ones are rare to come across and pricey, but there are still a decent number of them dirt-cheap and dirt condition to be found.

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I had a 2.3 Litre 4 wheel steer version from 1992 wish I never sold it great car.

Honda Prelude is an underrated gem. I really wish they would make this again

I owned a manual red one just like this one , one of my favorite cars that I ever owned .

It's a survivor, so I Would only do maintenance, a good set of tires, brake pads. MAYBE a manual swap, but very unlikely.

Make sure you put the wheels on the correct side. They are marked left and right and the spoke patter shows you when they are misplaced. Also upgrade the suspension. having Eibach street spring will keep the factory ride confort but lower it few couple of inches for better look on the open wheel arch. I will keep it stock but fix the paint job that seems to be not color match (at least on video) and put back all the emblems. If you like the Vtec just add a proper cold air intake and you will enjoy the loud Vtec sound.

In the UK these were sold as 2.0 and 2.2 manual and a 2.3 auto. Awesome motors and the 4 wheel steering is insane

Worked at a Honda dealer and had a customer roll in with a 2001 Prelude one day. A little over 15,000 kms in the (then) 16 years that the car had been on the road for. Turns out the lady's son grew up liking, and owning, several Preludes and eventually bought a new one. Only to suddenly die a few months later. So the mother kept the car and drove it a handful of times a year. The underside was beyond immaculate. One of the problem's with Preludes was Honda used it as a testbed of sorts for their new technology, so some things on the car aren't as interchangeable as the rest of the Honda line up.

I wanted one of these SO BAD when I first started driving, I got my drivers license in 2004 at the prime of these cars. Instead I ended up with a 1989 Honda accord SE-I because thats what I could afford. I will buy one of these preludes one day just because!

one of my favorites of all time, still looks modern today

When I bought mine back in 2001 the guy at the dealership was telling me how people didn’t really like this model but after discontinued every one wanted one. In my early 20s Honda’s were popular and the prelude was the higher end honda, it was a nice 4cilinder smoker.

I bought me a 2001 Prelude about a month ago with a bad transmission, and am currently working on a swap to manual.. I'm glad to see one of my favorite car KZfaq channels to be featuring one too, especially since mine is in Kansas also

got a 2001 myself. love it. you really do never see them

1:31 "This is actually an automatic..." Womp, womp, wooooooomp!

I was legitimately looking at this car and inquired about it the day it was sold! What a small world! Glad it went to a good person. Hope to see more content about it!

I love my prelude. He so right about how rare they are I might see a few other ludes a month.

I thought that VTEC started in the Integra in Japan and in the United States was introduced to it with the VTEC in the NSX

i had one of those also automatic nice reliable car, wasnt screaming at me on the highways, fun to drive. I kept it pretty much stock aside from powder coating the valve cover and changing the seats.

Looking at this prelude brings me back. My dad had an Acura CL which I'm pretty sure is just the Acura version of the same car. That car handled like a dream. You've got a really nice example here. The paint is gorgeous.

Very cool!!! Keep posting more about this!!

I've owned 2 of these wonderful cars and they are rapid, reliable and unusual! In the UK some had a 2.0 l engine, I had a 2.2 with 4 wheel steering!

Just run it as is and enjoy it, if the auto dies like everyone says it will then swap it with a manual if you want more fun and leave everything else as it came

Love that era. Honda was killing it back then! Convert it to manual and you're set!

7:49 the moment I saw that tread pattern, I IMMEDIATELY knew that was a Douglas Performance (i have the pleasure of installing them 5 days a week as a Walmart ACC Technician); so this Prelude or at the very least that rim has seen the inside of a Walmart Auto Care Center. fun little fact, Douglas tires are actually manufactured by Goodyear! i would definitely keep that tire as a good spare.

I want to see that engine run free with a manual,no more mods are needed.

I sold my 98 SH (manual) with 100k miles in December. Loved it to death but needed something more practical. I'll miss it forever.

I love Hondas, especially mid-90s to mid 2000’s era. My mom had a Prelude that was the previous generation to this one and it had four wheel steering on it. That was a fantastic car. Since you have the ability and the shop for it, I’d love to see a manual swap on this prelude if it’s at all feasible. Keep it as stock as possible but putting a manual in would just make it that much more fun to drive.

I had the h22a in a 94 Honda Accord- we modified it with a new pod filter, ignition, ECU and after market manifold and exhaust that gave it a low dark growl.. very reliable and fun to drive

I would manual swap for no other reason than reliability. That auto probably won’t last long but it really depends what kind of people drove it all it’s life. These cars are easy to work on though and I hope we get to see more content on it!

One of the few Hondas with soul. A well bought car, Wiz. Keep up the great videos and ignore the automatic haters.

I've always been a fan of the Prelude. Always wondered why I didn't see more on the road. This cleared that up.

Absolutely beautiful unit - sorry for your loss, Wizard.

This brings back memories from when I was a teenager and my best friend had this exact car with a manual in Canadian spec. Kilometers instead of miles on the speedo and odometer. I think he still regrets selling his because they're almost extinct now.

Too bad it's not a Type SH. Now that would be a rare Prelude. Overall, it's a great car. I always loved those. Glad to see one getting preserved. If it were mine, it'd receive a refresh/maintenance and just be driven. Zero mods, it's fantastic in stock form.

Owned my 99 Base 5spd for about 18yrs now and will probably never part with it. In excellent shape and still drive it from time to time.

Take special care with that Sportshift transmission. Change the fluid regularly, add an external transmission cooler, and use sportshift as very little as possible. The Sportshift in my 1998 lasted until 223,400 miles.

It's in such great condition because it's an automatic. They didn't want to drive it :)

Manual transmission swap, then keep it stock from there!

Love these! I have a mint 2001 Honda Accord coupe EX-L myself. Sad what happened to it (just saw the latest vid).

I own a 2001 prelude and I love it. The only two things I have done to this car is a new air intake for the VTEC function as well as new rims since mine were road rashed. The car by itself is really the beauty of it and I would not do much. Sooner or later I would like to get a new radio just to be able to listen to my music but that is not necessary. Really happy someone else in the car world is giving the prelude line some spotlight, the car deserves it in my opinion. It is really awesome to have Honda enthusiasts come up to me and question what car this is and why they have never heard of it. Enjoy your prelude wizard!!

Months ago: No good sportscars by Honda Right Now: Prelude is real good

Welcome to Jacksonville when you get here and if I had that car I would wanna look at the timing belt and water pump maybe replace it for peace of mind

Man I miss mine. 1997 5-speed, eucalyptus green pearl with the 2-tone interior and OEM chin spoiler. First car I bought on my own. Put tens of thousands of miles on that car, was a great road trip car for two. Had the VTEC solenoid get clogged, it loved to eat 1-2 quarts between oil changes, also ate a clutch at 80k miles and a few other minor quibbles but when she warmed up and got on the hot cam it was a blast to drive. I miss the precise steering that could tell you the brand of cigarette butt you just drove over by feel alone, the crisp turn-in, high quality (but simple) interior, manual radio/climate controls that never broke...the thing was a scalpel whereas my ‘07 CTSV is a brute sledgehammer with fragile Delco electronics that love to leave me stranded, or without AC or with an ever present CEL for an obscure clutch position problem. But alas I met a girl 10 years ago I knew I’d marry and would want babies, and the ‘Ludes back seat was good only for dogs and bags. Still miss that little Honda. Automatics suck the soul out of them though.

I bought my prelude back in January of 2017, the BB6. And ever since I have seen more and more of them popping up this last few months. Rare for a moment.

"Honda sports cars have mini van engines" - the wizard about a month ago

Always wanted one of these! 5spd would be amazing!

You have a super nice one!!! I have a bone stock one myself. Wanted to do a lot to it too but after driving around, I only want to drop it a little. I would suggest a 1” drop to keep all the bushings and cambers stock. Tein springs is the way to go!!

I still have a 97 honda black prelude that I bought new. LOVE IT. Get compliments all the time.

I’ve got a 95 accord in the same color, very pretty cars

I low key want a prelude 😍

I bought myself a 2001 Honda Prelude about 6 months ago. Love it.

I must have had a very privilege to you because I remember every other car at car meets when I was in high school were prelude. I always assumed that there was a V-6 model somewhere that was alluding many folks, nope thanks for the videos, cheers!!

If I had this specific car I would seriously consider a manual transmission swap, but at the very least I would pay for some really good really sticky tyres, thicker anti roll bars, high quality brake disks and pads, high quality brake fluid, new brake hoses, and probably some polyurethane bushes for the suspension. That's pretty much it, it doesn't need forced induction or nitrous oxide, it needs to be enjoyed for what it is. With that in mind, that's exactly why it needs new tyres and new brakes. Both of those have come so far in the last twenty odd years it seems silly not to get them upgraded to modern standards.

Love all these people complaining about the auto when 99 percent of you trolls drive auto’s

I had a 1997 type SH red 5th gen. All were manual. 👍🏼The pink doors are factory painted. Honda red doesn’t hold up at all. What a fun and great looking car for a young guy in college. 😃

I just replaced a timing belt and water pump on a 2000 manual transmission. It was the easiest dual overhead cam engine to align the belt on! This is the first prelude I’ve ever seen in our shop that wasn’t beat up and modified

I really miss my ‘97 Prelude! I need to find another one in a 5 speed manual

are the wheels on correctly. seems to be directional. I love the car. My first personal car was a Prelude.

Great find Wizard. I had a 1990 Prelude in Black, drove the wheels off of it and traded it for a 1997 Accord Special Edition in the color black currant.

Thanks Wizard! I've been hmming and hawing over a gen 5 prelude great info.

Love the previous model!

a lot of these preludes where destroyed by ricers.

I had a 98 just like that, great ride/handling stock, no suspension mods were needed. The manuals were hard to find, but the sport-shift auto was still fun to dd.

I just bought the (almost) exact same car a month ago. Mine is 98 Prelude Base, 5speed, 116k miles, and also a red (97-98 red is a little bit darker) . I have been driving this car daily and I just loved it. I also have some parts from a 01 prelude I got from a friend. Happy to share any info/parts. I am looking forward to what you plan to do with it!

He had me till he said automatic.

The front end reminds me of the Avanti.

Hey yo! My last comment was about the silver Prelude episode. I'm very happy to see the red one, although it sounds like the red one didn't fair so good. I can't keep up with the videos chronologically so I apologize for my late comments. I love my '99 auto trans that is much maligned, but they can survive when taken care of. Sheesh, I feel like I'm in a therapy session. Thanks again for the great videos. All the best to y'all.

A dream car of mine since about 7th grade in the mid 2000's. Remember seeing an article on a pristine 01 Prelude in Jalopnik (I think) not too long ago..