Another Car Question

[RobertInOntario]

My son in law had a Suzuki.

At any rate, I have read a lot of great advice regarding your '98 Civic. Keep it, do a safety check, and to take it one step further, you can do what I do with the racecar in the shop on Friday nights (before each race Saturday); I call it a "nut and bolt". It is a fine toothed safety inspection and EVERY nut and bolt gets checked with a socket of wrench. I want to lay my tools on EVERY piece of the car before we put our driver in it and her life on the line, I check EVERYTHING. Might not be a bad idea to get your Civic up on jack stands, get on a creeper adn do the same. Best to have your mechanic do a safety inspection, but also not a bad idea to check things yourself when you have the extra time and a little concern. Though I am NOT a fan of Jap Wagons, as far as foreign cars go, Honda by far makes the best in my opinion (though Nissan and Toyota make great ones too), so enjoy your Honda. It's probably just getting broken in at this point anyway!

Thanks, Tom! We're probably going to keep it, at least for a couple more years. It's running well and, when I get time later in Oct. or early-Nov., I plan to take it into the shop to get a thorough safety inspection done. Cheers, Rob