joshuaren

Okay so tomorrow I am buying a 99 RL...it has 77k miles, one owner (from southern california) i guess somehow this car ended up in montana...and i found it! I'm really excited to buy it, and i've test driven it a lot...I immediately fell in love with it...but tomorrow morning i'm having the honda dealership take a look at it (the last car i bought cost more in repairs than it did to purchase it).... everything seems to work fine but it makes this noise when idling (and you can only hear it when you're standing outside of the car). It sounds like a loose chain noise...it's random, and it doesn't occur with like a rhythm... im thinking it might just be a tensioner problem. i hope it is.. has this happened to anyone else?

also, i'm not sure if it has the key fob or not (the guy at the dealership showed me two keys, both black one a honda key the other an acura key, one is for the doors and the other for the ignition) but aren't there supposed to be more keys or something? and is it possible to get a new remote for it?

thanks!

joshuaren

Okay well I got it yesterday evening...drove it about 150 miles around town...

I'M ADDICTED!!! i completely love it!!!

The mechanic at honda said there was nothing wrong with it except a "weak battery". I'm not sure if it means that the charge on the battery is low (because it was sitting on the lot) or if it means that the battery needs to be replaced... i'll check it out today when I'm going to get the keyless remote programmed.

But the noise it was making seems to be one of the pulleys, but I guess it's not a problem it's just annoying.

Zipho

Congrats man, nothing like a new to you RL. Enjoy.