Diplomat2387

Hey guys I'm new to this forum and stuff and not a big car guy...My brother has a 2001 Acura CL 3.2...He bought the car maybe a year ago....He had to replace the transmission on it and the transmission has maybe 70,000 to 90,000 miles on...The dashboard says 189,000 miles on it...Hows does the transmission relate to the engine miles..?...Is it good that the transmission has less miles on it..I'm not a car enthusiast or anything..So any info would be helpful..

Diplomat2387

Any help would be greatly appreciated..

rp_guy

i don't understand. you replaced the transmission with a used transmission that had 70-90k already on it ?
or did you have to replace a transmission in your car that had 70-90k on it ?

1st.. doesn't make sense
2nd.. means that the car already had a transmission failure and was replaced once already, making this (at least) the 2nd transmission

Diplomat2387

Sorry man..I replaced the transmission and the current 1 in there only has 70-90k on it..Sorry man..Didn't mean to sound stupid seriously..

fuzzy02CLS

iTrader: (2)

I still don't get it. What do you want to know exactly? Is the car better to have a low mileage tranny with high OD miles? Of course, but there's no way to tell if the tranny is going to die again. It's a good bet though. The car has many miles so you may want to dump the car.

Diplomat2387

Yes I wanted to know if the car was good with low tranny miles and hig od miles...Thank you again.....

thevikas87

iTrader: (2)

uhh all this depends on how the engine has been taken care of over those 189k miles....oh and our trannies arent the strongest the world has ever seen...not by far...

Diplomat2387

I'm not sure how it was taken care...I drive the car everyday and it drives great IMO...

cls413MA

i understand what you were trying to say.

because there are 70,000 - 90,000 miles on the transmission and 190k on the car that means that the transmission now in the car was replaced somtime between 100,000-120,000. now with another 90,000 miles on the transmission that is in now you are probly going to need a new one very soon.

my opinion : try to sell it before you need a new transmission again because youre not covered under warenty anymore and replacing the trasmission would cost more than its worth to hold on to a car with close to 200k miles.

Diplomat2387

No no...It was replaced when the OD was at about 170k..The tranny was replaced like last year I think..I just wanted to know if the car will be good..The transmission probably only has about 80k because I'm not sure what it had it may have had 70-90k so it hasn't gotten alot of miles put on it since it was put in..

brianlin87

iTrader: (1)

you're not making sense now.

cls413MA

so its you replaced it with a used transmission? im actually impressed that its still going after 70-90k miles. still gonna stick with sell it before you need to replace it again

Diplomat2387

Ok my brother bought the car like last year I think..He only payed about $6500 for it...The transmission was slipping so he got a used or rebuilt 1 and they said the transmission only had 70-90k miles on(I can't remember)....The OD as of now has 189k...The transmission that was just put in can't have any more than 3k on it...I'm going to buy the car for $3000 because he owes me money...I want to know if it is a good deal and stuff...I drive the car everyday and it drives very good..I'm going to keep this car for a year or less probably...

cls413MA

i guess you cant go wrong for a cl for 3,000. what else could you possibly get for 3k

Diplomat2387

LoL yeah...Its just something to hold me down for a year or so..I only drive 16miles back and forth to work everyday..So the most I will put on a car is like 100 a week..Not even that much..

cls413MA

ride your bike you lazy son of gun

but seriously, the way you rephrased it, if im getting it correctly. you should be fine with minimal driving. 3,000 is definatly a steal though. good luck!

Diplomat2387

Thank you..

Blasted69

I just came across this thread... Man it makes my head hurt.

Diplomat2387

Shouldn't make your head hurt..It was just a question..I'm not buying the car anyway..I'm just going to buy 1 with lower miles...Thanks

tasso

Wow, mine is just a puppy at 78,000...

whitetiger5

12 year old thread!

but in all seriousness though, is it your chassis or transmission that has 78,000?