# It's close enough to an automobile

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/its-close-enough-to-an-automobile/119734>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [June 24, 2018, 12:52am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/its-close-enough-to-an-automobile/119734 "2018-06-24T00:52:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![wentwest](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wentwest/32/6073_2.png) [@wentwest](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wentwest)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/its-close-enough-to-an-automobile/119734/21 "2018-06-29T17:45:36Z")

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Stuff like that happens a lot when I work on the mid 80’s Honda scooters I accumulate. Honda parts are rarely available, and when they are they’re so expensive it’s hard to justify buying them. I needed a CDI for a 90 Elite 250 scooter, and found what may have been the last one available new from Honda, at $165 or so. I went on Ebay and found one that seemed exactly the same, for $9.00. You know which one I bought. When it showed up, I plugged it in, and like you held my breath and hit the starter, and VOOM! It ran perfectly, and has for about 3 years. I ordered another one right away, not trusting that the one I was using would last. But it has.

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