# Might buy a 1999 Honda CR-V **URL:** \ **Category:** Buying/Selling\ **Tags:** cr-v, honda\ **Created:** [August 14, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/might-buy-a-1999-honda-cr-v/122952 "2018-08-14T16:41:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jon10](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8491ac/32.png) [@Jon10](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jon10)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/might-buy-a-1999-honda-cr-v/122952/1 "2018-08-14T16:41:12Z")
I’m looking at a 1999 Honda CRV on a nearby lot. It has 152K miles on it. Haven’t driven it yet. Anyone out there have thoughts about this car? Things to look out for? ---
**Author:** ![pyrolord314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@pyrolord314](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pyrolord314)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 5:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/might-buy-a-1999-honda-cr-v/122952/2 "2018-08-14T17:07:14Z")
> [@Jon10](#): > > I’m looking at a 1999 Honda CRV on a nearby lot. It has 152K miles on it. Haven’t driven it yet. Anyone out there have thoughts about this car? Things to look out for? 19 years old with 152k? I’m not paying a lot for it **AND** I’m making sure my mechanic is giving it a prepurchase inspection before I even consider it ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2018, 11:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/might-buy-a-1999-honda-cr-v/122952/3 "2018-08-15T11:57:47Z")
Unless you can verify–with documentation–that the transmission fluid was changed every 30k miles or so, I would pass on a vehicle with that many miles. If the trans was not serviced on that type of schedule, it is living on borrowed time and could fail at any time. (Translation=A very expensive trans overhaul awaits someone who buys a high-mileage vehicle whose trans hasn’t been serviced.)