As soon as I get my MINI (approx 4 more weeks) I will sell my 97 Accord. It has 220k miles on it and I don't know how to price it: other listings I have seen don't have so many miles and online places seem to stop at lower number of miles. Also, the past week it has been exhibiting what I suspect are transmission problems: when it is changing gears (automatic) if I rev too much it doesn't change gears and acts like it is in neutral (revs loudly, RPMs go up, etc.). If I back off the accelerator and accelerate gradually it will change gears ok, but it causes a little trouble on a freeway going uphill. I wish the problem could have waited another month!

Here's the deets:

97 Accord EX (4 cyl, cloth seats)
Heather mist (between silver and gold)
Automatic
No extra stuff except 6 disc CD changer in trunk.

Shape:
Except for the aforementioned problem, I think it is in reasonably good mechanical shape. I had the timing belt changed a couple years ago and I have been changing oil regularly - between 3k and 5k, but usually closer to 3k. It has needed very few mechanical repairs. I am the original owner.
Physically: it has more than it's share of dings, scrapes, and dents. None are horrendous but there are dents, I want to be up front about that.

If anyone has pricing advice for me, I'd love to hear it. Also, do you think I need to fix this transmission problem before selling it? I'm not going to try to pull anything over on anyone - I will be up front about that.

Thanks!
Tony

ps - I live in the SF bay area
pps - if this is not appropriate for NAM then I apologize. I did look in the FAQ and the Site Guidelines; I don't think this makes me a "Vendor". Although if anyone on NAM is interested in buying the car I wouldn't turn them away, this is intended primarily to gather information so I can better determine a price.

 

For pricing, go to www.kbb.com or www.edmunds.com. They'll help, and will handle higher mileage too. Just follow the instructions/descriptions.

For the tranny, you might double check the fluid level or try changing the transmission fluid. That won't cost too much, and may take care of the problem.

Good luck

Scott
90SM