Me and many others who have commented in this thread are apart of another forum which has a very large population of prelude owners, as PeachExp mentioned. And of that population I am yet to hear about an auto gearbox failing and I have been around there for a while. However I have heard comments that pre 99 tiptronic gearboxes are weak. given the cheaper price, it might be worth getting it comprehensively checked out by NRMA as others have mentioned.

and yourfather, go back to the first page and have a read. of peachexp's post and then yours. you know if it was warrented or not, and so does everyone else reading this thread. if you need i can recommend a good doctor to pull that stick out of ur butt.