96 Civic HX worth it?
 

https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/car/347962873.html

The guy wants $2250 for it. With the mileage and the fact it has a salvage title I think thats a bit much. Is it a worthwhile buy? Whats most likely going to need to be replaced or expected to die soon?

Thanks

salvage title
 

Why did it have a salvage title? whats wrong with it? 230,000 ish miles? You should post some pics of this gem. I've had alot of hondas. It has alot to do with who has driven and maintained them and what their driving habits were. My g/f bought a 93 sentra with a salvage title and since the engine has been changed it seems to be an otherwise decent car. You could probably pick one up that doesn't have salvage title with similar miles for the money. Hers was $300. I picked up both my 88 CRX HF and 90 CRX HF for $500. If you have access to a junkyard with alot of honda parts you'd be alot better shape than me. Hurricanes down here wiped out all the junkyards. You need to drive the car too. Tell us what you think about it. Then we can give you a better idea of what you're in for.

"MUST SELL THIS WEEKEND" to me says "bring $1000 in cash and test drive the car." After your drive, say that the salvage title is bothering you, and that coupled with the mileage is holding you back from purchasing it. If the seller is unhappy with that amount, make a final offer, but tell them that you have to go to the bank to get the rest of the money. You might be surprised and actually walk away with it for $1000, but worst case scenario you can get it for SOMTHING less than the $2250.

I personally WOULD NOT pay that much for that car. I just got a 1998 Jetta TDI for $2300. The car is a salvage, and it has 120k miles on it. You need to pay substantially less than that. I say max out at $1500. Having the cash on hand could seal the deal. Real money always beats words and promises.

Pictures from the ad
https://images.craigslist.org/0101070...8e4800d58f.jpg
https://images.craigslist.org/0102010...0aa7001bec.jpg
Its a nice looking car


88HF
No clue whats wrong with, cept that its been posted for about 2 weeks. Out here you can get a salvage title if it was a theft recovery or it was in any kind of accident. I'm in no major rush to get something, but with the mileage and title ideally if I could pick it up for 500-1000 bucks that would be sweet. Odd thing is though the KBB on it. If it had a clear title with its current mileage the thing is still work $2.5k-$2.8k

Erdrick
Dang, a TDI like out here would easily fetch $8-$10k, salvage or not.

I would go for it, give it a spin and see what's up. Even if it needs a bit of work, it'll double your mileage from the Jeep and will hold resale like the devil.

E-mailed the guy, apparently he got the car in a trade and has only had it for about two weeks. He has no idea on its history. I'll try and see if I can check it out either tomorrow or Thursday

Crazy honda-tech guys...always swapping cars...

So I'm going to see the car today, anything special I should look out for?

Check for rear quarter rust, cv joints, goes through all the gears well, runs smoothly, engine looks clean, not any cut up wiring or half-done things.

Good luck!

Today we went to pick up my Mits galant parts car... and right next to it was a Honda CRX!

it was in pretty decent condition too. It wasn't running, but suddenly I wanted it more than I did the Galant.

unfortunately, he had sold it already... :(

That's too bad! How much did it go for?

it was either $300 or $400... i don't recall. Had 226,000 on the odometer.

So cheap! Where do you live?

I live in NC. This car was in Woodstock, GA maybe 15 minutes out of Atlanta.

Dang...I'm jealous...(not really though since I'll get good money for my crx when I sell it...)

So I checked it out. Visually it looked great, but the the womans husband had the keys so I couldn't test drive. Did get the VIN and ran a check. Apparently its been flagged as Junk 3 times by the DMV. All told, I'm gonna pass on this one.

Aww, that's too bad. :(

You guys are way too willing to overpay for a vehicle.

Perhaps I just come from an extraordinarly resourceful family, but my grandpa has got cars far cheaper than that. He just recently got a Dodge Intrepid in great condition for $60. Right now the only problem it has is it wont go in reverse, but aside from that it drives perfectly. Only a bit over 100k miles too.

We got a free metro from the junkyard. Before that we bought two Festiva's for $50 and swapped around parts between the two to get one of them to run.

$2000 for a car with over 200k miles? I'll pass.

You live in a part of the country where it seems like people are willing to throw away cars like they're nothing. I know that's not true here, and a civic hx in CA is worth a heck of a lot more than it would be most other places.

Consider where everyone lives before telling them that they overpay for cars. It's like telling someone in silicon valley they are overpaying for their house. Well, that's how much it is there. My gramma's farm in MO isn't worth 1k and acre but in tokyo an acre might be worth 1000k. Same goes for cars.

Hey I'd love to find an area where I can pick up cars for under $100 bucks but thats a rare event out here. Found another one that seems to be in better condition debating checking it out.

https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/car/351736110.html

SVOboy -

Here are some comparison examples :

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In this case, a $500 premium. In the above examples, I chose private seller, 200K miles, and good condition.

Since we're in rice-rocketeer territory in LA, that probably has a big effect.

CarloSW2

I don't think KBB really does a good job when you get down low in the price range...Atomicradish said a running crx sold for 3-400 in another thread, but up here in 2-3 years the only crx I've seen sold for that price had a blown engine and was missing body panels.

It's prolly just my frustration at being unable to find a deal around here...

SVOboy -

Yeah. I use these things as a relative barometer, though. The comparison does express a relative price difference based on the region. You start with KBB, then you get the Recycler and look at prices, you look in the want ads, you look in craigslist and Ebay.

Doin' the homework before spending the bucks,

CarloSW2

if that car was on the east coast i would already own it.