Hey guys...times are rough and looking to save money...I am about to buy a 1989 Honda Civic with 30k original miles. Thats right 30k original miles. For $1000 bucks. The exterior has some scratches but the interior is near new and it runs great. What do you guys think or have any of you had any experience with an older civic?? Thanks!

 

anybody?

 

It will probably run for 170k more miles.

 

My nieghbor has one. He commutes 75 miles each way every day. He is on his second engine with over 250,000 on the chassis

The had a couple electrical gremlins, nothing a new wiring harness cant fix.
Other than that they are a 30mpg cruiser that will last forever

 

thanks guys

 

Wait...is that your FX in your avatar? And you are worrying about gas?

 

haha...yes..my lease ended about a year ago but i LOVED that car...if anybody is looking for a crossover i highly reccomend it...you will understand there is nothing like it. i had a 2006...the new body is even crazier!

 

for $1000 get it.

 

do it dude, they are more reliable than the sun

 

30K on an '89. Yah, right, and then you tell us the odometer is broken.

 

Lil old men drove hondas. I found a 90 with 24K for 800.00 but his grandson ended up needing a car so I lost out.

 

Hell, for $1,000 bucks that is low risk, might as well go for it.

 

thats funny..i have the same cars..The wifey drives the FX35, and I also drive a 88 crx as my daily driver.

 

thanks for the replies...yeah the fx was an awesome car...bought the car today...the outside is beat up but the interior and the ride is great. seems to be a good beater/city car

 

pics?

 

^yeah pics.

We had a '91 accord with 220,000 miles original everything if that gives you an idea... it is still running

 

fwiw i had an '85 with 325,000 miles on the original motor.... it had been rode hard and oil seals were shot so it drank oil, but it still got good mileage and ran like a beast(for what it was). when i got rid of it after a year, i think it had around 365,000-370,000 miles, still ran the same....

 

^ahh but ours had the original transmission :p haha

370 is pretty kick-***

 

i dont have any pics but ill put some up soon....the car runs great but i have a question if you can detect odomter rollback the mileage is 33248... so it appears 033248....the first zero is lined up perfectly center....the next 3 and 3 are lined up perfectly with eachother but a tad higher than the 0...do any of you guys have experience with hondas

 

What condition are the rubber pads on the break and gas pedals? With only 33k miles they should look almost new. If they are all worn out that may be an indication of a messed up odo. As far as the numbers lining up, I believe it's OK for thhem to be a bit off, especialy if they are about to turn.

 

is the car at a dealer or private party?

 

hell, if you arent going to buy it, give me the info and i'll look into it. haha.

 

well i wound up buying the car...i bought it from a private party who it was handed down to from a deceased grandmother....the outside is horrible supposedly she was a bad driver and lived in queens. but the interior is mint and the car drives great...i really do believe it only has 30k...im just gonna do oil/trans fluid/coolant and hopefully its a reliable daily driver