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Old 10-23-2012, 11:24 AM
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Default 3G Civics, what to look for?

My wife found an 87' 5-speed with 130k miles. AC is said to work, Tire/Brakes are said to be in good shape. Paint looks good from the pictures. Guy said on the phone that it runs a bit rough when cold (carb needs adjusting?), but is good once warm. Car is listed on CL for $1200 and will be talked down to atleast $1000.

Anything in particular to look for?

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buy it...as long as the transmission is sound and it has not been repainted due to an accident. hard to pass up a $1000 running car in that good of shape.
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Get up under the hood and look all around for previous "mods" done to the car. If it looks like it's been modified, I'd stay away from it. Personally, I wouldn't want to buy a car that I wasn't sure what was going on with it. That is if you're looking to just buy into a car and immediately start driving it. If it hasn't been molested, then ****** it up.
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that thing looks great! I love a clean 3rd gen!
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A broken Panhard bar mount. Very common problem.
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