Novz

Thing about this one is all the fluids are brand new. The owner who traded in performed all required maintenance before trading it in but always kept up with everything on time that the car needed when he owned.

bpl0807

Wow man. It's in amazing condition on the outside visually. Reminds me of when my 2000 Ex coupe only had 12 miles on it when I drove it for the first time.

ozh_hawaiian

car is definitely clean as hell!!!

912fourtysx

find out who it is that traded the car in meet with him and get his car when he wants another new one 13 years from now hahahaha...... seriously though that car looks absolutely perfect in condition so congrats on your find.

Rude Awakening

Now if someone would sell me a Silver EX or Blue Si with this condition!

B20BP8R

iTrader: (1)

One sweet ride, you are very lucky to have found it.

Novz

Yeah, he traded it in for a mini cooper lol

eghatch4sale

I've seen wayyyyyyy more problems with low mileage cars then cars with 200k miles on them ....... and op I would recommend buffing the car because the paint doesn't look to great

NVturbo

X2

I know what you mean. Seems like most forum members look at car with low miles and believe it's the best thing since slice bread. I'm more skeptical of a low mileage car than one with high miles.

Novz

You should see the paint in person, you'd be amazed. looks brand new for being 12 years old. I'm going to buff It tho, but I can only imagine if it's buffed lol

Saggio

Curious, what did you pay for it?

Novz

$5000.

NVturbo

WOW... whatever you do, please make it look nice. I've seen countless people F' up a nice looking stock Honda by going overboard and the end result is HIDEOUS.

DelSlowb16

WOW im impressed that CIVIC is BRAND NEW lol considering the age. and all he took very good care of the car. Nice what did you trade?

Saggio

Awesome deal!

Pics of interior!

Novz

I didnt trade anything. Just paid $5000 for it before taxes.

redm3turbo

This is what Im saying...............I mean I think its great for OP ---however personally Id rather have 240k then 24k with a car that old.

Sitting around is worse on a car then driving around day to day.

The other thing is....OP story makes me nervous. Why would the previous owner before trading the car change all fluids and things *if the car wasn't sitting in a garage for an extended period of time*

I worked at a dealer years ago, and we'd get 10+ year old cars in with super low mileage. We actually got a car that was 14 years old, that had 3,000 miles on it. -- They gave the car to the tech, he looked it over, and gave the sales department a bill for more then the car was worth. The owner of the car drove back and forth to church 2 miles round trip on sunday, and only in nice weather. During the fall / winter, the owner would walk. The car did nothing but sit in a garage. By the time it got to us, 11 years later there was a ton of things that would needing to be changed to make the car sell. The dealer took it in for 900 bucks. And had the wholesale guy pick it up 2 hours later.

Either way ---OP got a deal since honda cx's here in ny are selling for 4k that are barely running because of its gas mpg.

I just wouldnt want to deal with the issues that may arise because of all that time sitting in the garage. I d be afraid of the rubber stuff...timing belt the biggest, but also who knows how long the gas was sitting in the gas tank. Id be willing to bet the owner didn't drop the tank and drain the fuel, but then again maybe it didn't sit for extended periods of time....

Townson

i am envious.. i would def replace all fluids because as ozh said, it being 12 years old with only 24k on it, there's no telling how long it sat up. anyway, nice car.

Novz

Actually I was wrong. Here's the real deal. I called and talked to the original owner today. He told me he drove the car almost everyday but only to work which was only a few miles away. Occasionally took road trips but not often. He said he did only changes every 3K and Carfax confirms that. Inspection every year as well. He just took very good care of it. Even kept all the fluids changed out but DID NOT change the fluids before he traded it. Last time he changed the fluids other then the recent oil change was about a year ago. So the car was driven and maintained great. BUT There's even better news though! There's only 13 certified Honda Master technicians on the world and my city has one of them. So what I did today is take the car to the dealership and had him look over the car with a fine tooth comb. Report came back great! While the car was on the lift, he even showed me every component under the car. He recommended me replace the bushings in the near future but that was it! Also of course the timing belt service and fluid changes. He was impressed. Everyone in that dealership was amazed by the car. He told me if with bushings, timing belt, and fluids done, it would literally be a brand new 2000 Civic. I'm so happy. This is truly a one of a kind car!!

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motegicivic

Nice, who was the grandma you got it from lol.

Novz

Grandpa, lol. He traded it in for a Brand new Mini Cooper. I love this car!

motegicivic

Everyone says, oh low miles bad like high miles etc.

The bottom line with low miles, as long as it was maintained and driven regularly like a few times a week you will have no problems, it is the cars that sits for years without being setup for storage.

94EG8

Short trips are just plain bad for a vehicle. You end up with a lot of sludge from short trips, batteries don't last because the vehicle isn't driven far enough to charge them.