How can you tell how many miles a civic has on it?
03-28-2010, 08:24 PM
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How can you tell how many miles a civic has on it?
Bought my 99 civic with unknown miles because the cluster was swapped. How can you tell how many miles these cars have on them? The suspension seems tight, but the shifter bushings are kinda worn. No rust or anything, but the trim pieces on the windows are badly flaking. Engine sounds great, interior is in good condition. Any estimates on mileage?
03-28-2010, 08:35 PM
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Re: How can you tell how many miles a civic has on it?
You could do a carfax on it. An average person drives 12,000-15,000 miles on a car a year, so add that to the last mileage registered and you'll get an estimate. Other than that, or official documentation, there's not way to know.
03-28-2010, 08:37 PM
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Re: How can you tell how many miles a civic has on it?
03-28-2010, 08:44 PM
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Re: How can you tell how many miles a civic has on it?
yeah seems like you're out of luck. as long as it's running well, no biggie, right? my coupe has 180K and the trim is flaking. then again, I live in california so the sun is always beating down on the car.
03-28-2010, 08:44 PM
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and my magic 8 ball says..... your **** outta luck. sorry bro. means its time for a fresh motor rebuild/swap and all new suspension components to start back at zero 
03-28-2010, 08:47 PM
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Re: How can you tell how many miles a civic has on it?
maybe you can contact the dmv. in california, you are supposed to note the mileage of the car on the pink slip when you are selling it.
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Re: How can you tell how many miles a civic has on it?
why would he have to contact the dmv once he transfers title it would be on the new title sent to him (use your brain) and it wouldn't help if the previous owner checked the box not actual mileage
03-28-2010, 10:23 PM
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Re: How can you tell how many miles a civic has on it?
if he checked the "not actual mileage" box, it would have shown up on the carfax. use your brain, dick.
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Re: How can you tell how many miles a civic has on it?
03-29-2010, 09:15 AM
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Re: How can you tell how many miles a civic has on it?
sounds like you got a good car. NO RUST = great find
aside from the rust, do all of the body panels still have the VIN stickers on them?
aside from the rust, do all of the body panels still have the VIN stickers on them?
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03-29-2010, 09:29 PM
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The steering wheel is a good indicator of mileage, though certainly not accurate at all...
I'm not sure there's any way to find out, really. Make it a project car and eventually everything will be replaced more likely than not. At that point, does it matter if the chassis really has 100 or 500k miles? The only time to even bring it up is when it's time to sell, and we all know cars are a terrible investment. With the thousands and thousands we all spend, I know few if anyone will get that back out.
I'm not sure there's any way to find out, really. Make it a project car and eventually everything will be replaced more likely than not. At that point, does it matter if the chassis really has 100 or 500k miles? The only time to even bring it up is when it's time to sell, and we all know cars are a terrible investment. With the thousands and thousands we all spend, I know few if anyone will get that back out.
03-31-2010, 06:46 AM
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Re: How can you tell how many miles a civic has on it?
It is really hard to tell because it depends on how the person who originally owned it took care of it. Because I bought my 97 EX with 140K, and the interior was perfect and so was the exterior. It ran decently, but I later found out that it had the wrong tranny, ECU and that the motor was totally wasted (the car couldn't even hit 100mph), its top speed was around 85
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