stuie08

i am looking into buying a 1999 honda civic si. The car has a rebuilt title though. The car has some nice motegi wheels, and oem vis carbon hood, springs, and a greddy evo 2 exhaust. He is asking $7500 for the car. THe car is very clean inside and out. Is it a really bad idea to buy a rebuilt title, and if something were to happen to my car would insurance pay out different? anything helps, thanks.

crwilliam82

I once bought a civic with reabuilt titled. the car extra clean there was virtualy nothing wrong with it. i drove the car about 2 years then i got in a wreck and the car was totaled. the blue book value of the car was $6,500 the insurance company was giving me close to $6,300 for it. once i gave them the tittled and they saw that it was a Rebuilt title the only gave 65% of the $6,300 it came out to be close to $4,00 dollars.

Also you will have ahard time trying to finance the car unless you take a personal loan.

W.CRUZ

Jimmy

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civic nation

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not worth it bud

bmoua

one thing you might want to consider doing is going with a good alarm system. EM1's get rolled left and right. My little bros em1 almost got rolled but his DEI alarm saved his ***...

chrisw85

Offer a lower price part it out...that's what I'd do cause they (the 99-00 Si) just get stolen way too much for me to drive it as a whole car. Or just turn it into spare parts for a NASA/SCCA race car. I dunno. If it were me i'd turn every Si part of it into DX civic stuff...and make it as stock as possible but even then it'd still get stolen or be a target. Sucks that bone stock civics of any year are likely to get stolen compared to a Ford Focus, for example.

Targa250R

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Nobody can tell you that except for your insurance company - give them a call. Everyone has a different policy, and some providers handle reconstructed titles differently than other providers.

Just for reference, $7500 for that vehicle is an awful ripoff. I sold a bone stock '00 Si - with a clean title and 80,000 miles - over a year ago for only $8900. You can do a lot better than only $1400 less than what I gave mine away for . . .

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You must be retarded.

Jimmy

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You must be retarded.</TD></TR></TABLE>

and i second that.

Rodney

my 99 si will be on the market shortly $7000 w/ mounted set of blizzaks. totally stock, clean title, but it does have quite high mileage though....

stuie08

alright, well it has a clifford alarm with a fuel pump cut off, and some other little nicnac's.... i guess i could try to work him down to 6000....

chrisw85

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the only reason I say that is because everyone I knew (it was 3 people granted (red, blue and black in color), but all 3? I suppose there's a common correlation and link to all three thefts...) that had an Si here where I live (think stockton, modesto, manteca and tracy and surrounding areas) has had their Si either broken into multiple times (he was even parked in his garage) or stolen. I personally wouldn't feel safe with an Si knowing that all the people I knew got theirs stolen/broken into. And the people who did it knew what they were looknig for; the Si isn't a hard apple to spot in the bunch. Otherthan that, yes, it'd be stupid and/or retarded.

Heretic:Si

i guess i'm a stupid retard i better just sell my car, that will show those crooks who the boss is.

thizzledance

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by chrisw85 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Offer a lower price part it out...that's what I'd do cause they (the 99-00 Si) just get stolen way too much for me to drive it as a whole car. Or just turn it into spare parts for a NASA/SCCA race car. I dunno. If it were me i'd turn every Si part of it into DX civic stuff...and make it as stock as possible but even then it'd still get stolen or be a target. Sucks that bone stock civics of any year are likely to get stolen compared to a Ford Focus, for example.</TD></TR></TABLE><TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by chrisw85 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

the only reason I say that is because everyone I knew (it was 3 people granted (red, blue and black in color), but all 3? I suppose there's a common correlation and link to all three thefts...) that had an Si here where I live (think stockton, modesto, manteca and tracy and surrounding areas) has had their Si either broken into multiple times (he was even parked in his garage) or stolen. I personally wouldn't feel safe with an Si knowing that all the people I knew got theirs stolen/broken into. And the people who did it knew what they were looknig for; the Si isn't a hard apple to spot in the bunch. Otherthan that, yes, it'd be stupid and/or retarded. </TD></TR></TABLE>

central valley thieves

no 1 will ever steal my car... i stay up till 5:00 a.m. and i know no one jacks car's in the hour's between 5:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. --i got a.d.h.d so that's why i need very little sleep...

Targa250R

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by chrisw85 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the only reason I say that is because everyone I knew (it was 3 people granted (red, blue and black in color), but all 3? I suppose there's a common correlation and link to all three thefts...) that had an Si here where I live (think stockton, modesto, manteca and tracy and surrounding areas) has had their Si either broken into multiple times (he was even parked in his garage) or stolen. I personally wouldn't feel safe with an Si knowing that all the people I knew got theirs stolen/broken into. And the people who did it knew what they were looknig for; the Si isn't a hard apple to spot in the bunch. Otherthan that, yes, it'd be stupid and/or retarded. </TD></TR></TABLE>
I owned a retina-searing blue one with a big wing and tinted windows for over 3 years, and nobody ever gave the car so much as a second glance.

I don't discourage people from buying cars due to fear of theft. I do, however, discourage people from buying the EM1 because it is a shitty car. I also discourage extensive useless appearance modifications, which attract theives (in addition to looking tacky).

Heretic:Si

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I don't discourage people from buying cars due to fear of theft. I do, however, discourage people from buying the EM1 because it is a shitty car. I also discourage extensive useless appearance modifications, which attract theives (in addition to looking tacky).</TD></TR></TABLE>

now i guess i'm a stupid retard that owns a shitty car i do however agree with the first and last part wholeheartedly

93CX

i just paid 6800 for an extremely mint clean title FBP 99 Si so i'd say too much

thizzledance

dx is shitty em1 is tight i will never drive ex dx cx lx only si

single cam

ex-dx/b16swap=tacky

em1=

em1 is a ballers car, and dc5 is a kng's car...

---to all thieves i encourage you to try and steal my ride....im alway's strapped so plz try me

ballerchild

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single cam

ex-dx/b16swap=tacky

em1=

em1 is a ballers car, and dc5 is a kng's car...

---to all thieves i encourage you to try and steal my ride....im alway's strapped so plz try me </TD></TR></TABLE>

now, THIS guy is retarded.

StreetRacinThug

Im sure diffrent areas have diffrent theft rates. But when you live in a county were the a car is stolen every 30 minutes and has more car thefts than the whole state of VA then you can only think of MDs PG County. I love Si Rims but I dont get them because im sure it will just target me car for theft. Steelies FTW!