SiYouLater

So I went with my cousin to look at a 94 Civic EX. It has 4 wheel disc/ABS. 164,XXX miles. Clean title, second owner. They owned it for a year. The problems are: scraped QP(looks like it got side swiped around the wheel area, has a little bit of rust), front bumper got hit(no dents or cracks, just scuffed), sunroof needs to be pushed a little by hand to get it moving(might just need lubrication). I drove it and it drove good, no leaks, no sounds.

I did a compression test and the results are:
1. 175
2. 178
3. 160
4. 179

Should I be concerned with the 3rd cylinder?

We talked it down to $2300 from $2900. They are doing the smog check. Is it worth it? Anything else I should check for?


Modified by 99FBPSi at 3:57 PM 1/15/2007

Throwdown

iTrader: (2)

those are "ok" numbers they are not were they should be but do you plan on doing a swap....... and i would give him like $2000 ....$1800 cash whats up? who did the comp test?


Modified by Throwdown at 7:32 PM 1/15/2007

SiYouLater

oops i meant compression test. I did it.

Throwdown

iTrader: (2)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 99FBPSi &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">oops i meant compression test. I did it.</TD></TR></TABLE>thats funny cause i was talking about comp #'s and went right along with you saying leak down....wow don't do that anymore

Zeusfire69

I'd say about 1800 too, I just picked up a almost perfect 94 CX for 1500 woth about 130k

bart2546

With the other..generally little annoyance problems along with the cosmetic problems (and sometimes body work is not cheap) I'd say 1800 at most as well, sounds like they may be just trying to gouge the price because it's a Honda.

SiYouLater

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by solbrothers &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yeah and your location says Bay Area... i'd never buy something with rust in cali. there is something wrong if there is rust on a cali car</TD></TR></TABLE>
There is rust there because the paint got chipped off in that area.

SiYouLater

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by solbrothers &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">oic... i was thinking of "east coast-salted roads" rust... like if the car was originally sold and drove on the east coast and then the owner moved to cali</TD></TR></TABLE>yeah I know what you man. Anyways, my cousin has been looking for Civics for a few weeks now, and most of them are in the 3-4k price range with the same mileage and minor exterior damage. Only the lower models like the DX are around the $2000 price range, but with over 140,XXX miles as well.

boostmywankle

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by solbrothers &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">oic... i was thinking of "east coast-salted roads" rust... like if the car was originally sold and drove on the east coast and then the owner moved to cali</TD></TR></TABLE>

haha...yeah maine roads are gay during the winter. theres some crazy rust out here. i havnt seen an older honda with out rust on the rear 1/4's. you guys in CA are lucky besides the smog checks and ****

WebWorks

Anyone know anything about the sunroof needing a little push and shove? I have a similar problem.

Syndacate

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by WebWorks &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Anyone know anything about the sunroof needing a little push and shove? I have a similar problem.</TD></TR></TABLE>

My EX that happened once. Scraped the roof (didn't go all the way up b4 it went back) .

I just lubed it with white lithium grease and it hasn't happened again.

WebWorks

ok, thanks. Will definitely give that a go.

SiYouLater

So what do you guys think about the compression results? This car will just be a daily driver and will be used to from San Francisco to Santa Cruz(74miles) once a week.