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Old 02-24-2010, 02:35 PM
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I have recently been searchin around local car ad's for a civic hatch preferably a midori green, cuz i am in love with that color. I came across this one, the guy listed it for 2750 but I think I am guna negotiate the price with him when I take a look at it tomorrow. I am kinda a poor college student right now. my plan is to make it a daily, prolly put HX's on it and possibly doin an ls swap. I was just seein what yall thought about it and if you think he is askin too much. I know its a rare color, but its also a CX. Lemme know what you think. THanks.









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Old 02-24-2010, 02:40 PM
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Shoot where is this located? Ill buy it if you dont want it hah.
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how many miles? $2700 sounds pretty decent, but of course again that depends on things like mileage. Also what's the interior like, i see a bit of sunfading on the hood and such, but who wouldn't love a fresh coat of midori anyway?
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oooo midori hatch.. sounds yummy
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Originally Posted by tuhboek
Shoot where is this located? Ill buy it if you dont want it hah.
Hahahaha thats why i didnt post the ad! I dont want ppl to scoop it up before I have a chance to look at it!

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how many miles? $2700 sounds pretty decent, but of course again that depends on things like mileage. Also what's the interior like, i see a bit of sunfading on the hood and such, but who wouldn't love a fresh coat of midori anyway?
180,000 before the odometer went bad, speedo was replaced.. kinda scary but I mean.. Ive been workin on hondas for a long time and can replace anything.. Interiors kinda beat.. 5 out of 10 id say.. It looks like a dog nawd on the shift **** and seats lol. I wanted to respray it myself kinda, I worked at a body/paint shop over summer and learned ALOT and also got to paint towards the end before I had to come back to school. AND MIDORI IS THE ****!
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get it man. Most stock looking hatch I seen and its MIDORI!
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Of course you should pick it up. You don't need the affirmation of all the rubber neckers on here to tell you it's a good idea - you already know what you want, be a grown up and go and get it.

However, I'll submit to you: WTF is the point of looking for a midori green hatch if you're just going to repaint it midori green anyway? Why not look for a hatch of any colour, with an interior that isn't a devastating 5/10, with a speedo that can guarantee the amount of mileage, and maybe ... has a lower price? If you're a student, then that is your biggest concern.... low dineros.

Either that or wait for another m. green one to come along.
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Of course you should pick it up. You don't need the affirmation of all the rubber neckers on here to tell you it's a good idea - you already know what you want, be a grown up and go and get it.

I just wanted to see if more people thought it was a good price man, no need to be rude.

However, I'll submit to you: WTF is the point of looking for a midori green hatch if you're just going to repaint it midori green anyway? Why not look for a hatch of any colour, with an interior that isn't a devastating 5/10, with a speedo that can guarantee the amount of mileage, and maybe ... has a lower price? If you're a student, then that is your biggest concern.... low dineros.

The point of looking for a midori green is that I wont have to worry about painting engine bay, door jams, etc. Also I get this wont be done for a while and I may just take the hood off and paint that alone, just keeping options open.

Either that or wait for another m. green one to come along.
I drive a ford explorer right now cuz all my other cars have gotten stolen. I cant afford the rediculous gas prices anymore.
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get it man. if you can paint it yourself it sounds like a good deal.
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I just wanted to see if more people thought it was a good price man, no need to be rude.
If that's the case, then I'd say it's not a good price... Unless you can talk him down about $1000. But, at the same time, I understand that prices vary widely by region. Here in S. Ontario, I wouldn't want to pay much more than $1500USD for a stock '96 Civic Hatch. Unless Midori Green fetches a premium, I guess. But then, that would be another argument for "purchase-any-colour-then-respray-green-yourself" if you're going to DIY it. Here's an idea of what's f.s. in this region. Note prices are in CAD.

I drive a ford explorer right now cuz all my other cars have gotten stolen. I cant afford the rediculous gas prices anymore.
I guess I won't overstate the obvious, but I'd say re-investing your initial anticipated fuel-savings into some serious anti-theft and/or recovery devices would be a wise decision to keep your midori green gem around for longer than an hour.
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I have talked to him about lowering the price. I am going to try to get it down to 2000, but if not the most i think ill pay is around 2300. I do plan on having a crazy anti-theft system with cut off's and alarms.
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I bought it today. 2400 and we worked a deal where he is going to take it to get inspected,if anything is wrong during inspection he will have it fixed at no extra cost to me.
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nice buy man
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good deal
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looks good man try to knock him down to 2500$ but definitely a good pickup
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looks good man try to knock him down to 2500$ but definitely a good pickup
what? he paid 2400
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nice buy! loookin forward to future plans done to this hatch
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thanks everyone.. Im real excited for it.. Ill be sure to post up some pics after I clean it up alittle.. I have a friend that has some HX wheels. I really wanna put some white HX's on it, and slam it lol.
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it looks busted
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nice i cant wait to see some more pics
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if this was california i could lowball that guy to 1900$ because we need that A/C haha. but im sure you can get him for like 2200 or maybe less. i got my EG cx for 17,000 an the guy originally wanted 2600$. i told him i had a kid on the way and needed a cheap car lol. feel free to use that.
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Default Re: Should I pick this up??

Body looks good, though the peeling clearcoat on the hood sucks and the front bumper looks like it's missing a bolt or such.

Almost any stock '96 Civic is going to need a little TLC.

Value depends greatly on the location.

I know here anything older than 10 years old is supposed to be exempt from mileage anyway.

Good luck and have fun with it. I wouldn't dump a lot of cash into repainting what doesn't need new paint though.
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i like it. id buy it.
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nice find! just put some ls, gsr, type r or si seats in there and call it a day.
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i wish we had deals like that in hawaii.. stuff like that go for atleast $4500 here and don't last long either.. nice platform to start building!
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