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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 12:47 AM
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I'm in the middle of a rebuild for turbo on my EG and have to sell my DC to pay off everything. But then again I can put the rebuilt motor into the DC and put the gsr motor from the DC into the EG and sell it. Either way I think I would get close to the same value when selling b/c I would include a lot of extra's with the EG (JDM complete rear interior and other JDM goodies, Tein Flex, GSR low milage motor, just to name a few)

Exterior/Interior of both cars are in excellent condition (EG is teal and DC is white). EG was my first car so it has some sentimental values, but then again the DC has all the power features I'm missing from the EG (A/C is most important to me). I would never decide to keep the DC, but I came across a jdm front end recently for a really decent price and wouldn't mind picking it up if I do plan to keep the DC.

What would you guys do?

DC is basically stock exterior right now
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 12:54 AM
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u lose money selling a car with jdm stuff.. i would keep both..
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 01:15 AM
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I wish I could afford it. That was my original intentions but then now I have some money problems plus insurance on 2 cars isn't cheap. :/
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 02:28 AM
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i have 2 cars and insurance doesnt go up that much inless your young with a bad driving record. since you have to sell your integra .. but the truth is for all the jdm mods and etc you have generally people arent willing to pay more for it compared to a stock car. maybe in your area its different.. or sell the eg and spend all the money on ur teg. same thing u would be poor in the end.
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 03:05 AM
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like you i have a soft spot for eg hatches i would keep the eg
I feel egs are some of the best designed cars ever.
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 04:12 AM
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put one car as a weekend car only on your insurance and the other as daily driver.
that way u can save some money

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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 06:04 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by De_tour &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">put one car as a weekend car only on your insurance and the other as daily driver.
that way u can save some money </TD></TR></TABLE>

tru.dat. Put my Civic at $140 for 6 months
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 07:44 AM
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true I have 3 cars and I'm only paying 150 a month.. and one of them is an audi s4, the other two eg's..
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 07:53 AM
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none...keep them both haha...its hard to let go especially if you have to choose between two cars...
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 09:03 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by InvaderTrax &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
tru.dat. Put my Civic at $140 for 6 months</TD></TR></TABLE>

I have a 95 ex coupe to drive, and a 93 hatch to not drive too much. I just got insureance and its $156 a month for a 20 year old. Not too bad. And I'm on my own account as well.

I think you can afford that based off of your JDM interior, turbo parts, rsx seats, carbon fibre hatch and you talking about a JDM front on the teggy **** I make ok money and I'm not about to spend $450 for a CF hatch, although i want to!

Keep em both, just say you dont even drive the other one..
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 09:25 AM
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Sell the GSR because it's worth significantly more to the average consumer.

That EG is hot sex, my son
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 09:43 AM
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I'd keep the hatch if I were you. The integra probably has a better resell value. I feel you on wanting a new front end for the integra, I love the JDM type r fronts
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 10:25 AM
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thanks for the info. I never thought of that insurance weekend car situation, but even then I'm in debt and saving money on insurance still isn't going to give me more money in the end.

I think I'm going to go with my original plan and sell the integ. The jdm front is clean but I got that soft spot for my eg. I just need the money to hold me over until I finish school than somewhere down the line I'll pick up another DC.
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 10:43 AM
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Good choice, Your EG is so clean
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 11:13 AM
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I say keep the DC and sell me the EG for cheap LOL


honestly, keep the EG. you will regret if you choose a DC over a EG.
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 11:48 AM
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keep the eg
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 11:57 AM
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eg i s the ****
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 12:00 PM
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eg ftw
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 02:02 PM
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but if you're interested in selling your interior (rear) LMK. I'll be in that area in a week or so.
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 02:28 PM
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take the jdm stuff out of the EG.. replace with stock.. sell it..

put the jdm front on the DC..

part out the jdm EG stuff
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 02:33 PM
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EG FTW
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Old Dec 22, 2006 | 12:32 PM
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I'm trying to aim for $6500 for the DC. What do you guys think?

In my area I see them go for around 4500-5500 for salvaged title gsr's and 6000+ for clean title ones.

BASIC SPECS:
Clean title (Original Owner)
5 speed
White exterior
172,xxx miles on the body (about 20,xxx on the rebuild)
only mods are exhaust, intake, header, suspension, camber kit (but can turn the whole car back to stock, a buddy of mine has a 2000 gsr and wants all my aftermarket parts)
all red tail lights with shaved side moldings
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Old Dec 22, 2006 | 01:26 PM
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all depends.. if you sold it to a 16 yr old kid that dont really know what hes doing but wants a integra.. you could get 6500, now someone on h-tech wouldnt buy that for 6500.. i bought a coupe wit gsr for only a few g's... it was cleann too.
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Old Dec 22, 2006 | 02:04 PM
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sell the dc, the power options just cause more problems in the long run.
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Old Dec 22, 2006 | 04:23 PM
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keep the eg and put the dc motor in it
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