Hi, I am a noobie and I wanna know if I should buy this civic that's for sale. It's a 2000 civic ex w/ 180,000 miles. The car only had one owner and the timing belt had been replaced 10k miles ago. The owner is a women and she is asking 3grand for it. Is it worth it? and is there anything I should look for when checking out the car? thanks.

 

Clean title? Clean body? Interior dmg? 3k for a 00 EJ is worth it in my opinion so long as the title is clean and the body is straight. Most people pick up 92-95 EX's for around that price. I would jump on it as long as there aren't any hidden problems

 

i would sya it is worth it if the car is clean

 

the title is clean and from looking at the pic's the exterior and interior is pretty mint. oh and the car is also stock

 

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Jump on it. Its worth it in my opinion. Even if the locks dont work, the window motors are slow and the moonroof motor is shot it would be worth it. Stock is better, make it your own. A D16y8 used will cost you next to nothing.

 

if you don't buy it i will

 

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^^ Haha, give us the number... **** even if she's not in cali a lil road trip would be worth it.

 

My 2000 has 145K miles, and some of them where VERY HARD MILES. It still drives like new. I'd try to knock $500 off or so, but wouldn't have any hesitation that it would be a good car. If she maintained it properly, your golden.

 

i can barely find 96's for $3000 let alone a 2000

sure it's high miles but it's a honda right? and worse case you do a motor down the road.

 

Honda's run forever. Do it! Ecspecially since stock cars are a bit hard to find. Hope all goes well.

 

i would jump on it, i bought my 97 hatch for 5k w/ a clean title. Before i did my swap, the motor had 182,000 miles on it, i put some simple bolt ons and the car ran even better, plus i was still getting good gas mileage.

 

I'll def pick it up today if everything goes smooth. thanks for the help everyone

 

I didn't koow these cars were worth so much i sold my 98 civic ex for 2200 because i thought that was all it was worth plus it had a little over 90,000 miles on it my friend said that was all a high milage civic was worth

 

That's a good deal!

 

Examples of idiots:
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A car is how its treated, yeah, like most mid 90's domestics that are built like **** won't last too long (especially not 180k) but as far as a car running forever it's all how it's treated, how it's driven, how often ****'s changed, etc.

As to the OP, I'd jump on that, even if the motor's shot you can practically get Y8's for free. They're a dime a dozen.

Also, stock is always a plus. Definitely go for it, it's low enough, I wouldn't be a jackass and try to haggle it some more, but whatever.

 

It depends on the condition of the car but for $3k its a pretty good deal judging that nothing is cosmetically or mechanically wrong with it.

 

if maintenance was kept up to date, get it. I bought my Del Sol with 212 000 bucks for 2g, and it now has 244 000, still no problems with the engine. Just take care of it and it'll take care of you.