I'm looking at buying an 95' Honda Civic 4dr with 168k miles on it. Alright and the deal with it is that whenever I start it up, it doesn't want to start right away.. it sounds like it is trying to find gas. But it starts up after about 5-10 seconds.. Well anyways whenever test driving this car, It likes to idle really low and almost pull like it is starving for power.. the idle drops and the car wants to die. Whenever at a stop light or whenever I stop putting on the gas it just dies. What do you guys think it could be? Do you think that 2,000.00 bucks would be a good deal even if I had to get it repaired?

 

hell no. for 2k, a stock eg best run perfectly.

 

I was thinking that but there are no stock eg for around that price in my area at all.

 

I would ask the owner to have it fixed b4 I'm a buyer. Fuel pump?

 

it's a dealer.. he bought it from an auction for like 1,800 and selling it to me for 2k.. so yeah I don't know about that. because he would charge 2.5-3k after it's fixed probably..

I'm going to think about cleaning the IACV and changing air filter/spark plugs.. and going from there.

 

well then........

yea, do the basic tune-up stuff first, eliminate those possibilities first, then proceed if necessary. gl

 

You think go ahead and buy it or just try to fix it there?

 

turn and run. what state do you live in that civics arent everywhere? sometimes a road trip is worth it for something youll be happier with... i just cant see paying that much for an eg that doesnt run right.

 

I didn't mention that they were pulling an
code 10
code 14

on the EDC.

 

Arkansas
Also won't be able to make a massive road trip.. full time student and work full time..

 

30 seconds worth of craigslist searching found a good running sedan in the little rock area. all it needs is a hood. $1500 http://littlerock.craigslist.org/cto/2253812035.html

 

you don't think 214k isn't a lot on that engine?

 

hell no. ive owned at least 8 civics/integras with 200k+. tiger japanese sells jdm d series engines for under $500 shipped, so even if it ***** out on you, its still a better deal, lol. that guy says obo, id offer him 1200. i saw some of the plastics were painted. pull them out, spray with easy off oven cleaner, rinse well. bye bye paint.

 

Yeah they are about 1.5 hrs from me. not bad find..
Thanks!

 

hey eghatch, i've got sideskirts that the paint is chipping off on and I want to remove the paint without hurting the plastic. the oven cleaner stuff would work good?

sorry to hijack this thread

 

you can try it, or carefully wetsand it off. ive only done it on interior stuff, give it a shot.

 

I've emailed them about that honda civic. well see how it turns out.

 

yeah, i mean for the $500+ difference, you could have a new hood and a lot left over to fix it up a bit.

 

have him fix the problem or drop the price, from what you mentioned that car is not worth 2k. when i bought my hatch it was all f***ed up on the outside but the interior an mechanically the car was great and still i got the guy to drop the price, some new exterior parts and a little body work later....problem fixed, and it still runs great!!

 

yeah civic are everywhere and their prices are all over the place. sometimes good cars are cheap and **** cars are expensive.
we buy 96-00 civics for 2000
infact we just grabbed a 99 hx for 1200
keep looking buddy

 

no way! all he wants to do is pass on his junk onto someone else, look some where else if he cant fix it not worth it IMO.

 

$2000 for a 4 door eg with engine problems? Damn I gotta move to Arkansas and start importing in civics. Seems like you could make a living doing that lol.

Craigslist is your buddy :D

 

yeah he most likely bought it for <800 from the auction, not 1800. don't bother with it. you don't HAVE to have a Honda. There are plenty of other cars that would do you much better and you wont have to deal with the repairs. the thing is probably a bucket.

 

I bought my VX for 900. It did/does have small issues I'm fixing up slowly. for under $1100 they will all be fixed by me so I'll know they were done right. (budget is $2k total) Whenever you have to "fix" something it always cost more than you think it would. Keep that in mind.

 

So op, is this car going to be a DD or a fixer upper?