There is a 98 civic ex, 4 dr, manual with 195k miles on it. The lady is asking $3900 for it and states all required mechanical work has been done on the vehicle with paperwork to back it up. She also is the original owner and sd her mechanic said her car is in excellent shape and still does not need her timing belt changed. Is this car worth it? or Thank you to anyone who replies!

 

I wouldnt..... that is A LOT of miles on the chassis/motor.

 

have your mechanic or someone other that the sellers mechanic to look at the car and go from there.

 

isnt the timing belt suppose to be changed after 75000 miles?

 

yeah that's what I thought, but she claims her mechanic said she doesn't need too. *shrugs* thanx guys! I'm gonna hopefully take a look at it tomorrow.

 

i would say no, too many miles, just find another car

 

timing belts usually tend to snap around 70k to 100k miles. This is why they need to be replaced around 70k. So Chances are its been changed before and she's just an idiot.

 

It's not 70k it's 90k
I was a Honda-tech for 3 years

 

wile that is a lot of miles, it seems to have been taken very well maintained, so its got a lot of life left. and isn't it worth like 6k so 4 sounds like a good deal to me.