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Old Jun 20, 2010 | 12:54 PM
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97 honda civic hatchback -90k miles- NJ

http://newjersey.craigslist.org/cto/1800109988.html
Old Jun 20, 2010 | 12:56 PM
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oh man, i wish i wasnt in iraq right now, cuz id buy it right now. lol. thats a perfect chassis for my project i want to do.
Old Jun 20, 2010 | 12:57 PM
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I wouldn't pay over $2000 for that....
Old Jun 20, 2010 | 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Dart_SI
oh man, i wish i wasnt in iraq right now, cuz id buy it right now. lol. thats a perfect chassis for my project i want to do.
awh.

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I wouldn't pay over $2000 for that....
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Old Jun 20, 2010 | 01:01 PM
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^ do u realize how hard it is to find one in that condition? trust me, thatl sell for that price if the right people see it. its in great condition.
Old Jun 20, 2010 | 01:07 PM
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^ do u realize how hard it is to find one in that condition? trust me, thatl sell for that price if the right people see it. its in great condition.
Yea. It seems like it's in really good condition, but a car that old, with that many miles... Seems like you may end up putting more money into it than you bought it for.
Old Jun 20, 2010 | 01:10 PM
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the only reason most ppl would buy this unless some random dude just wants a stockish civic is it put work into it. if i got this, the engine is getting ripped out and im dropping a k20a2 in there. id build it for an n/a set up. the whole swap would cost about 6-7K. so thats about 10K for a mid 12 second car thats in a good condition. i could buy one in worse condition for much cheaper, but to make it look good and get it painted it would be cheaper to just buy this one that already has decent paint and interior.

also, this is a honda. 90K miles in this thing is pretty low. it could easily get 200K with barely any problems. try to find another car for 3.5K that will last you that long in this condition. you probably wont.
Old Jun 20, 2010 | 01:12 PM
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Yea. It seems like it's in really good condition, but a car that old, with that many miles... Seems like you may end up putting more money into it than you bought it for.
Theres 2 reason people buy these cars.

1) Good gas mileage - Last long, easy to fix, cheap to fix parts, parts are everywhere... ect.

2) Gut them swap them to 5spd(if they're not already 5spd) drop a k20 in them, boost, and put them on the strip. I've seen these cars wreck!


But yeah, If you look on cl, you're really not going to find a good one like mine + cheap like it is.

Yeah you'll find ones for 2500... which are rust buckets with 130K+ miles, and in the worst condition.

edit: ahh dart you beat me to it lmao
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Huhhh.. All those pictures were taken in my town and I've seen that kid driving it around. It is pretty clean.
Old Jun 20, 2010 | 01:32 PM
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Huhhh.. All those pictures were taken in my town and I've seen that kid driving it around. It is pretty clean.
yeah dude, taken down by 1st skate park.
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that car will sell here in washington for 5k hella fast lol. for 3.5k it would be gone in a day or two
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yupp. it would be mine now if i was in the states..... ughh. oh well, just more time for me to think about what to do.
Old Jun 21, 2010 | 08:00 AM
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$3500 guys it's a really good price!
Old Jun 21, 2010 | 10:53 AM
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u wanna sell that car fast i recommend going on some honda forums. go to k20a.org or hondatech. that thing will sell easy.
Old Jun 21, 2010 | 11:08 AM
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Good local site is b20vtec.com but watch out because a lot of those ***** are thieves.
Old Jun 21, 2010 | 11:19 AM
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Good local site is b20vtec.com but watch out because a lot of those ***** are thieves.
Checked it out looks like it's all rice there i doubt they would want to buy a stock.

and i posted on a few other sites clubcivic ect.

Everyone just lives far away.
Old Jun 21, 2010 | 11:37 AM
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Girl I work with is really interested. Told her she should jump on it. Good luck dude. I would actually buy it for my daily driver if I didn't just blow all my money on rims and tires.
Old Jun 21, 2010 | 11:49 AM
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I'm just curious as to why, if the car was babied, it needed new pistons at 89k? I've seen these things run well in the 200k mile range without having any internal stuff replaced. Just to usual honda maintenance they require. I mean, there's always that 1 car that has some sort of freak issue, but I was just curious. I might know a couple ppl interested tho, I'll direct them to this thread/craigslist ad.
Old Jun 21, 2010 | 12:49 PM
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Girl I work with is really interested. Told her she should jump on it. Good luck dude. I would actually buy it for my daily driver if I didn't just blow all my money on rims and tires.
thanks bro! I think she just called me about it

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I'm just curious as to why, if the car was babied, it needed new pistons at 89k? I've seen these things run well in the 200k mile range without having any internal stuff replaced. Just to usual honda maintenance they require. I mean, there's always that 1 car that has some sort of freak issue, but I was just curious. I might know a couple ppl interested tho, I'll direct them to this thread/craigslist ad.
the pistons im talking about are the things that hold up the trunk:pl nothing was touched on the engine.
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thanks bro! I think she just called me about it



the pistons im talking about are the things that hold up the trunk:pl nothing was touched on the engine.
Ohhhhhh lol those aren't pistons, those are liftgate shocks lol You should change that in the cl ad or you might be losin potential buyers cuz of it lol
Old Jun 21, 2010 | 02:15 PM
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Ohhhhhh lol those aren't pistons, those are liftgate shocks lol You should change that in the cl ad or you might be losin potential buyers cuz of it lol
ahh lol the guy said it was pistons when i bought it

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ahh lol the guy said it was pistons when i bought it

thanks
Everyone calls them pistons and I have no idea why lol

The actual technical term is something like liftgate support lift...I've always heard them called liftgate shocks tho
Old Jun 22, 2010 | 01:39 PM
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bumpidy bump
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Good local site is b20vtec.com but watch out because a lot of those ***** are thieves.
lmao that sites a ******* joke. bunch of uneducated ***** datz tYPezz lYKe dIzz



op post it on honda-tech marketplace will be gone in a few days lol.
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lmao that sites a ******* joke. bunch of uneducated ***** datz tYPezz lYKe dIzz



op post it on honda-tech marketplace will be gone in a few days lol.
I know I hate it but most of the members are from around here so if you wanna get **** sold that's where you gotta go.

Also by the way, Mike I think you might have your car sold really soon.

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