1988 CRX Si buy?

Hi All

I love these cars and I have a chance to buy one from a guy who is
asking $4000 for a red one.

It has 120000 miles and the interior is a bit beat up - seams in seats
are open thus exposing foam underneath and the rear deck area is not
good (he did purchase a new rear deck platform - it fits over the spare
tire). He has changed the oil every 3500 miles and has had some body
work done to the rear quarter panels (has receipts). The exterior looks
really good except...

It has been in a recent accident and the rear bumper had been ripped off
as a result. It doesn't look like that much of a fix to me. The guy has
an estimate from a bod shop of $1500 to fix that problem. He says he is
asking $4000 because the car could easily be repaired and is very
desirable as an aftermarket project. Indeed some of these cars do sell
for quite a bit of coin after modifying.

I drove it and it has a bit of a valve knocking but I think that's not a
difficult fix either. The air conditioning does not work either but
that's not a big deal to me.

So would you pay $4000 for this car?

I'm really tempted to buy this car. Do you think this car could be a
good investment?

 

that car is a total ripoff if it's as you described which i'm sure you're
describing it accurately. look on ebay before you waste your money. you
could easily buy a crx that's totally already built up with a vtech engine
in it for that price. donot let this guy take advantage of you. do shop
around. there are still plenty of well cared for crx's that sell for alot
less and are 100% nicer than what you've described.


-jeff



-jeff

 

unless you live outside of the US where those cars arent very common and
people love them then i guess it wouldn't be that bad of a deal. i
appologize gor tearing down your thoughts on the car. if you like it and
it's a reasonable price in your area go for it. they are getting rare.



-jeff

 

Proof that you never get back the money you put into a hot rod. I have
to admit I hadn't looked at CRXs on eBay in quite some time, but if the
prices I see there now are representative of what built hybrid CRXs are
selling for, I'll probably just forget about swapping a b16 into my '90
Si and shop around for another one that's already had all the work done.

Dave

 

Valves don't knock, they make a rattling, tapping type of sound which can
usually be heard even at idle. However, pistons knock and the sound is
usually more prevalent when the engine is under load. It's not an easy fix.

NO. Turn around and walk away from it as fast as you can.

If I was shopping for such a vehicle, I would try to find another one in
better condition that's been maintained well and was in reasonably good
condition to start out with. Be patient. You may have to look at a few
cars. A long time ago I was shopping for an old Datsun 280Z. I spent about
a month or two and probably looked at 2 dozen different cars before I found
the one I bought.

Eric