Cheap, reliable used Civic? Finding cheap/reliable Civic to last 3 years?

who's spamming, jerky?

 

for 15 years, i had this:

http://www.sportrider.com/bikes/146_9408_shift/

since 9/03, this has been all ive needed. it does it all:

http://www.motorbike-search-engine.co.uk/2005_Bikes/suzuki_an400.html

 

Well as the saying goes, "Save some GAS ride a MOTORCYCLE!" For $5,999
you can buy a brand new Yamaha Cruiser VROD. You won't have to worry
about costly repairs or rising gas prices. Texas has ideal weather for
motorcycles. What part of Texas are you going to? San Antonio and
Houston Weather are perfect 90% of the time for riding a motorcycle.

The only time I wouldn't ride is during the 2 bad weeks out of the
winter time when it's sleeting outside with frosties.

Texas major cities have such a good mass trasit system anyway that if
you only had a motorcycle, you can easily ride METRO at a nominal price
on thse few days out of the year when it's icy outside.


East-

 

eh, could keep it, and some aspects of the whole situation make it make
sense, but....geez, if only it were....an Accord.

I'd happily replace my 94 ES300 w/160K on the clock with something like
this, but I want the size of a Camry/Accord. I don't want to go back to
a Civic.

 

A VROD is a helluva lot more than $6k, and it ain't made by Yamaha.

Did you mean a V-Star Classic?

 

Buy a 100k mile warrantied $9K (Some dealers offer free gas for the
first year) Kia and enjoy your stay in Texas.

BTW, what part of Texas will you be in?

JT

 

Or on ebay...

JT

 

Maybe. I'll give it a try.

So far, it's available to family members. This weekend I'll take
pictures and put it on craigslist. I'll probably ask $3500 initially,
and take $3K.

We do want to move it, though.

I guess the $3500 is legitimate because last March we did $1200 worth of
maintenance on it--timing belt et al., brakes, and a couple of other
things. Tires are good, too--so it's ready to roll for someone for at
least 3 years.[/QUOTE]



One consideration is where the car resides... Rust belt, southwest US,
etc. A '94 Civic from New England would be worth considerably less than
one from Arizona for the same mileage car.

JT

 

Oh yes, my error. I did mean to say V-Star Classic. I love that bike
and I would love to purchase one when I'm ready. I want the one that's
metallic read and silver.

The only fault I find with it is the rear brake drum. As an option can
I get a rear disc installed?



East-

 

Don't know much about it. I'm a Beemer guy myself. K1200RSA.

 

Seth, what is the new R Bike going to be like? Will it still utilize
an air cooled horizontally opposed boxer type engine in some trim
levels?

I'm the type that would like a bike for different occasions. In my
Bike collection I want a BMW, Yamaha, Honda and possibly a Harley. I
say possibly because I'm not so thrilled about the high maintainance
costs, high initial costs, and the high theft rate of the Harleys.
Worse than the rest of the Brands.

The Yamaha will be a cruiser. The Honda a Sport or a Standard. The
BMW a Sport Touring. The Harley, a Cruiser or a Roadster.

The problem with Honda is the only Standard they offer happens to have
a drum brake front and back. A front disc brake would have to be
swapped off of a Rebel. It is an interchangeable part.



East-

 

Which in your case is not too bad. A new Civic would have cost you
$1000 in interest alone. Depreciation and higher insurance would be at
least $2000 more. Total out of pocket expenses might have been $4,600
plus insurance plus your down payment. And, except for the down
payment, you can pretty well count on getting the same thing next
year. About the time you get it paid off (or maybe before), you can
expect to buy... brakes and tires.

Your used Civic cost less than $100 in interest (money you could have
earned on the cash I assume you paid for the car.) You saved on
insurance and your car may be now worth more than you paid for it
because it has new tires and brakes. Your out of pocket expenses were
$1100 plus (lower) insurance and your initial $2600. Next year you
could easily get away for a couple hundred dollars or it could cost
you a couple thousand. It can't get close to that $4,600 you would
have paid if you had bought new. Even if the car burns to the ground
tomorrow, it won't have cost you as much as a new car would have.

Both cars incur fuel and maintenance expenses which are about the same
over the long haul. So will repairs if you keep the new car long
enough. One will give you the joys of new car ownership. The other
is likely to be vexing at times but can still be a joy to own. If you
drive both cars into the ground, cost, joy and vexation will tend to
equalize.

Some people are so prissy or status conscious or whatever that they
have to buy a new car every two or three years. I don't know if you
get what you pay for, but I do know you pay a lot for that.

 

Personally, I would pick the new Civic Si over the RSX (and I have
been driving Integras for 20 years now). In fact, this is the first
new Honda that would tempt me to trade in my '94 GS-R. Maybe in a
couple years.

I think the OP is a young person just starting out his(?) first real
job. Understandably, he doesn't have a lot of savings and he may very
likely have a lot of school debt. I think he is wisely buying less
car than he could conceivably afford. He also

I think he could very easily find a car in the $3 - 5K range that
would serve him well for three years. If he sets aside $100 a month
for repairs, I would bet he would actually have a small nest egg by
the time he sells the car for $2 - 3K.

So what kind of engineer are you, shiftcontrol8?

 

Which "R" bike? They have many. I may eventuallt get an R1200R, but more
likely a K1200S or K1200R first.

Well, no cruiser in my immediate future. I find that riding position to be
uncomfortable and bad for my back.

 

a 1990? what body style and trim level? garaged? paint still shiny, etc?

if it happpened to be an Si hatch, id give ya $5000 for it

 

True. Lots of sound thoughts there Gordon. Owning a car is gonna cost
ya whether it's in payments, interest, depreciation, or repairs. Not to
mention insurance. One way or another, you're gonna pay. I haven't been
blessed (?) with the joy of new car ownership for about 20 years, and
lately I'm feeling good driving an oldy-but-goody. There's some kind of
feeling about pulling into my work parking lot with my shiny '92 (yep-
paid cash), and all the others with their leased Benz suv's. Suckers.

I guess if I sold the house, wife, and kids, I could afford to blow a
lot on a status symbol. Priorities, I guess.

 

Depending on condition and options, I'd guess 2-3k from a smart buyer.

 

I'd guess more than that. A 29K miles car is virtually new except it
sure would be time to replace all the hoses if not aready done.

JT

 

A couple of years ago, my aunt stopped driving. She had an 87 Civic DX
w/auto and air and a radio, and it had--no fooling--8000 miles on the
clock.

My sister in law got it for $2000 or $2500 or something. It now has 14K
on the clock.

The muffler had rotted out, and I told her to get new timing belt and
drive belts and hoses, and I suggested tires as well. Not sure what all
she ended up doing with it, but I think she spent another $600 to $1000
in all.

My wife wants us to buy my mother's car. I was mistaken; it's 54,871
miles.

(sigh) I don't know...