[Steve G]

[quote=”college man” post=53674]If all the things that you just had fixed on your
car.Does any of that need to be done now or in the
foreseen future? what I’m driving at here is its not
a deal if you have to start dumping money into the car
for the same stuff. do you want an automatic? do you want
a sedan? I would take the car to a trusted mechanic and
have the car gone over. compression check the engine.
if the car gets a clean bill of health.Go for it if thats
what you want. :)[/quote]

Yeah, the guy with the Civic sedan recently replaced his brake lines and exhaust system. So his car has recently had many of the same services done to it that my Civic has had done. Makes sense, since they’re similarly old with similar mileage, driving in similar conditions.

Since he’s a Honda guy who can easily do his own work, I strongly suspect that his sedan is in good working order. But I appreciate your concerns. No, I don’t particularly want a sedan or an auto tranny; I prefer a hatch and I prefer a stick, which is why I bought my Civic the way it’s configured. But I’d prefer to not sink another $1k into it.

You should know that the Civic is my back-up car. Its primary purpose is that it’s the car my kids drive. My 19-year-old daughter is in college, and drives it when she’s home. My son has his learner’s permit, so I teach him to drive on my Civic. It’s not my daily driver, it’s the spare car for the kids to use. I’d prefer that my son master the skill of driving a stick, but this isn’t a prerequisite. I just need a 3rd car for the kids to use.

[Steve G]

[quote=”college man” post=53674]If all the things that you just had fixed on your
car.Does any of that need to be done now or in the
foreseen future? what I’m driving at here is its not
a deal if you have to start dumping money into the car
for the same stuff. do you want an automatic? do you want
a sedan? I would take the car to a trusted mechanic and
have the car gone over. compression check the engine.
if the car gets a clean bill of health.Go for it if thats
what you want. :)[/quote]

Yeah, the guy with the Civic sedan recently replaced his brake lines and exhaust system. So his car has recently had many of the same services done to it that my Civic has had done. Makes sense, since they’re similarly old with similar mileage, driving in similar conditions.

Since he’s a Honda guy who can easily do his own work, I strongly suspect that his sedan is in good working order. But I appreciate your concerns. No, I don’t particularly want a sedan or an auto tranny; I prefer a hatch and I prefer a stick, which is why I bought my Civic the way it’s configured. But I’d prefer to not sink another $1k into it.

You should know that the Civic is my back-up car. Its primary purpose is that it’s the car my kids drive. My 19-year-old daughter is in college, and drives it when she’s home. My son has his learner’s permit, so I teach him to drive on my Civic. It’s not my daily driver, it’s the spare car for the kids to use. I’d prefer that my son master the skill of driving a stick, but this isn’t a prerequisite. I just need a 3rd car for the kids to use.

[Steve G]

For the purposes of this conversation, let’s make the following assumptions:

• The bodies on both cars have similar (small) amounts of rust.
• Both cars had maintenance performed on schedule throughout their lifetimes.
• My Civic has 136k miles, his has 145k miles; I don’t consider this difference to be significant.
• The interiors of both cars is in similar condition.
• Neither car has been in an accident.

So let’s assume that both cars are basically in similar condition, except that mine has a rotted subframe and his doesn’t, mine has a stick and his doesn’t, mine is a hatch and his is a sedan, mine is a 1999 and his is a 2000.

With these assumptions in mind, what would you do?

[Steve G]

For the purposes of this conversation, let’s make the following assumptions:

• The bodies on both cars have similar (small) amounts of rust.
• Both cars had maintenance performed on schedule throughout their lifetimes.
• My Civic has 136k miles, his has 145k miles; I don’t consider this difference to be significant.
• The interiors of both cars is in similar condition.
• Neither car has been in an accident.

So let’s assume that both cars are basically in similar condition, except that mine has a rotted subframe and his doesn’t, mine has a stick and his doesn’t, mine is a hatch and his is a sedan, mine is a 1999 and his is a 2000.

With these assumptions in mind, what would you do?

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