Would you buy this car?

[Ban Hammer 14,286]

One more thing: I am holding the "Blue Book Used Car Guide" in my hands, 80th edition for 1991-2005 model cars and trucks and here is what it says about mileage on pg 13:

ACCEPTABLE MILEAGE RANGES

The following are acceptable mileage ranges for each model year. They do not represent the average miles driven. Rather, they represent as accepted mileage range as demonstrated by market research. It a vehicle's mileage range is outside the accepted range, dollar adjustments may be necessary.

YEAR ACCEPTABLE MILEAGE RANGE

1991-1992 99000-104000

1993 95000-100000

1994 92000-97000

1995 89000-94000

1996 86000-91000

i'm finding that a bit difficult to believe, as the 96 camaro i have is just under 94k. that's an average of 9400 miles for 10 years. the yearly average on a car is about 10-12k a year.

Just a quote from the good book. Take it for what its worth.

from what i've seen of that, they state that such is average milage for that year, but when you want to buy a car that averages 10-12k a year, they say that is average milage too. just another way to rip off the consumer.

[Mirorgate 0]

from what i've seen of that, they state that such is average milage for that year, but when you want to buy a car that averages 10-12k a year, they say that is average milage too. just another way to rip off the consumer.

when you BUY the car from them... 10k-12k is "average", when you sell them your car (or give it to them in trade for new) 9k-11k is "average"

also remember... NADA Blue book is MSRP.. not actual value. And the car is worth what someone is willing to pay for it... big distinctions.

[Elizabethnhenry 0]

If you have the VIN # you can check the history on www.carfax.com. You get one report free.

[almaty 19]

from what i've seen of that, they state that such is average milage for that year, but when you want to buy a car that averages 10-12k a year, they say that is average milage too. just another way to rip off the consumer.

when you BUY the car from them... 10k-12k is "average", when you sell them your car (or give it to them in trade for new) 9k-11k is "average"

also remember... NADA Blue book is MSRP.. not actual value. And the car is worth what someone is willing to pay for it... big distinctions.

all good points bro mirror as always

[moondancer627 0]

Thanks for all the great advice. Iended up buying the car, as I did car fax it, and took it to my Honda Mechanic. It checked out clean. I talked the dealer down a little bit, but the car is definately worth the price.

As far as timing belts go...the Honda mechanic recommends a belt change at 60,000 as general matainence anyway.

I have a year warrenty on the car so that can all be done for a small co-pay of $20.

Anyway, my old car is still not working right, It's still overheating after $400 of repairs and then Anton's truck keeps breaking down,

So we really had to get this car....

It's a done deal, it's sitting in my carport...

Moondancer

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

Thanks for all the great advice. Iended up buying the car, as I did car fax it, and took it to my Honda Mechanic. It checked out clean. I talked the dealer down a little bit, but the car is definately worth the price.

As far as timing belts go...the Honda mechanic recommends a belt change at 60,000 as general matainence anyway.

I have a year warrenty on the car so that can all be done for a small co-pay of $20.

Anyway, my old car is still not working right, It's still overheating after $400 of repairs and then Anton's truck keeps breaking down,

So we really had to get this car....

It's a done deal, it's sitting in my carport...

Moondancer

Good. The most important thing you did was take the car to your Honda Mechanic. We could argue over the 'best' price all day but I'd rather pay a little more for quality.

[I'm Gone 60]

I found a sweet little 96 Honda DX hatchback at a private dealer. The guys seem like decent, honest dealers.

It has 120,000 miles. The dealer wants to sell it for 4,480, blue book is at 5,440 .

It's in mint condition.

Nice paint job, clean interior, ect.

The only thing wrong is a non- Honda air conditioner someone replaced. So basically if the air goes no replacement part from Honda.

Other than that it has minor issues such as a rear end alignment, transmission fluid change and maybe a timing belt.

Ihave great Honda mechanics and I am not worried about this car.

It also has a one year warrenty for major repairs so I can get those things fixed under the warrenty.

To me that's a lot of miles on a car. Not sure if Honda Civic engines are still made the same, but I had the timing belt break on a Civic (1985) I had and it wiped out the whole engine because the valves ram into the pistons.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Thanks for all the great advice. Iended up buying the car, as I did car fax it, and took it to my Honda Mechanic. It checked out clean. I talked the dealer down a little bit, but the car is definately worth the price.

As far as timing belts go...the Honda mechanic recommends a belt change at 60,000 as general matainence anyway.

I have a year warrenty on the car so that can all be done for a small co-pay of $20.

Anyway, my old car is still not working right, It's still overheating after $400 of repairs and then Anton's truck keeps breaking down,

So we really had to get this car....

It's a done deal, it's sitting in my carport...

Moondancer

Congrats!