Got myself a bargain

Bettyboop

Bought a 95 civic 36,000mls full honda service history every 500mls.
the car is immaculate the engine looks brand new. never seen such a clean
engine the whole car is spotless (1 lady owner) guaranteed and all for the
small price of €2,700 even the manuals are new bought from a well known garage:D after all the boy racer civics i have seen I feel i done well as a woman in finding the right car.All on my own too:D

optiplexgx270

Any pics? would like to see the cleanest engine you have ever seen ?

colm_mcm

I'd love to see a car that was serviced every 500 miles too!

optiplexgx270

colm_mcm wrote:

I'd love to see a car that was serviced every 500 miles too!

Yeah was it a mistype should it have been 5000?

colm_mcm

Sorta guessed that, 72 services would make it an expensive car to run!

mike65

Maybe it was owned by one little old lady who had loads of money!

Mike.

optiplexgx270

Or she was a mechanic with too much time on her hands

unkel

optiplexgx270 wrote:

Or she was a mechanic with too much time on her hands

Too much time, because she was retired?

colm_mcm

She should've bought a Megane, would've kept her busy!

cantdecide

good for you. boy racer cliches aside, they're a good car and i have fond memories of the civics i had. (i still see the odd eyecatching type R and think hmmmm...)

smash

has the engine been steam cleaned?

Bettyboop

steve06 wrote:

has the engine been steam cleaned?

the car only arrived that day in the garage so nothing was done to it.He did
offer a valet but I didnt see the point the car was clean enough as it was.

PowerHouseDan

Induction Kit.......Must of been a "young" women driver..

lomb

PowerHouseDan wrote:

Induction Kit.......Must of been a "young" women driver..

lol , looks like a boy racers express to me less the alloy:) best of luck with it anyway hondas are the most relaible cars in the world.

PowerHouseDan

Just wondering in honda5 are those lexus lights....

colm_mcm

look like Lexus lights alright.

Some boy racers get their cars registered and insured in their mammys name for cheap insurance.............

PowerHouseDan

Eyes like a Hawk

colm_mcm

Is it my imagination or is "TB 70K" written in tippex on the engine block? (Honda3)

PowerHouseDan

WHere is that Colm my hawk eyes are broken

colm_mcm

there

Dilbert75

Betty, don't want to be pi$$ing on your cornflakes but I think I'd be checking that apparent tippex mark to see if it does indeed read TB 70k, which would indicate that the timing belt was changed at 70,000 miles. If it was, and the 36k miles was not a typo, then you seem to have a problem.

Coupled with the induction kit and the possible Lexus-lights at the back, it would seem that this car mightn't exactly have been the granny-runabout that you understood it was. Hopefully the well-known dealer is well-known to stand over his/her cars.

unkel

Oh dear :eek:

bazz26

That engine bay looks like it has been steam cleaned to me. I always get paranoid when I see the engine bay cleaned like that.

36k miles sounds very low mileage for an 11 year old car but not impossible. Also one lady owner of a car with an induction kit and lexus type rear lights is also unusual.

PowerHouseDan

Ya also the TB 70k is something of concern..

Henry Ford III

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.

ninty9er

Induction kit and the fact the engine is actually clean would be an immediate tip off that it wasn't an old lady

It's mainly young guys and girls who clean under the bonnet

On the "minus the alloys" comment - maybe they were too good to leave on the car

colm_mcm

damn it I'm good (provided I'm right of course)

cantdecide

still is a good deal though. it does seem to be well minded. could it be 70k kilometres??? 36k miles would still be a porky, but only a small one.
personally i wouldn't care about the miles but i would make a point of taking it to a jap specialist just for some peace of mind. if the car is okay but telling lies, i would approach the dealer to get some redress.

Santa Claus

Does cartell.ie give any indication of previous milage from NCT's ??

If so, it might be worth investing a few euro in a report.

colm_mcm

I'm presuming it's an Irish model, bought from a well known dealer, and manuals seem to be in English!

Wouldn't expect wonders for €2,700 anyway!

ninty9er

It's 11 yrs old, why do you think you got a great deal at 2700, You could have gotten a 95 Carina or Corolla in good nick for that and a Mondeo, Vectra or astra for less