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58 messages,  Last post on Oct 28, 2011 at 8:21 PM

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#55 of 58 2006 Honda Civic LX, 55,000 mi, $ 11,000 USED by schumia

Oct 25, 2009 (2:15 pm)

Dear all,
 
 I'd like to get your thoughts on a Private Sale for a used 2006 Honda Civic LX, 4 dr, Auto at $11,000. It already has ~ 55,000 miles.
 
 The person just recently purchased this car in late Mar'09 as a Honda Certified Civic, he's selling it so he can get some cash quick.
Since it was Honda certified, it is qualified forthe extended warranty of 1 yr/12,000 miles bumper-to-bumper and 7yr/100,000mi Powertrain under the Honda Certified program. However, due to the high mileage (he's driven ~10000 miles in 7 months!! ), the bumper-to-bumper has about 2000 miles left before expiring.
 
 I test drove the car and it felt to be in good mechanical condition, however, we did discover it has a few scratches on the rear fender, as well as some pronounced streaks on both front passenger door frames... More aesthetic than anything else, but one could say this may tell the kind of driver or cartaker the previous owner is...
 
 Considering that there's Powertrain warranty left 'til 2013 and that 7 months ago it was just Honda certified, I think mechanically this should be fine.
But as a private party sale, is this still a good price?
 
 Thanks for your advice!
 
schumia

#56 of 58 2002 LX Coupe: Owner of old Civic [the_one_five] by magee2

Apr 22, 2011 (7:13 pm)

Replying to: the_one_five (Jun 01, 2006 8:15 am)
Thanks for your in-depth advice. You are helping me as I want to maintain my car although it is a tight budget.
 
Sincerely appreciate the time and detailed response.

#57 of 58 Used Civic prices by loem01

Oct 28, 2011 (8:21 pm)

#58 of 58 Used Civic prices by loem01

Oct 28, 2011 (8:21 pm)

Hi all,
 
I'm new to this forum and am looking at an opportunity to buy a used 1999 Honda Civic EX couple (5 spd), just want to see how much in general these Civics are going for right now? The car has a little over 150k miles on it, seems to be well maintained and runs well. There have been some repairs done on the car (belts, battery, distributor replacement, and the AC condenser was changed due to a minor front collusion). A couple of other things noted are: 1) there is noise coming from the cabin heat/ac fan motor, and 2) according to the owner, in heavy rains, water can leak into the trunk area, probably through some worn rubber sealing somewhere on one side of the trunk.
 
The owner is looking for ~$4,000 or close to it. Is it worth it? What would be a reasonable price for it? Thanks for any opinion/suggestion.

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