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If he can't find a Toyota or Honda in that price range, a 2nd generation Nissan Altima will fit the bill. Extremely reliable, can be had for cheap, and easy to fix if it does break. Can last well over 200,000. Better handling than you might think.
We have a 2.5 most Subaru's do it's their staple engine.
Yeah, has been for along time. Before my WRX, i had a 00 2.5RS. But yeah, just because they had a high rate of failure doesnt mean every one will. You'll find plenty of examples where people never had problems with premature HG failure.
So guys I have a friend who wanna sell his honda civic 2007 for 4500$ half of them cash and the rest in easy 300$ installments it have 180000 miles, Yeah I know that is too much but what do you think guys?, he made these miles because he delivering food from PA to NJ every week, is it gonna be reliable? for 1 or 2 years? cause I think of resell it after that.
Do you know what model Civic? DX, LX, Si, Hybrid, or EX? If it is an LX, which tends to be the most common among Civics sold, the price is at the high end for private party sale, close to a dealer's asking price, but he is holding the financing for 6-8 months, so there would be a compensation for that as well. Does your friend have maintenance records? If he has records showing oil changes and all maintenance being performed on schedule, including the transmission, then it might not be too much of a concern. If, however, there are no records, or spotty records, I'd look for another car to preserve the friendship since delivery vehicles can be driven hard and maintenance might not be as regular, owing to the nature of the car being required to earn a living, so it can end up in a situation where maintenance is deferred. Deferred a few times, and it's like missing a service, which comes into play with higher mileage vehicles.
Even in excellent condition, I think his price is high for an LX sedan, which I used as a point of comparison because many Civics are of the LX variety. For an Si or an EX, you would pay a little bit more, but less for a DX. If it's a hybrid, I might be disinclined to look at it, because a hybrid delivery vehicle Civic could have transmission problems as there were issues with early Civic Hybrids and bad transmissions, such that I would not take a risk.
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Do you know what model Civic? DX, LX, Si, Hybrid, or EX? If it is an LX, which tends to be the most common among Civics sold, the price is at the high end for private party sale, close to a dealer's asking price, but he is holding the financing for 6-8 months, so there would be a compensation for that as well. Does your friend have maintenance records? If he has records showing oil changes and all maintenance being performed on schedule, including the transmission, then it might not be too much of a concern. If, however, there are no records, or spotty records, I'd look for another car to preserve the friendship since delivery vehicles can be driven hard and maintenance might not be as regular, owing to the nature of the car being required to earn a living, so it can end up in a situation where maintenance is deferred. Deferred a few times, and it's like missing a service, which comes into play with higher mileage vehicles.
Even in excellent condition, I think his price is high for an LX sedan, which I used as a point of comparison because many Civics are of the LX variety. For an Si or an EX, you would pay a little bit more, but less for a DX. If it's a hybrid, I might be disinclined to look at it, because a hybrid delivery vehicle Civic could have transmission problems as there were issues with early Civic Hybrids and bad transmissions, such that I would not take a risk.
it is EX model and after thoughtful thinking I think the price is high and I have to correct that it has 190xxx miles
it is EX model and after thoughtful thinking I think the price is high and I have to correct that it has 190xxx miles
Even with an EX, I think that the price is a bit high, I agree.
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All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.
~William Shakespeare (As You Like It Act II, Scene VII)
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