After the recent thread on the Honda Civic.

[Hetzer]

I had a look on eBay, out of curiosity (and my shopping trolley has developed a leak in the head-gasket or block, which is being kept at bay with sealent in the rad).

I've ended up buying a 1998 1.4i 4-door saloon with 38k on the clock which was three miles down the road from me. It was owned from new by a granny, who died. It was garaged its whole life and is practically mint apart from two tiny burn-holes in the driver's seat (she was a heavy smoker) and scrubbed sidewalls on the two rear tyres (she was also a kerber). It's had a brand new exhaust fitted. Not a spot of rust anywhere, no dings or dents. Drives sweet as a nut. £850.

Today I will be swapping the insurance from the trolley to the Civic (I'm with Swinton), which should be interesting in terms of cost/charges. I did a quote before I bought the car and it comes in at almost exactly the same as the trolley.

Then I'll be ringing the local breakers to see what they'll give me for the trolley. Unfortunately I'd only recently bought four new tyres for it (wrong size to go on the Civic) and a new exhaust and front discs about a year ago (fitted myself, so the cost wasn't too bad). I'm glad I didn't bother having the cam-belt done 4k miles ago (would have been £95). The Civic's taxed until march '14 and I have four clear months of tax to have refunded on the trolley. MOT until oct '14 on the Civic.

Anyway, seems to have been a right result so I'm calling strool bory cro.
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[doggone]

The chain looks slack, sub frame is twisted.

[Nexus Icon]

A pic is always nice but it sounds like a nice result.

I wonder if she died in the car with a fag on and that's why the seat is burned....
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[hmmmnz]

sweet, one of my most hated cars, but will grudgingly admit they are pretty good cars, (there is just so many of them in nz)
could you not just pop your one on gum tree, anything with tax and mot is worth 4-500 quid or would you get more as scrap,
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[Dischord]

Take the air filter cover off, it's only like 4 clip things and then redline it in 2nd gear, the noise is BOSS!
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[mistergixer]

Those Civics have double wishbone front suspension, which is why they drive relatively decently.

On the downside, they're a nightmare to work on - I just replaced most of the tired suspension components on a '99 Jordan, and a lot of swearing was necessary.

I don't think there was a single fastener that didn't require the attentions of either a hammer, WD40, an impact driver, a blowtorch or an angle grinder (or frequently a combination of all of them).

However, the overhaul made an incredible difference - not surprising given the state of all the ball joints and bushes.
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[Hetzer]

I had a good look under the car, including all the linkages, and I reckon the old biddy didn't like driving it in the wet, they're as clean/in good nick as the top of the car.
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[pepperami]

Pic`s or it didn't happen?
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[hmmmnz]

id be tempted to try and sell some shit off it,
what car is it?? what size tyres etc, (i need some new tyres )
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[Hetzer]

The tyres are 175/65/R14. But I'm driving it to the breakers tomorrow.
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[DrDonnyBrago]

I love late 90's Jap grannyhatches.

My old corolla was a thing of beat up beauty: simple, lumpy and reliable.
It went 80k miles without an oil change prior to my ownership, then got cat C'd twice and I played Russian roulette with the 160k miles/16 years cambelt until the wife crashed it and I cried.

[Hetzer]

I'm going to cherish mine and will spare no effort. I shall wash and polish it with my son and valet the interior once a month with my daughter. The missus will do the oil.
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[JonB]

Welcome to the Civic club.

There is probably more rust on my 2008 model than your 1998 model.
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[Chalky.]

Try this.

https://www.cartakeback.com/

[Hetzer]

Thanks but it wants a mobile number and I suspect it'll charge a fiver in credit for the text message.
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[Chalky.]

It should give you the quote without needing to put that info in - right hand side of the second page. They've never text me before.

[Hetzer]

Oh yeah. £125 it says. Doesn't say where though. £100 from a mile up the road will do, but thanks anyway.
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[pits]

You paid £850....for a 1998 Civic saloon?.....£850......did you give them your wallet and watch whilst they were mugging you?

Low mileage or not It is a £400 car, undesirable as a working car for most people, undesirable as a car for the kiddies to put a stupid exhaust on it and spoon tat and undesirable as a breaker.

My neighbour at work breaks and builds Hondas my next door neighbour at the house does the same, I sadly know quite a lot about them and their value, if it was a hatch it would be worth money, but not a saloon, you got ripped off.
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