My new/old EG sedan

bam-bambam-bam Council Member
in Rides & Builds- Civic wagons
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I happened to be on a local Civic forum when this car popped up "free to a good home" :shock: Pm'ed my number to the guy, went and picked her up a few days later

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One owner car, 146,151 miles :D The guy said his parents bought it for him brand new, it's the only car he's ever had...wow. He said "it just quit running on the freeway, and I figure it's time for a new car. I don't want to spend any money on it."

Cost me $66 and 2 hours to put a timing belt and water pump on it. Runs perfect, cold AC, cruise, everything works. Has damage on one door and no radio.

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Comments

  • wagodizzlewagodizzle Council Member and EDM expert
    wow wtf dude, wtf...
    lucky bastard!

    my sister will need a car soon. what do you say if she pays you double what the timing belt job cost :mrgreen:
  • White&NerdyWhite&Nerdy Senior Wagonist
    Awesome! Sometimes, you get what you pay for. Others, you come out waaaaaaaaaay ahead. That's how it was with my first wagon - 91, FWD, FREE. Had some kind of a charging problem, and the previous owner (who was born the same day, same YEAR as me - weird) had had everything in the charging system replaced, gave up, and bought a Prius instead. Then, 6 months later, she had to move out in a hurry and get rid of the car fast. I was the lucky recipient. Charging problem was as simple as a bad battery. First thing she replaced, but she must've gotten a defective one. It needed an exhaust, so I got that, plus my then local Honda specialist (FunHondas in Maynard, Chang is awesome) to give it a full once over. Other than the battery and exhaust, it was fine! OK, so the heat wasn't so good in winter - I know now that's as simple as a thermostat. Oh, I couldn't get it to pass Mass. emissions, but when I moved to an area of Maine without emission testing I was fine. :lol:

    After a year or two, I sold the car to a friend for $1000 - twice what I had into it. I felt a little bad about that for a while - until he drove it a couple of years, then got $1300 for trading it in. :)

    So yeah, free cars are cool, especially if you can fix them easily. Congrats!
  • bam-bambam-bam Council Member
    I figure it's karmic retribution...I've been doing a lot of pro bono work lately. Actually now I have maybe $350 in it. That's including emissions, tag, and title. I'm fixing it up for my Dad to drive (probably <3Kmi/yr). I've replaced all belts and hoses, all fluids and filters, full tune-up, new O2 sensor...basically if it can be serviced it has been done.
    The car already had a new radiator, battery, distributor,2 new tires etc. :D Also 2 bigass amps, an Alpine cd changer, Boston woofer pods w/ crossovers, Polk rear deck speakers...just craaaaazy.
  • BillBoardBillBoard council member
    bam-bam wrote:
    I figure it's karmic retribution...

    definetly... super clean ride man...
  • Eagle BeagleEagle Beagle familEE
    what goes around, comes around...

    when ? ... we all understand ...

    pitty nothing in life is free...
    in this case ...
    started with...
    2hours and 66 sumthngz
    :mrgreen:
  • rtSKRAPERrtSKRAPER Band Wagon
    thats a nice come up man , i got my rt4wd for 100$ cause it didnt run , slammed an old dizzy in it i had and it purred like a kitten .
  • EDwEFprtsEDwEFprts Senior Wagonist
    that's awesome.
    nice washing help you have there.
  • bam-bambam-bam Council Member
    EDwEFprts wrote:
    that's awesome.
    nice washing help you have there.

    Thanks. That's SheWhoMustBeObeyed.

    Hey, I revisited this thread for a quick question: Are there mudflaps available for this sedan? Dad just asked for some, and I told him I didn't know but would find out.
  • RevmaynardRevmaynard Council Member
    I believe so, I know I've seen some before.
  • WAYgoneWAYgone Wagonist
    Nice! I wish I could find deals like that, My friend has a knack for scoring good deals. I've never had a deal like that yet, Although I picked up my Wago with a B16 and ITR trans for $1700. Which I thought was a smoking deal.
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