Rich3077
09-11-2003, 10:32 PM
Okay.. so I finally find a Honda from a private owner at a
reasonable price. ( $1000, I am basically a working poor guy )
Car looked to be in decent shape for that year.. some rust but not real bad, engine sounded good. While looking at the car I discovered that its a Canadian model ( I am in the US )
This is the first time I have ran across this.. so I think nothing
of it and buy the car.
The next day I remember that odometers get changed
when importing to the US... crap.. odometer read 135200..
who knows what it really is?
So I start thinking and researching... finally I decided to take the car for a ride and pay attention to the odometer...
well.. lookie here... the damn thing is not miles at all..
its in Kilometers.
The chick I bought the car from thought it was miles.. and was changing the oil every 3000 miles ( or what she thought was miles )
Then I examined the wear on the car closely... the cloth drivers
seat is in brand new mint condition... as are all the other seats.
The gas and break petels have no wear on them. The original owners manual was in the glove box as well.
Yeah.. I cant be sure about this.. but it looks like I got lucky as hell. I am gonna order a carfax report in a couple of days.. I cant order one tonight because I gotta put some money in my account first.
I really wanted a Honda bad.. Its my first non-Ford vehicle...
I need something thats gonna last.
I was just gonna drive it untill the body rusted to bad... but
now I think I am gonna get the rust cut out and replaced
with sheet metel or after market body parts.
Since this is my first Honda I will be around posting questions as they come up.. because I know nothing about this car.
Peace
Rich
reasonable price. ( $1000, I am basically a working poor guy )
Car looked to be in decent shape for that year.. some rust but not real bad, engine sounded good. While looking at the car I discovered that its a Canadian model ( I am in the US )
This is the first time I have ran across this.. so I think nothing
of it and buy the car.
The next day I remember that odometers get changed
when importing to the US... crap.. odometer read 135200..
who knows what it really is?
So I start thinking and researching... finally I decided to take the car for a ride and pay attention to the odometer...
well.. lookie here... the damn thing is not miles at all..
its in Kilometers.
The chick I bought the car from thought it was miles.. and was changing the oil every 3000 miles ( or what she thought was miles )
Then I examined the wear on the car closely... the cloth drivers
seat is in brand new mint condition... as are all the other seats.
The gas and break petels have no wear on them. The original owners manual was in the glove box as well.
Yeah.. I cant be sure about this.. but it looks like I got lucky as hell. I am gonna order a carfax report in a couple of days.. I cant order one tonight because I gotta put some money in my account first.
I really wanted a Honda bad.. Its my first non-Ford vehicle...
I need something thats gonna last.
I was just gonna drive it untill the body rusted to bad... but
now I think I am gonna get the rust cut out and replaced
with sheet metel or after market body parts.
Since this is my first Honda I will be around posting questions as they come up.. because I know nothing about this car.
Peace
Rich