Need Some Advice

[soundspeed]

Here's my situation. I currently drive a '98 civic dx coupe. It has about 160,000kms on it. It's been lowered has rims short shifter exhaust and intake and front and rear lips. The car is in great shape and has no problems, other than I get killed on insurence with it. I'm seriously thinking about buying my friends car. It's a '96 cx hatchback with type-r five bolt conversion and rims stainless brake lines lowered, front and rear lips, integra front and read seats. For a motor it has a first gen b16 with a '99 gsr tranny and type -r flywheel and cluch. The car is in excellent shape and the motor has about 40,000 on it and is very clean and runs very strong. He's asking $8500 for it. What do you guys think, is it worth it. I could probably get 8 for mine and hopefully get a break on my insurance. I've always loved hatchbacks and the only reason I got a coupe was because at the time I couldn't find a hatch with a/c, which was dumb on my part because I hardly use my a/c. Any advice you guys have would be greatly appreciated. Thanx guys.



This is what me car looks like.

[pdiggitydogg]

If anything, you should call your insurance company and get a quote for the cx.
Go from there.

(Id never buy someones old "tuner car")

[soundspeed]

yeah i'm gunna call them on monday. I wouldn't usualy buy someone elses tuner car either, but he's my friend and everything has been on the car for a year or less. and i trust the guy so hopefully i won't have any problems. Thanx buddy

[pdiggitydogg]

Actually, my point, in this case, was that youd have nothing to do to it. Its not a project anymore.
It being your buddy, you probably can trust him...but the fun of it is gone.

[soundspeed]

Some is gone true. But the motor is strill stock except for an intake and header and there r a few more external things i could do.

[VR4_Craver]

I would be sruprised if you got anywhere near 8k for yours. But if you could then go for it. But I would buy something that someone else modified because you know they had to actually use what they put on. By use I mean that they actually worked hard on it

[chefmaster21]

Do you actually think you can get 8 grand for your car? expecialy with 160,000 miles on it. As far as buyin the hatch I personaly wouldn't buy it since it has lots of mods to it already. Doing all the mods to the car yourself is all the fun. Isn't that why people buy the cars they want to mod them not to buy them already moded?