Veeky Forums I am 26 years old in USA.just got my license a few months ago and have not driven a car on my own ever (i know im pathetic). my plan was to get an older model reliable honda accord/civic to learn with and i have found someone selling a 2005 one with 105k miles for $3,200. how dumb is it to buy a 10+ year old car with >100k miles on it?
also i have no clue what model honda this is, the back doesnt have civic/accord/etc on the back
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not dumb, its only 3k. if its breaks down after a bit who cares? its only 3k
Also, have alot of fun. You got alot of catching up to do. Fux lots of chicks with dicks.
man im not gonna be catching up on anything im sure im still going to be a shut in
also if anyone can give advice on what to do buying old used cars from a private buyer id like to know. was thniking of asking my father to be the test driver of it
please help o i need your expertise
The 3k Civic is actually the dogma of Veeky Forums so you'll be alright. Just ask the seller what work has been done on the car and what needs to be done later on down the line. The biggest thing though is to check under that car for leaks, start the car and see if any white or blue smoke comes out (both are bad).
Better yet find somebody you know that has an inkling for cars and bring them with you to inspect the car. If not then ask to take the car to get inspected by a mechanic.
No, that's a pretty fair price for that year and mileage.
You don't have to worry about a high mileage car if its from a good brand. You still have to MAINTAIN them mind you but just because a car is at 100000+ miles doesn't mean the motor is going to explode before you even finish driving home.
>t. my Mercedes with 216,000 miles
Go to shift or carmax or some shit if you don't know how to find a car that isn't fucked up. They do the mechanic PPI for you and tell you if anything is wrong with the car before you buy.
Get a manual transmission, cars from the price range you're looking at tend to have worse MPG and worse performance with the auto transmission and automatic transmissions are a lot more likely to fail if the previous owners haven't been changing the transmission oil on time. Honda, Mazda, Toyota, and Nissan are usually all decent picks as well as their respective luxury marques as long as you don't pick something like ~post-2010 Nissan or a dogshit Honda 5 speed auto from the early 2000s.
I agree that there's nothing wrong with high mileage cars but you have to be really careful of people selling cars with engines that need major rebuild like low compression, fucked up bearings because they couldn't be bothered to change the oil, etc. This guy sounds like he doesn't know the first thing about cars so he should definitely play it safe and go with Shift or some other company that sells used cars with PPI.
$3,000 is still $3,000. Why even waste $3,000 if you don't think the car will last more than 3 months.
$3,000 is pretty hard to save up if you live on your own and have other bills.
OP I probably wouldn't buy it. Because it's a Honda the last owner probably thought it would be okay without any maintenance. I'd get something like a Buick Park Avenue or a Cetury. The engines in those cars are bulletproof and they are very comfortable and super cheap. You can pick up a Buick century for $1,500 sometimes. And most likely the previous owners were old people