Hi Everyone,

I was thinking about buying a 1997 Honda Civic. I know honda are reliable cars, but would like to know first hand how your Civic has treated you.
I Civic I plan to buy has 100K on it, how much longer do you think it will last if I do normal maintenance on it. Does anyone have problems with their Civic, if so, at what mileage does it start happening. Also, what would you pay for a 1997 Honda Civic EX with 100K on it?.

Thanks,

 

I have a 97 civic EX with 151k miles on it and it still runs fine, I havn't had any problems with the engine but it realy depends on if it was taken care of by previous owners. Mine wasn't taken very good care of so I have some minor things that I had to repair and it still works great so I would say that they are very reliable.

 

i bought a 96 honda civic hx, it was my first civic, easy to mod, fix whats wrong if anythang, but it had 88,000 miles on it i give 5,500 for it and put 50,000 miles on it in a year. it was a good car but i put coilovers on it drog it like 3in and it was a rough ride and it jared some wires around, long story short the pastenger side window quit workin i changed the motor didnt work so i sold it for 2,000. big bad mistake!!

 

my civic 1990 ran perfect and still would except that i crshed it, never ever had any engine trouble.

 

did the previous owner conduct regular maintenance on the civ? if so it should run well into the 200,000mi. range as long as u continue to take care of it. go on kellybluebook.com and check to see what u should pay for it.

 

i am the second owner of my civic. very well maintand. 180,000 and still going strong.

 

Original owner of my 97 with 250,000 miles, replaced my transimission last year.

 

Just bought a 96 Civic EX coupe about a month ago with 105,000. Had the timing belt, water pump, spark plugs, spark plug wires, distributor cap, oil filter, belts and all 4 tires changed. I bought the car for $2,300 and spent a little over $1,000 in maintainence. The car runs GREAT. I've already put on close to 4,000 miles on the car.

Before I bought my Civic, I read a lot of reviews and Civics are one of the most reliable cars around if not the most reliable. I guess as long as you take care of it, it will last you over 200,000 + miles.

Good luck!

 

at 200K....and plan to run it forever....

 

107k... 00 ex. only done the timing belt, plugs and wires. brakes. normal stuff.