I'm looking at getting a 2008 honda civic ex, 5sp automatic transmission. It's the dealer's test drive Civic so it has 1,500 miles on it...makes me a little weary. Demo miles are generally pretty rough miles. The warranty will not be extended by the number of miles. I test drove it and it drove fine...I liked it.

Sticker is $20,145
I'm in NJ.

What's a reasonable price for this vehicle? $17,500? $18,000?
Any other advice?

 

if you havent already kbb.com

 

I would suggest spending about $2k more and getting the Si.

 

I'm from NJ (northern) also . . . two weeks ago I purchased a new, leftover 2007 civic EX, 5 speed stick, for $16,300. I love it . . . handles great, etc etc. If you can drive a stick, you can get a good price and there are new 2007s available. They want to get rid of ones with manual trans. My opinion about the car you are considering, I dont think 1500 miles would be a problem, really. The car is actually broken in, IMO. You may be able to bargain them down to $18,000 or thereabouts. It all depends on how much they want to get rid of the car and how good you are at stonewalling. Good luck - keep us informed.

 

I personally would not want a demo car, yu dont know how many people have taken it for a test drive, and way too many chances of people wanting to test the full performance of the car

 

yeah the true market value on edmunds is about 19k, for a new car with not so many miles...

unfortunately i can't drive a stick, or else that would be an option. this dealer said they sold out of the 2007's awhile ago. but i'll keep searching, too.

thanks for your help everyone.

 

search online, theres many used car places to look for 2007. try yahoo, msn, cars.com, kbb.com

 

Not sure if this helps, but I just paid about $17,000 (including destination) for my 2008 EX Sedan. Sticker on it was $19,345. Mine's a 5-speed as well.

-John

 

Thanks for the info, John.

Yeah I actually just got a quote for 17,900 from another dealer on a new Civic EX. So this dealer for the demo car is going to have come way down.

 

Yeah, the question I have is financing ... are they going to extend to you the new-car financing deal that Honda has right now? As low as 2.9% for 60 months on new civics! That's what sealed the deal for me on a new one.