Its not a matter of being lazy. My brother in law has done all the work on it so far, from changing the timing belt to replacing the rack and the clutch. I was just asking because I had no idea how long a Civic lasted. Would it make any sense to fix it if you guys said its well past its expected life span?

Atleast I know I still can put alot more miles on it before junking it.

Thanks
J

 

Well really, you could drive that thing forever so long as rust doesn't eat it apart. Engine dies, get a new one... it's only a few hundred bucks for a replacement.

 

civics are known to have a long life span, as well was integra's. new engine+tune-up and your set my friend.

 

agreed, like i said before, as long as the motor is running, ur good to go, if the motor dies, then u replace it with a new one and ur good to go for another 300k miles

 

i got a 95 dx, and im sitting on 248 and some change man, they last for ever as long as you dont rape it on a daily basis, hahahahahaha.

 

x2 it all depends on the driver and how well you maintain it

 

constant maintenance and care will result in a long life span my friend.

 

Civics are hard to kill. My 90 had 350K+ before I dropped a v8 in her. =)
Thing smoked hard for two years. Burned oil. I even ended up driving with no oil reading on the stick. < didn't realize it, lol >.
As long as you keep oil in the motor, and don't bash it hard, it will last how it is. If you motor somehow dies, you can drop a low mileage motor in for under $500.

If your just wanting a newer car, then go ahead and sell it. Otherwise, just fix the few problems she has, and she will last a long, long time. Well, unless you fight a truck/car/pole. =P

 

yeah forgot to mention almost all junkyards carry civics man, and if you find a fresh one in your looking for about 4-600$ on the full engine.
D-series, im not sure about the B16 (si) that might cost your around 6-1000$ nevertheless, discounts at it's finest.

 

my salvage title 97 lx has like 2xx,xxx on it. i abuse the beejesus out of it every day. trans shifts all crazy, ac is iffy, but doesnt burn any oil. havent changed the oil in likke 15,000 now that i think about it... ****.