Hello all,

I am about to turn 17 and become a new driver. I was looking for cars and pretty much fell into love with the honda civic. I only have a budget of 5000(parents set) so my question is what year and how many miles would you reccomend i get at that budget.

Thanks for your help, and i hope to learn a lot about civics on HCF.

 

This might help http://www.autotrader.com

 

thanks,i gave a check over there. I had my eyes on a 2000 civic with maybe 80k miles,looks to be around 5000$ from a private owner.

 

It sounds good...Is it an EX or DX??

 

well,im looknig for ex.

http://cnj.craigslist.org/car/755611476.html

Thats one i have found on craigslist.. My parents dont really want to buy from a private seller now because they are worried it may be stolen/lemon,etc and they want to look for it from a dealer. I am sure you can get better prices from a private seller,aside from carfax for the vehicle,what other things would be worth verifying?

 

I would say buy it from a person locally where you live so you can check it out personally....check this out http://www.samarins.com/check/engine.html or http://www.samarins.com/check/checklist.html

 

thanks,im looking at it now,and trying to think of how to remember some of the things. Thanks for all your help