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Hey guys, just wondering if I could get some feedback on this civ that I'm going to check out. I've been looking around my area for a while now and unmodded hatchback civs are definitely tough to find. This is from what I can tell the best I could find. It will be for daily driving and commuting, and ideally I think a full stock civ with no power options would be best (less tech less can go wrong) and that is exactly what this one is. Here's some more info along with some pics.

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Price: $2,995
Year: 1999
Make: Honda
Model: Civic
Doors: 3
Engine: 1.60
Transmission: Manual
Cylinders: 4
Exterior: Grey
Interior: Grey
Submodel: DX Hatchback
Kilometers: 194,108
Stock #: 4612
Fuel: Gasoline

Interior
AM/FM Stereo
CD Player
Power Steering

Thanks in advance for any suggestions you guys can offer.

 
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My car is almost identical to that one ('cept it's a coupe). It's the only car I've ever owned that I actually love. It's my DD and completely original stock so not fast, not flashy but 42 mpg all day every day and that's what I care about. It doesn't leak or burn oil and I've owned it for 2 years now with nothing more than oil changes.

Two things to point out from the pictures. There's obvious rust on the rear quarters (that would be a deal breaker for me) and DX Civics don't come with a tachometer which means the real mileage may not be what's displayed. It's painfully easy to swap the speedo out of the 96-00 Civics.

First thing I did was swap out the instrument cluster when I bought my car and put in a tach. If I were to sell it though I would replace the orignal cluster.

 
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That's true of all DX Civics? I just went to check it out for a test drive and there was a tachometer in it. What do you mean by it may not be the real mileage? Can you not tamper with the kms on a speedo with a tach? And why or why not? Feel free to slide a link to read my way if you don't feel like explaining... Thanks again.

 
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Hey, it looks like a good car....

I wouldn't really imagine people would be that shifty but you never know. When I swapped my cluster out to put in the one with the tach all you have to do is take 4 screws off and the speedo pops out. Since it was swapped it could have been swapped for which ever mileage was lowest.

As far as I know no DX trim Civic comes with a tach. Mine came standard with A/C, ABS and power steering.... but no tach.

 
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Hi everyone,

Well I m back owning a 97 civic what a christmas eve find. Bright red 2 door coupe with 46k original miles . Very good condition and spotless underneath. It only took me about a year to find one like it .

 
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Checked it out and not really as impressive as I was hoping, moving on and looking around at a few more... came across this one and test drove it. Felt great and considering buying comes with safety and etest for ~2200 although I'm not sure if I should be concerned about it closing in on the 250,000km mark... Again any suggestions or opinions are greatly appreciated. Here is the kijiji ad and pictures.

Price $2,500.00
For Sale By Owner
Make Honda
Model Civic
Year 1999
Kilometers 230
Body Type Hatchback
Transmission Manual
Description

FOR SALE:

1999 Honda Civic Hatchback


230 XXX KM
Manual Transmission
*Shifts Smoothly
D16Y8 Engine

Comes with:

Cold Air Intake
Skunk 2 Shift ****
Type R rear lip
Mugen front lip
Type R tail lights
Type R front grill
Winter Tires (Brand New)
Fresh body, doesn't have rust anywhere
Freshly Re-Painted
Looking to buy a bigger car, send me offers.
2500 AS-IS!
Won't need anything for safety at all.
Comes with E-Test!
EK, EK9

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