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Old 10-30-2006
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Should I buy - NEED ADVICE

I'm currently looking to buy a Civic and recently found one, but want to get some expert opinion on whether or not it's a good deal. For starters I'm in Ontario in the GTA (north of Toronto). The guy's asking $8000 for it - it's a 2000 Si, manual, 1 owner, no accidents, pw, pl, phm, psunroof, keyless, ac, abs, tilt and cruise, tinted, fog lights, spoiler, 2 sets of tires and rims, cd, certified.

It's been regularly maintained at the local dealer and has app. 175,000k on it.

From doing a walk around there is minor rust on the hood and a few dents. Also the odometer is broken (the dealership is aware of this problem).

Please let me know if you think this is a good buy, or if I have a little bit of room to play with price. And any other advice you may have for a first time car buyer and Civic wannabe. Thank you!
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I would be concerned about the broken od and the actual kilometers on the car.
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go for it
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My friend bought a car that the odometer and speedometer were not working, a 99 Ex, and it had WAY more miles on it then it said and engine ended up **** after about 2months of buying it, so he had to get new engine. If you're going to pay 8k, you should just get a 7thgen imo.
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175k miles dont do it
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yikes.. too much miles for 8000 dollars. its a nono for me, get a new one like 2005 or wait till next year so the 2006's price will lower.
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8000$ seems like a lot of money for a 6thgen with 175,000 miles on it. Like others have said the broken odometer isn't a good sign. Wait for a better find
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Turbo tegs go for like 4 or 5K bad deal way too many miles for that price.
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