Sell or not to sell?
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It's been over a year since last time I posted. Didn't have to deal with my 2003 civic EX in awhile. My tour in Korea is finishing up and I'm moving to Italy in late Jan 08.
I blew the engine on Thanksgiving 05. I replaced the engine in March 06, but the engine I replaced it with had a bad ring and buring oil. After about 2K miles, it was buring oil pretty bad before I left for Iraq.
I never sold the civic in Dec 06 when I got back from the desert because I was going to be able to keep it at my parents one of two homes. Well, they are selling the big house with 3 car garage and moving back into the condo with 2 car garage. I doubt I can occupy one of two garage space for 3 years.
The chassis was bent in a accident but was straightened out. It is shown to have a clear title on carfax. The rear right quarter panel has a dent and scratches. The chassis has about 60,000 miles.
So, should I spent the time and money to replace the engine and try to sell it quick when I'm back in CA for two weeks after I leave Korea before I go to Italy? Or should I sell it the way it is? I think there might be troubel with garage space issue in Italy if I have more than one car since I'm taking two motorcycles with me. The cost of renting a storage space is about $100 for a space large for a car.
How much do you think I can get for each option? Is it worth the trouble to fix it? How should I go about selling it? Autotrader, ebay, craiglist? I don't really want to pass this over to my sibling to deal with since they are busy.
Thanks and sorry for the long story.
It's been over a year since last time I posted. Didn't have to deal with my 2003 civic EX in awhile. My tour in Korea is finishing up and I'm moving to Italy in late Jan 08.
I blew the engine on Thanksgiving 05. I replaced the engine in March 06, but the engine I replaced it with had a bad ring and buring oil. After about 2K miles, it was buring oil pretty bad before I left for Iraq.
I never sold the civic in Dec 06 when I got back from the desert because I was going to be able to keep it at my parents one of two homes. Well, they are selling the big house with 3 car garage and moving back into the condo with 2 car garage. I doubt I can occupy one of two garage space for 3 years.
The chassis was bent in a accident but was straightened out. It is shown to have a clear title on carfax. The rear right quarter panel has a dent and scratches. The chassis has about 60,000 miles.
So, should I spent the time and money to replace the engine and try to sell it quick when I'm back in CA for two weeks after I leave Korea before I go to Italy? Or should I sell it the way it is? I think there might be troubel with garage space issue in Italy if I have more than one car since I'm taking two motorcycles with me. The cost of renting a storage space is about $100 for a space large for a car.
How much do you think I can get for each option? Is it worth the trouble to fix it? How should I go about selling it? Autotrader, ebay, craiglist? I don't really want to pass this over to my sibling to deal with since they are busy.
Thanks and sorry for the long story.
Last edited by usafstud; Nov 16, 2007 at 12:13 PM.
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Part it out and sell it as is...take the loss...not that you would get all that much anyways. I just hit 100k and have totally given up on selling it.
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