I bought an 89 Civic CX Hatchback back in October 2002 for 700 bux CDN, i looked the car over very well, to me all that i could see was very little rust except driver side fender, speedo cable was busted and it needed alot of interior work. the car only had 230,000 kms on it and we took it for a test drive. my dad said it felt like it needs ball joints. alright thats fine, get it back there and rev it a few times... no smoke ok so i buy it. get it home and it starts smoking
its now january... the cars sitting in my garage, engine finally apart, interior part done, rear drums off ready to be machined, and the whole front end is now perfect after a month of long nights in the garage doing body work. the car needs to be done by febuary or march so i can start driving it and it feels like it has a really long way to go, still gotta take the head to the shop to get new valve seals and get the valves machined or replaced if there burnt, gotta do the ball joints still (which i just found out that they cost alot of money because they some with the control arms too) gotta get the drums and rotors machined, and need to finish the body work from the doors back to the hatch and need to weld in new rocker panels and then finish the interior, I will have pics up ASAP. probably today, all i have to do is scan them. so i learned my lesson about buying my first car. i gotta look it over ALOT closer and take into account the mileage. but on the plus side it has brand new suspension, (APEX 180 mm lowering springs) and Ractive 5 inch muffler with a 4 inch tip (sounds awesome!) so just 2 let u guys know... dont make my mistake lol