1988 CRX Si buy?

Hi All

I love these cars and I have a chance to buy one from a guy who is
asking $4000 for a red one.

It has 120000 miles and the interior is a bit beat up - seams in seats
are open thus exposing foam underneath and the rear deck area is not
good (he did purchase a new rear deck platform - it fits over the spare
tire). He has changed the oil every 3500 miles and has had some body
work done to the rear quarter panels (has receipts). The exterior looks
really good except...

It has been in a recent accident and the rear bumper had been ripped off
as a result. It doesn't look like that much of a fix to me. The guy has
an estimate from a bod shop of $1500 to fix that problem. He says he is
asking $4000 because the car could easily be repaired and is very
desirable as an aftermarket project. Indeed some of these cars do sell
for quite a bit of coin after modifying.

I drove it and it has a bit of a valve knocking but I think that's not a
difficult fix either. The air conditioning does not work either but
that's not a big deal to me.

So would you pay $4000 for this car?

I'm really tempted to buy this car. Do you think this car could be a
good investment?

that car is a total ripoff if it's as you described which i'm sure you're
describing it accurately. look on ebay before you waste your money. you
could easily buy a crx that's totally already built up with a vtech engine
in it for that price. donot let this guy take advantage of you. do shop
around. there are still plenty of well cared for crx's that sell for alot
less and are 100% nicer than what you've described.


-jeff



-jeff
"Dave Skipper" <das216.DeleteThis@NOSPAMMYMAMMY.net> wrote in message
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 > Hi All
 >
 > I love these cars and I have a chance to buy one from a guy who is asking
 > $4000 for a red one.
 >
 > It has 120000 miles and the interior is a bit beat up - seams in seats are
 > open thus exposing foam underneath and the rear deck area is not good (he
 > did purchase a new rear deck platform - it fits over the spare tire). He
 > has changed the oil every 3500 miles and has had some body work done to
 > the rear quarter panels (has receipts). The exterior looks really good
 > except...
 >
 > It has been in a recent accident and the rear bumper had been ripped off
 > as a result. It doesn't look like that much of a fix to me. The guy has
 > an estimate from a bod shop of $1500 to fix that problem. He says he is
 > asking $4000 because the car could easily be repaired and is very
 > desirable as an aftermarket project. Indeed some of these cars do sell
 > for quite a bit of coin after modifying.
 >
 > I drove it and it has a bit of a valve knocking but I think that's not a
 > difficult fix either. The air conditioning does not work either but
 > that's not a big deal to me.
 >
 > So would you pay $4000 for this car?
 >
 > I'm really tempted to buy this car. Do you think this car could be a good
 > investment?<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->