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1999 Honda Civic Ex Coupe 2-door 1.6l on 2040-cars

Year:1999 Mileage:233500
Location:

Harleysville, Pennsylvania, United States

Harleysville, Pennsylvania, United States

 For sale my 1999 civic EX.  I have owned the car for 5 years and have never had any major issues with it.

I just put a timing belt on it as well as a water pump 10,000 miles ago.  New brakes front and back within the last year.  Everything works on the car: power steering, power locks, power windows, sun roof, CD player, cruise etc.  AC I haven't used in several months but it did work last time I used it although the compressor belt squealed a bit and needs to be tightened.  Never had to recharge it in the 5 years I owned the car.  I've done all my own work to this car so far.  The transmission shifts well, and has shifted the same way it does now since I bought the car.  I change that fluid every 30k.  The motor runs great, no issues there either.  The shifter is a little stiff sometimes (probably the coffee I spilled on it).  Car gets good gas mileage.  New battery.

There are some issues to speak of, and here's the story on that.  I recently moved from NJ to PA and put the car into inspection.  The front end and brakes all checked out (although I do feel some pulsing in them, probably a warped rotor).  They did an alignment.  Because the windshield has a circle blemish from a stone hitting it, as well as a long crack, they wanted to replace it.  The rear right tire also is out of alighment, and they wanted to replace some bushings to get it right.  It does pull to the right because of that.  Last, where the muffler mates up with the B pipe, there is an exhuast leak and really it needs to be welded, patched or replaced to pass (otherwise I would just leave it).  You can hear it, its noticeable but not super loud.  Back before I moved out to PA I had a garage and I would just do this myself in an afternoon, but now I live at an apartment complex and you can't even open your hood without somebody calling the office, so I haven't touched anything.  I commute 200 miles a day, so this car was my answer to banging out those miles on a car I figured wasn't going to suffer much in value by putting a bunch more miles on it.  Because the inspection is going to cause me to spend money on the car, I decided to sell it.  I'm reasonably confident it would pass NJ inspection without much trouble.

Summary:  Everything works.  Runs great, shifts well. Has been well maintained.  Body is ok, has dents.  Missing a couple of hubcovers.  looks ok in a parkinglot.  Interior pretty good, seats are almost perfect, floor has some stains.  Does need some work:  Needs rear alignment parts (bushings on trailing arm I'm told).  Has exhaust leak at muffler to b pipe area (which by the way I made a shade tree fix to in a friend's driveway which will hold out for probably as long as you need it to).  Windshield is cracked and blemished.  One other thing, the previous owner had (a rather annoying) alarm system that I removed from the car.  For whatever reason, any time you open the door to the car it makes the "you left your keys in the ignition" chime.  Could probably figure out why, I never bothered. 

If I were the next guy to own this car and I had to pass PA inspection, I'd get a junkyard windshield, patch the B pipe and repair the rear alignment myself.  If other state inspection, I'd probably forget about everything but the alignment and just drive it.  This car has a lot of life left in it.

Feel free to ask any questions. 


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