Re: Carfax, Buying Used, & Craigslist.org

"Dave Garrett" <dave@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Anyway, I was checking the VIN on Carfax for an Si I was considering 
> going to check out, when an ad popped up stating something like "you 
> might also be interested in this vehicle" for an '00 Civic Si with only 
> 53K miles. It was at a local dealer, so I got on the phone and called 
> them immediately. The salesdroid sounded confused initially when I asked

> about the car, then after looking it up, hesitantly offered that they 
> still had the car. I went out to look at it, and it turned out that 
> they'd just gotten it as a trade-in a couple of days previously. It was 
> still in the service bay awaiting cleanup and servicing, was filthy 
> inside and out, and they wouldn't let me drive it until they'd checked 
> it out. But it appeared to be solid, no evidence of ever having been 
> wrecked (confirmed by Carfax, for what that's worth), and the interior 
> was in really good shape for an 8-year-old car. It cleaned up quite 
> nicely, and I wound up buying it before it ever hit the lot. The only 
> flaw I've been able to find is that 5th gear grinds slightly. There's a 
> TSB for this which recommends replacing the 5th-reverse gear cluster 
> (and probably the synchros), but given how much that's likely to cost, 
> I'll probably just live with it unless it gets worse. 

Dave, I have bad news to you... I got a 94 sentra with same issue on 
5th gear and after about 10 months there was no 5th gear anymore...

I hope you did not pay a lot for it.

Good luck!