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Finally Got a Daily Driver

imnotacop420

Squire of Awesome
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Jul 14, 2003
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Location
brunswick OH
I have been driving the SVT daily for about 3 years, driving 29 miles each way to work puts the miles on pretty fast! I had been looking for a cheap honda for a little while now, just when I thought such a thing didnt exist I came across this.......
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Picked it up for $600 off of some guy from work. Its a 1997 LX with a 5 speed, and a 143,000 miles. Needs a good cleaning, and the rims aren't in that great of shape but they are 14 inch enkei's wooooohoooooo!!!!!
He was the orginal owner, and I have the orginal sticker. It gets 38mpg's highway, I have every single receipt from service including all oil changes. It has one issue though, whenever the transmission is in gear and you have your foot on the gas it makes a pretty loud grinding noise regardless of what gear you are in or how fast you are going. Take your foot off the gas and the noise stops........if anyone has experiance with hondas, or might now what the problem is shoot me a PM please. The problem started about 2 months ago he said.

So, what do you guys think? Even with the grinding issue I think I got one hell of a deal!

they are cell phone pics, Ill give it a good cleaning and some better pics if it ever stops raining
 
Nice pick up for a nice price and it will last a while.
29 miles each way!! Hah thats nothing. I drive 68 mi each way, thats a long drive.
 
For the price I couldnt pass it up. I figure i could fix it, drive it for 2 years and still sell it for more than what I paid for it!
 
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