Originally Posted by bravesfan21
Thanks for all your help guys, you've all been really helpful. I thought the $8000 Integra was a manual, but it turns out that it's an automatic, so both cars are auto (I'd prefer manual).
There is one other 'tegra in my area that is a manual. It's a '94 with 55k miles for $4500 (asking price). I'm not sure I want to touch it because (1) it's 13 years old and (2) when I carfaxed it, they said it was in an area that had flooding.
What do you guys think about the age?
Also, will a mechanic be able to determine whether or not it's suffered flood dammage?
Stay away from that car.
It's probably a refugee from Hurricane Katrina or Rita.
Also, for a 13 year old car, that mileage is
seriously suspect. :eh:
Keep searching for a clean manual DC Integra.. they're out there.
As a rule of thumb, I would limit your search to owners who have kept full records on the car. The key to a happy Honda is routine preventative maintenance. If the previous owner has kept the paperwork in order, it gives you a fairly accurate insight into their ownership mentality.
Also, when it comes to issues like timing belt replacements and other mission-critical hardware replacement, you have proof-positive that the work was actually performed.
