I'm looking at picking up a beater car as a 3rd vehicle to have around. I found a 2002 Civic EX/5 speed locally that a buddy of mine has (he runs a Honda repair shop and sells used vehicles he fixes up).
I think this one has around 120k-ish miles on it and has a "Jap" engine (whatever that is). Apparently the previous owner killed the original engine by letting it run out of oil when it had a leak from the drain plug or something like that.
Anyway, this guy seems to do a pretty good job on the stuff I've had him do. So I think he will give me an honest assessment on this vehicle.
Are there any known gotchas on the 2002 Civics?
I think this one has around 120k-ish miles on it and has a "Jap" engine (whatever that is). Apparently the previous owner killed the original engine by letting it run out of oil when it had a leak from the drain plug or something like that.
Anyway, this guy seems to do a pretty good job on the stuff I've had him do. So I think he will give me an honest assessment on this vehicle.
Are there any known gotchas on the 2002 Civics?