This deal is profitable. The price is 39.9 percent below the fair price.
Low price: $1279
Fair price: $2428
High price: $3576
MPG: 30 mpg city / 35 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Gray
Color: Flamenco Black Pearl
Dealer: Serra Traverse City Cadillac Subaru
Mileage: 200,035
Year: 1998
Ownership Cost for 1998 Honda Civic EX Coupe
Estimated: $35869 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$1767
$848
$742
$672
$601
$4630
Insurance
$1451
$1502
$1554
$1609
$1665
$7781
Fuel
$1238
$1275
$1320
$1373
$1434
$6640
Maintenance
$2763
$2412
$1172
$1007
$2291
$9645
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$483
$483
$483
$483
$483
$715
Total Ownership Costs
$8680
$7230
$6157
$6122
$7681
$35869
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Coupe
Displacement CC: 1589.545208
Displacement CI: 97
Displacement L: 1.589545208
Doors: 2
Engine Configuration: In-Line
Engine Cylinders: 4
Engine HP: 127.00
Engine KW: 94.703900
Engine Model: D16Y8
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
GVWR: Class 1B: 3,001 - 4,000 lb (1,360 - 1,814 kg)
Make: HONDA
Manufacturer: HONDA OF AMERICA MFG., INC.
Manufacturer Id: 988
Model: Civic
Model Year: 1998
Plant City: East Liberty
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Ohio
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: LX
Transmission Speeds: 5
Transmission Style: Manual/Standard
Trim: EX
Valve Train Design: Single Overhead Cam (SOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
2002 HONDA CIVIC 1.6 AUTOMATIC GEAR EQUIPPED WITH CARK-91 NOKIA CAR KIT CRASHED. POSSIBLE REASON WAS INTERFERENCE OF ELECTROMAGNETIC SIGNALS OF CAR KIT WITH ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL. CAR WAS IN PARKING PLACE. CELLULAR PHONE (NOKIA 5110) INSTALLED TO CAR KIT. ENGINE HAS BEEN STARTED. REAR GEAR SELECTED. WITH SLOW INPUT TO THROTTLE CAUSED RAPID ACCELERATION TO BACK. MY WIFE TRIED TO STOP THE CAR WITH BRAKING BUT POSSIBLY WITH PANIC SHE PUSHED THE THROTTLE PEDAL INSTEAD OF BRAKE PEDAL. THE BACK OF CAR CRASHED HITTING AND DAMAGING A SMALL TRUCK. I INVESTIGATED FOR THE MANUFACTURING ERROR. SERVICE DECLINED IT AND ALSO THERE WAS NO CLUE ABOUT MANUFACTURING ERROR (EVEN IN COMPUTER RECORD OF THE CAR). AFTER THE DELIVERY OF CAR (03/28/2002) MY WIFE LIVED SIMILAR INCIDENCE. SHE INSTALLED NOKIA 5110 TO CAR KIT, STARTED ENGINE, SELECTED REAR GEAR AND ENGINE HAS STARTED ACCELERATION. MY WIFE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCED NOW AND IMMEDIATELY SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN WITH TURNING CAR KEY TO SHUT DOWN. NOW, SHE DRIVES THE CAR WITH CELLULAR PHONE CLOSED. I THINK THAT POSSIBLE REASON OF THIS ACCIDENT IS THE UNATTENDED TRIGGERING OF THROTTLE TO FULL OPEN BY ELECTROMAGNETIC SIGNAL CREATED BY CAR KIT. SO, THIS SHOWS THAT INSULATION OF THROTTLE CONTROL SYSTEM IS WEAK IN THIS MODEL. IT HAS TO BE MUCH BETTER INSULATED TO SCREEN THE ELECTROMAGNETIC NOISE CREATED BY ANY OTHER EQUIPMENT.*AK
1998
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
DEALER REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH UNDER RECALL. ALSO THE ALTERNATOR REPLACED . BUT THE INTERMITTENT PROBLEM TO START THE VEHICLE CONTINUED. *AK THERE WAS INTERMITTENT GRINDING NOISE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED. SINCE THE NOISE DIDN'T OCCUR WHEN THE CONSUMER BOUGHT IT TO THE DEALER, THEY REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. *PH ALSO THE OXYGEN SENSOR WAS REPLACED. *JB