Hi, i got pawned.

[MWAKU]

i fail, this is my car i paid an absurd price for. lols, Honda Civic 1992 GL, with 130,000k on the clock, but then, i don't even know if there genuine,95% its not. got it from dealer, and he got it from a trade-in.
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its off my phone so yeah lols
hey im michael and im 18.

But yeah, im trying to get money back from it any, from the false advertising. i'm going low baller on the dealer, and if we can't reach an agreement i'm going to go home, call fairtrading, tell em i can't get a settlement,and they'll take it further w00t. lols, just if its lawyers and i have to make extra effort. zomg.

[dc2dc2dc2]

how much did u pay?
anything more than 7k i say is mega rip off.
i'd pay 5-6
nothing more.

[MWAKU]

5,500.. GL i might add.

[JunYu]

lol eg's are so overpriced :p

[Nikki]

lol @ 5.5k being an absurd price

[EKVTIR-T]

For a 16 year old carby hatchback it is absurd.

[Spicey]

so any reasons you think that price is absurd? and obviously you thought the price was ok to buy it in the first place!?

[rayb3na_]

he bought the car thinking it was an auto si.. obviously an auto si of that condition at 5.5k is a bargain especially form a dealer.. he got jipped cos he didnt take my simple advice.. didnt i tell you to wait dude.. didnt i? lol but yeah its too late now lemme know if u need anything ok?

[johnprocter]

wait so what did the dealer false advertise?

[chunky]

5.5 is maybe a little too much but not CRAZY ABSURD OMFGWTFBBQ!!!!

[kazam]

yes 5500 is absurd, i paid that much for eh VTI manual, one lady owner, full log books, 92000k's, 4 months rego, condition was A +++ so yeh gg 2 u. take your time in choosing cars...

[johnprocter]

lets swap engines kazam

[kazam]

dont spam please. i hate spamming.

[chunky]

why is this in introductions?

[rayb3na_]

because this is mwaku's introduction thread after all his threads about engine swapping etc he finally got himself a car only for it to be a carby.. and he got jipped.

[MWAKU]

HAHAHA yeah hardcore. i need ur lip. 150. when i get money, i let ya know.gotta wait till i get paid back. neways yeah, after all my noob threads, my first intro :)

false ad it was, thats why i'm going back to get some of my parents dosh back w00t.

And when i saw it, i knew it wasn't a Si, thought it was GLi, but see'ing how most GLi go for that price now, and that it had warranty "i thought full car warranty, thought wrong, mum didn't fill me in" anyways yeah, just thought i'd take it, not being able to distinguish between a GLi and GL. But fuct me up and here i am, crying senselessly

[DC4Integra98]

there there, only a car. Materialistic things can be replaced with effort.

Just let this situation be a lesson - take your time, look carefully, check the VIN!

[An41]

for your sake dude, i hope you can get as much back as you can. I would no way in hell pay 5.5k for a GL, Si yer maybe.

[SiReal]

dont forget u bought it from a dealer, not a private sale.

[MWAKU]

^ what do you mean by that

Yeah, im going low baller first, and if nothing, go normal price, if nothing, go home, call fair trading, tell em to further deal with it. since thats what they told me 2

[SiReal]

u pay more for a car from a dealer than private - everybody knows this.

5K isnt much for a car in the eyes of a dealer. RWC, rego, warranty etc

[trism]

wait, hasnt this been going on for aaaaaaaaages


im sure i saw a thread about this weeks ago.


anyways, people seem to think civics are gods gift to cars.

just today i saw a 92 GL for 5.5

wtf are these people thinking

[rayb3na_]

they think its an efi and they are the ones that think all civics are the same and since civics are becoming so popular they are jacking up prices jsut cos its a gl they dont care.. they see si's advertised for that much they'll advertise for that much..

[baeshin]

bro lol did u even pop the bonnet wen u went to buy the car... you would of noticed the carburetta if u just lookd at it

but 5.5k isnt that bad... i wouldnt pay that much for it but ive seen carsales n stuff n they mostly go for around that price... which is rip off n yeh

[SiReal]

just sell it and buy another one.

Heres a personal story:
in the purchase before i got my accord, i bought an audi A4, it was a lemon with 66K kms on it - even from a dealer. sold it 3 wks later, and I lost $3000.

So $1000 a week. So thats A LOT worse than the 'issue' u r faced with.

Sure he may have misrepresented, but u HAVE a running reliable car that looks great and handles comparatively good. Like a house becoming a home due to ones love for it, your purchase can also become your pride and joy.

[MWAKU]

Yeah very true, thats been running in my head since the start since the girlfriend, told me too keep it and stop pursuing this, atleast we have something to get around with

but im like. fuct that, i want my money back :)

Very true, i'll keep what you've said in mind tho, when i go tomorrow, at best, im looking for 1000 back. if not more.

[MWAKU]

bro lol did u even pop the bonnet wen u went to buy the car... you would of noticed the carburetta if u just lookd at it

but 5.5k isnt that bad... i wouldnt pay that much for it but ive seen carsales n stuff n they mostly go for around that price... which is rip off n yeh

i did pop the bonnet, but there was no round plate, so i didn't recognize it as a carby. just looked like a normal GLi with a "funny" intake and alot of wires lols. i wasn't educated in telling difference between carb -> efi, tho i did know differences between all the EFI's. anyways lesson learnt. i haven't even driven it that much, cars been in and out of the mechs! frickign two weeks transmission, and its back there now cause trans. oil leak, fricking.

and the speakers work fine, it was just the deck that came with it wasn't installed properly, i thoguht only one worked, but installing a new deck y'day fixed that. so yeah. after i got the car back from the mech's on thurs, car sounds very loud some reason when i give it

im looking at buying a twinloop exhaust, but as everyone has said, exhaust+auto=noob. which it is, but blah, i hate my stock muff, look so gay. and i don't know what the twinloop will sound on a carb. but yeah, i never want anything loud at low revs ahah.

but yeah.

[Lukezen27]

Man that a ****ed story, I hate dealers...

Welcome to the EG family though

Next time you buy a car take someone who knows what there doing

[hisoka]

did you wanna do a engine swap anyway ?

[beeza]

I Love your honesty man.Your first car is never the one you want but also most will do engine swaps anyways so just do all the other mods then when you get money do an engine swap.That's what I'm doing,lots of fun :)
Love the colour btw.

[MWAKU]

yeah thanks guy for all the feedback, much appreciated!!

i'm thinking of doing an eng conv. but it seems so much of a headache changing it to efi lols. but yeah, at the mean times it my way of A to B, and what ray has suggested to me, is too just pour my money into cosmetics, which is what im looking at doing.

[beeza]

Rims + Tyres,sway bars,coilovers or a good shock and spring combo is a great place to start.Cosmetic mods can be a waste of money.Just get the car looking clean.That always looks the best especially on a eg Hatch.

[rayb3na_]

^^^ well full story of what i said was do cosmetics cos when michael decides to get his manuals and buy his project eg he can take all that off and still use it for his new eg.. he told me he had intentions of driving this car around for a while then buying a manual one.. i believe comsetics are great although you can be targeted for them now..

[beeza]

I see,forsure,same with all the suspension mods.

[baeshin]

from ur pix ur car looks decent.. hope u get decent amount of rego wif it for that price tho and as ray said go for the cosmetics so u can chuk em over.. to ur new project car but if ur gna do an engine conversion in the end then jus keep this car...

dun assume that youll fink that youl be happy selling this car to move on to a dseries 1.6 si/vti cus youl always want more.

one of the first few mods i did to mine were rims/tyres n coilovers, i wish i went for the b series engine conversion b4 i did nefing tho

[MWAKU]

yeah i guess. but yeah, im a very "pretty" boy, hence i like my car pretty with cosmetics

hence im getting 19" chromes, thin tyers, crystal taillight/headlight and cutting my springs

nah joooooooooookes. looking for spoon frontlip, type R rearlip, some king springs (cbf for coils, too poor),shocks, strutbar,rims and wing. hmms, looking clean, yeah i've bumped it in a few places, so i wont be going clean :P:P and what ray said, i will start doing engine mods and all that with a manual. frack this auto ness, just gotta make it looks cool in my eyes :D

i got rego till 2009. and im still 50% on engine conversion, cause im really looking forward to getting a DC2R\DC5R so :X

[rayb3na_]

spoon lip here when your rdy ;]

[MWAKU]

Yeah, not anytime soon. i'm poor, unless tomorrow i get lucky (hopefully)

[hisoka]

u make me feel sorri for u lol....are u in brisbane, or where is the dealer mate~

just do cosmetics or no mods...i would do no mods and keep saving..but yer just me

[phwoaaa]

if the bodys in good nick then 5.5k aint that bad!!

love the colour of it!

[MWAKU]

yeah body was fine im guessing, just some ripped mud flaps at the front, or something like that.

sydney buddy, xiros motor dealers granville lol

not doing mods, maybe exhaust, but highly doubt it

[Riviera]

its worth it because EG's are the best...

they just are... lol