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My car's paint job and interior is clean as hell, no rust or peeling anywhere so that's alright, it's not gonna develop skin cancer anytime soon.
Also... i can't tell the difference between a facelift and a pre-facelift, they look the same to me lol. if i can't and i own a honda, no one else is gonna be able to tell either.
The dealer provided a service book, i didn't have a good flick through it but good chance it's not fake right? :SQuote:
Originally Posted by flipfire
Dude most people r legit with kms and it wouldnt have been wound back from a dealer they would loose their license to sell cars, did u have any Trouble registering the car? And check the books but I don't think It would be stuffed with, always is a possibilty but u should b right! Upload some pics and we will tell u if it's a facelift, I thought facelifts came out 99-00 but not 100%... Get pics up and well help u out also take some
Of the dash and kms maybe it has been replaced with a new one lol
Thats good, but 10k is still pretty steep for a 98 gsiQuote:
Originally Posted by charliebrown
Original honda service book for the car?
read this on pre face lift and face lift
http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthr...-pre-face-lift
sounds steep but on the flip side, if you can drive this car for the next 3 years without spending a single cent on fixing anything (and maybe resisting the temptation to add mods) then you'll come out even at the end of it. sounds simple but quite hard to do. whatever you do, don't bother modifying it. it's auto and non VTEC, save your dollars.
assuming the timing belt was actually done, with only 100k on the clock you might be able to get away with it. first i would get that dealer to do the thermostat under warranty.
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Originally Posted by dc2r-0636
Ah ( with Ozhonda there is a thread for just about... Anything :D )
Yep it is the original honda logbook (i think? unless they forged that too). The kms are consistent with the odo. Seems just like previous owner(s) drove very little, sometimes only doing 5000km a year but serviced in 5000km intervals.
I don't think i reg'd the car?
Although ozh has all the info, I can never find the threads im after using search function :(
Haha, hm.Quote:
Originally Posted by charliebrown
Next time, hey. You really should have taken more time and care with it all, but best of luck with the car.
I didn't know anything about cars back when i bought it, so the mechanic's "engine works good" and dad's "paint job looks fine" was enough. Definetely will be fussy next time and haggle like a madman. I didn't even know the difference between GSi and VTi-R lol
This is your first car man, some people one here may disagree, but trust me an Integra GSI is a great first car. I take it your parents aren't the type to go out and spend $20k on you for your first car, so don't be too down on yourself. Besides, if they were that type and bought you an evo or something then you wouldn't have learnt from this experience and could make the same mistake further down the track, but on a much more expensive car. Plus no one likes little preppy douches who reckon they're killin it in an expensive car that was bought for them by their parents.
As others have said, a GSI is still a good car and you have a facelift version which is pretty rare. You didn't get ripped by that much imo. Most facelifted GSI's are a similar price, but you get warranty.
Agreed on the "parents buying 30k cars for their kids" bit... i had 5k, and through working my ass off in my final year of high school (in terms of studying hard, not part-time work), parents agreed to pay the remainder provided the car was under 10k. So yes, i appreciate the value of money and things aren't given to me nor do i take them.
From reading threads, the only things i can tell pre-facelift vs. facelift is the taillight indicators are white, the rear bumper above the exhaust has the line thing, the 'INTEGRA' on the front is on the bumper bar and not next to the headlights. I can't spot any of the shape differences or other ones.
And i did get warranty when i bought my car? It's just for gearbox and differentials. Not sure if that's worth anything.
EDIT: ahh i had to squint my eyes when comparing two pictures zoomed in hard lol. headlights facing inwards, 1 front bar hole thing instead of 2. cant see anything else though