11-04-2001, 05:37 PM
my friend's been looking into an Si for over a year now, he's 17, and i've been helping him out.
we finally found one nearby, 30 something thousand miles, looks to be in GREAT condition. i mean...it doesn't look showroom new, but there's no dents/scratches, the rims are great, the tires have plenty of tread, engine bay's clean, stock. interior's spotless. and from what i checked, he only used Mobil 1 synthetic every 5000 miles, he SAYS he doesn't run it hard (but he knew what VTEC was and stuff, and showd it to us heh), but since mileage is low i doubt that matters cuz my friend's gonna run it hard. transmission doesn't squeak/grind or anything. doesn't make any weird noises at idles, the fuel injectors are a bit noisy tho. not nearly as loud as my celica's now cuz mine are messed up. but it's in that good condition. also it pulled very nicely in VTEC with 3 people in the car. the guy seems to have an incredible fear of redlining, so he goes to exactly right up to redline before he shifts. his driving's decent too, he shifts slowly and stuff but doesn't fall below 6000rpm, doesn't go with crazy downshifting...
anyway, he's looking for $14-$16k for this (he's in a rush to pay off student loans), my friend is prolly gonna do or die within the next 2-3 days w/his dad on this. i hope he gets it. he's gonna check carfax with the VIN number beforehand and stuff just to make sure.
what do you guys think? good price on an Si? (blue) is there anything in particular we should check for on the car or know about?
funny thing is, both that guy and my friend were busy drooling over my car while i was drooling over the Si...even after i took them both for a ride (the guy insisted), they were both like "wow your car pulls mad hard!", i guess it does have ok power just doesn't stay up in the powerband obviously. but the Si pulled almost as, if not as strong as, my car with same number of passengers in it. the other two were fooled by the noise of my intake/exhaust. so i guess it's making good power.
also mostly highway miles. he's had the Si for a year but takes trips to north carolina to see his girlfriend. obviously he has to be bull****ting on some points like not running the car hard, but it's nothing that i wouldn't expect.
we finally found one nearby, 30 something thousand miles, looks to be in GREAT condition. i mean...it doesn't look showroom new, but there's no dents/scratches, the rims are great, the tires have plenty of tread, engine bay's clean, stock. interior's spotless. and from what i checked, he only used Mobil 1 synthetic every 5000 miles, he SAYS he doesn't run it hard (but he knew what VTEC was and stuff, and showd it to us heh), but since mileage is low i doubt that matters cuz my friend's gonna run it hard. transmission doesn't squeak/grind or anything. doesn't make any weird noises at idles, the fuel injectors are a bit noisy tho. not nearly as loud as my celica's now cuz mine are messed up. but it's in that good condition. also it pulled very nicely in VTEC with 3 people in the car. the guy seems to have an incredible fear of redlining, so he goes to exactly right up to redline before he shifts. his driving's decent too, he shifts slowly and stuff but doesn't fall below 6000rpm, doesn't go with crazy downshifting...
anyway, he's looking for $14-$16k for this (he's in a rush to pay off student loans), my friend is prolly gonna do or die within the next 2-3 days w/his dad on this. i hope he gets it. he's gonna check carfax with the VIN number beforehand and stuff just to make sure.
what do you guys think? good price on an Si? (blue) is there anything in particular we should check for on the car or know about?
funny thing is, both that guy and my friend were busy drooling over my car while i was drooling over the Si...even after i took them both for a ride (the guy insisted), they were both like "wow your car pulls mad hard!", i guess it does have ok power just doesn't stay up in the powerband obviously. but the Si pulled almost as, if not as strong as, my car with same number of passengers in it. the other two were fooled by the noise of my intake/exhaust. so i guess it's making good power.
also mostly highway miles. he's had the Si for a year but takes trips to north carolina to see his girlfriend. obviously he has to be bull****ting on some points like not running the car hard, but it's nothing that i wouldn't expect.