buying a seventh gen.

[vjf915]

Oh I wasnt judging, I think its really nice of him to help you out like this. But I agree that it wouldnt look right.

 

[lowlife9]

i would be concerned of the family finding out and trying to pull some legal s**t down the road about this guy not being sound of mind. do you plan on paying him back ???

 

[civic209]

if i could pay him back i would....but i just do not seeing me having an extra 5k down the road....
he did say when he dies all the money is going to go to his kids and he wants to help me out right now that its his. its his money right now and he does what he wants with it. i do think the kids will be a little upset about him giving me this money but this is just a small taste of what he has i understand it is a good size amount of money but its nothing to cause legal action towards i dont think but i mean really what can they do? they cant tell me to give it back to them when he dies they cant have a good solid arguement on why i should give it back....i understand he does have a slight memory problem but not like where am i or anything like that he is in a good state of mind.


and my parents are saying for him to write a letter stating that he gave me the money and i didnt force it on him to give it to me
i believe i will do that...just in case something does happen























maybe i should just give him back the check...............
i kinda feel bad but i did tell him no.......i did say i didnt want it.....but he insisted........
i mean if i didnt say no at the first place i would understand i would have a feeling to give it back.........

 

[lowlife9]

its unfortunate that you would need the letter stating this transaction but thats just the way it is nowadays but your parents are absolutely rite. i wouldn't necessarily say give the money back its his wish to give it to you so be it. just make sure you have enough money left over for taxes and or registration im not sure how you do things in cali.

 

[vjf915]

I dont think there is anything they can legally do.....granted they MAY be able to take you to court, but I dont really think anything will come of it. They would NOT be able to make you give it back, because you are in no place to judge what state of mind he is in. He rightfully gave you money that he owns, bottom line.

 

[Motaw]

i agree, its just a civic, not a Porsche

 

[civic209]

yea i think a letter would be a good idea and yea here in CA its like 500-750 dollars in taxes and registration and license fees and what not.....kinda stupid but yea.....
and actually im in a good position to judge what state of mind he is in..i take care of him make sure hes doing ok gets his water walks enough does his exercise takes his pills i see him every day. and chauffeuring for almost 2 years he has told me a lot of story's

i kinda like this one..........
http://stockton.craigslist.org/cto/1834026541.html

these guys are having a weekend special
http://modesto.craigslist.org/ctd/1835535339.html

 

[civic209]

Alright guys I think I found the one I'm going to get. I've lowered the price down to 8k http://stockton.craigslist.org/cto/1836064185.html


Its either that or an 02 rsx with 115k miles on it for 8k as well

 

[vjf915]

Test drive both of them.

 

[civic209]

Well the rsx is about 3 hours from here and the civic is one hour from here....I think the lowest miles wins on this one....as much as I'd like to have an rsx its over 100k miles on it

 

[lowlife9]

my dad lives in stokton.

 

[civic209]

looked at it today was sweet only thing is its been repainted it looks great its not the factory paint :/
this is actually the first time ive been in stockton lol got a nice walmart there haha

 

[vjf915]

Did the paint look like it was a quality job? Any orange peel? Was the WHOLE car painted, or can you tell the previous color by opening the hood/doors/trunk?

 

[civic209]

Yes the whole car was painted and there was a small difference the color it was painted with is a kind of brighter red color he says it looks pretty good to me of course I'm not that into paint. No scratches on the car because of. It. He said he had it painted two months ago and replaced tires two months ago
When the doors were open you can tell where the previous paint color was but barely its just a slight difference

 

[civic209]

so i have lowered the price on the dealer one the black 04 civic ex with 104k miles on it to 8.5g's(including taxes and what not)
it looks very clean only thing i dont like is it does have some sun damage on the back seats :/
you guys think its a good deal? 8.5k for an 04 ex all stock

 

[vjf915]

Ehhh, you could do better, but its not that terrible of a deal. Thats right at the mark where it needs the timing belt done.

 

[civic209]

im sure they will do it if i tell them to it is a dealer they said if anything goes wrong with it in 5 years then theyll repair it for half the price of what the mechanics charge
idk.....im kind of tired of searching.......my boss has already given me the 8k and i have cashed the checks.....i kinda feel like rolling around in the money but no time for that now lol
well the suggested retail price on kbb.com is 10,500 for dealers so idk...

 

[vjf915]

Oh wow, damn dude you got it good

I would say go for it then.

 

[Ace92028]

i wouldnt buy a car that has been painted. As for the other car, i would spend no more than 8k on it. The dealers are not going to do your belts...they usually only do engine/tranny.

 

[vjf915]

I think I would classify the timing belt as engine work.