Hey Buddy!

"Sn210" (sn210) 01/15/2014 at 12:11 • Filed to: None

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Stopped in to get my inspection sticker and have them check out the power steering and found this little guy on the lot. It looks good a cleaned up, but I'm missing it less and less thanks to the TL-S. I'm glad they left the Si grille on it. I gave them the original chrome piece, but I think painted looks better and standout more.

TL UPDATE: The noise turned out to be a pulley that's on it's way out. They're going to replace that and belt for me once the parts come in. Thanks lemon law warranty!

How many of you guys have run into your old cars in the wild after you've traded or sold them?

EL_ULY > Sn210 01/15/2014 at 12:13

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not me but I bet it's an odd feeling. Look at her, she looks sad :'(

Tom McParland > Sn210 01/15/2014 at 12:13

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I sold my '95 Prelude to a local college kid in '04, I would see it around town every now and again for a few years.

CalzoneGolem > Sn210 01/15/2014 at 12:15

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I tend to hold on to cars until they die a horrible death. I have yet to find an old car.

ddavidn > Sn210 01/15/2014 at 12:16

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I drive them all into the ground, never sold one off.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > CalzoneGolem 01/15/2014 at 12:16

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Same here.

Bad Idea Hat > Sn210 01/15/2014 at 12:16

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None. My cars tend to implode shortly after leaving my possession.

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > Sn210 01/15/2014 at 12:17

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She looks a bit sad... like she misses you

So, how much did they mark it up for sale?

CalzoneGolem > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 01/15/2014 at 12:17

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It is the only way to avoid that awkward stare.

Pixel > Sn210 01/15/2014 at 12:20

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I ran into my old '62 Comet at a car show not long ago.

He'd added more extensive pin-striping, wide whitewalls & some other minor things, but it was largely as I sold it. I was a little depressed to discover that he'd bought it for $3900 off the guy I sold it to for $2000, and without all the extra parts I'd included.

offroadkarter > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 01/15/2014 at 12:21

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nonsense, Japanese appliances, especially civics, have no soul or emotion

its not an alfa

jariten1781 > Sn210 01/15/2014 at 12:23

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I think I've run in to every car I've sold at some point or another.

The strangest was when I ran into my old 91 Prelude. It was slammed with green neon underneath and a giant tacky Jesus mural on the back window. I was thinking 'poor Prelude hopefully mine's being treated better'. Then I noticed the wheels were the same as I had on mine, then I noticed that they still had my 4 year old expired apartment sticker on the back bumper and I was kinda sad.

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > offroadkarter 01/15/2014 at 12:25

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Shh. Grown ups are talking. Euro trash section is that way.

offroadkarter > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 01/15/2014 at 12:26

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civics are for college kids

Ozbourne Black > Sn210 01/15/2014 at 12:27

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I sold my '91 S14 to my brother and every time I would visit it was in worse shape. It broke my heart to see it so beat up.

MountainCommand > offroadkarter 01/15/2014 at 12:29

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tell that to monkeypuzzle haha.

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > offroadkarter 01/15/2014 at 12:30

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I have a Civic Si. And I'm not a college kid. I know a couple of other professionals at my company with Civics. So please take your trolling elsewhere. Like I said, grown ups are talking, and obviously that doesn't include you.

The Dummy Gummy > offroadkarter 01/15/2014 at 12:31

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Or people who need a DD for commuting.

offroadkarter > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 01/15/2014 at 12:31

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Civic Si's are not "grown up" cars, I'm sorry that you are trying to recapture your 17 year old youth in a tarted up economy car.

offroadkarter > The Dummy Gummy 01/15/2014 at 12:33

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families buy accords

Dingers Ghost, Champion Jockey > Sn210 01/15/2014 at 12:35

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This is why I want to keep Blue until she dies if I can. If I ever sold it and saw it again, it would be actually pretty hard. That truck means too much to me.

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > offroadkarter 01/15/2014 at 12:38

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I'm sorry your car has to be boring or have an expensive badge to be a good match for you. It handles like a dream and has the most amazing transmission I've ever driven. Are those things not important to you? If the look or brand means more to you, you may be in the wrong place.

Jayhawk Jake > offroadkarter 01/15/2014 at 12:42

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Says the guy that drives an old people's car

The Dummy Gummy > offroadkarter 01/15/2014 at 12:42

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Only families have a daily driver and commute to work?

offroadkarter > The Dummy Gummy 01/15/2014 at 12:43

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civics are often to small for people with kids

accords are often to big for singles

Theres nothing wrong with having a daily beater, but they are nothing more than stamped out bland appliances, which for 85% of the motoring public is perfectly acceptable.

ZiptieMcBumper > Sn210 01/15/2014 at 12:53

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I only have one story, and it's sad.

I traded in a RSX-S when I bought my WRX new back in '06 (too lazy to sell it, and they gave me a pretty good deal).

Anyhow, about a year later I get a letter from the service department at the Acura dealership. "Oh, they just think I still have the car, and they sent me service coupons or something."

NOPE.

The dealer who I bought the Acura from got it back from the Suby dealer and sold it to another guy. He never bothered to register it (that's what they still had my address connected to it), and it was sitting in the service department after the dude blew the engine and the transmission, and refused to pay.

I know it wasn't mine to care about anymore, and I rarely get nostalgic for my old cars, but still...

Sn210 > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 01/15/2014 at 13:18

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It wasn't listed yet, but I'm curious if they'll keep it there and try to sell it or just send it to auction.

Sn210 > jariten1781 01/15/2014 at 13:20

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Oh god, I think I'd start crying in public if someone does that to my old civic.

anothermiatafanboy > offroadkarter 01/15/2014 at 13:20

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And what do you drive, Mr. Hater? I loved my Civic, and consider it far from an appliance.

offroadkarter > anothermiatafanboy 01/15/2014 at 13:27

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nothing that warrants an "illest" sticker

I thought JDM fanboys loved "haters"?

punksmurph > Sn210 01/15/2014 at 13:35

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I ran into the Saturn SL2 I sold back in 2006, the lady was still driving it and it was over 300K miles.

naallday > Sn210 01/15/2014 at 13:40

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I request pics of the TLs. Did you get a manual??

Sn210 > naallday 01/15/2014 at 13:58

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Of course I got a manual! Only took a couple of pics so far

Sn210 > naallday 01/15/2014 at 14:01

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BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > offroadkarter 01/15/2014 at 14:01

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So something that you're ashamed of, but is OBVIOUSLY better than anything we bring to the table. Get out now. This will only end badly for you.

Sn210 > EL_ULY 01/15/2014 at 14:02

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She'll be ok, someone will pick her up quick. I took good care of her.

Sn210 > offroadkarter 01/15/2014 at 14:03

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Hey! I'm trying to have a moment here!

Sn210 > Pixel 01/15/2014 at 14:06

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Nice! My mom had a Comet for her first car. My grandfather held it until around 2001. He was going to restore it but never did, and got rid of it before I was old enough to have any money to try it myself.

Timbo > CalzoneGolem 01/15/2014 at 15:00

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I traded my Vauxhall Corsa GSI 16v for a new MINI Cooper when they came out... Holy moly that car was screwed. Rusty chassis, lumpy running, which combined with a few "choice" mods (read mostly stickers) from me meant I wanted as far away from it as possible.

I was surprised when it overtook me at speed on the M25 about 3 weeks later..! And slightly fearful.

Timbo > Timbo 01/15/2014 at 15:02

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I'll see if I can dig out a pic of it, for our amusement

offroadkarter > Sn210 01/15/2014 at 15:14

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my condolences

at least you picked up the best looking TL though

DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully > offroadkarter 01/15/2014 at 15:22

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I beg to differ. (I think I'm qualified since the stable has included over the years, two Volvo 245s, a Volvo 740 Turbo sedan, a 740 Turbo wagon, a FC RX-7, two B13 Sentras, a Volvo S60 and now consists of a Fiat 124 Spider and a 2013 Mazda3 hatch.)

Japanese cars can do soul and emotion well, if the Mazda3, FC and the B13 Sentras were any indication. Do they have as much soul as, let's say, my 245s or my Fiat Spider? That's arguable, but every single car I've owned was and is capable of making me cackle like a madman, grinning from ear-to-ear.

anothermiatafanboy > offroadkarter 01/15/2014 at 18:20

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Wow, you sure are a big fan of stereotypes. There go two right there. And for the record my civic didn't have a single sticker. Way to dodge the question about what you drive as well. You are useless.

offroadkarter > anothermiatafanboy 01/15/2014 at 22:06

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Party-vi > Sn210 01/15/2014 at 22:46

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The last time I ran into my old car was at the junk yard sobs

Sn210 > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 01/23/2014 at 15:09

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It's up on their site, they want $10,800 and only gave me $7200... Bastards!
http://m.infinitiofnorwood.com/listing.php?id…

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > Sn210 01/23/2014 at 15:18

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You kept it in great shape!! And that is a lot for an older Civic... it should be around 8500.... that markup is stupid high

Sn210 > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 01/23/2014 at 15:22

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Thanks! And yeah CP all the way. I'd say $8500 would be spot on.