Honda Civic for sale in Northern Ireland - this legit?

[Grim_Reaper]

hey everyone,

i'm on a pretty tight budget for my next car, and i've seen this. i've never bought a car from NI before, and have no idea what to lookout for. i've seen this civic for sale for a pretty good deal, but surely, this doesn't make sense, right?

https://www.gumtree.com/p/honda/honda-civic-estate...

thoughts?

[abzmike]

It's been on sale for 32 days, 187K miles, dented down the drivers side... cheap for reasons.

[scot_aln]

Assuming NI do same then check for 6 monthly MOTs in case it's had some minicab life.

[Sheepshanks]

Are you intending to repair it, or run as is? Looks like enough damage to have written it off.

The twisted steering wheel, when the wfront road heels look straight, could be concerning.

[Matt_T]

It looks very scabby to me...

I think I'd be happier with this one:
https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/19844667

[Grim_Reaper]

Sheepshanks said:

Are you intending to repair it, or run as is? Looks like enough damage to have written it off.

The twisted steering wheel, when the wfront road heels look straight, could be concerning.

i'd run as is. im somewhat okay with car repairs, but anything major i wouldn't be able to handle.

[Grim_Reaper]

Matt_T said:

It looks very scabby to me...

I think I'd be happier with this one:
https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/19844667

i was looking at that before. seems great, although i need it to be ULEZ compliant

[Matt_T]

Grim_Reaper said:

i was looking at that before. seems great, although i need it to be ULEZ compliant

ahhh, yes. I think this is just a function of it being registered before September 2015? The exact same car registered 3 months later is ULEZ compliant.

Edited by Matt_T on Friday 27th February 17:25

[Matt_T]

I'm just browsing for a few minutes - it seems to only be 308s, Astras and Focus petrols that are ULEZ compliant and under £3k

https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/19725748

[Grim_Reaper]

Matt_T said:

I'm just browsing for a few minutes - it seems to only be 308s, Astras and Focus petrols that are ULEZ compliant and under £3k

https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/19725748

Decent car. My budget is realistically around the £2k mark.

I've seen a few Dacia Logan's on Gumtree too

https://www.gumtree.com/p/dacia/dacia-logan-estate...


https://www.gumtree.com/p/other-vehicles/-dacia-lo...

Not the prettiest cars, but I they're cheap to tax, insure and run. Just thought I might get a bit lucky and get a newer car if I see one.

[Matt_T]

I think that the Logans are a good shout.
You can often find Ssangyongs at bargain prices also.

Is it an idea to go and find an auction which has lots of trade ins at this price point?

[Deep Thought]

Possibility it has been bought damaged repairable, or is their own car, got damaged, insurance write off, bought back.

Reads like a dealer advert.

Enniskillen would be difficult to get to from either Belfast Int or Belfast City. Maybe 80 to 100 miles.

[Grim_Reaper]

Matt_T said:

I think that the Logans are a good shout.
You can often find Ssangyongs at bargain prices also.

Is it an idea to go and find an auction which has lots of trade ins at this price point?

what type of auctions you thinking?

i've been looking at SalvageMarket and Raw2K

[Grim_Reaper]

Deep Thought said:

Possibility it has been bought damaged repairable, or is their own car, got damaged, insurance write off, bought back.

Reads like a dealer advert.

Enniskillen would be difficult to get to from either Belfast Int or Belfast City. Maybe 80 to 100 miles.

yeah it's what im worried about. would hate to travel all the way to NI, to find the car is no good. especially it its difficult to get to

[Matt_T]

Autotrader shows 750 cars that are less than £2000 and under 60,000 miles.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202602179...

[Deep Thought]

Grim_Reaper said:

Deep Thought said:

Possibility it has been bought damaged repairable, or is their own car, got damaged, insurance write off, bought back.

Reads like a dealer advert.

Enniskillen would be difficult to get to from either Belfast Int or Belfast City. Maybe 80 to 100 miles.

yeah it's what im worried about. would hate to travel all the way to NI, to find the car is no good. especially it its difficult to get to

I'm County Armagh. If it was a bit closer to me i'd go take a look for you.

You should ping him and get the reg. I suspect is a Cat N. vcheck or carvertical would tell the tale. MOT history check also.

A phone call to him would speak volumes. See how long hes owned it, service history, how does it drive, etc.

Edited by Deep Thought on Friday 27th February 23:26

[Tisy]

He's removed the plates for the photos. That tells you all you need to know. Don't believe any guff you get told about covering them up "to prevent cloning". It's total BS and the seller won't care a single jot because they won't be the owner in a few weeks time. The reason they're removed / covered and won't give you the reg is because they don't want you running the plates to check its history and find out it's either a write off / clocked / MOT fails and advisories filling 2 sheets of A4.

Move on. There are thousands of Hondas for sale if that's what you want.

[POIDH]

If you need ULEZ go petrol. One of my sons has 2007 Civic 1.8. it cost £1200 on Gumtree, 70k, FSH (most with Honda) and other than tyres and a warning of rust on rear subframe ("they all do that sir") it walked it's MOT 8 months after he got it.

Do you also *need* the estate? Much more choice in hatchback.

There's much better cars out there, although at that end of the market most are utterly crap these days.

[Grim_Reaper]

Matt_T said:

Autotrader shows 750 cars that are less than £2000 and under 60,000 miles.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202602179...

i know beggars cant be choosers but i'm trying to hold out for a car that has android auto. my current car has android auto, but the lease is up soon. i'm gonna miss a lot of features, but the only one that is a must for me is android auto. don't really want to fit a head unit with android auto, because of all the wiring and poor GPS connection...

[Grim_Reaper]

Deep Thought said:

I'm County Armagh. If it was a bit closer to me i'd go take a look for you.

You should ping him and get the reg. I suspect is a Cat N. vcheck or carvertical would tell the tale. MOT history check also.

A phone call to him would speak volumes. See how long hes owned it, service history, how does it drive, etc.

Edited by Deep Thought on Friday 27th February 23:26

Ah appreciate the thought, i've removed the car from my list. Too much of a risk for me at the minute given what everyones thoughts are on it