# NOT For Sale...under $2000.00 **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 30, 2014, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-for-sale-under-2000-00/699924 "2014-09-30T01:09:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![D.E.S.K.Top668](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@D.E.S.K.Top668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D.E.S.K.Top668)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-for-sale-under-2000-00/699924/41 "2014-10-02T00:48:09Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > I see what you are doing here. I don’t like it but I respect a hard bargainer so I am willing to work with you. I’ll tell you what I will do. $850 cash money as long as you throw in a spare bed and that pretty lamp in your living room plus delivery. Great. The bed is an IKEA bunk that the kids have out grown. Been in the garage, might be a little rusty. The lamp is a $19.95 “Leg Lamp” that was a gag gift to my wife. You’ll have to negotiate separately with her. > [@Shagnasty](#): > > PM me about when they will be here. I will have that stack of Benjamins waiting… Hey, I’ll make sure the **P** ost **M** aster knows when it’s on it’s way (You might have some trouble scraping off all the stamps.). > [@Shagnasty](#): > > Also, make damned sure the gas tank is full. I don’t like to get ripped off. Don’t worry. The gas tank will be full…of something. ---
**Author:** ![D.E.S.K.Top668](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@D.E.S.K.Top668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D.E.S.K.Top668)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-for-sale-under-2000-00/699924/42 "2014-10-02T01:18:12Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I must say a '99 Civic is a weird choice for a project car, but sort of makes sense now that I think about it. You’re right, it is an unusual project car. It’s my first import project. I’ve had a 1974 Pinto, two 1975 Mavericks. Two Camaros (a '77 and an’80.) I’ve owned a 1977 and a 1999 Honda Civic (never modded, daily drivers.) When I bought this Honda used (with cold-air and after-cat already installed,) it was to be my wife’s car since she picked it out. I kept driving our '98 Grand Cherokee until it blew a head gasket and killed the engine. For awhile, The Honda was our only car. The Honda was the the first car we ever bought with nobody’s help. It was all our own money, our own choice. Technically we didn’t need it. As a car guy, I feel the need to fix and improve what’s in my hands. Besides, I’ve learned about amateur weekend auto-crossing and want to get between the cones. ---
**Author:** ![steronz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steronz/32/11765_2.png) [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-for-sale-under-2000-00/699924/43 "2014-10-02T01:25:14Z")
CX hatch? I know I’ve often been tempted to make lowball offers to people with rust-free stripper hatchbacks in the hopes that they don’t know what they’re sitting on. I don’t, because I’m not that kind of jerk, but I understand the temptation. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-for-sale-under-2000-00/699924/44 "2014-10-02T02:29:34Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Lots of people with non-working old cars in front of their houses do not plan to fix them. They just don’t want to go through the hassle of selling, or think they aren’t worth anything. It can be a nice little side job for someone. Buying an old car for cheap that normally will just sit there and rust, put in a few hundred bucks and some elbow grease, sell it and triple their money. The guys are just hustling to make a buck. I think people don’t realize how desirable older Hondas are for a certain crowd. It’s not that they have any special amount of power or that they’re any more bulletproof than other cars or even that they have high resale value, it’s because they are the cars of choice for the “riceboy” crowd. Pull the tired engine, drop in an imported JDM engine, lower the suspension, put a kit and a fart can on it, and just like that you have a car you can credibly stooge around in at the local import show. 2000 and older Hondas are the lowest-cost way to get into the game. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-for-sale-under-2000-00/699924/45 "2014-10-02T15:50:40Z")
My advice is to move that baby inside the garage before someone steals it. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Willcross](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b2d939/32.png) [@Willcross](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Willcross)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-for-sale-under-2000-00/699924/46 "2014-10-07T00:20:23Z")
Next time, before they can get a word in edgewise start making offers to buy the shoes off their feet for 5 bucks. Anytime they try to interrupt and bring up the Honda, increase your offer by a quarter until they go away. ---
**Author:** ![Kyrie\_Eleison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kyrie_eleison/32/7682_2.png) [@Kyrie\_Eleison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyrie_Eleison)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-for-sale-under-2000-00/699924/47 "2014-10-07T05:31:24Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > I think people don’t realize how desirable older Hondas are for a certain crowd. Yup. I own a '97 Acura Integra GS-R with 67k miles on the odometer, and I regularly get asked if I want to sell it. I’ve always just politely said no, and moved on, but the last time I had it in the shop, I was chatting with the mechanic about it, and he said, “By the way, don’t ever trade in this car. Do a private sale.” I asked him what he thought would be the right price: $5k. Not bad for a 17-year-old car. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-for-sale-under-2000-00/699924.md?page=2)