NOT A GOOD DEAL - 6k for any car that has 173,000 miles on it is way too high. Check out www.Autotrader.com for better deals on Civics in your area. I just did a quick search and found about a dozen Civics in my area (north NJ) that had less than 90,000 miles and were all priced below $6kA colleague of mine had a '85 Civic that had more than 250,000 miles on the clock and ran well - mind you it was on it's third exhaust system (original engine and manual transmission though). He sold it to another friend for $1!